This week, we celebrate Byron Janis’s 95th birthday in Strauss’s Burleske in D Minor from a 1957 RCA recording and some of the guest soloists who have appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the years. The program begins with Sibelius’ Violin Concerto led by Walter Hendl and featuring Jascha Heifetz, followed by Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer led by Georg Solti and sung by Yvonne Minton. The broadcast concludes with Dvořák’s Concerto in B Minor, featuring Jacqueline du Pré.
Great Guest Soloists
Byron Janis
Playlist
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Jascha Heifetz, violin; Walter Hendl, conductor
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Strauss: Burleske in D Minor
Byron Janis, piano; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Dvořák: Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Jacqueline du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
