From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years

Mozart & Del Tredici

David Del Tredici with Sir Georg Solti and Barbara Hendricks in Chicago, October 1976

Terry's Photography

This program opens with Mozart under the batons of former music directors Daniel Barenboim and Fritz Reiner. In October 1976, Sir Georg Solti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of David Del Tredici’s Final Alice—commissioned to commemorate the U.S. bicentennial—with twenty-seven-year-old Barbara Hendricks as soprano soloist. Three years later, the work was repeated and recorded for London.

Mozart/Busoni Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Daniel Barenboim conductor
February 1996 (CSO: Collector's Choice)

Mozart Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, K. 334
Fritz Reiner conductor
April 1955 (RCA)

Del Tredici Final Alice
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Barbara Hendricks soprano
Fred Hemke and Robert Black soprano saxophones
Fred Spector mandolin
Frederic Chrislip tenor banjo
Herman Troppe accordion
January 1980 (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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