Rafael Kubelík and the Chicago Symphony
Rafael Kubelík
and
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
I.
Concerts as Music Director (p. 2)
II.
Concerts as Guest Conductor (p. 30)
III.
Issued Recordings (p. 36)
IV.
Unissued Recordings (p. 41)
Compiled by Ramon Khalona
3267 Madison Street
Carlsbad, California 92008
U.S.A.
rkhalona@hotmail.com
The author acknowledges the kind support of Ms. Brenda Nelson-Strauss
and her assistants, Mr. Frank Villela and Ms. Alison Hinderliter at the Chicago
Symphony’s Rosenthal Archives.
Version 3
31.x.2002
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The following is a listing of all concerts Rafael Kubelík conducted as music
director (section I) and as guest conductor (section II) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
All concerts performed at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, unless otherwise stated. During his tenure
as CSO Music Director (1950-1953), Kubelík also conducted a large number of broadcast
programs, telecast programs, and popular concerts. These are inserted in the list in chronological
order and are designated as such. The series of broadcast and telecast programs was sponsored
by the Chicago Title and Trust Company. Telecast programs took place on Tuesday evenings
and were broadcast from the Civic Theater over station WENR-TV (Channel 7 at the time) in
Chicago from 9:30 to 10 P.M. Broadcast programs took place on Wednesday evenings and
originated from the Eighth Street (Civic) Theater over station WCFL, in Chicago, from 8 to 9
PM, except noted otherwise. The popular concerts were normally offered at Orchestra Hall on
Saturday evenings. Kubelík also took the orchestra on tour to several American cities. The
listings note the various locations. A list of issued and unissued recordings is provided in
sections III and IV, respectively.
I. Concerts conducted as Music Director (1950-1953)
1950-51 Season (60th Season)
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
20/ix/1950
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
WEBER: Andante and Hungarian Rondo in C minor for Viola and Orchestra
Milton Preves, viola
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
27/ix/1950
MOZART: Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”
MOZART: Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K. 447
Philip Farkas, horn
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”)
Broadcast Program (from Senn High School in Chicago)
4/x/1950
GLUCK: Overture to “Iphigenie en Aulide”
CIMAROSA: Concerto for Oboe and Strings (arr. Arthur Benjamin)
Florian Mueller, oboe
BEETHOVEN: Contra-Dances
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
6/x/1950 Concert in East Lansing, Michigan (College Auditorium)
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”)
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
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Broadcast Program (from J. S. Morton High School in Cicero, Illinois)
11/x/1950
SMETANA: Overture to “Libusse”
SMETANA: Vltava (The Moldau)
DVORAK: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
DVORAK: Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A-flat major
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major
12, 13/x/1950
BACH: Suite No. 4 in D major (Dorothy Lane, hpsd.)
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
14/x/1950 Popular Concert
ROSSINI: Overture to “William Tell”
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
16/x/1950 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K.477
In Memoriam Dr. Arthur J. Patek
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
18/x/1950
MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
19, 20/x/1950
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K.477
(In Memoriam Frederick Stock., 11.xi.1872 – 20.x.1942)
MOZART: Symphony in G minor, K.183
MOZART: Symphony in E-flat major, K.184
RIETI: Symphony No. 5 (American Premiere)
MUSSORGSKY: Prelude to “Khovanschina”
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
21/x/1950 Popular Concert
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major
MOZART: Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K. 447
Philip Farkas, horn
RIETI: Symphony No. 5
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
Broadcast Program (from Evanston High School, Evanston, Illinois)
25/x/1950
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WEBER: Overture to “Euryanthe”
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
26,27/x/1950
ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Rudolf Serkin, Soloist,
MOHAUPT: Town Piper Music (1st CSO performance)
30/x/1950 Concert in Toledo, Ohio (Toledo Museum of Art)
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Broadcast Program (from Roosevelt High School, Chicago)
1/xi/1950
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyl
RIETI: Symphony No. 5
2, 3/xi/1950
BEETHOVEN: King Stephen Overture
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Yehudi Menuhin
STILL: Poem for Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
6/xi/1950 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
STILL: Poem for Orchestra
MOHAUPT: Town Piper Music
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Frank Glazer, piano
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
8/xi/1950
MOZART: Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, K. 184
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Ignatius Gennusa, clarinet
SCHUBERT: Ballet Music from “Rosamunde”
BEETHOVEN: Overture “King Stephen”, Op. 117
9, 10/xi/1950
All MOZART Program
Piano Concerto in A major, K. 414
Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
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Cadenza by Denis Mathews
Myra Hess, Soloist
Symphony No. 41
Broadcast Program (from Thornton High School, Harvey, Illinois)
15/xi/1950
BACH-REGER: Chorale “O Man Bewail Thy Grievous Sin”
GLUCK: Concerto for Flute in G major
Rene Rateau, flute
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
16, 17/xi/1950
RAVEL: Suite “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
CHAUSSON: Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations
“The Four Temperaments” for String Orchestra and Piano
(commemorating Hindemith’s birthday on 16.xi.1895
STRAUSS: Dance of the Seven Veils from “Salome”
20/xi/1950 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
MOZART: Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, K. 184
COPLAND: Third Symphony
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: Three Nocturnes
Women’s Chorus, Northwestern University; George Howerton, dir.
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
22/xi/1950
MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 361
CHAUSSON: Symphony in B-flat major, Op. 20
23, 24/xi/1950
COPLAND: Third Symphony
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto, Op. 77
Nathan Milstein, soloist
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
Broadcast Program (from Holy Trinity High School, Chicago)
29/xi/1950
HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 in C major (“The Bear”)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Robert McDowell, piano
30/xi, 1/xii, 1950
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
(George Schick, piano)
BLOCH: Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Milton Preves, soloist
IBERT: Capriccio
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DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: Three Nocturnes
Broadcast Program (from Austin High School, Chicago)
6/xii/1950
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
(George Schick, piano)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
7, 8/xii/1950
SUK: Meditation on an Ancient Czech Chorale, “Holy Wenceslaus”, Op. 35
MARTINU: Tre Ricercari
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
9/xii/1950 Popular Concert
MOZART: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44
Mary Sime, piano
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
13/xii/1950
IBERT: Capriccio
DEBUSSY: Two Dances for Harp and String Orchestra
Joseph Vito, Harp
DEBUSSY: Minuet
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: Two Nocturnes
14, 15/xii/1950
HAYDN: Symphony in C major, “The Bear”
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
Isaac Stern, soloist
DVORAK: Symphony in D major (No. 6) , Op. 60
16/xii/1950
BARBER: Adagio for String Orchestra, Op. 11
BACH: Concerto for Two Keyboards No. 2 in C major
Rafael Kubelík and George Schick, pianos
SUK: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 24
Ludmila Bertlova, violin
18/xii/1950 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21
Isaac Stern, violin
DVORAK: Symphony in D major (No. 6) , Op. 60
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
20/xii/1950
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BACH: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Keyboards
Rafael Kubelík and George Schick, pianos
BACH: Aria for Soprano “Art Thou with Me”
BACH: Aria for Soprano from Easter Oratorio “Christin, Myrrh, and Precious Spices”
Suzanne Hamilton, soprano
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major
21, 22/xii/1950
All BEETHOVEN program
Symphony No. 6
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
Rudolf Firkusny, soloist
Symphony No. 5
Broadcast Program (from 8th Street Theater)
27/xii/1950
SUK: Meditation on an Ancient Czech Chorale “Holy Wenceslaus”, Op. 35
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (“Pastorale”)
28, 29/xii/1950
All WAGNER Program
Tristan and Isolde:
- Prelude to Act III
- Wesendonck Lieder
- Prelude to Act I
“Twilight of the Gods”:
- Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
- Siegfried’s Funeral Music
- Immolation of Bruennhilde
Kirsten Flagstad, soloist
Broadcast Program (from Harrison High School, Chicago)
21/ii/1951
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
22,23/ii/1951
BACH: Suite No. 1 in C Major (Dorothy Lane, hpsd – 1st CSO perf.)
MOZART: Aria (Rondo), “Per Pieta, Ben Mio” from Cosi Fan Tutte
RAVEL: “Sheherazade”, Three Poems for Voice and Orchestra
Suzanne Danco, soloist
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42 (1st CSO perf..)
24/ii/1951 Popular Concert
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”)
WEBER: Konzertstueck for Piano and Orch., Op. 79
Louis Kohnop, piano
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 6, D major, Op. 60
Broadcast Concert (from 8th Street Theater)
28/ii/1951
Soloists: Ruth Slater, Adele Norman, Edith Lang, Leonard Balsamo, Harold Brindell
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal”
CARPENTER: Suite from “The Birthday of the Infanta”
CARPENTER: “Skyscrapers,” A Ballet of American Life
SMETANA: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
1, 2/iii/1951
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal”
CARPENTER: “Skyscrapers”, A Ballet of American Life
Soloists: Adele Norman, Edith Lang, Leonard Balsamo, Harold Brindell
SMETANA: “From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows” (1st CSO perf.)
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Solomon, soloist
4/iii/1951 Concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Hill Auditorium)
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal”
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
5/iii/1951 Concert in Detroit, Michigan (Masonic Auditorium)
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal”
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
6/iii/1951 Concert in Delaware, Ohio (Gray Chapel)
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal”
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
Broadcast Concert (from Hyde Park High School, Chicago)
7/iii/1951
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
8, 9/iii/1951
ROGER: Concerto Grosso for Trumpet, Timpani and String Orchestra, Op. 27
(1st CSO perf.)
Trumpet: Adolph Herseth; Timpani: Edward Metzenger
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
William Kapell, soloist
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
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10/iii/1951 Popular Concert
SMETANA: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Maryan Filar, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
15, 16/iii/1951
WEBER: Ovt. To “Der Freischuetz”
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1, Op. 38
DVORAK: Cello Concerto, Op. 104
Pierre Fournier, soloist
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Ovt.
19/iii/1951 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
BACH: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Keyboards
Rafael Kubelík and George Schick, pianos
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
Broadcast Concert (from Maine Township High School, Park Ridge, Illinois)
21/iii/1951
HUMPERDINCK: Prelude to “Haensel and Gretel”
BACH: Keyboard Concerto in D minor
Florence Kirsch, piano
MENDELSSOHN: Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 61
22, 23/iii/1951
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 (1st CSO perf.)
BACH: Easter Oratorio
Virginia Speaker (soprano); Winifred Heckman (mezzo-soprano),
Ralph Nielsen (tenor), Donald Gramm (baritone);
Chicago Musical College Chorus – James Baar, director
Broadcast Concert (from 8th Street Theater)
28/iii/1951
DEBUSSY: Petite Suite (orch. Henri Buesser)
SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33
Dudley Powers, cello
BERLIOZ: Selections from “The Damnation of Faust”
Broadcast Concert (from Fenger High School, Chicago)
4/iv/1951
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”
Lindblom High School Chorus; Eugene Pence, dir.
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5, 6/iv/1951
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Overture
- Nocturne
- Scherzo
MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
Blanche Thebom and Richard Tucker
9/iv/1951 Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Robert McDowell, piano
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A major
Broadcast Concert (from 8th Street Theater)
11/iv/1951
VIVALDI: Two Violin Concerti, Op. 8 (Nos. 11 and 12)
Louis Kaufman, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
12, 13/iv/1951
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaccone and Finale (1st CSO perf.)
MILHAUD: Violin Concerto No. 2
Louis Kaufman, soloist
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Broadcast Concert (from Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Illinois)
18/iv/1951
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 21
WEBER: Konzertstueck for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 79
Louis Kohnop, piano
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
19, 20/iv/1951
DVORAK: Symphony in D minor (No. 7), Op. 70
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (“The Great”)
Popular Concert, 21/iv/1951
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 21
DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Broadcast Concert (from 8th Street Theater)
25/iv/1951
VIVALDI: Two Concerti for Violin, Op. 8
Louis Kaufman, violin
(note: program doesn’t specify which concerti were played)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
25/iv/1951 Concert in Columbus, Ohio (Memorial Hall)
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WEBER: Overture to “Der Freischuetz”
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
(Note: the above concert is listed in the CSO archives as having taken place at the stated
location, starting at 8:30 PM. Since a weekly broadcast concert took place the same day –
starting at 8 PM, see above – this date is most likely incorrect, and it must have taken place
either on April 26 or 27, 1951 as the orchestra was on tour)
28/iv/1951 Concert in Mt. Vernon, Iowa (Cornell College) 2:15 PM
MOZART: Overture to “Idomeneo, Re di Creta,” K. 366
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
FAURE: Requiem
Soloists: Alyne Dumas Lee and Louis Sudler
28/iv/1951 Concert in Mt. Vernon, Iowa (Cornell College) 8:15 PM
SMETANA: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
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1951-52 Season (61st Season)
25/ix/1951 Telecast Program from Civic Theater
ROSSINI: Overture to “La Scala di Seta”
GLUCK: Dance of the Happy Spirits, from “Orfeo ed Euridice”
(Flute Obbligato by Lois Schaefer)
SCHUBERT: Ballet Music from “Rosamunde”
MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 61
30/ix/1951
BACH: Prelude to Easter Oratorio, “Kommt, Eilet und Laufet”
SMETANA: “From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests” (from “Ma Vlast”)
MENDELSSOHN: Overture and Incidental Music to “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
(Opp. 21 and 61)
MOUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
2/x/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
DEBUSSY: Two Dances for Harp and String Orchestra
Joseph Vito, harp
RAVEL: Suite “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
9/x/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
MOZART: Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”
MOZART: Six German Dances, K. 571
DVORAK: Legend in G minor, No. 3
GRIEG: Anitra’s Dance, from “Peer Gynt”
11,12/x/1951
BEETHOVEN: Leonore III Overture, Op. 72
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Friedrich Gulda, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
13/x/1951 Popular Concert
BEETHOVEN: Leonore III Overture, Op. 72
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Boris Zlatich, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
15/x/1951 Concert at Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BEETHOVEN: Leonore III Overture, Op. 72
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Gina Bachauer, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
16/x/1951
BEETHOVEN: Leonore III Overture, Op. 72
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RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Gina Bachauer, piano
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
16/x/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
George Schick, soloist
BOCCHERINI: Minuetto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz from Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
TCHAIKOVSKY: Barcarolle (June, from “The Seasons”)
MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo from Octet
18,19/x/1951
BACH: Concerto No. 1 in F major
HARRIS: Symphony No. 5
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Gina Bachauer, piano
23/x/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
BACH: Air from Suite No. 3 in D major
WEBER: Rondo Ungarese in C minor, for Viola and Orchestra
Milton Preves, viola
ROSSINI: Pas de Six, from “William Tell”
25,26/x/1951
MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
(1st CSO performance)
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56
Joseph Fuchs (vln.), Leonard Rose (cello), George Schick (piano)
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Joseph Fuchs (vln.), Leonard Rose (cello)
27/x/1951 Popular Concert
SMETANA: The Moldau
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Eugene Hopkins, piano
SUK: Meditation on an Ancient Czech Chorale, “Holy Wenceslaus,” Op. 35
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
29/x/1951 Concert at Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Leonard Rose, cello
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
30/x/1951
HARRIS: Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Dudley Powers, cello
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BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
30/x/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
MOZART: Overture to “Cosi fan Tutte”
PERGOLESI-BARBIROLLI: Two Movements from Concerto for Oboe
Florian Mueller, oboe
BEETHOVEN: German Dances
1,2/xi/1951
MENDELSSOHN: Overture “The Fair Melusina”, Op. 32
SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Claudio Arrau, piano
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
3/xi/1951 Popular Concert
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto
Samuel Magad, violin
RAVEL: Suite, “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
MOUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
5/xi/1951 Concert at College Auditorium in East Lansing, Michigan
MOZART: Symphony in C major, K. 425 (“Linz”)
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
MOUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
6/xi/1951 Concert at Warriner Hall in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Dudley Powers, cello
MOUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
8,9/xi/1951
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 (“Linz”)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218
Ruggiero Ricci, Violin
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
10/xi/1951 Concert at Purdue Hall of Music, Lafayette, Indiana
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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11/xi/1951 Concert at Purdue Hall of Music, Lafayette, Indiana
MOZART: Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”
RAVEL: Suite “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Dudley Powers, cello
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
12/xi/1951 Concert at the Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 n F minor, Op. 36
13/xi/1951
BACH: Concerto No. 5 for Keyboard, Flute, Violin and String Orchestra in D major
Rudolf Serkin (piano), Julius Baker (flute) and John Weicher (violin)
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Rudolf Serkin, piano
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
13/xi/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
BOIELDIEU: Overture “The Caliph of Bagdad”
SAINT-SAENS: The Swan from “Carnaval of the Animals”
Dudley Powers, cello
BERLIOZ: Dance of the Sylphs from “The Damnation of Faust”
RESPIGHI: “La Gallina” (The Hen) from “The Birds”
15,16/xi/1951
BACH: Concerto No. 5 for Keyboard, Flute, Violin and String Orchestra in D major
Rudolf Serkin (piano), Julius Baker (flute) and John Weicher (violin)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Rudolf Serkin, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
20/xi/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
WEBER: Overture “Preciosa”
RACHMANINOFF: “In the Silence of the Night”
STRAUSS: “Morgen”
STRAUSS: “Zueignung” (“Dedication”)
Louis Sudler, soloist
WAGNER: Dance of the Apprentices from “The Mastersingers from Nuremberg”
22,23/xi/1951
Soloists: Nicole Henriot, Alexander Borovsky
MOZART: Overture to “Idomeneo”, K. 366
BACH: Concerto for Piano in D minor
ROUSSEL: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 36 (1st CSO performance)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
24/xi/1951 Popular Concert
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MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Barbara Steinbach, piano
BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 3
Barbara Steinbach, piano
27/xi/1951
MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Eugene Istomin, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
27/xi/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
MOZART: Minuet, K. 409
RIISAGER: Two Movements from Trumpet Concerto
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
ROSSINI: Overture to “Tancredi”
29,30/xi/1951
BACH: Concerto for String Orchestra No. 3 in G major (Dorothy Lane, harpsichord)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Nathan Milstein, violin
MARTINU: Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani (George Schick, piano)
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
1/xii/1951
MOZART: Symphony in C major, K. 338
MOZART: “Et Incarnatus Est,” from Mass in C minor, K. 427
MOZART: Pamina’s Aria, “Ah! Lo so piu non m’avanza,” from Act II of “The Magic Flute”
MOZART: Susanna’s Aria, “Deh vieni non tardar,” from “The Marriage of Figaro”
Irmgard Seefried, soloist
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
4/xii/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
SUK: Scherzo from Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 6
BARTOS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to “The Son and Stranger,” Op. 89
6,7/xii/1951
Todd Duncan, soloist
SWANSON: Short Symphony (1st CSO performance)
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra
Jorge Bolet, Piano
STRAUSS: “Allerseelen”, Op. 10, No. 8
STRAUSS: “Heimliche Aufforderung”, Op. 27, No. 3
STRAUSS: “Ich trage meine Minne,” Op. 32, No. 1 (1st CSO performance)
STRAUSS: “Zueignung”, Op. 10, No. 1 (1st CSO performance)
STRAUSS: Rondo, “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks,” Op. 28
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8/xii/1951 Popular Concert
BARBER: Overture to ‘The School for Scandal”
BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy, Piano
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani
George Schick, piano
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
11/xii/1951
BARBER: Overture to ‘The School for Scandal”
SWANSON: Short Symphony
PORTER: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
Milton Preves, viola
FOSS: “The Song of Songs”, Second Biblical Solo Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra
Adele Addison, soprano; (1st CSO performance)
11/xii/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
MOZART: Overture to “Idomeneo, Re di Creta,” K. 366
MOZART: Minuet from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” K. 525
DEBUSSY: “En Bateau, from “Petite Suite”
IBERT: Allegro Scherzando, from Flute Concerto
Julius Baker, flute
13,14/xii/1951
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
JIRAK: Symphony No. 5, Op. 60 (1st American performance)
IBERT: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
DEBUSSY: La Mer
17/xii/1951 Concert at the Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BARBER: Overture to ‘The School for Scandal”
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F for piano and orchestra
Jorge Bolet, piano
FOSS: “The Song of Songs,” Second Biblical Solo Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra
Adele Addison, soprano
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
18/xii/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
CIMAROSA: Overture to “The Secret Marriage”
LULLY: Nocturne from “Ballet Suite”
HAYDN: “Toy” Symphony
20,21/xii/1951
DVORAK: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 (1st CSO performance)
Rudolf Firkusny
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E flat
25/xii/1951 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
VIVALDI-EPHRIKIAN: Concerto in B-flat major for Bassoon, Strings, and Harpsichord,
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“La Notte” (Leonard Sharrow, bassoon; Dorothy Lane, harpsichord)
BACH: Air from Suite No. 3 in D major
SUK: Meditation on an Ancient Czech Chorale “Holy Wenceslaus,” Op. 35
27,28/xii/1951
RABAUD: Symphonic Poem, “La Procession Nocturne,” Op. 6
RAVEL: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Nicole Henriot, piano
(commemorating the composer’s death on December 28, 1937)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14a
1/i/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
SAINT-SAENS: “Carnaval of the Animals”
Stefan Bardas and George Schick, pianos
3,4/i/1952
BEETHOVEN: “Egmont” Overture, Op. 84
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Ida Haendel, violin
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major
19/ii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
GOULD: Sermon from “Spirituals”
RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, String Orchestra, Flute, and Clarinet
Joseph Vito, harp
GRIEG: Rigaudon from “Holberg Suite”
21,22/ii/1952
MOZART: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, K. 449 (1st CSO performance; cadenza by Mozart)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in B-flat major, K. 456 (1st CSO performance; cadenza by Mozart)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 (cadenza by Beethoven)
Myra Hess, piano
26/ii/1952
MOZART: Piano Concerto in F major, K. 413 (1st CSO perf., cadenza by Denis Matthews)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488 (cadenza by Mozart)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 (cadenza by Denis Matthews)
Myra Hess, piano
26/ii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
R. STRAUSS: Pavane, Gavotte and March from “Couperin Suite”
FAURE: Elegy for Cello
Jenska Slebos, cello
DE FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance from “El Amor Brujo” (“Love, the Magician”)
28,29/ii/1952
GANZ: Symphonic Overture to an Unwritten Comedy, “Laughter … Yet Love,” Op. 34
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(commemorating the composer’s 75th birthday – Feb. 24; 1st CSO performance)
WALTON: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
John Weicher, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
4/iii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
Assisted by New Trier High School Chorus; Marian Cotton, director
MOZART: Suite from “Les Petits Riens”
HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer from “Hansel and Gretel”
J. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Beautiful Savior
NOBLE CAIN: Roll, Chariot!
NOVAK: At the Barn Dance from “Slovakian Suite”
6,7/iii/1952
SUK: Music of Mourning (In Memoriam Edward Collins, Nov. 10, 1889 – Dec. 1, 1951)
GRONDAHL: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
Leonard Sharrow, bassoon
BOROWSKI: Symphony No. 2 in E minor (commemorating the composer’s birthday on March
10)
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Moura Lympany, piano
WAGNER: Overture to “Tannhaeuser”
8/iii/1952 Concert at Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
George Schick, piano
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
9/iii/1952 Concert at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
BARTOK: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
10/iii/1952 Concert at The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
George Schick, piano
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
11/iii/1952
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
BARTOK: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
11/iii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
Agatha Lewis, soloist
ROSSINI: Overture to “Cenerentola”
MOZART: “Zefiretti lusinghieri,” from “Idomeneo, Re di Creta”
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THRANE: Norwegian Echo Song (w. George Schick, piano)
POULENC: Two Marches and an Interlude
13,14/iii/1952
LANDRE: Symphony No. 3 (1st CSO performance)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
17/iii/1952 Concert at the Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
BARTOK: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
18/iii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
DEBUSSY: “Cortege” from “Petite Suite”
BERLIOZ: Dance of the Sylphs from “The Damnation of Faust”
D’INDY: First movement from Concerto for Flute, Cello, Piano and String Orchestra
Lois Schaefer, flute; Dudley Powers, cello; George Schick, piano
RESPIGHI: Old Dances and Airs for the Lute
20,21/iii/1952
TCHEREPNIN: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 77 (World Premiere)
TCHEREPNIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 22 (1st CSO performance)
Alexander Tcherepnin, piano
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
22/iii/1952 Popular Concert
GANZ: Symphonic Overture to an Unwritten Comedy, “Laughter …Yet Love,” Op. 34
SAINT-SAENS: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Suzanne Malkiewicz, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
25/iii/1952
MORAWETZ: Carnival Overture (1st CSO performance)
RABAUD: Symphonic Poem, “La Procession Nocturne,” Op. 6
CASADESUS: Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 37 (1st CSO performance)
Robert Casadesus, piano
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
25/iii/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
SCHUMANN: Overture from “Overture, Scherzo, and Finale,” Op. 52
BIZET: Two Entr’actes from Carmen (E-flat and G major)
BRAHMS: Scherzo, Trio, and Rondo from “Serenade”
27,28/iii/1952
BACH: Concerto No. 4 for Violin, Flutes and String Orchestra in G major
John Weicher (violin), Julius Baker (first flute), Lois Schaefer (second flute), Dorothy Lane
(harpsichord)
BACH: Concerto for Three Pianos and String Orchestra in D minor (1st CSO performance)
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Gaby, Jean, and Robert Casadesus, pianos
MOZART: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K. 365 (1st CSO performance)
Gaby and Robert Casadesus, pianos
MOZART: Symphony in C major, K. 338
30/iii/1952 at University of Illinois Auditorium in Urbana, Illinois
PHILLIPS: Overture “Tom Paine” (1st CSO Performance)
RIETI: “Don Perlimplin” (Opera in a Prologue and Three Scenes) (World Premiere)
Bruce Foote, Don Perlimplin
Miriam Stewart, Belisa
Dorothy Clark, Marcolfa
Grace Wilson, Mother
Joy Lundberg, Bonnie Trankle, Sprites
Patricia Larsen, Ann Pryor, Sprites
Chorus from the University of Illinois Opera Workshop
WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast (1st CSO performance)
Nelson Leonard, baritone
University of Illinois Choir and Men’s Glee Club; Paul Young, dir.
University of Illinois Women’s Glee Club; John Bryden, dir.
University of Illinois Brass Bands; Lyman Starr and Haskell Sexton, dirs.
1/iv/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
SCARLATTI: Three movements from “Suite for String Orchestra”
SCHUBERT: Variations from “Trout” Quintet
John Weicher, violin; Milton Preves, viola; Dudley Powers, cello; Gaston Dufresne, bass;
George Schick, piano
MOZART: Finale from “A Musical Joke”
3,4/iv/1952
PHILLIPS: Overture “Tom Paine”
RIETI: “Don Perlimplin” (Opera in a Prologue and Three Scenes)
Bruce Foote, Don Perlimplin
Miriam Stewart, Belisa
Dorothy Clark, Marcolfa
Grace Wilson, Mother
Joy Lundberg, Bonnie Trankle, Sprites (Thursday)
Patricia Larsen, Ann Pryor, Sprites (Friday)
Chorus from the University of Illinois Opera Workshop
WALTON: “Belshazzar’s Feast,” for Mixed Choir, Baritone Solo and Orchestra
Nelson Leonard, Baritone; University of Illinois Choral Organizations (see above)
8/iv/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
Assisted by Evanston Township High School Chorus; Sadie Rafferty, director
LULLY: Introduction from “Ballet Suite”
WILL JAMES: “Almighty God of Our Fathers”
HUGH S. ROBERTON: “All in the April Evening”
BACH: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” from Cantata 147
NOVAK: “The Lovers” from “Slovakian Suite”
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SCHUMANN: Scherzo
8/iv/1952
BACH: Concerto No. 4 for Violin, Flutes and String Orchestra in G major
John Weicher (violin), Julius Baker (first flute), Lois Schaefer (second flute), Dorothy Lane
(harpsichord)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
William Kapell, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
10,11/iv/1952
BACH: Aria, “I Follow Thee Also, My Savior, With Gladness” (St. John Passion) (1st CSO perf.)
Uta Graf, soloist
BACH: Aria, “Dissolve Oh My Heart, into Torrents of Weeping” (St. John Passion) (1st CSO
perf.), Uta Graf, soloist
BACH: Aria, “In Love My Saviour Now is Dying” (St. Matthew Passion)
Julius Baker, flute; Robert Mayer and Jerry Sirucek, oboes; Irwin Fischer, organ
Uta Graf, soloist
MOZART: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
William Kapell, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathetique”
15/iv/1952 Telecast Concert from the Civic Theater
MOZART: Overture to “The Impresario”
IBERT: Capriccio
RAVEL: Minuet and Rigaudon from Suite, “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
17,18/iv/1952
BACH: Concerto No.6 in B flat major for String Orchestra (Dorothy Lane, hpschd.)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Frances Yeend, Soprano
Martha Lipton, Mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, Tenor
Hans Hotter, Bass-Baritone
The Apollo Musical Club
Henry Veld, Director
19/iv/1952 Popular Concert with
The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra
GORDON BINKERD: “Sun Singer”
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 in E minor
HONEGGER: Monopartita for Orchestra
CARLOS CHAVEZ: Sinfonia India
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Overture, “Beckus the Dandipratt”
3/v/1952 Concert at Cornell College Auditorium, Mount Vernon, Iowa (2:15 PM)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for Double String Orchestra
MOZART: Symphony in C major, K. 338
BACH: Magnificat in D major for Two Sopranos, Alto, Tenor and Bass, Chorus and Orchestra
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(soloists not identified)
3/v/1952 Concert at Cornell College Auditorium, Mount Vernon, Iowa (8:15 PM)
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
IBERT: Flute Concerto
Julius Baker, flute
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)
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1952-53 Season (62nd Season)
2,3/x/1952
Star Spangled Banner
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor (Dorothy Lane, hpsd.)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
4/x/1952 Popular Concert
ROSSINI: Overture to Semiramide
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathetique”)
9,10/x/1952
GLUCK: Ovt. “Iphigenie en Aulide”
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 5 (1st CSO perf.)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 7 in C major (The Great)
11/x/1952 Popular Concert
WAGNER: Overture to “Tannhaeuser”
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Ruth Tengwall, violin
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
14/x/1952
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor (Dorothy Lane, hpsd.)
BACH: Cantata “Von der Vergnuegsamkeit
Dorothy Lane, hpsd.
Irmgard Seefried, soloist
1st CSO perf.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
16,17/x/1952
VIVALDI-FANNA: Sinfonia for Strings in B minor, “Al Santo Sepolcro”
(1st CSO perf.) In Memoriam Frederick Stock
HANDEL: Aria “Piangero La Sorte Mia” from Giulio Cesare
HAYDN: Aria “Nun Beut Die Flur” from The Creation
MOZART: Aria “Per Pieta, Ben Mio” from Cosi Fan Tutte
Irmgard Seefried, soloist
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
23,24/x/1952
SMETANA: “Ma Vlast”
30,31/x/1952
ROSSINI: Overture to “Semiramide”
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BARBER: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 22
Raya Garbousova, soloist
ROSENBERG: Concerto for Orchestra (American Premiere)
STRAUSS: Don Juan
6,7/xi/1952
PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony
BACH: Violin Concerto in E major
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 (K. 219)
Szymon Goldberg, soloist
ROUSSEL: Suite in F major, Op. 33
11/xi/1952
BIZET: Symphony No. 1
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
Szymon Goldberg, soloist
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 5
ROSSINI: Semiramide Overture
13,14/xi/1952
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3
20,21/xi/1952
MOZART: Symphony in C major, K. 338
HARRIS: Symphony No. 7 (1st performance)
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Rudolf Serkin, piano
25/xi/1952
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
Zadel Skolovsky, soloist
SMETANA: “Sarka” and “Vltava” from Ma Vlast
4,5/xii/1952
MENDELSSOHN: Fingal’s Cave Overture, Op. 26
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
STRAVISNKY: Les Noces”
Uta Graf, sop., Carol Smith, alto, Harold Brindel, tenor, Andrew Foldi, bass
Florence Kirsch, 1st piano, George Schick, 2nd piano
Stefan Bardas, 3rd piano, Katja Andy, 4th piano
Edward Metzenger, Allan Graham, Lionel Sayers, Harry Brabec, Sam Denov, Otto Kristufek,
John Morgando, percussionists
Univ. of Illinois Choir
Paul Young, director
9/xii/1952
LEIDE-TEDESCO: “For Harvest Time, Prelude of Dances” (1st CSO perf.)
POULENC: Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Kettledrums in G minor
1st CSO perf.
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DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: Festival (from Three Nocturnes
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 7 in C Major (The Great)
11,12/xii/1952
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture
HAYDN: Cello Concerto in D major, Op. 101
STRAUSS: Don Quixote
Pierre Fournier, Cello
18,19/xii/1952
HAYDN: Violin Concerto in C major (1st CSO performance)
BERG: Violin Concerto
Arthur Grumiaux, soloist
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
20/xii/1952 Popular Concert
MENDELSSOHN: “Fingal’s Cave” Overture, Op. 26
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Benno Rabinof, violin
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: “Festivals” from “Three Nocturnes”
WAGNER: Entrance of the Gods into Walhalla, from “Das Rheingold”
WAGNER: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, from “Twilight of the Gods”
WAGNER: Prelude to “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
23/xii/1952
MORRIS: Victory Symphony (1st CSO perf.)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2
Maryan Filar, soloist
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
26, 27/xii/1952
VIVALDI-EPHRIKIAN: Concerto Grosso in A major for strings
Dorothy Lane, hpsd; 1st CSO perf.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rudolf Firkusny, soloist
GOULD: Serenade of Carols
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
1,2/i/1953
BERWALD: Sinfonie Singuliere (1st CSO perf.)
BLOCH: Suite Hebraique (1st performance)
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
26,27/ii/1953
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Kettledrums
George Schick, piano
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto, Op. 61
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Jascha Heifetz, soloist
Spring 1953 CSO Concert Tour (2-16/iii/1953)
2/iii/1953 Concert in Detroit, Michigan (concert program not available)
3/iii/1953 Concert in Syracuse, New York (concert program not available)
4/iii/1953 Concert in Utica, New York (concert program not available)
5/iii/1953 Concert at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
(concert program not available)
6/iii/1953 Concert in Newburgh, New York (concert program not available)
7/iii/1953 Concert in Stamford, Connecticut (concert program not available)
8/iii/1953 Concert in Washington, DC (concert program not available)
9/iii/1953 Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3
MARTINU: Double Concerto (George Schick, piano)
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
10/iii/1953 Concert at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
(concert program not available)
11/iii/1953 Concert at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New York (concert program not available)
12/iii/1953 Concert at Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts (concert program not available)
13/iii/1953 Concert in Troy, New York (concert program not available)
14/iii/1953 Concert in Jamestown, New York (concert program not available)
16/iii/1953 Concert in Lima, Ohio (concert program not available)
19,20/iii/1953
All BRAHMS program
Academic Festival Overture
Violin Concerto (Isaac Stern, soloist)
Symphony No. 2
21/iii/1953 Popular Concert
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
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VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37
Elaine Skorodin, violin
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
24/iii/1953
BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture
VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No. 4, Op. 31
Isaac Stern, soloist
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
26,27/iii/1953
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4
2,3/iv/1953
BACH-STOCK: Chorale Prelude ‘O Mensch Bewein Dein Suende Gross”
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sinfonia Antartica (1st American performance)
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
Solomon, soloist
9,10/iv/1953
TELEMANN: Suite in A minor for Flute and String Orch.
Julius Baker, flute; Dorothy Lane, hpsd.
1st CSO perf.
GARDNER READ: The Temptation of St. Anthony
Dance Symphony in One Movement and Four Scenes, Op. 56
(1st performance)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
14/iv/1953
WEBER: Der Freischuetz Ovt.
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
William Kapell, soloist
16,17/iv/1953
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
William Kapell, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
21/iv/1953
MENDELSSOHN: Fingal’s Cave Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
Constance Keene, soloist
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
23,24/iv/1953
WAGNER: Parsifal
Set Svanholm (Parsifal)
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Margaret Harshaw (Kundry)
Sigurd Bjorling (Amfortas)
Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz)
Andrew Foldi (Titurel)
Frederich Lechner (Klingsor)
Eva Likova, Dorothy Linden Krieg, Gloria Lind, Anita Jordan, Ruth Shalett, Edith Lang (Flower
Maidens)
Combined Choral Organization of Northwestern University, George Howerton (dir.)
Boys’ Chorus from the Evanston Public Schools
25/iv/1953 Popular Concert
SMETANA: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
JIRAK: Symphonic Scherzo
DVORAK: Aria “O Lovely Moon,” from “Rusalka”
SMETANA: Aria from “The Bartered Bride”
SMETANA: Aria of Caroline, from “The Two Widows”
Eva Likova, soloist
DVORAK: Two Slavonic Dances, Nos. 6 and 8 (no Opus number given)
SUK: March, “Into New Life”
Note: This appears to have been Kubelík’s last concert as music director of the CSO.
The choice and meaning of the last work played could not have been more obvious.
II. Concerts conducted as Guest Conductor
1949-1950 (59th Season)
[This season marked Kubelík’s American debut as conductor. He had
appeared at Orchestra Hall in January of 1935 as piano accompanist to his
father, violinist Jan Kubelík, during a world tour]
17,18/xi/1949
SMETANA: Overture to “The Bartered Bride”
MOZART: Symphony in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”)
JANACEK: Rhapsody “Taras Bulba” (1st CSO performance)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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22/xi/1949
BERLIOZ: Overture “Le Carnaval Romain” Op. 9
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
(1st CSO performance)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Erica Morini, violin
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
24,25/xi/1949
MICA: Symphony in D major (1st CSO performance)
MOZART: Concerto for Violin No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Erica Morini, violin (cadenza by Marteau)
MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
1,2/xii/1949
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 2 for Strings
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
1966-1967 Season (76th Season)
8,9/xii/1966
HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Pierre Fournier, cello
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
12/xii/1966
Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Frank Miller, cello
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
15,16,17/xii/1966
MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
22,23/xii/1966
WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
3/viii/1967 (Ravinia Concert)
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (with Michael Rabin, violin)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8
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5/viii/1967 (Ravinia concert)
MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14 (with John Browning, piano)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with John Browning, piano)
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
1968-1969 Season (78th Season)
2,3,4/i/1969
MOZART: Motet “Ave Verum Corpus”
(In Memoriam Cyrus H. Adams, 30.vii.1881 – 28.xii.1968)
MOZART: Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Grant Johannesen, piano
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
9,10/i/1969
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
13/i/1969
Combined Concert Series (w. Chicago Heights Symphony Orchestra)
Bloom Township High School Auditorium
MOZART: Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Sidney Weiss, violin
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
16,17,18/i/1969
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Edith Peinemann, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
20/i/1969
Milwaukee Concert (Pabst Theatre)
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Edith Peinemann, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
23,24/i/1969
SMETANA: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
[played with intermission after “Vltava”]
1972-1973 Season (82nd Season)
22,23,24/iii/1973
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London”)
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BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”)
1975-1976 Season (85th Season)
30,31/x & 1/xi/1975
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
3/xi/1975
Milwaukee Concert (Uihlein Hall Performing Arts Center)
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
6,7,9/xi/1975
HARTMANN: Symphony No. 4 for String Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
Donald Peck, flute
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
13,14,15/xi/1975
DVORAK: Stabat Mater (1st CSO performance)
Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano; Maureen Forrester, contralto
Eric Tappy, tenor; Paul Plishka, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, dir.
1979-1980 Season (89th Season)
13,14,15/iii/1980
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
MOZART: Mass in C major (“Coronation Mass”), K. 317
Lucia Popp, soprano; Mira Zakai, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Oliver, tenor; Malcolm King, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, dir.
17/iii/1980
Milwaukee Concert (Uihlein Hall – Performing Arts Center)
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
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MARTINU: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
Mary Sauer, piano; Donald Koss, Timpani
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
1980-1981 Season (90th Season)
6,7,9/xi/1980
KUBELÍK: Sequences for Orchestra (1st CSO performance)
MOZART: Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488
Clifford Curzon, piano
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
10/xi/1980
Milwaukee Concert (Uihlein Hall – Performing Arts Center)
KUBELÍK: Sequences for Orchestra
MOZART: Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488
Clifford Curzon, piano
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
13,14,15/xi/1980
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
1982-1983 Season (92nd Season)
2,3,5/xii/1982
BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
BARBER: Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 21
(1st CSO performance)
Donald Peck, flute; Ray Still, oboe; Adolph Herseth, trumpet
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
HARRIS: Symphony No. 5
6/xii/1982
Milwaukee Concert (Uihlein Hall – Performing Arts Center)
BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
BARBER: Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 21
Donald Peck, flute; Ray Still, oboe; Adolph Herseth, trumpet
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
HARRIS: Symphony No. 5
9,10,11/xii/1982
MOZART: Piano Concerto in D major, K.451 (1st CSO performance at subscription concerts)
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
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BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A major
1983-1984 Season (93rd Season)
27,28,29/x/1983
SMETANA: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
[played with intermission after “Sarka”]
3,4,6/xi/1983
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Samuel Magad, violin; Leon Brenner, violin; Frank Miller, cello
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da requiem, Op. 24
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
7/xi/1983
Milwaukee Concert (Uihlein Hall – Performing Arts Center)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Samuel Magad, violin; Leon Brenner, violin; Frank Miller, cello
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da requiem, Op. 24
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
1984-1985 Season (94th Season)
7,8,10/iii/1985
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
14,15,16/iii/1985
KUBELÍK: A Symphonic Peripetia for Organ and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Edgar Krapp, Organ
(work dedicated to the Chicago Symphony by the composer)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
1991-1992 Season (101st Season)
18/x/1991
CSO Centennial Concert
WAGNER: A Faust Overture (cond. by Barenboim)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (cond. by Solti)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Daniel Barenboim, piano; cond. by Solti
DVORAK: Husitska, Dramatic Overture, Op. 67 (cond. by Kubelík)
Note: Following the above successful appearance by Kubelík at the centennial concert,
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he agreed to conduct the orchestra in Mahler’s 9th (April 15, 17, and 20, 1993).
Sadly, illness prevented him from conducting and Michiyoshi Inoue substituted for him.
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III.
Issued Recordings
During his tenure as music director in Chicago, Kubelík made a number of seminal recordings
with the orchestra for the Mercury label, with perhaps none as famous as his recording of
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” one of the most successful classical recordings in
history. This list attempts to document all known releases of CSO recordings under Kubelík,
both as music director and as guest conductor. Due to the proliferation of pirate recordings
(especially on labels originating from Japan), this list is bound to increase in the future. Listings
here are documented as of October 2002.
Note on recordings: Japanese Mercury/Philips CD issues of Kubelík’s recordings as music
director were transferred from noisy LPs and are usually of poor quality. Western Mercury CD
issues used the original master tapes and offer significantly better quality.
(numbers in front of recordings refer to the CSO archives listings, when applicable)
108-b. MOZART: Horn Concerto in E-flat, K. 447; Finale “Allegro”
Philip Farkas, horn; Studio 1-A, WGN-TV, Chicago
Rec. 27/ix/1950 live - in concert
CSO CD91-2 (CD), Radiothon 16 (“Mozart”)
109. BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Orchestra Hall, rec. 23,24/iv/1951
LPs: Mercury M-50001, M-50026, MG3-4501
CDs: Mercury 434 378-2, PHCP-3408 (Japan)
110. BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 (George Schick, piano)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 23,24/iv/1951
LPs: Mercury M-50001, M-500027, (Wing) MGW-14034, (Wing) SRW-18034,
M-75036 (England), SRI-75036
CD: Mercury PHCP-3408 (Japan)
111. MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 23,24 April 1951
LPs: Mercury M-50000, (Wing) MGW-14028, (Wing) SRW-18028, MG3-4500,
SRI-75114 (Netherlands), HMV BLP-1002 (England, 10” LP)
CDs: Mercury 434 378-2, PCHP-3401 (Japan), CSO 90/12-4 (“The First
100 Years”)
Note: This recording was the first “high fidelity” long playing record to be commercially
marketed in the United States. At that time, the final section “The Great Gate at Kiev,” was a
standard item at audio fairs throughout the country. As a result, this record became a major item
in popularizing the music of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
112. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Orchestra Hall, rec. 19,20/xi/1951
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LPs: Mercury M-50003, (Wing) MGW-14024, (Wing) SRW-18024,
MG3-4501, HMV ALP-1083 (England)
Mercury EP-1-5001 (45 rpm, Third movement only)
CDs: PHCP-3404 (Japan)
113. DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 20,21/xi/1951
LPs: Mercury M-50002, (Wing) MGW-14021, (Wing) SRW-18021, MG3-4501,
EP-1-5026 (45 rpm, Second movement only), HMV ALP-1018 (England)
CDs: Mercury 434 387-2, PHCP-3402 (Japan)
113-a. ROSSINI: Tancredi Overture
Civic Theatre, Chicago, rec. 27/xi/1951, live – in concert
CD: CSO CD92-2 (Radiothon 17) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
113-b. SUK: Meditations on an Ancient Czech Chorale, “Holy Wenceslaus”
Civic Theatre, Chicago, rec. 25/xii/1951, live – in concert
CD: CSO CD92-2 (Radiothon 17) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
114. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Orchestra Hall, rec. 21/iv/1952
LPs: Mercury M-50007, (Wing) MGW-14023, (Wing) SRW-18023,
Wing WL-1016, Mercury OLD-2 (4th mvt. Excerpt, 7” LP)
CD: Mercury PHCP-3405 (Japan)
115. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, (“Pathetique”)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 22/iv/1952
LPs: Mercury M-50006, (Wing) MGW-14020, (Wing) SRW-18020, MG3-4500
CDs: Mercury PHCP-3403 (Japan)
CDs: PHCP-3403 (Japan)
116. SMETANA: “Ma Vlast” (“My Fatherland”)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 4,5,6/xii/1952
LPs: Mercury OL2-100, M-SR12-77006 (England)
“High Castle,” “Moldau,” “From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests”
Mercury Wing MGW-14026, SRW-18026, WL-1018 (England)
“Moldau,” “From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests”
Mercury MG3-4500
“Sarka,” “Tabor”
Mercury Wing MGW-14037, SRW-18037
“High Castle,” “Moldau”
Mercury M-50042
“Sarka”
RCA DPM1-0302 (Marathon 3) (“Encore”)
“Moldau”
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Mercury EP-1-5027 (45 rpm)
RCA DPL1-0544 (Marathon 7) (“Con Brio”)
CDs: Mercury 434 379-2, PHCP-3407 (Japan); RCA 60206-2-RG (“The Centennial
Collection,” “Moldau” only)
117. MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
Orchestra Hall, rec. 6/xii/1952
LPs: Mercury M-50015, (Wing) MGW-14022, (Wing) SRW-18022,
HMV ALP-1239 (England), Pickwick PC-4042, SPC-4042
RCA DPM1-0444 (Marathon 5) (“Mostly Bach”)
Wing WL-1015 (England)
CDs: Mercury PHCP-2304 (Japan)
118. MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”)
Orchestra Hall, rec. 6/xii/1952
LPs: Mercury M-50015, M-50042, MG3-4500, (Wing) MGW-14022,
(Wing) SRW-18022, HMV ALP-1239 (England), Pickwick PC-4042,
SPC-4042, Wing WL-1015 (England)
CDs: Mercury 434 387-2, PHCP-3406 (Japan)
119. HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
Orchestra Hall, rec. 3/iv/1953
LPs: Mercury M-50024, M-50027, MG3-4501, SRI-75114 (Netherlands)
RCA DPL1-0212 (Marathon 1) (“From Stock to Solti,” March only)
CDs: Mercury PHCP-3409 (Japan), CSO 90/12-4 (“The First 100 Years”)
Mercury 434 397-2
120. SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
Orchestra Hall, 4/iv/1953
LPs: Mercury M-50024, M-50026, M-75036 (England),
SRI-75036 (Netherlands)
CDs: Mercury PHCP-3409 (Japan), Mercury 434 397-2
Additional Issued Recordings
(in alphabetical order by composer)
BARBER: Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 21
Donald Peck, flute; Ray Still, oboe; Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 2&5/xii/1982
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CD: CSO CD92-2 (From the Archives, vol. 7) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (“Eroica”)
CD Fachmann fuer Klassischer Musik FKM-CDR-71
This is a pirate recording from the performance given on 14/iii/1985 at Orchestra Hall
(CD is misdated as 3/5/1986)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor CD: Meteor MCD-005 (Japan)
This is a pirate recording from the performance given on 13/xi/1980 at Orchestra Hall
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (Michael Rabin, violin) CD: 0-0-0 Classics TH061
This is a pirate recording of the concert given on 3/viii/1967 at Ravinia.
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 24
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 3, 4/xi/1983
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A major
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 9&11/xii/1982
CD: CSO CD92-2 (From the Archives, vol. 7) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”),
Sardana SACD200 (Japanese pirate)
DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 2&5/xii/1982
CD: CSO CD92-2 (From the Archives, vol. 7) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
DVORAK: “Husitska,” Dramatic Overture, Op. 67
Live recording from CSO Centennial Concert at Orchestra Hall on 18/x/1991
CD: CSO CD92-2 (From the Archives, vol. 7) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Live recording from concert at Orchestra Hall on 8/xii/1966
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
HARRIS: Symphony No. 5
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 2&5/xii/1982
CD: CSO CD92-2 (From the Archives, vol. 7) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík”)
KUBELÍK: Sequences for Orchestra
Live recording from concert at Orchestra Hall on 9/xi/1980
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
MARTINU: Double Concerto
Mary Sauer, piano
Donald Koss, timpani
Live recording, 20,22/iii/1980
Soloists of the Orchestra; From the Archives, Vol. 2 (1987) (CSO 87-2)
MOZART: Coronation Mass
Lucia Popp, soprano
Mira Zakai, mezzo-soprano
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Alexander Oliver, tenor
Malcolm King, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director)
Live recording, 15/iii/1980
Chicago Symphony Chorus: A Fortieth Anniversary Celebration; From the
Archives, Vol. 13 (1998) (CSO CD98-2)
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
Live recording from concert at Orchestra Hall on 15/iii/1980
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 3, 4/xi/1983
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 3
Live recording 3, 4, 6/xi/1983
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The First 100 Years (1990) (CSO 90/12)
WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde”
Live recording from concerts at Orchestra Hall on 22,23/xii/1966
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast
Nelson Leonard, baritone
University of Illinois Choir and Men’s Glee Club; Paul Young, dir.
University of Illinois Women’s Glee Club; John Bryden, dir.
University of Illinois Brass Bands; Lyman Starr and Haskell Sexton, dirs.
Live recording from concert at University of Illinois Auditorium in Urbana, Illinois on 30/iii/1952
CD: CSO CD02-2 (From the Archives, vol. 16) (“A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík II”)
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IV.
Unissued Recordings
This section lists recordings that exist either at the CSO Archives or that are in private hands
(indicated where applicable). As noted, some of these recordings have been issued on pirate
CDRs in Japan (see previous section under “Additional Issued Recordings”), but they await
legitimate release from the source tapes contained at the CSO archives.
Unissued Recordings at the CSO Archives
(by composer in alphabetical order)
BARBER: Adagio for Strings (arranged from String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 11)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 2/xii/1982
Archive Number: AV-CSO-479
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Live recording from concert of 13/xi/1980
Archive Number: AV-CSO-374 (31’01”)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
Live recording from concert of 14/iii/1985
Archive Number: AV-CSO-572 (56’41”)
Note: A Japanese pirate recording of this performance has been issued on the
“Fachmann” label. See list of issued recordings above.
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Yehudi Menuhin, violin)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 15/xii/1966
Archive Number: AV-CSO-66
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 3/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-93
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 20/iii/1980
Archive Number: AV-CSO-350
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Michael Rabin, violin)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 3/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-93
Note: A Japanese pirate recording of this performance has been issued on the
“0-0-0 Classics” label. See list of issued recordings above.
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 16/i/1969
Archive Number: AV-CSO-E
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Live recording from concert of 13/xi/1980
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Archive Number: AV-CSO-374 (47’32”)
Note: A Japanese pirate recording of this performance has been issued on the
“Meteor” label. See list of issued recordings above.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 22/xii/1966
Archive Number: AV-CSO-74
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Live recording from concert of 7/iii/1985
Archive Number: AV-CSO-540 (83’42”)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 3/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-93
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
Live recording from concert of 6/xi/1980
Archive Number: AV-CSO-388
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso for Two Violins, Cello, and Strings
Samuel Magad and Leon Brenner, violins; Frank Miller, cello
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 3/xi/1983
Archive Number: AV-CSO-488
HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major
Live recording from concert of 8/xii/1966
(Kubelík's first appearance with the CSO since 1953 when he was CSO Music Director.)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-54
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 15/xii/1966
Archive Number: AV-CSO-66
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 5/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-100
KUBELIK: Symphonic Peripeteia for Organ and Orchestra (Edgar Krapp, organ)
World Premiere, dedicated to the CSO
Live recording from concert of 14/iii/1985
Archive Number: AV-CSO-572 (24’47”)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 9/i/1969
Archive Number: AV-CSO-E
MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 15/xii/1966
Archive Number: AV-CSO-66
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Rafael Kubelík and the Chicago Symphony
MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 5/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-100
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K.449 (John Browning, piano)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 5/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-100
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus in D major, K. 618 (In Memoriam Cyrus Adams, deceased on
28/xii/1968)
MOZART: Divertimento in D major, K. 251
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (Grant Johannesen, piano)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
Live recordings from concert of 2/i/1969
Archive Number: AV-CSO-A
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (Clifford Curzon, piano)
Live recording from concert of 6/xi/1980
Archive Number: AV-CSO-388
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major (“Jupiter”), K. 551
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 15/iii/1980
Archive Number: AV-CSO-362
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451 (Rudolf Firkušný, piano)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 9/xii/1982
Archive Number: AV-CSO-455
PHILLIPS: Tom Paine Overture
Live recording from concert of 30/iii/1952 at the University of Illinois
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 (John Browning, piano)
Live recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 5/viii/1967 (Ravinia Festival)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-100
RIETI: “Don Perlimplin” Opera (World Premiere - see cast under concert listing above)
Live recording from concert of 30/iii/1952 at the University of Illinois.
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (Pierre Fournier, cello)
Live recording from concert of 8/xii/1966
(Kubelík's first appearance with the CSO since 1953 when he was CSO Music Director.)
Archive Number: AV-CSO-54
SMETANA: Má Vlast
Live Recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 23/i/1969
Archive Number: AV-CSO-D
SMETANA: Má Vlast
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Rafael Kubelík and the Chicago Symphony
Live Recording from CSO Radio Broadcast of 27/x/1983
Archive Number: AV-CSO-516
WAGNER: Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde
Live recording from CSO broadcast of 22/xii/1966
Archive Number: AV-CSO-74
Unissued Recordings in Private Hands
(by composer in alphabetical order)
The following recordings are part of the Ron Lersch Collection (a private collection of CSO
broadcasts from 1941 to 1963 listed, but not residing at the CSO Archives). The state and quality
of these recordings is unknown.
BACH: “Air” from Orchestral Suite No. 3
Live recording from concert of 25/xii/1951
BACH: Concerto for Two Pianos
Rafael Kubelik and George Schick, pianos
Live recording from concert of 20/xii/1950
BACH: Aria for Soprano from Easter Oratorio “Christin, Myrrh, and Precious Spices”
Suzanne Hamilton, soprano
Live recording from concert of 20/xii/1950
BACH/REGER: Chorale Prelude “O Man Bewail Thy Grievous Sin”
Live recording from concert of 15/xi/1950
BEETHOVEN: Contredances
Live recording from concert of 4/x/1950
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1
George Schick, piano
Live recording from concert of 6/xii/1950
CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto
Florian Muller, oboe
Live recording from concert of 4/x/1950
DEBUSSY: Danses Sacres et Profane
Live recording from concert of 13/xii/1950
DEBUSSY: “En Bateau,” and “Minuet” from Petite Suite
Live recording from concert of 13/xii/1950
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Live recording from concert of 13/xii/1950
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Rafael Kubelík and the Chicago Symphony
DE FALLA: Danza Ritual del Fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) from “El Amor Brujo”
Live recording from concert of 26/ii/1952
FAURE: Elegy for Cello
Jenska Slebos, cello
Live recording from concert of 26/ii/1952
GLUCK: Flute Concerto
Rene Rateau, flute
Live recording from concert of 15/xi/1950
GOULD: Sermon from “Spirituals”
Live recording from concert of 19/ii/1952
GRIEG: “Rigaudon” from Holberg Suite
Live recording from concert of 19/ii/1952
HAYDN: Toy Symphony
Live recording from 18/xii/1951
HINDEMITH: Theme and Four Variations (“The Four Temperaments”) for String Orchestra and
Piano. George Schick, piano
Live recording from concert of 15/xi/1950
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto
Ignatius Gennusa, clarinet
Live recording from concert of 8/xi/1950
MOZART: Symphony No. 26
Live recording from concert of 8/xi/1950
MOZART: Minuet, K. 409
Live recording from concert of 27/xi/1951
MOZART: Minuet and Finale from “A Musical Joke”
Live recording from concert of 1/iv/1952
RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, String Orchestra, Flute, and Clarinet
Joseph Vito, harp
Live recording from concert of 19/ii/1952
RIISAGER: Two Movements from Trumpet Concerto
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Live recording from concert of 27/xi/1951
ROSSINI: Tancredi Overture
Live recording from concert of 27/xi/1951
SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33
Dudley Powers, cello
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Rafael Kubelík and the Chicago Symphony
Live recording from concert of 28/iii/1951
SCARLATTI: Suite for String Orchestra
Live recording from concert of 1/iv/1952
SCHUBERT: Variations from “Trout” Quintet
John Weicher, violin; Milton Preves, viola; Dudley Powers, cello; Gaston Dufresne, bass;
George Schick, piano
Live recording from concert of 1/iv/1952
R. STRAUSS: Pavane, Gavotte and March from “Couperin Suite”
Live recording from concert of 26/ii/1952
VIVALDI: Bassoon & Harpsichord Concerto
Lane Sharrow, bassoon
Live recording from concert of 25/xii/1951
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