Happy birthday, Leonard Slatkin!

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family wishes American conductor Leonard Slatkin a very happy 80th birthday! A frequent and favorite guest conductor, he has appeared with the Orchestra on numerous occasions — in Orchestra Hall, the Ravinia Festival, in Milwaukee and throughout Illinois on tour — over the last five decades.

At the invitation of CSO general manager John Edwards, Slatkin — in his second season as assistant conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra — made his debut in Orchestra Hall with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago on March 6, 1970, leading the following program:

SCHUBERT Overture to Rosamunde, D. 644
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
SCHUMAN New England Triptych
FAURÉ Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 80
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

The following year in 1971, Slatkin first led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducting two free, outdoor Symphony in the Streets concerts. Also during that residency, he led the Orchestra on a children’s concert at the Ravinia Festival.

In April 1974, Slatkin first led the CSO in Orchestra Hall. “Leonard Slatkin, an enormously talented young American musician who will be the principal conductor of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra this summer, made his subscription concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday night at Orchestra Hall,” wrote Robert C. Marsh in the Chicago Sun-Times. “He has at 29 all the skills and all the qualities of leadership necessary to win the respect of a great orchestra and have them play for him with enthusiasm and the fullest measure of their talent. . . . What was impressive in the manner in which Slatkin could prepare three new works [Purcell, Vaughan Williams and Piston] and have the Orchestra playing them with security and bravura as if they were repertory standards. This, plus the clarity and precision of his beat, promises good things to come . . .”

“As a result of Daniel Barenboim’s cancellation — to be with his ailing wife [Jacqueline du Pré] — Slatkin, who is associate conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony, has this week’s subscription concerts,” added Thomas Willis in the Chicago Tribune. “He has a direct, music-oriented competence which shows the thoroughness of his training and his concentration on things that matter. Conductors with more experience than he have foundered on the tempo changes in Ravel’s La valse, but he piloted the ensemble through each tempo change with an easy skill, catching the upbeats, shifting into overdrive and pacing the rising line of apotheosis precisely.”

A staunch advocate for new music, Slatkin led the Orchestra in the world premieres of Donald Erb’s Concerto for Brass and Orchestra in April 1987, Jacob Druckman’s Brangle in March 1989, and, along with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Ned Rorem’s Goodbye My Fancy in November 1990. He also led the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Quatre chansons françaises in May 1983.

A complete list of Leonard Slatkin’s appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is below.

July 12, 1971, Park Forest, Illinois (Symphony in the Streets)
July 21, 1971, Westmont, Illinois (Symphony in the Streets)
BARBER Adagio for Strings
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
GRIEG Ingrid’s Lament from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55
ROSSINI Overture to William Tell
J. STRAUSS, Jr. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
J. STRAUSS, Jr. Overture to Die Fledermaus
J. STRAUSS, Jr. Perpetual Motion, Op. 257
SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever

July 13, 1971, Ravinia Festival (Children’s concert)
IVES/Schuman Variations on America
SATIE/Debussy Gymnopédie Nos. 3 and 1
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
BACH/Cailliet Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (Little)
MUSSORGSKY/Ravel The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá), The Great Gate of Kiev, Bydło (Oxcart) and Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition
TCHAIKOVSKY Third movement from Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

April 4, 5, and 7, 1974, Orchestra Hall
PURCELL Chacony in G Minor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6 in E Minor
PISTON Symphony No. 2
RAVEL La valse

January 9, 10, and 12, 1975, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 87 in A Major
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Zara Nelsova, cello
COPLAND Symphony No. 3

February 26, 27, and 29, 1976, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 85 in B-flat Major (The Queen)
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
Viktor Tretyakov, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17

June 3 and 4, 1976, Orchestra Hall
SCHUMAN Symphony No. 10 (American Muse)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93

September 14, 1976, Shryock Auditorium, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
September 18, 1976, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

September 15, 1976, Mississippi River Festival, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
BARBER Adagio for Strings
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

September 17, 1976, Shrine Mosque, Peoria
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

September 20, 1976, Lanz Gymnasium, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
BERLIOZ Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

September 21, 1976, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
BARBER Adagio for Strings
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

September 22, 1976, University Union and Auditorium, Illinois State University, Bloomington
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

September 23, 1976, Springfield High School Auditorium, Springfield
BERLIOZ Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

September 25, 1976, Centennial Hall, Augustana College, Rock Island
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
BARBER Adagio for Strings
STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

January 25, 27, and 28, 1978, Orchestra Hall
January 30, 1978, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
BACH Air from Suite No. 3, D Major, BWV 1068 (January 27 and 28)
Performed in memory of CSO Viola Sheppard Lehnhoff, who died January 22, 1978
POULENC Suite française after Claude Gervaise
RAVEL Mother Goose
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Winfield, director

February 2, 3, and 4, 1978, Orchestra Hall
DRUCKMAN Chiaroscuro
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39

September 30, 1978, Orchestra Hall
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture, Op. 92
BARBER Adagio for Strings
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Nathan Milstein, violin

November 2, 3, and 4, 1978, Orchestra Hall
November 6, 1978, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Walter Klien, piano
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44

November 9, 10, and 11, 1978, Orchestra Hall
MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D Major K. 239 (Serenata notturna)
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7, C Major, Op. 105
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah)
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India)

April 16, 1979, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D Major K. 239 (Serenata notturna)
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
RACHMANINOV Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India)

December 13, 14, and 15, 1979, Orchestra Hall
PURCELL Fantasia Upon One Note
BOLCOM Commedia for (almost) 18th-Century Orchestra
KABELEVSKY Cello Concerto, Op. 49
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, Op. 53

December 20, 21, and 22, 1979, Orchestra Hall
VARÈSE Intégrales
GINASTERA Concerto per corde, Op. 33
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82

January 21, 1980, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
PURCELL Fantasia Upon One Note
BOLCOM Commedia for (almost) 18th-Century Orchestra
VARÈSE Intégrales
STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, Op. 53

April 9, 10, and 11, 1981, Orchestra Hall
April 13, 1981, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
SCHWANTNER Aftertones of Infinity
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Jaime Laredo, violin
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

October 22, 23, and 24, 1981, Orchestra Hall
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
MOZART Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383
MOZART Ah, lo previdi, K. 272
Lucia Popp, soprano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65

December 7, 1981, Orchestra Hall (Concert to dedicate the Möller Organ)
BACH Sinfonias to Part One Part Two from Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35
Frederick Swann, organ
HANDEL But oh! what art can teach and Orpheus could lead from Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day
Lucia Popp, soprano
Frederick Swann, organ
MENDELSSOHN Sonata for Organ No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
Frederick Swann, organ
HAYDN Benedictus from Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Lucia Popp, soprano
Frederick Swann, organ
POULENC Concerto in G Minor for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani
Frederick Swann, organ
Donald Koss, timpani
COPLAND Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Frederick Swann, organ

March 25, 26, and 27, 1982, Orchestra Hall
March 29, 1982, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
DRUCKMAN Aureole
BLOCH Schelomo
Zara Nelsova, cello
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70

April 1, 2, and 4, 1982, Orchestra Hall
SIBELIUS The Swan of Tounela from Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
Grover Schiltz, english horn
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, H. 293
Josef Suk, violin
RESPIGHI Roman Festivals

May 11, 12, 13, and 15, 1983, Orchestra Hall
FINZI Nocturne (New Year Music)
TELEMANN Suite for Flute and String Orchestra
Donald Peck, flute
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905)

May 19 and 20, 1983, Orchestra Hall
May 21, 1983, Paramount Arts Center, Aurora
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
HAYDN Symphony No. 70 in D Major
BRITTEN Quatre chansons françaises
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

May 23, 1983, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
WAGNER Overture to Rienzi
HAYDN Symphony No. 70 in D Major
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

May 26, 27, and 28, 1983, Orchestra Hall
HANLON Cumulus Nimbus
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 3 (Pastoral)
Barbara Pearson, soprano

February 16, 17, and 18, 1984, Orchestra Hall
February 20, 1984, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
HAYDN Symphony No. 60 in C Major (Il Distratto)
BAX The Garden of Fand
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63

February 23, 24, and 26, 1984, Orchestra Hall
LYADOV Eight Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (Leningrad)

March 1, 2, and 3, 1984, Orchestra Hall
ROUSE The Infernal Machine
ELGAR Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61
Itzhak Perlman, violin
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

March 8, 9, and 10, 1984, Orchestra Hall
RAVEL Menuet antique
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess
CARTER Symphony of Three Orchestras
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (Emperor)
Radu Lupu, piano

November 8, 9, and 10, 1984, Orchestra Hall
BACH/Respighi Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
KARLINS Reflux
Joseph Guastafeste, bass
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 63

November 14, 1984, Orchestra Hall
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
SCHULLER Three Selections from Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
SLATKIN The Raven
Peter Ustinov, narrator
COPLAND Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
GERSHWIN/Bennett Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture

November 15, 16, and 17, 1984, Orchestra Hall
November 19, 1984, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
BEETHOVEN Overture to King Stephan, Op. 117
HINDEMITH Violin Concerto
Mark Peskanov, violin
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111

November 21, 23, and 24, 1984, Orchestra Hall
PREVIN Principals
GOLDMARK Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 28
Christian Altenburger, violin
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60

February 9 and 12, 1985, Orchestra Hall
HANDEL Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
SCHWANTNER Magabunda
Lucy Shelton, soprano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

February 6, 7, and 8, 1986, Orchestra Hall
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
BARBER Adagio for Strings
SCHUMAN Symphony No. 3 in Two Parts

February 13, 14, and 16, 1986, Orchestra Hall
BRITTEN War Requiem, Op. 66
Margaret Marshall, soprano
John Aler, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Doreen Rao, director

February 20 and 22, 1986, Orchestra Hall
FINE Notturno for Strings and Harp
Edward Druzinsky, harp
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy in E-flat Major, Op. 46
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Gordon Peters, percussion
Larry Combs, clarinet
Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy was recorded in Medinah Temple on February 21, 1986, for CBS Records.

February 24, 1986, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
FINE Notturno for Strings and Harp
Edward Druzinsky, harp
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Gordon Peters, percussion
Larry Combs, clarinet
Bruch’s First Violin Concerto was recorded in Medinah Temple on February 25, 1986, for CBS Records.

February 27, 28, and March 1, 1986, Orchestra Hall
ERB Prismatic Variations
Students from York Community High School
Bruce Moss, director
SCHUBERT/Liszt Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 (The Wanderer)
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54

April 9, 10, 11, and 14, 1987, Orchestra Hall
TOWER Silver Ladders
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

April 16, 17, and 18, 1987, Orchestra Hall
April 21, 1987, Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College
HAYDN Symphony No. 68 in B-flat Major
ERB Concerto for Brass and Orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D Minor

November 5, 6, 7, and 10, 1987, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 67 in F Major
RODRIGO Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Christopher Parkening, guitar
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ)
Michael Murray, organ

November 12, 13, 14, and 17, 1987, Orchestra Hall
BARBER The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5
HANSON Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (Romantic)
SCHUMAN On Freedom’s Ground
William Powers, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director

March 16, 17, 18, and 21, 1989, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Kossuth
WOLFE Violin Concerto
Mark Peskanov, violin
BARTÓK Romanian Folkdances
JANÁCEK Sinfonietta

March 23, 24, 25, and 28, 1989, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 66 in B-flat Major
DRUCKMAN Brangle
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

December 7, 8, and 9, 1989, Orchestra Hall
ERB Solstice
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Elmar Oliveira, violin
HAYDN Symphony No. 87 in A Major
GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23

December 14, 15, and 16, 1989, Orchestra Hall
BACH/Stravinsky Choral Variations on Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ich her
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
STRAVINSKY Requiem Canticles
Rochelle Ellis, soprano
Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Potter, tenor
Richard Cohn, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
STRAVINSKY Mass
Deanna Lang, soprano
Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano
David Anderson, tenor
Kevin McKelvie, tenor
William Diana, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Lucy Ding, director
STRAVINSKY Praeludium
STRAVINSKY Tango
STRAVINSKY Rag-time
STRAVINSKY Scherzo à la Russe
STRAVINSKY Ebony Concerto
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

October 6, 1990, Orchestra Hall (Gala Centennial Concert)
HAYDN Allegro molto from Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
MOZART Adagio in E Major, K. 261 and Rondo in C Major, K. 373
Isaac Stern, violin
BARBER Essay No. 2, Op. 17

November 1, 2, and 3, 1990, Orchestra Hall
CARPENTER Sea Drift
GINASTERA Piano Concerto No. 1
Barbara Nissman, piano
MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

November 8, 9, and 10, 1990, Orchestra Hall
CORIGLIANO Three Hallucinations
PISTON Symphony No. 2
ROREM Goodbye My Fancy
Wendy White, mezzo-soprano
John Cheek, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director

April 8, 9, and 10, 1993, Orchestra Hall
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
TOWER Concerto for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

April 13, 14, and 15, 1995, Orchestra Hall
CORIGLIANO Fantasia on an Ostinato
MAHLER/Mazzetti Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Minor

March 14, 15, and 16, 2002, Orchestra Hall
GABRIELI Canzon IX from Canzoni et sonate
GABRIELI Sonata pian’e forte from Sacrae symphoniae
GABRIELI Canzon XVII from Canzoni et sonate
SCHWANTNER Percussion Concerto
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (Polish)

July 5, 2003, Ravinia Festival
MCTEE Circuits
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Emanuel Ax, piano
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major

July 6, 2003, Ravinia Festival
CORIGLIANO The Mannheim Rocket
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Emanuel Ax, piano
CHOPIN Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22
Emanuel Ax, piano
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

July 9, 2004, Ravinia Festival
RACHMANINOV Caprice bohemian, Op. 12
RACHMANINOV Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

July 10, 2004, Ravinia Festival
RACHMANINOV The Rock, Op. 7
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

December 9, 10, and 11, 2004, Orchestra Hall
PISTON Symphony No. 2
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
Jonathan Biss, piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54

December 14, 2004, Orchestra Hall (Celebrating the centennial of Orchestra Hall)
WAGNER Hail! Bright Abode from Tannhäuser
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
HANDEL Hallelujah! from Messiah
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
HILL Happy Birthday to You (encore)
Lady Valerie Solti, host

April 14, 15, 16, and 19, 2005, Orchestra Hall
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
BERG Violin Concerto
Julian Rachlin, violin
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

April 26, 2005, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

April 30, 2005, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Petrushka 
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

July 29, 2005, Ravinia Festival
PROKOFIEV Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
André Watts, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

June 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2008, Orchestra Hall
HINDEMITH Overture to Neues vom Tage
HINDEMITH Trauermusik for Viola and Strings
Pinchas Zukerman, viola
FRIEDMAN Sacred Heart: Explosion
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy, Op. 16
Pinchas Zukerman, viola
SAMARA/Breiner Olympic Hymn (encore)

July 9, 2008, Ravinia Festival
ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11, No. 1
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Joshua Bell, violin
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

July 10, 2008, Ravinia Festival
RACHMANINOV Vocalise in E Minor, Op. 34, No. 14
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Denis Matsuev, piano

January 20 and 20, 2011, Orchestra Hall
ELGAR In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

February 3 and 4, 2011, Orchestra Hall
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

February 5 and 8, 2011, Orchestra Hall
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K. 413
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

April 17, 18, 19, and 22, 2014, Orchestra Hall
BARBER The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5
SCHUMAN Symphony No. 6
BATES Violin Concerto
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
GERSHWIN An American in Paris

August 7, 2019, Ravinia Festival
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Denis Matsuev, piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade
BIZET/F. Slatkin Carmen’s Hoedown (Fantasy on Les Toreadors)

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