Daniel Barenboim @ 75: International tours, part 2

Luggage sticker for the 1992 tour to Europe

During his first season as the Chicago Symphony’s ninth music director, Daniel Barenboim led the Orchestra’s eighth European tour in April 1992, with stops in England, France, Germany, and Spain.

April 7, 1992 – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
April 14, 1992 – Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, France
April 15, 1992 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
April 16, 1992 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

April 8, 1992 – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 543
CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor

Barenboim and the Orchestra rehearse Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 17 at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid on April 7, 1992 (Agustin Muñoz photo)

April 10, 1992 – Royal Festival Hall, London, England
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 543
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor

April 11, 1992 – Royal Festival Hall, London, England
CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 1
WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

April 13, 1992 – Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, France
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 543
WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor

Music director laureate Sir Georg Solti and Barenboim shared conducting duties with the Orchestra at the 1992 Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Solti led concerts on June 6 and 8, and Barenboim conducted one concert on June 7.

The Orchestra appeared at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival in 1992, during Sir Georg Solti’s first of three seasons as artistic director.

June 7, 1992 – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
LISZT A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Anna Korondi, soprano
Women of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Erwin Ortner, director
WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

For the Orchestra’s tenth trip to Europe in 1993, Solti opened the tour by leading a single concert in Salzburg on May 29, during his second season as artistic director of the Whitsun Festival. Barenboim took the baton for the remaining two concerts in Austria and then on to Spain for stops in Barcelona, Madrid, Santiago, and Valencia.

May 30, 1993 – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
June 2, 1993 – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
June 8, 1993 – Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain
HAYDN Symphony No. 48 in C Major (Maria Theresa)
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Sir Georg Solti and Barenboim in Salzburg on May 29, 1993 (Jim Steere photo)

May 31, 1993 – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
June 5, 1993 – Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago, Spain
June 9, 1993 – Palau de la Música, Barcelona, Spain
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 3, 1993 – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
June 6, 1993 – Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago, Spain
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Barenboim opened the Orchestra’s eleventh European tour in Berlin, followed by Solti leading two concerts in Salzburg during his final season as Whitsun Festival artistic director. Barenboim and the Orchestra then traveled on to Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris, Cologne, and London.

Barenboim and the Orchestra in Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus in May 1993 (Jim Steere photo)

May 19, 1994 – Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
DEBUSSY La mer
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 21, 1994 – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in in D Major, Op. 73
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Program book for the May 25, 1994, concert at the Musikvereinsaal in Vienna

May 25, 1994 – Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, Austria
DEBUSSY La mer
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 26, 1994 – Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
DEBUSSY La mer
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in in E Minor, Op. 98
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 27, 1994 – Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in in D Major, Op. 73
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 29, 1994 – Le Châtelet Théâtre Musical, Paris, France
CARTER Partita
DEBUSSY La mer
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in in D Major, Op. 73
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Program page for the May 31 and June 1, 1994, concerts at the Philharmonie in Cologne

May 31, 1994 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
June 1, 1994 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
CARTER Partita
DEBUSSY La mer
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 2, 1994 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
June 3, 1994 – Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in in D Major, Op. 73
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in in E Minor, Op. 98
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

June 4, 1994 – Royal Festival Hall, London, England
CARTER Partita
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in in D Major, Op. 73
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

For the Orchestra’s fourth tour to Asia, Barenboim and the ensemble traveled to Japan for concerts in Hamamatsu, Niigata, Osaka, Takamatsu, and Tokyo. Principal guest conductor Pierre Boulez led one concert in Tokyo with Barenboim at the piano.

May 26, 1995 – Act City, Hamamatsu, Japan
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
SCHOENBERG Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Luggage sticker for the 1995 tour to Japan

May 27, 1995 – Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, Japan
SCHOENBERG Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
BOULEZ Notations for Orchestra I-IV
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 29, 1995 – Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
CARTER Partita
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
RAVEL Boléro
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 30, 1995 – Kenmin Hall, Niigata, Japan
June 3, 1995 – Kagawa Kenmin Hall, Takamatsu, Japan
June 6, 1995 – Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

May 31, 1995 – Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
BERIO Sinfonia
Swingle Singers
Pierre Boulez, conductor

June 2, 1995 – Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
June 5, 1995 – Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
Daniel Barenboim, conductor