From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years

Celebrating Women's History Month

March 30, 2021 — 1 hr 45 min listen

Lucia Popp in Strauss's Four Last Songs with Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in October 1977

Christina Burton

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra celebrates Women’s History Month with a broadcast featuring iconic soloists: violinist Kyung Wha Chung, cellist Jacqueline du Pré, soprano Lucia Popp, and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. Works by two former composers-in-residence—Augusta Read Thomas’s . . . words of the sea . . . and Shulamit Ran’s Legends—round out this program.

Berg Violin Concerto
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Kyung Wha Chung violin
October 1983 (London)

Ran Legends
Daniel Barenboim conductor
June 2004 (Albany)

Berlioz D’amour l’ardente flame from The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Frederica von Stade mezzo-soprano
May 1981 (London)

Thomas . . . words of the sea . . .
Pierre Boulez conductor
December 1996 (ARTCD)

Dvořák Silent Woods
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Jacqueline du Pré cello
November 1970 (Angel)

Strauss Four Last Songs
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Lucia Popp soprano
October 1977 (London)

From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years—featuring recordings from the CSO’s vast discography, including releases on CSO Resound—is a cultural and community partnership between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and WFMT, Chicago’s Classical Music Station.

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