This week, Sir Georg Solti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Del Tredici’s Final Alice, featuring soprano Barbara Hendricks. Also heard in this broadcast are Berlioz’s Overture to Les Francs-juges, Dohnányi’s Varations on a Nursery Song (featuring András Schiff), and Weber’s Overture to Oberon.
Solti Conducts Del Tredici
David Del Tredici with Sir Georg Solti and Barbara Hendricks in Chicago, October 1976 (Photo: Terry's Photography)
Playlist
Hector Berlioz: Overture to Les Franc-juges, Op. 3
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1974 (London)
Ernst von Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song
András Schiff, piano; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1985 (London)
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1973 (London)
David Del Tredici: Final Alice
Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1981 (London)
