On this broadcast we celebrate the birthdays of both Maurice Ravel (March 7) and Bernard Haitink (March 4)! When Ravel guest conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in January 1928, he led his Le tombeau de Couperin, La valse, and a suite from Daphnis and Chloe. We will hear four CSO music directors lead works by the composer, and Haitink conducts the complete ballet Daphnis and Chloe, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Ravel and Haitink
Playlist
Le tombeau de Couperin, by Maurice Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
La Valse, by Maurice Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
Pavane for a Dead Princess, by Maurice Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Daphnis and Chloe, by Maurice Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Bernard Haitink, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus director
Boléro, by Maurice Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchesta; Daniel Barenboim, conductor