WORLD PREMIERES
All performances from 1891 to 1904 were given at the Auditorium Theatre and thereafter at Orchestra Hall, unless otherwise noted.
Soloists, when known, also are indicated.
1891-99 │ 1900-09 │ 1910-19 │ 1920-29 │ 1930-39 │ 1940-49 │ 1950-59
1960-69 │ 1970-79 │ 1980-89 │ 1990-99 │ 2000-09 │ 2010-19
Date
Composer
Composition
Conductor
1891-99
Columbus Ode, Ode for the Opening of the
Chicago World’s Fair (World’s Columbian
Exposition, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Building)
Columbus March and Hymn (World’s Columbian
Exposition, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Building)
21-Oct-1892
George Chadwick
21-Oct-1892
John Knowles Paine
1-May-1893
Amy Beach
Festival Jubilate, Op. 17 (World’s Columbian
Exposition, Women’s Building)
Theodore Thomas
7-Jun-1893
Alexander Glazunov
Triumphal March (World’s Columbian Exposition,
Music Hall)
Woizech Iwanowich
Hlavac
29-Jul-1893
Margaret Lang
30-Nov-1894
Arthur Foote
25-Jan-1895
W. C. E. Seeboeck
17-Apr-1896
22-Oct-1897
3-Feb-1899
29-Dec-1899
Frederic Grant Gleason
Hugo Kaun
Hugo Kaun
Henry Schoenefeld
Overture, Witichis (World’s Columbian
Exposition, Festival Hall)
Cello Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Bruno
Steindel)
Concerto No. 2 for Piano in D Minor (W. C. E.
Seeboeck)
Symphonic Poem, Edris
Festival March and Hymn to Liberty
Overture, Der Maler von Antwerpen
Impromptus for String Orchestra
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Henry Schoenefeld
1900-09
5-Jan-1900
15-Feb-1901
27-Feb-1903
26-Feb-1904
17-Feb-1905
7-Apr-1905
Adolf Weidig
Clarence Lucas
John Knowles Paine
Frederick Stock
Hugo Kaun
Frederick Stock
16-Feb-1906
Wilhelm Middelschulte
2-Mar-1906
1-Nov-1907
1-Nov-1907
20-Dec-1907
13-Mar-1908
Adolf Weidig
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Arthur Foote
Adolf Weidig
Capriccio, Op. 13
Overture, Macbeth
Prelude, Birds of Aristophanes
Symphonic Variations
Symphonic Prologue, Mary Magadalene
Eines Menschenlebens Morgen, Mittag, und
Abend
Concerto for Organ in A Minor (Wilhelm
Middelschulte)
Symphonic Fantasy, Semiramis
Improvisation
Symphonic Waltz
Four Character Pieces, Op. 48
Three Episodes, Op. 38
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Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
25-Aug-1908
Frederick Stock
Symphonic Sketch, Summer Evening (first
version) (Ravinia Park)
Frederick Stock
28-May-1909
Henry Hadley
Rhapsody, The Culprit Fay (Grand Rapids May
Festival)
Frederick Stock
3-Jun-1909
Arne Oldberg
Festival Overture (North Shore Music Festival,
Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston)
Frederick Stock
12-Nov-1909
Arthur Dunham
31-Dec-1909
Frederick Stock
Symphonic Fantasy for Organ and Orchestra
(Arthur Dunham)
Symphony in C Minor
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
1910-19
14-Oct-1910
13-Dec-1912
10-Jan-1913
11-Apr-1913
23-Apr-1913
18-Nov-1913
18-Nov-1913
18-Nov-1913
23-Jan-1914
6-Feb-1914
Frederick Stock
David Smith
Arne Oldberg
Thorwald Otterstrom
Arthur Shepherd
George Colburn
Eric DeLamarter
Leo Sowerby
Eric DeLamarter
Arne Oldberg
27-Mar-1914
27-Apr-1914
27-Apr-1914
18-Dec-1914
Frederick Stock
Arthur Dunham
Felix Borowski
Adolf Weidig
11-Mar-1915
Adolf Brune
11-Mar-1915
Henry Lang
11-Mar-1915
Henry Clough-Leighter
11-Mar-1915
11-Mar-1915
19-Mar-1915
16-Apr-1915
15-Oct-1915
Leo Sowerby
Rossetter Cole
John Alden Carpenter
Arne Oldberg
Frederick Stock
18-Oct-1915
Felix Borowski
10-Mar-1916
John Alden Carpenter
14-Apr-1916
15-Dec-1916
25-Jan-1917
9-Mar-1917
6-Apr-1917
13-Apr-1917
15-Feb-1918
15-Mar-1918
Adolf Gerhard Brune
Thorwald Otterström
Felix Borowski
Felix Borowski
Eric DeLamarter
Arne Oldberg
Leo Sowerby
Frederick Stock
15-Nov-1918
Daniel Mason
7-Feb-1919
14-Feb-1919
28-Feb-1919
14-Mar-1919
Stanley Avery
Felix Borowski
Frederick Stock
Rossetter Cole
Festival March
Symphony in F Minor, Op. 28
Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 19
Elegy, Chorale, and Fugue
The City in the Sea
Symphonic Poem, Spring’s Conquest
Overture for a Fantastic Comedy, The Faun
Violin Concerto in G Minor (Herman Felber, Jr.)
Symphony in D Major
Symphonic Variations for Organ and Orchestra,
Op. 35 (Wilhelm Middelschulte)
Overture, Life’s Spring-Tide
Overture, To Spring
Concerto for Piano in D Minor (Prudence Neff)
Symphonic Suite
Sea Music, Ballad for Baritone and Orchestra
(Burton Thatcher)
Andante and Burlesque from Symphony in C
Minor
Possession, Song for Baritone and Orchestra
(Burton Thatcher)
Symphonic Sketch, The Sorrow of Mydath
Symphonic Prelude
Adventures in a Perambulator
Rhapsody, June
Festival Prologue
Allegro de Concert for Organ and Orchestra (Dr.
J. Lewis Browne) (Medinah Temple)
Concertino for Pianoforte and Orchestra (Percy
Grainger)
Overture to a Drama
American Negro Suite
Peintures
Elegie Symphonique
Fable of the Hapless Folk-Tune
At Night, Op. 38
A Set of Four, Suite of Ironics
Overture to a Romantic Comedy
Russians for Baritone and Orchestra (Reinald
Werrenrath)
The Taming of the Shrew Overture, Op. 49
Suite from the Ballet-Pantomime Boudour
March and Hymn to Democracy
Pioneer Overture (1818-1918)
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Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Frederick Stock
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Felix Borowski
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Eric DeLamarter
Eric DeLamarter
Felix Borowski
Frederick Stock
Rossetter Cole
24-Nov-1919
Carlos Salzedo
Enchanted Isles, Symphonic Poem for Harp and
Orchestra (Carlos Salzedo) (Pabst Theatre,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Frederick Stock
1920-29
19-Mar-1920
2-Apr-1920
25-May-1920
29-Oct-1920
4-Mar-1921
Adolf Gerhard Brune
Eric DeLamarter
Felix Borowski
Sir Arnold Bax
Daniel Mason
A Fairy Tale
Concerto for Organ in E Major (Eric DeLamarter)
Le Printemps Passioinne
The Garden of Fand
Prelude and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra
(John Powell)
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Felix Borowski
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
26-May-1921
Frederick Stock
A Psalmodic Rhapsody for Tenor, Chorus, and
Orchestra (Orville Harrold, Festival Chorus)
(North Shore Music Festival, Northwestern
University Gymnasium, Evanston)
27-May-1921
Arne Oldberg
Canzona (North Shore Music Festival,
Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston)
Arne Oldberg
25-Nov-1921
Franz Liszt
Concerto pathétique for Two Pianos (arr. Lee
Pattison) (Guy Maier, Lee Pattison)
Frederick Stock
16-Dec-1921
Sergei Prokofiev
23-Dec-1921
John Alden Carpenter
24-Feb-1922
Eric DeLamarter
7-Apr-1922
Leo Sowerby
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (Sergei
Prokofiev)
Krazy Kat
Concerto for Organ No. 2 in A Major (Eric
DeLamarter)
Symphony No. 1
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
30-May-1922
Camille Zeckwer
Jade Butterflies (North Shore Music Festival,
Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston)
Frederick Stock
30-May-1922
Percy Grainger
The Bride’s Tragedy (North Shore Music
Festival, Northwestern University Gymnasium,
Evanston)
Frederick Stock
29-Dec-1922
Louis Saar
17-May-1923
Gustav Holst
26-May-1923
Peter Christian Lutkin
’Twas the Night Before Christmas (North Shore
Music Festival, Northwestern University
Gymnasium, Evanston)
Peter Christian Lutkin
30-May-1923
Felix Borowski
Fantasie-Overture, Youth (North Shore Music
Festival, Northwestern University Gymnasium,
Evanston)
Frederick Stock
12-Oct-1923
Frederick Stock
21-Mar-1924
Adolf Gerhard Brune
28-Mar-1924
Edward Collins
30-May-1924
Charles Loeffler
27-Mar-1925
Edward Collins
26-May-1925
Percy Grainger
From the Mountain Kingdom of the Great
Northwest
Fugal Concerto (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Elegy
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 29 (Scherzo
and Adagio non troppo)
Mardi Gras
Memories of My Childhood (North Shore Music
Festival, Northwestern University Gymnasium,
Evanston)
Concerto for Pianoforte in E-flat Major (Edward
Collins)
English Dance
30-May-1925
Hermann Wetzler
The Legend of Saint Francis (North Shore Music
Festival, Northwestern University Gymnasium,
Evanston)
13-Nov-1925
15-Jan-1926
21-May-1926
Felix Borowski
Max Wald
Howard Hanson
Semiramis
Retrospectives
Lament of Beowolf (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Percy Grainger
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Howard Hanson
1-Jun-1926
Edward Collins
4-Feb-1927
Emerson Whithorne
18-Mar-1927
Arne Oldberg
1-Apr-1927
Adolf Gerhard Brune
20-Apr-1927
18-May-1927
23-Mar-1928
Hugo Grimm
Howard Hanson
A. Albert Noelte
30-Mar-1928
Henry Schoenefeld
26-May-1928
Peter Christian Lutkin
30-Nov-1928
Wesley La Violette
25-Jan-1929
Frederick Stock
14-Mar-1929
25-Mar-1929
29-Mar-1929
Florian Mueller
Normand Lockwood
Leo Sowerby
1-Jun-1929
Arne Oldberg
A Tragic Overture (North Shore Music Festival,
Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston)
Poem for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 (Walter
Gieseking)
Symphony No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 41
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 29 (Allegro
assai)
Erotic Poem
Heroic Elegy (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Suite for String Orchestra and Kettledrums
Concerto for Violoncello, Op. 80 (Alfred
Wallenstein)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Children's Chorus of
1,500 Voices) (North Shore Music Festival,
Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston)
Penetrella for String Orchestra
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in D
Minor (Alfred Wallenstein)
Concerto for Oboe (Florian Mueller)
Odysseus
Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Symphonic Variations, Op. 42 (North Shore
Music Festival, Northwestern University
Gymnasium, Evanston)
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Howard Hanson
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
[Frederick Stock]
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
[Frederick Stock]
1930-39
Suite from The Dance of Life
Suite from Dardanus (arranged for orchestra by
Eric DeLamarter)
27-Feb-1931
Eric DeLamarter
27-Feb-1931
Jean Phillippe Rameau
13-Mar-1931
A. Albert Noelte
17-Apr-1931
12-Nov-1931
Adolf Gerhard Brune
Emerson Whithorne
26-Nov-1931
Wesley La Violette
3-Dec-1931
Edward Collins
Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra in A
Minor (Edward Collins)
Frederick Stock
18-Feb-1932
Ernest Bloch
Helvetia, the Land of Mountains and Its People,
A Symphonic Fresco for Orchestra
Frederick Stock
23-Feb-1932
John Alden Carpenter
10-Mar-1932
14-Apr-1932
15-Dec-1932
Florian Mueller
Frederick Stock
Eustasio Rosales
15-Dec-1932
Alexander Glazunov
2-Feb-1933
Bernard Dieter
16-Feb-1933
16-Mar-1933
Eric DeLamarter
Felix Borowski
20-May-1933
Howard Hanson
15-Jun-1933
Florence Price
30-Nov-1933
John Alden Carpenter
Suite for Wind Instruments, Percussion, and
Harp, Op. 27
Overture to a Tragedy, Op. 62
Concerto for Violin (Jacques Gordon)
Dedications, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
(Albert Spalding)
Song of Faith for Chorus and Orchestra (Chicago
A Cappella Choir)
Two Symphonic Sketches
A Musical Self-Portrait
Three Spanish Dances
Concerto-Ballata for Violoncello and Orchestra
(Daniel Saidenberg)
Concerto for Pianoforte and Orchestra in B Minor
(Rudolph Reuter)
Symphony No. 3 in E Major
Symphony No. 1
Merry Mount (concert version) (Leonora Corona,
Rose Bampton, Frederick Jagel, John Charles
Thomas, George Galvani, Chase Boromeo) (Hill
Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Symphony in E Minor (Century of Progress,
Auditorium Theatre)
Sea Drift
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Eric DeLamarter
Eric DeLamarter
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Eric DeLamarter
Frederick Stock
Howard Hanson
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
22-Feb-1934
5-Apr-1934
Leo Sowerby
Robert Whitney
11-Aug-1934
Henry Hadley
29-Nov-1934
2-Apr-1935
4-Apr-1935
Arnold Zemachson
Samuel A. Lieberson
Adolf Gerhard Brune
4-Apr-1935
David Van Vactor
4-Apr-1935
4-Apr-1935
Norman Lockwood
Louis Gruenberg
15-May-1935
Howard Hanson
17-May-1935
Dorothy James
12-Dec-1935
9-Jan-1936
30-Jan-1936
5-Mar-1936
Charles Haubiel
Rossetter Cole
Robert Sanders
Efrem Zimbalist
26-Nov-1936
Ernest Schelling
18-Feb-1937
11-Mar-1937
A. Albert Noelte
Arne Oldberg
18-Nov-1937
John Alden Carpenter
13-Jan-1938
Zoltán Kurthy
30-Jun-1938
Gardner Read
15-Jul-1938
21-Jul-1938
9-Mar-1939
Arne Oldberg
David Van Vactor
Felix Borowski
14-Mar-1939
Frederick Jacobi
30-Mar-1939
15-Apr-1939
Edwin Stringham
Martin G. Dumler
8-Jul-1939
David Van Vactor
Passacaglia, Interlude, and Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Scherzo Diabolique, Op. 135 (Century of
Progress, Swift Bridge of Service)
Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 8
In a Winter Garden
At Bernina Falls, Op. 83
Concerto Grosso for Three Flutes, Harp, and
Orchestra
A Year’s Chronicle
Serenade to a Beauteous Lady
Songs from Drum Taps (Mark Bills, University
Choral Union) (Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor,
Michigan)
Cantata, Jumblies (Young People’s Festival
Chorus) (Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Rittrati
Suite from The Maypole Lovers
The Tragic Muse—Five Impressions
American Rhapsody
Suite Varié for Orchestra and Piano (Ernest
Schelling)
Four Symphonic Impressions, Op. 29
Symphonic Poem, The Sea, Op. 47
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Zlatko
Balović)
Symphonic Rhapsody, Puszta
Passacaglia and Fugue, Op. 34 (Ravinia
Festival)
Fantasia in B Minor, Op. 48 (Ravinia Festival)
Symphonic Suite (Ravinia Festival)
Symphony No. 3
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Albert
Spalding)
Nocturne for Orchestra No. 2
Suite for Orchestra No. 1
Divertimento for Small Orchestra (Ravinia
Festival)
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Henry Hadley
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Howard Hanson
Juva Higbee
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Robert Sanders
Efrem Zimbalist
Ernest Schelling
Frederick Stock
Hans Lange
Frederick Stock
Hans Lange
Artur Rodzinski
Frederick Stock
David Van Vactor
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
David Van Vactor
1940-49
13-Jul-1940
David Van Vactor
10-Oct-1940
17-Oct-1940
24-Oct-1940
31-Oct-1940
7-Nov-1940
12-Dec-1940
Frederick Stock
Darius Milhaud
John Alden Carpenter
Roy Harris
Igor Stravinsky
Remi Gassmann
26-Dec-1940
Nikolai Miaskovsky
16-Jan-1941
6-Feb-1941
13-Feb-1941
Albert Noelte
Zoltán Kodály
Carl Eppert
20-Feb-1941
Rudolph Ganz
6-Mar-1941
20-Mar-1941
Leo Sowerby
Reinhold Glière
Concerto for Viola (Milton Preves) (Ravinia
Festival)
Festival Fanfare
Symphony
Symphony in C
American Creed for Chorus and Orchestra
Symphony in C
Symphonic Overture in G Major
Symphony No. 21 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 51
(Symphony Fantasie)
Prologue to a Romantic Drama, Op. 35
Concerto for Orchestra
Two Symphonic Impressions
Concerto for Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 32
(Rudolph Ganz)
Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp Minor
Fête Ferganaise Overture, Op. 75
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David Van Vactor
Frederick Stock
Darius Milhaud
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Igor Stravinsky
Hans Lange
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
27-Mar-1941
3-Apr-1941
Alfredo Casella
William Walton
Symphony No. 3, Op. 63
Scapino, A Comedy Overture
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
17-Apr-1941
David Van Vactor
Arne Oldberg
Rossetter Cole
Samuel Lieberson
Leo Sowerby
Edward Collins
Florian Mueller
Albert Noelte
John Alden Carpenter
Felix Borowski
Rudolph Ganz
Thorvald Otterström
Variations on an American Folk-Song
Frederick Stock
15-Jul-1941
28-Sep-1941
Arne Oldberg
Frederick Stock
Nicolai Malko
Frederick Stock
18-Dec-1941
Darius Milhaud
Andante cantabile, Op. 50 (Ravinia Festival)
Academic Festival Prelude
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (Darium
Milhaud)
Pastorale and Tarantella
Five Symphonic Etudes based on the American
Folk Song El-A-Noy
Gothic Impressions
March and Song to Freedom (Chorus from
Chicago Public Elementary Schools)
Twenty-four Variations on an Original Theme
Concerto for Piano No. 3 in B Minor (Edward
Collins)
Biblical Triptych in Three Movements for Grand
Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 50
Requiem for a Child
Concerto Grosso, Op. 82
Sinfonietta
In Praise of Pageantry
Concerto for Violin in D Minor, Op. 46 (John
Weicher)
Rondo for Tuba and Orchestra (Arnold Jacobs)
Concerto for Accordion (Andy Rizzo)
Wood Notes
Five French Folk Songs for Baritone and
Orchestra (Martial Singher)
5-Feb-1942
Eugen Zádor
5-Feb-1942
Florian Mueller
26-Feb-1942
David Van Vactor
4-Mar-1942
John Alden Carpenter
9-Apr-1942
Heniot Lévy
25-Mar-1943
Edward Collins
9-Dec-1943
Eugene Zádor
31-Dec-1943
15-Mar-1945
17-Oct-1946
22-Oct-1946
31-Oct-1946
Arne Oldberg
Felix Borowski
Francis de Bourguignon
Marcel Poot
Max Wald
7-Nov-1946
Arne Oldberg
19-Apr-1947
1-Jun-1947
22-Apr-1948
Florian Mueller
Roy Harris
William Grant Still
23-Dec-1948
Benjamin Britten
Hans Lange
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
David Van Vactor
Frederick Stock
Frederick Stock
Hans Lange
Hans Lange
Hans Lange
Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw
Roy Harris
Artur Rodzinski
Fritz Busch
1950-59
19-Jan-1950
2-Dec-1950
20-Mar-1952
20-Nov-1952
23-Dec-1952
Arne Oldberg
Ernest Bloch
Alexander Tcherepnin
Roy Harris
Harold Morris
1-Jan-1953
Ernest Bloch
9-Apr-1953
Gardner Read
25-Apr-1953
12-Nov-1953
8-Jul-1954
3-Mar-1955
Karel Boleslav Jirák
Samuel Barber
Ernst Toch
Frederick C. Schreiber
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 54
Scherzo Fantasque (Ida Krehm)
Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 77
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 2 (Victory)
Suite hébraïque for Viola and Orchestra (Milton
Preves)
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, Dance
Symphony in One Movement and Four Scenes,
Op. 56
Symphonic Scherzo
Souvenirs, Op. 28
Circus Overture
Concerto Grosso for Four Solo Instruments and
Orchestra (Barbara Gibson)
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George Szell
Ernest Bloch
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Fritz Reiner
Isler Solomon
Fritz Reiner
14-Nov-1957
10-Apr-1958
Alexander Tcherepnin
Aaron Copland
Divertimento
Suite from The Tender Land
Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner
1960-69
11-Apr-1963
Robert Russell Bennett
7-Mar-1965
Easley Blackwood
17-Apr-1965
17-Apr-1965
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
27-Jun-1965
Willard Elliot
4-Jul-1965
Alan Hovhaness
30-Dec-1965
20-Jan-1966
12-May-1966
Jean Martinon
Gunther Schuller
Ralph Shapey
22-Sep-1966
Miklós Rózsa
26-May-1967
26-May-1967
16-Jul-1967
16-Jul-1967
George Crumb
Donald Martino
Otto Joachim
Gunther Schuller
1-Oct-1967
Roger Sessions
2-Nov-1967
28-Mar-1968
Hans Werner Henze
Ulysses Kay
24-May-1968
Ralph Shapey
6-Jul-1968
Ernst Krenek
7-Jul-1968
William Russo
4-Aug-1968
Alan Stout
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 3 (Mandel Hall, University of
Chicago)
Introitus (T. S. Eliot in Memoriam)
Variations: Aldous Huxley in Memoriam
Concerto for Bassoon (Willard Elliot) (Ravinia
Festival)
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints (Ravinia
Festival)
Symphony No. 4 (Altitudes)
Gala Music
Rituals for Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 29 (Victor Aitay, Frank
Miller)
Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II)
Mosaic for Grand Orchestra
Contrasts (Ravinia Festival)
Recitative and Rondo (Ravinia Festival)
Symphony No. 7 (Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor,
Michigan)
Concerto for Double Bass (Gary Karr)
Symphony (Western Hall, Macombe, Illinois)
Invocation, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
(Esther Glazer)
Perspectives (Ravinia Festival)
Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony
Orchestra (Siegel-Schwall Band) (Ravinia
Festival)
Symphony No. 2 (Ravinia Festival)
Fritz Reiner
Jean Martinon
Robert Craft
Robert Craft
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Jean Martinon
Gunther Schuller
Ralph Shapey
Jean Martinon
Irwin Hoffman
Jean Martinon
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Jean Martinon
Jean Martinon
Jean Martinon
Ralph Shapey
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
1970-79
Primous Fountain III
Manifestation
Richard Dufallo
12-Jun-1970
William Thomas
McKinley
Triple Concerto for Piano, Bass, Drums, and
Orchestra (William T. McKinley, Roger Cooke,
Richard Olderman)
Irwin Hoffman
26-Jul-1970
Gunther Schuller
26-Jul-1970
Easley Blackwood
3-Dec-1970
11-Mar-1971
15-Apr-1971
8-Jul-1971
2-Dec-1971
16-Mar-1972
26-Mar-1972
26-Mar-1972
Marvin David Levy
Donald Denniston
Alan Stout
Tōru Takemitsu
Stephan Albert
Stephen Douglas
Burton
Jacob Druckman
Marvin David Levy
Bruno Maderna
15-Jun-1972
David Ward-Steinman
28-Sep-1972
16-Nov-1972
Goffredo Petrassi
Hans Werner Henze
13-Mar-1970
14-Feb-1972
Suite from The Visitation (Ravinia Festival)
Piano Concerto (Easley Blackwood) (Ravinia
Festival)
Concerto for Piano No. 1 (Earl Wild)
Sun Song, Op. 11
Symphony No. 4
Cassiopeia (Yamash’ta) (Ravinia Festival)
Leaves from the Golden Notebook
Stravinskianna, Concertino of Flute and Small
Orchestra (Nancy Fuley)
Windows
Trialogus
Aura
Arcturus for Synthesizer and Orchestra (David
Ward-Steinman)
Ottavo Concerto for Orchestra
Heliogabalus Imperator
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Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller
Georg Solti
Carlo Maria Giulini
Georg Solti
Seiji Ozawa
Carlo Maria Giulini
Henry Mazer
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna
Irwin Hoffman
Carlo Maria Giulini
Sir Georg Solti
14-Dec-1972
Alan Stout
27-Dec-1972
26-May-1973
25-Oct-1973
20-Dec-1973
16-Nov-1974
25-Mar-1975
Guido Turchi
Arthur Lauer
Bohuslav Martinů
M. William Karlins
Irwin Fischer
Arthur Lauer
7-Jan-1976
Willard Elliot
25-Feb-1976
Dan Tucker
15-Apr-1976
Alan Stout
7-Oct-1976
7-May-1977
6-Oct-1977
25-Oct-1978
22-Nov-1978
David Del Tredici
Frank Miller
Michael Tippett
Loretta Jankowski
Easley Blackwood
7-May-1979
Larry Combs
George Lieder, Poems from Das neue Reich
(Benjamin Luxon)
Il labirinto (Dedalo II)
Circles (Chicago Current)
Concerto for Violin No. 1 (Josef Suk)
Concert Music No. 5
Orchestral Adventures of a Little Tune
The Medicine Wheel
The Snake Charmer, Concerto for Alto Flute and
Orchestra (Richard Graef)
Celebration for Orchestra
Passion for Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra
(Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Frank Little, John
McCullom, Leslie Guinn, LeRoy Lehr, Monroe
Olson, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Mary Sauer,
Elizabeth Buccheri)
Final Alice (Barbara Hendricks)
Charlie the Cello (Frank Miller)
Symphony No. 4
Lustrations
Symphony No. 4, Op. 27
Duo for Horn and Clarinet, with Ears and
Orchestra (Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs; Ears:
George Bean, Bobby Lewis, Cy Touff, Jeff
Czech, Dick Reynolds, Dick Borden)
Sir Georg Solti
Carlo Maria Giulini
Henry Mazer
Sir Georg Solti
Henry Mazer
Henry Mazer
Henry Mazer
Henry Mazer
Henry Mazer
Margaret Hillis
Sir Georg Solti
Henry Mazer
Sir Georg Solti
Henry Mazer
Sir Georg Solti
Henry Mazer
1980-89
The Moon Wears a Wax Moustache
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Joseph
Golan)
25-Feb-1980
John Austin
6-Mar-1980
Richard Manners
3-Mar-1982
Wolfgang Rihm
Tutuguri II, Music after Artaud
Christoph von
Dohnányi
27-Jan-1983
William Ferris
Acclamations for Organ and Orchestra (William
Ferris)
Henry Mazer
16-May-1983
Sheldon Elias
29-Sep-1983
Witold Lutosławski
17-Nov-1983
George Gershwin
11-Dec-1983
James Quinn
16-Mar-1984
James Quinn
22-Mar-1984
Ezra Laderman
14-Mar-1985
Rafael Kubelík
18-Apr-1985
Morton Gould
A Symphonic Peripetia for Organ and Orchestra
(Edgar Krapp)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Donald Peck)
13-Jun-1985
David Del Tredici
March to Tonality
13-Mar-1986
16-Apr-1987
9-Oct-1987
George Rochberg
Donald Erb
John Corigliano
Symphony No. 5
Concerto for Brass and Orchestra
Campane di Ravello
15-Oct-1987
Marvin David Levy
11-Feb-1988
Karel Husa
Stages for Orchestra with Narrator (Youth, first
movement) (Robert Thompson)
Symphony No. 3
Nocturne for Lily Pons (Realization by Michael
Tilson Thomas)
Shoes
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (James
Quinn)
A Mass for Cain (Faith Esham, Hilda Harris,
David Britton, Michael Devlin, Robert Hicks,
Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Masada, Oratorio for Tenor, Speaker, Chorus,
and Orchestra (Gary Blanchard, Yaël Dayan,
Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (Adolph
Herseth)
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Henry Mazer
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Henry Mazer
Sir Georg Solti
Michael Tilson
Thomas
James Quinn
Henry Mazer
Margaret Hillis
Rafael Kubelík
Sir Georg Solti
Michael Tilson
Thomas
Sir Georg Solti
Leonard Slatkin
Kenneth Jean
Margaret Hillis
Sir Georg Solti
13-Oct-1988
10-Nov-1988
Gunther Schuller
George Lloyd
2-Feb-1989
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
28-Mar-1989
Jacob Druckman
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Walfrid Kujala)
Symphony No. 7
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (Jay
Friedman)
Brangle
Sir Georg Solti
Neeme Järvi
Sir Georg Solti
Leonard Slatkin
1990-99
1-Feb-1990
22-Feb-1990
8-Mar-1990
15-Mar-1990
3-May-1990
Andrzej Panufnik
Ezra Laderman
Tōru Takemitsu
John Corigliano
Franz Liszt
Andrzej Panufnik
Herbert Blomstedt
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Kenneth Jean
Melinda Wagner
Shulamit Ran
Elliott Carter
Symphony No. 10
Concerto for Cello (Yo-Yo Ma)
Visions
Symphony No. 1 (Stephen Hough, John Sharp)
Concerto for Piano No. 3 (Janina Fialkowska)
Last Voyage (Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton
College, Wheaton, Illinois)
Old Russian Circus Music
Goodbye My Fancy (Wendy White, John Cheek,
Chicago Symphony Chorus)
Double Chorus
Adagio for Children
Inspirations
Green-Gold
Byzantium (Faye Robinson)
Concerto for Bass Trombone, Strings, Timpani,
and Cymbals (Charles Vernon)
Concerto Fantastique
Chicago Skyline
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrows)
Dérive 3 (Fanfare for the 80th Birthday of Sir
Georg Solti)
Falling Angels
Legends for Orchestra
Partita
14-Sep-1990
Steve Kowalsky
25-Oct-1990
Rodion Shchedrin
8-Nov-1990
Ned Rorem
17-Jan-1991
5-Mar-1991
6-Mar-1991
8-Mar-1991
11-Apr-1991
Robert Beaser
Rich Carter
John Orfe
Jeff Letterly
Michael Tippett
30-Apr-1991
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
21-Nov-1991
12-Dec-1991
19-Feb-1992
Ralph Shapey
Shulamit Ran
Lukas Foss
21-Nov-1992
Pierre Boulez
4-Feb-1993
7-Oct-1993
17-Feb-1994
27-Oct-1994
Steve Mackey
Eating Greens
Dennis Russell Davies
10-Nov-1994
12-Oct-1995
14-Dec-1995
28-Mar-1996
12-Dec-1996
20-Dec-1996
30-Jan-1997
13-Feb-1997
17-Apr-1997
15-May-1997
4-Dec-1997
5-Feb-1998
12-Feb-1998
27-Nov-1998
14-Jan-1999
Scott Lindroth
York Höller
Philippe Manoury
Steven Stucky
Augusta Read Thomas
Gary Fry
Yim, Jay Alan
Lawrence Rapchak
Sofia Gubaidulina
Aribert Reimann
Leif Segerstam
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Max Raimi
Augusta Read Thomas
Pierre Boulez
Lawrence Foster
Daniel Barenboim
Pierre Boulez
Michael Gielen
Pierre Boulez
Duain Wolfe
Daniel Barenboim
Neeme Järvi
Kent Nagano
Daniel Barenboim
Leif Segerstam
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Pierre Boulez
Daniel Barenboim
11-Feb-1999
Elias Tanenbaum
Big Band
Aura
Prelude and Wait
Pinturas de Tamayo
. . . words of the sea . . .
Christmas in Chicago
Rough Magic
Saetas
Viola Concerto (Yuri Bashmet)
Violin Concerto (Gidon Kremer)
February
Exody
Elegy
Orbital Beacons
Notations VII for Orchestra
First Bassman for Contrabass and Orchestra
(Joseph Guastafeste)
26-Feb-1999
Olly Wilson
22-Apr-1999
John Harbison
Hold On: Symphony No. 3 (Christ Universal
Temple)
Four Psalms (Lisa Saffer, Lorraine Hunt, Frank
Kelley, James Maddalena, Chicago Symphony
Chorus)
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Daniel Barenboim
Lorin Maazel
Leonard Slatkin
Kenneth Jean
Michael Morgan
Michael Morgan
Michael Morgan
Sir Georg Solti
Daniel Barenboim
Ralph Shapey
Pierre Boulez
Zubin Mehta
Pierre Boulez
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
William Eddins
Christoph Eschenbach
26-Nov-1999
Philippe Manoury
Sound and Fury
Pierre Boulez
2000-09
6-Jan-2000
23-Sep-2000
23-Sep-2000
Augusta Read Thomas
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
Ceremonial
I Got Two Dogs (John Lithgow)
Marsupial Sue (John Lithgow)
Daniel Barenboim
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
17-May-2001
Christopher Rouse
Clarinet Concerto (Larry Combs)
Christoph Eschenbach
13-Sep-2001
Hanspeter Kyburz
27-Sep-2001
10-Jan-2002
Elliott Carter
James Primosch
Noesis for Large Orchestra (Kultur- &
Kongresszentrum, Lucerne, Switzerland)
Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma)
From a Book of Hours (Lisa Saffer)
28-Jun-2002
Augusta Read Thomas
Trainwork (Ravinia Festival)
Christoph Eschenbach
8-May-2003
Bernard Rands
apókryphos (Angela Denoke, Chicago Symphony
Chorus)
Daniel Barenboim
22-May-2003
Melinda Wagner
29-May-2003
9-Oct-2003
Elliott Carter
Lalo Schifrin
29-Nov-2003
John Williams
8-Jan-2004
18-Mar-2004
Stephen Jones
Augusta Read Thomas
15-Apr-2004
Ichiro Nodaïra
19-May-2005
George Benjamin
Extremity of Sky (Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra) (Emanuel Ax)
Of Rewaking (Michelle DeYoung)
Fantasy for Screenplay and Orchestra
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (Dale
Clevenger)
at the exactest point
Tangle for Orchestra
Canon at the Tenth (arranged from Bach’s The
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080)
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Antonio Pappano
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
John Williams
Sir Andrew Davis
David Robertson
Kent Nagano
6-Oct-2005
Elliott Carter
Dance Figures (Nine choreographic scenes for
orchestra)
Soundings (Daniel Barenboim)
1-Jun-2006
Augusta Read Thomas
Astral Canticle (Mathieu Dufour, Robert Chen)
Daniel Barenboim
28-Sep-2006
Christian Lindberg
Chick'a'Bone Checkout (Charles Vernon)
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
25-Jan-2007
Mark-Anthony Turnage
From All Sides (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago;
Jim Vincent, artistic director; Jorma Elo,
choreographer)
Esa-Pekka Salonen
12-Apr-2007
Osvaldo Golijov
25-Oct-2007
21-Feb-2008
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Matthias Pintscher
29-Oct-2009
James Primosch
Rose of the Winds (Silk Road Ensemble, Cristina
Pato)
Chicago Remains
Osiris
Songs for Adam (Poems by Susan Stewart)
(Brian Mulligan)
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Bernard Haitink
Pierre Boulez
Sir Andrew Davis
2010-19
13-May-2010
5-May-2011
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
Bernard Rands
9-Aug-2011
Nico Muhly
15-Dec-2011
26-Jan-2012
2-Feb-2012
9-Feb-2012
20-Dec-2012
James Matheson
Dmitri N. Smirnov
Mason Bates
Anna Clyne
Christopher Rouse
30-Jan-2014
Giovanni Sollima
Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma)
Danza Petrificada
The Edge of the World (The 5 Browns: Ryan,
Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae Brown)
(Ravinia Festival)
Violin Concerto (Baird Dodge)
Space Odyssey, Op. 156
Alternative Energy
Night Ferry
Heimdall’s Trumpet (Christopher Martin)
Antidotum Tarantulae XXI, Concerto for Two
Cellos and Orchestra (Giovanni Sollima, Yo-Yo
Ma)
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Carlos Miguel Prieto
Riccardo Muti
James Conlon
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti
Jaap van Zweden
Riccardo Muti
5-Mar-2014
28-May-2015
18-Jun-2015
Guillaume Connesson
Anna Clyne
Mason Bates
Pour sortir au jour, Concerto for Flute and
Orchestra (Mathieu Dufour)
The Seamstress (Jennifer Koh)
Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
Charles Dutoit
Ludovic Morlot
Riccardo Muti
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