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During his tenure as music director, Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra traveled to Carnegie Hall nearly every season. A complete list of those concerts are below:

January 8, 1970

HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major

BARTÓK Dance Suite

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

January 9, 1970

MAHLER Kindertotenlieder

Helen Watts, contralto

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

December 7, 1970

LEVY Concerto for Piano No. 1

Earl Wild, piano

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C Minor

December 8, 1970

MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

April 27, 1971

WAGNER Das Rheingold

Woglinde Karen Altman, soprano

Wellgunde Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano

Flosshilde Helen Watts, contralto

Alberich Rolf Kuhne, bass

Wotan David Ward, bass

Fricka Mignon Dunn, mezzo-soprano

Freia Karen Altman, soprano

Fasolt Martti Talvela, bass

Fafner Hans Sotin, bass

Donner Thomas Paul, bass

Froh Kenneth Riegel, tenor

Loge Gerhard Stolze, tenor

Mime John Lanigan, tenor

Erda Helen Watts, contralto

November 17, 1971

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

November 20, 1971

SCHOENBERG Moses and Aron

Moses Hans Hotter, speaker

Aron Richard Lewis, tenor

A Young Girl Karen Altman, soprano

A Young Man Kenneth Riegel, tenor

Another Man Benjamin Matthews, baritone

Priest Donald Gramm, bass-baritone

An Invalid Woman Emilie Miller, mezzo-contralto

Ephraimite Stephen Swanson, baritone

A Naked Youth Kenneth Riegel, tenor

Four Naked Virgins Barbara Pearson and Nancy Clevenger, sopranos; Sharon Powell, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth Muir-Lewis, alto

Three Elders Alfred Reichel and Jack Abraham, baritones; Eugene Johnson, bass

Six Solo Voices in the Orchestra Barbara Pearson, soprano; Sharon Powell, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth Muir-Lewis, alto; William Wahman, tenor; Stephen Swanson and Arthur Berg, baritones

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

Glen Ellyn Children’s Theatre Chorus

Barbara Born, director

April 19, 1972

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano

Stuart Burrows, tenor

April 22, 1972

CARTER Variations for Orchestra

STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14A

December 6, 1972

BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24

Marguerite Josephine Veasey, contralto

Faust Stuart Burrows, tenor

Mephistopheles Robert Savoie, baritone

Brander Roger Soyer, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

Glen Ellyn Children’s Theatre Chorus

Doreen Rao, director

December 9, 1972

MENDELSSOHN Overture to Fingal’s Cave, Op. 26

BARTÓK Concert for Violin, No. 2

Isaac Stern, violin

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

May 2, 1973

WAGNER Act 3 of Götterdämmerung

Gutrune Karen Altman, soprano

Brunnhilde Helga Dernesch, soprano

Woglinde Barbara Pearson, soprano

Wellgunde Gwendolyn Jones, mezzo-soprano

Flosshilde Sandra Walker, mezzo-soprano

Siegfried Jess Thomas, tenor

Gunther Donald Gramm, bass

Hagen Martti Talvela, bass

Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Richard Boldrey, assistant director

May 4, 1973

MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (Jupiter)

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major

November 14, 1973

WEBER Overture to Oberon

HENZE Heliogabalus Imperator

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)

November 17, 1973

BACH Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

May 1, 1974

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120

BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

Judith Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano

Bluebeard Zoltán Kelemen, baritone

May 4, 1974

MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (Haffner)

ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

December 17, 1974

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

Samuel Magad, violin

Ralph Zeitlin, recorder

Ray Still, oboe

Adolph Herseth, trumpet

SCHOENBERG Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

December 18, 1974

STRAUSS Salome

Salome Birgit Nilsson, soprano

Herodias Ruth Hesse, mezzo-soprano

Herod Antipas Ragnar Ulfung, tenor

Jokanaan Norman Bailey, baritone

Slave Sarah Beatty, soprano

The Page of Herodias Sandra Walker, mezzo-soprano

Narraboth George Shirley, tenor

Cappadocian Gershon Silins, bass

Two Nazarenes Cory Winter, tenor; Franz Mazura, bass-baritone

Four Jews Philip Creech, Jerry Jennings, John Lanigan, and William Wahman, tenors; Eugene Johnson, bass

Two Soldiers Curtis Dickson and Thomas Paul, basses

December 20, 1974

MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano

ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 63

December 21, 1974

MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

April 29, 1975

STRAVINSKY Symphony in C

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

April 30, 1975

VERDI Requiem

Leontyne Price, soprano

Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano

Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

Gwynne Howell, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

May 2, 1975

HAYDN Symphony No. 101 in D Major (The Clock)

LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Tamás Vásáry, piano

STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

May 10, 1976

BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28

May 12, 1976

MENDELSSOHN Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595

Alicia de Larrocha, piano

DEBUSSY La mer

May 14, 1976

WAGNER Der fliegende Höllander

The Dutchman Norman Bailey, bass-baritone

Senta Janis Martin, soprano

Daland Martti Talvela, bass

Erik René Kollo, tenor

The Steersman Werner Krenn, tenor

Mary Isola Jones, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

November 8, 1976

MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546

VERDI Four Sacred Pieces

Jo Ann Pickens, soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

WALTON Belshazzar’s Feast

David Ward, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

November 10, 1976

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)

November 12, 1976

RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin

DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

RAVEL La valse

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

May 9, 1977

HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major

WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

May 11, 1977

MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (Jupiter)

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

May 13, 1977

BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis, Op. 123

Lucia Popp, soprano

Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano

Mallory Walker, tenor

Gwynne Howell, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

Solti was scheduled to conduct four concerts at Carnegie Hall in October and November 1977; however after suffering a fall in Chicago, he was forced to cancel the first two appearances. The October 31 performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was conducted by Chorus Director Margaret Hillis, and the November 1 program (identical to the November 2 concert) was led by Associate Conductor Henry Mazer.

November 2, 1977

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville

STRAVINSKY Jeu de cartes

STRAUSS Four Last Songs

Lucia Popp, soprano

STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20

November 4, 1977

TIPPETT Symphony No. 4

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major

May 8, 1978

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

Alfred Brendel, piano

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

May 9, 1978

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

May 10, 1978

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

Alfred Brendel, piano

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

May 12, 1978

BRAHMS Tragic Overture, Op. 81

BRAHMS A German Requiem, Op. 45

Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

Bernd Weikl, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

May 14 & 15, 1979

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 in A Major

May 16 & 18, 1979

MUSSORGSKY/Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude to Khovanshchina

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1, Op. 10

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 (Great)

May 19, 1979

BEETHOVEN Fidelio, Op. 72

Leonore Hildegard Behrens, soprano

Marzelline Sona Ghazarian, soprano

Florestan Peter Hofmann, tenor

Jaquino David Kübler, tenor

Don Pizarro Theo Adam, baritone

Rocco Hans Sotin, bass

Don Fernando Gwynne Howell, bass

Two Prisoners Robert Johnson, tenor and Philip Kraus, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, chorus director

April 28 & 30, 1980

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastorale)

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

April 29, 1980

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)

WAGNER “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser

Leontyne Price, soprano

WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

Leontyne Price, soprano

MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

May 2 & 3, 1980

MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)

Isobel Buchanan, soprano

Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

April 27 & 29, 1981

MAHLER Symphony No. 9 in D Major

April 28, 1981

BRUCKNER Symphony No.4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

May 1 & 2, 1981

BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24

Marguerite Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

Faust Kenneth Riegel, tenor (May 1); Peyo Garazzi, tenor (May 2)

Mephistopheles José van Dam, baritone

Brander Malcolm King, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus

Doreen Rao, director

April 18, 1983

WAGNER Das Rheingold

Wotan Siegmund Nimsgern, bass-baritone

Alberich Hermann Becht, baritone

Fricka Gabriele Schnaut, mezzo-soprano

Loge Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor

Mime Robert Tear, tenor

Erda Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano

Fafner Malcolm Smith, bass

Fasolt Gwynne Howell, bass

Freia Mary Jane Johnson, soprano

Donner John Cheek, bass-baritone

Froh Dennis Bailey, tenor

Woglinde Michelle Harman-Gulick, soprano

Wellgunde Elizabeth Hynes, soprano

Flosshilde Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano

April 19, 1983

MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620

BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)

April 29, 1985

VERDI Falstaff

Sir John Falstaff Guillermo Sarabia, baritone

Ford Wolfgang Brendel, baritone

Fenton Yordi Ramiro, tenor

Dr. Caius Heinz Zednik, tenor

Bardolph Francis Egerton, tenor

Pistol Aage Haugland, bass

Mistress Alice Ford Katia Ricciarelli, soprano

Nannetta Kathleen Battle, soprano

Mistress Quickly Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

Mistress Meg Page Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

April 30, 1985

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9, Op. 70

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Unfinished)

May 1, 1985

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a

LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 3

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

May 3, 1985

MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

May 4, 1985

BERG Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6

BERG Concerto for Violin

Salvatore Accardo, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

May 18, 1987

MAHLER Symphony No. 9

May 19, 1987

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

May 20, 1987

HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drumroll)

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major

February 10, 1989

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

SCHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65

February 11, 1989

BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

April 15 & 18, 1991

TIPPETT Byzantium

Faye Robinson, soprano

MAHLER Symphony No. 5



April 16 & 19, 1991

VERDI Otello

Otello Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

Desdemona Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

Iago Leo Nucci, baritone

Emilia Elzbieta Ardam, mezzo-soprano

Cassio Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor

Roderigo John Keyes, tenor

Montano Alan Opie, baritone

Lodovico Dimitri Kavrakos, bass

A Herald Richard Cohn, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Margaret Hillis, director

Terry Edwards, guest chorus master

Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus

Elena Doria, director