Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its primary concert venue is Music Hall. In addition to its symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts as the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The Cincinnati Symphony is the resident orchestra for the Cincinnati May Festival, the Cincinnati Opera, and the Cincinnati Ballet. Additionally, the orchestra supports the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, a program for young musicians in grades 9 to 12.
History
Several orchestras had existed in Cincinnati between 1825 and 1872. The immediate precursor ensemble to the current orchestra was the Cincinnati Orchestra, founded in 1872. In 1893, Helen Herron Taft founded the Cincinnati Orchestra Association, and the name of the orchestra was formalised to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra gave its first concerts in 1895 at Pike's Opera House. A year later, the orchestra moved to Music Hall. Its first conductor was Frank Van der Stucken, a Texas-born musician of Flemish ancestry, who served until 1907. In the early years, the orchestra welcomed such composers as Richard Strauss and Edward McDowell. The orchestra also performed the U.S. premiere of the Symphony No. 5 of Gustav Mahler.For three years, the orchestra was disbanded due to labor disputes and financial problems. Upon its reorganisation in 1909, Leopold Stokowski, then a young organist from England, served as the music director of the newly organised orchestra for 3 years, to 1912, his first music directorship of any orchestra. In 1911, the orchestra relocated from Music Hall to Emery Auditorium. Subsequent music directors included Ernst Kunwald through 1918, Eugène Ysaÿe, Fritz Reiner, and Eugene Goossens. The orchestra returned to Music Hall in 1936. Its musical landmarks during this period included the U.S. premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, its first recordings, first national tours, and the world premieres of Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait.
Thor Johnson became music director in 1947, and led the orchestra in some of the first stereo recordings for Remington Records. Max Rudolf succeeded Johnson in 1958. Thomas Schippers became music director in 1970, but died abruptly in 1977. The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra was formed in 1977, with Erich Kunzel as its conductor. After Schippers' death, Walter Susskind served as artistic advisor of the orchestra from 1978 until his own death in 1980.
In 1980, Michael Gielen became music director in 1980 and held the post until 1986. Jesús López-Cobos became music director in 1986. His achievements included leading on a 1995 European tour, their first since 1969, and their first national television appearance on PBS. His 15-year music directorship remains the longest tenure of the orchestra. In September 2001, he became the orchestra's emeritus music director.
Recent history
From 2001 to 2011, the orchestra's music director was Paavo Järvi. The orchestra made a number of recordings for the Telarc label during Järvi's tenure. In January 2007, the orchestra reported financial difficulties, projecting a monetary deficit of about US$2 million for the current fiscal year. In 2009, those difficulties, in addition to the purchase of Telarc by the Concord Music Group, led to the termination of the orchestra's recording contract. In late 2009, Cincinnati arts patron and philanthropist Louise Nippert announced a gift of $85 million for the orchestra. The orchestra was scheduled to receive directly about $3 million each year. 12% and 5% was allocated to the Cincinnati Opera and Ballet companies, respectively, with the intent of maintaining the Cincinnati Symphony as the resident orchestra for those organisations.In December 2010, John Morris Russell was named the new conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, following the death in 2009 of Erich Kunzel. After the conclusion of his music directorship in 2011, Järvi was named music director laureate. In January 2011, as part of the interim period after the conclusion of Järvi's music directorship and during the search for a new music director, the orchestra named a number of musicians to "Creative Director" posts to curate various concert series. For the 2011-2012 season, these musicians were:
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Creative Director of the Masterworks Series
- Philip Glass, Creative Director of the Boundless Series
- Lang Lang, Creative Director of the Ascent Series
- Jennifer Higdon, Creative Director of the Boundless Series
- Branford Marsalis, Creative Director of the Ascent Series.
In March 2011, Louis Langrée first guest-conducted the orchestra. Based on this appearance, in April 2012, the orchestra named Langrée as its 13th music director, effective as of the 2013-2014 season, with an initial contract of four years. He took the title of music director-designate with immediate effect. In March 2015, the orchestra announced the extension of Langrée's contract as music director through the 2019-2020 season. In February 2017, the orchestra further extended his contract through the 2021-2022 season. In January 2020, the orchestra announced the newest extension of Langrée's contract, through the 2023-2024 season.
Premieres
The following is a list of U.S. and world premieres of works at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival:| Composer | Work | Conductor and Soloist | Performance | Premiere |
| Julia Adolphe | Paper Leaves on Fields of Clay | Louis Langrée | October 30 - 31, 2020 | World |
| Sebastian Currier | Track 8 | Louis Langrée | Postponed | - |
| William Winstead | Passages in Time | Louis Langrée | January 18 - 19, 2020 | World |
| Francisco Coll | Hidd'n Blue | Gustavo Gimeno | October 25 - 26, 2019 | U.S. |
| Christopher Rouse | Symphony No. 6 | Louis Langrée | October 18 - 19, 2019 | World |
| Gabriella Smith | f = sin2x - 1/x, for orchestra | Eun Sun Kim | September 28 - 29, 2019 | World |
| Bryce Dessner | Concerto for Two Pianos | Louis Langrée, Katia & Marielle Labèque, duo pianos | September 20 - 21, 2019 | U.S. |
| James MacMillan | Credo | Juanjo Mena | May 25, 2019 | - |
| Mark Simpson | The Immortal for solo baritone, semi chorus, optional large choru,& orchestra | Juanjo Mena | May 17, 2019 | - |
| Clarice Assad | Cantos da Terra: Borboleta | Matthew Swanson | April 14, 2019 | - |
| Jonathan Bailey Holland | Ode | Louis Langrée | November 9 - 10, 2018 | - |
| Pierre Jalbert | Passage | Louis Langrée | April 14 - 15, 2018 | - |
| Enrico Chapela | Radioaxial | James Gaffigan | April 6 - 7,2018 | - |
| Emily Cooley | Abound | Louis Langrée | November 24 - 25,2017 | - |
| Julia Adolphe | Equinox for Chorus | Louis Langrée & May Festival Chorus | November 4 - 5,2017 | - |
| Jonathan Bailey Holland | Stories from Home | Louis Langrée | October 6 - 7,2017 | - |
| Bryce Dessner | Wires | Matthias Pintscher & Bryce Dessner,guitar | January 14,2017 | - |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür | Piano Concerto | Paavo Järvi & Awadagin Pratt,piano | January 14,2017 | - |
| Michael Fiday | Three for One | Louis Langrée | November 25 - 26,2016 | - |
| Julia Adolphe | See Dream Elegies for Chorus, Oboe, And Cello | James Conlon | May 22,2016 | - |
| Alvin Singleton | Prayer for tenor solo, chamber choir, and ensemble | James Conlon | May 22,2016 | - |
| Bryce Dessner | Réponse Lutoslawski | Louis Langrée | March 19,2016 | - |
| Zhou Tian | Concerto for Orchestra | Louis Langrée | May 13 - 14,2016 | - |
| Thierry Escaich | Concerto for Orchestra | Louis Langrée & Thierry Escaich, organ | May 6 - 7,2016 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | Symphonic Triptych | Cristian Mâcelaru | January 22 - 23,2016 | - |
| Sebastian Currier | Flex | Louis Langrée | November 19 - 21,2015 | - |
| TJ Cole | Elegy | Louis Langrée | November 13 -14,2015 | - |
| Jonathan Bailey Holland | Equality | Louis Langrée | November 13 -14,2015 | - |
| Kristin P. Kuster | Forgive | Louis Langrée | November 13 -14,2015 | - |
| Daníel Bjarnason | Collider | Louis Langrée | March 14,2015 | - |
| Caroline Shaw | Lo | Louis Langrée & Caroline Shaw, violin | March 13,2015 | - |
| André Previn | Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra | Louis Langrée, Jaime Laredo, violin & Sharon Robinson, cello | November 21,2014 | - |
| David Lang | Mountain | Louis Langrée | March 22,2014 | - |
| Nico Muhly | Pleasure Ground | Louis Langrée & Nathan Wyatt, baritone | March 21,2014 | - |
| Zhou Tian | Poem from a Vanished Time | Mei-Ann Chen & Timothy Lees, violin | March 23 - 24,2013 | - |
| Philip Glass | Cello Concerto No. 2, Naqoyqatsi | Dennis Russell Davies & Matt Haimovitz, cello | March 30 - 31,2012 | - |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür | Fireflower | Paavo Järvi | May 13 - 14,2011 | - |
| Charles Coleman | P. J. Fanfare | Paavo Järvi | May 6 - 7,2011 | - |
| Stewart Goodyear | Count Up | Paavo Järvi | March 25 - 26,2011 | - |
| Jörg Widmann | Souvenir bavarois | Paavo Järvi | February 3 - 5,2011 | - |
| Jonathan Bailey Holland | The Party Starter | Paavo Järvi | January 28 - 29,2011 | - |
| Ian Krouse | Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking | Robert Porco | May 21,2010 | - |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür | Symphony No. 7, Pietas | Paavo Järvi | September 25 - 27,2009 | - |
| Jeffrey Mumford | ... and symphonies of deepening light... expanding... ever cavernous | James Gaffigan | March 27 - 28,2009 | - |
| Marc André Dalbavie | Concerto for Flute | Paavo Järvi & Emmanuel Pahud,flute | March 20 - 21,2009 | - |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür | The Path and the Traces | Paavo Järvi | January 16 - 18,2009 | - |
| Robert Johnson | prairyerth | Paavo Järvi | May 2 - 3,2008 | - |
| Jörg Widmann | Antiphon | Paavo Järvi | March 7,2008 | - |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Rev. 2007 | Krzysztof Penderecki & Barry Douglas, piano | December 7 - 8,2007 | - |
| Charles Coleman | Deep Woods | Paavo Järvi | May 3 - 5,2007 | - |
| Adolphus Hailstork | Earthrise | James Conlon | May 19,2006 | - |
| Aulis Sallinen | Symphony No. 8, Op. 81, Autumnal Fragments | Paavo Järvi | January 20 - 22,2005 | - |
| Stephen Paulus | All Things are Passing | Robert Porco | May 23,2004 | - |
| Jonathan Bailey Holland | Halcyon Sun | Paavo Järvi | April 30 - May 2,2004 | - |
| Douglas Lowry | Exordium Nobile | Paavo Järvi | September 12 - 13,2003 | - |
| Lorenzo Palomo | Concierto de Cienfuegos | Jesús López-Cobos & Los Romeros,guitar | April 25 -27,2003 | - |
| Kevin Puts | Symphony No. 2 | Paavo Järvi | March 7 - 9,2002 | - |
| Carl Orff | Tanzende Faune, Op. 21 | Paavo Järvi | November 15 - 17,2001 | - |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür | Concierto for Violin & Orchestra | Paavo Järvi & Isabelle van Keulen, violin | November 15 - 17,2001 | - |
| Charles Coleman | Streetscape | Paavo Järvi | September 14 - 15,2001 | - |
| Joel Hoffman | The Smile | Jesús López-Cobos | March 23 -24,2001 | - |
| Randy Edelman | Transcontinental - A Mad Musical Dash Across the USA | Erich Kunzel | December 1 - 2,2000 | - |
| Steven Reineke | Rise of the Phoenix | Erich Kunzel | December 1 - 2,2000 | - |
| Jonathan D. Kramer | Rewind: A Semi-Suite | Jesús López-Cobos | November 10 - 11,2000 | - |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos & Jeffrey Biegel, piano | September 22 - 23,2000 | - |
| Daniel Brewbaker | Cincinnatus Psalm | James Conlon | May 26,2000 | - |
| Gideon Lewensohn | Serenata Concertante | Serenata Concertante | May 13,1999 | - |
| Kurt Weill | Der Weg der Veheissung: Propheten | James Conlon | May 13,1999 | - |
| Robert Johnson | Autunnale for Orchestra, Oboe and English Horn | Jesús López-Cobos, Richard Johnson, oboe & Robert Walters, english horn | April 23 - 24,1999 | - |
| George Duke | Muir Woods Suite | Jesús López-Cobos & George Duke, jazz piano | April 29 - May 1,1999 | - |
| Alvin Singleton | Praisemaker | James Conlon | May 22, 1998 | - |
| Leonardo Balada | Concierto Magico for Guitar and Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos & Angel Romero, guitar | March 13 - 14,1998 | - |
| Joel Hoffman | Millennium Dances | Jesús López-Cobos | September 19 - 20,1997 | - |
| Dave Brubeck | Orchestral Suite from Joy In The Morning | Jesús López-Cobos | January 24 - 25, 1997 | - |
| Bernard Rands | Fanfare for Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos | September 27 - 28,1996 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | An Arc Ascending | Jesús López-Cobos | June 12, 1996 | - |
| Robert Johnson | Nightpiece | Jesús López-Cobos | February 8 - 10,1996 | - |
| Dennis Eberhard | For the Musicians of the Queen | Jesús López-Cobos | January 12 - 13,1996 | - |
| Edwin London | Fanfarronda | Jesús López-Cobos | November 30 - December 2,1995 | - |
| Eric Stokes | Fanfare of Rings | Jesús López-Cobos | November 24 -25,1995 | - |
| Franz Lehar | Feiber, Tone Poem | Erich Kunzel & Carsten Süss, tenor | November 10 - 11,1995 | - |
| Franz Lehar | Triumphal March | Erich Kunzel | November 10 - 11,1995 | - |
| Mary Judge | Fanfare for a Celebration | Jesús López-Cobos | September 22 - 23,1995 | - |
| Joel Hoffman | ChiaSsO | Jesús López-Cobos | September 15 - 16,1995 | - |
| John Corigliano | To Music Fanfare | Jesús López-Cobos | May 4 - 6,1995 | - |
| Frank Proto | Ghost in Machine | Jesús López-Cobos; Cleo Laine, vocalist & Paul Winfield, narrator | April 28 - 29,1995 | - |
| Roque Cordero | Fanfarria Jubilosa | Jesús López-Cobos | April 21 - 22,1995 | - |
| Leonardo Balada | Shadows, for Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos | March 31 - April 1,1995 | - |
| Steven Stucky | Fanfare for Cincinnati | Jesús López-Cobos | March 10 - 11,1995 | - |
| Fred Lerdahl | Without Fanfare | Jesús López-Cobos | March 10 - 11,1995 | - |
| Michael Schelle | Centennimania | Keith Lockhart | March 2 - 4,1995 | - |
| David Stock | Fanfarria | Ivan Fischer | February 24 - 25,1995 | - |
| Philip Koplow | Clear to the Final Ocean | Ivan Fischer | February 17 - 18, 1995 | - |
| Marc Neikrug | Flamenco Fanfare | Pinchas Zukerman & Eric Kim, cello | December 1 - 3, 1994 | - |
| Gerald Plain | Fireworks for Large Orchestra | Sir Andrew Davis | November 25 - 26,1994 | - |
| Marta Ptaszynska | Fanfare for Peace | Jesús López-Cobos | November 18 - 19,1994 | - |
| Jonathan D. Kramer | Cincy in C | Jesús López-Cobos | November 10 - 12,1994 | - |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | Entrata | Krzysztof Penderecki | November 4 - 5,1994 | - |
| Samuel Adler | Centennial | Yuri Temirkanov | October 21 - 22,1994 | - |
| Daniel Asia | Gateways: Fanfare for Cincinnati | Hermann Michael | October 7 - 8,1994 | - |
| Gerhard Samuel | Auguri | Jesús López-Cobos | September 30 - October 1,1994 | - |
| Vincent McDermott | Titus Magnificus | Jesús López-Cobos | September 23 - 24,1994 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | The Past is in the Present | Jesús López-Cobos | March 25 - 26,1994 | - |
| William Waite | Gems | Jesús López-Cobos | April 23 -24,1993 | - |
| Edwin London | A Hero of Our Time | Jesús López-Cobos | September 25 - 26,1992 | - |
| Philip Koplow | Legacy: J. Ralph Corbett | Jesús López-Cobos | March 6 -7,1992 | - |
| Tania León | Carabalí | Jesús López-Cobos | January 17 - 18,1992 | - |
| Frank Proto | The New Seasons | Jesús López-Cobos; Michael Thornton, tuba; Richard Jensen, percussion & William Platt, percussion | April 19 - 20,1991 | - |
| Jonathan D. Kramer | About Face | Jesús López-Cobos | November 10 -11,1989 | - |
| Ronald Caltabiano | Northwest! | Jesús López-Cobos | January 27 - 28,1989 | - |
| Joel Hoffman | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos & Cho-Liang Lin,violin | January 13 - 14,1989 | - |
| Frank Proto | Dialogue for Synclavier and Orchestra | Michael Gielen | March 7 - 8,1986 | - |
| Earl Kim | Where Grief Slumbers | Michael Gielen and Benita Valente, soprano | February 28 - March 1,1986 | - |
| Ira Taxin | Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra | Bernard Rubenstein; Empire Brass Quintet, & brass quintet | March 30 - 31,1984 | - |
| Jonathan D. Kramer | Moments in and out of Time | Michael Gielen | February 10 - 11,1984 | - |
| Norman Dinnerstein | Golden Bells | Michael Gielen | October 14 -15,1983 | - |
| Hans Werner Henze | Dramatic Scenes, Part 1, from Orpheus | Michael Gielen | March 11 - 12,1983 | - |
| Mauricio Kagel | Variations Without Fugue | Michael Gielen & Eugene Pridonoff, piano | February 18 - 19,1983 | - |
| Bernd Alois Zimmerman | Dialogue for Two Pianos and Orchestra | Michael Gielen, Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano | February 12 - 13,1982 | - |
| Frank Proto | Concert No. 2 for Double Bass | David Stahl & Francois Rabbath, contrabass | November 20 - 21,1981 | - |
| Ned Rorem | Double Concerto in Ten Movements for Cello and Piano | Jorge Mester; Peter Wiley, cello &Lee Luvisi, piano | November 13 - 14,1981 | - |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, Op. 145A | John Nelson & John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone | December 12 -13,1980 | - |
| Arvo Pärt | Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten | Neeme Järvi | May 16 - 17,1980 | - |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Actaeon, For Horn And Orchestra | Walter Susskind & Barry Tuckwell, horn | December 7 - 8,1979 | - |
| Frank Proto | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra | David Stahl & Peter Wiley, cello | April 20 - 21,1979 | - |
| Scott Huston | Fanfare for the 200th | Kazimierz Kord | May 6 - 7,1977 | - |
| Paul Cooper | Homage | Carmon DeLeone | April 29 - April 30,1977 | - |
| Gene Gutche | Perseus and Andromeda XX, Op. 50 | Kenneth Schermerhorn | February 25 - 26, 1977 | - |
| Alan Hovhaness | Fanfare for the New Atlantis | Kenneth Schermerhorn | February 25 - 26, 1977 | - |
| Frank Proto | Bicentennial Fanfare | Thomas Schippers | November 5 - 6,1976 | - |
| Paul Creston | Fanfare '76 - The Republic Stands, Op. 106 | Thomas Schippers | March 5 - 6,1976 | - |
| Ingolf Dahl | Symphony Concertante for Two Clarinets and Orchestra | Thomas Schippers; Carmine Campione, clarinet & Richard Waller, clarinet | March 5 - 6,1976 | - |
| Howard Hanson | Laude: Chorale and Fanfare | Carmon DeLeone | February 20 - 21,1976 | - |
| Ned Rorem | Air Music, Ten Variations for Orchestra | Thomas Schippers | December 5 -6,1975 | - |
| Virgil Thomson | Fanfare: A Portrait | Thomas Schippers | December 5 -6,1975 | - |
| Walter Piston | Bicentennial Fanfare | Thomas Schippers | November 14 - 15,1975 | - |
| Donald Erb | New England's Prospect | James Levine | May 17,1974 | - |
| Felix Labunski | Primavera | Thomas Schippers | April 19 - 20,1974 | - |
| Claus Adam | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra | Thomas Schippers & Stephen Kates, cello | October 26 - 27,1973 | - |
| Frank Proto | Concerto in One Movement for Violin and String Bass | Thomas Schippers; Ruggiero Ricci, violin & Barry Green, contrabass | October 13 - 14,1972 | - |
| Frank Martin | Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra | Thomas Schippers & Paul Badura-Skoda, piano | April 7 - 8,1972 | - |
| James Furman | I Have a Dream, Symphonic Oratorio | Erich Kunzel | January 22 - 23,1971 | - |
| Dale Frank | Kosha | Erich Kunzel | June 7,1970 | - |
| Wilfred Josephs | Mortales, Op. 62 | Julius Rudel | May 23, 1970 | - |
| Gen Parchman | Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra | Erich Kunzel & Eugene Espino, timpani | May 1 - 2,1970 | - |
| Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu | Erich Kunzel | April 24 - 25,1970 | - |
| Kurt Weill | Das Berliner Requiem | Erich Kunzel, Seth McCoy, tenor & William Justus, baritone | April 3 - 4,1970 | - |
| Jenõ Takács | Antiqua Hungarica, Op. 47 | Max Rudolf | March 7 - 8,1970 | - |
| Dave Brubeck | CSO 75th Anniversary Salute | Erich Kunzel | February 27 - 28,1970 | - |
| Gardner Read | Symphony No. 4, Op. 42 | Erich Kunzel | January 30 - 31,1970 | - |
| Paul Reif | Fanfare and Fugato | Erich Kunzel | December 12 -13,1969 | - |
| Peter Mennin | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Max Rudolf | May 2,1969 | - |
| Alan Hovhaness | Symphony No. 19, Op. 217, Vishnu | Erich Kunzel | January 10 - 11,1969 | - |
| Hans Werner Henze | Moralities | Max Rudolf | May 18,1968 | - |
| Wilfred Josephs | Symphony No. 2 | Max Rudolf | March 8 - 9,1968 | - |
| Scott Huston | Four Phantasms | Max Rudolf | February 2 - 3,1968 | - |
| Bernard Rogers | Apparitions | Max Rudolf | December 15 - 16,1967 | - |
| Tadeusz Baird | Concerto for Orchestra | Max Rudolf | November 17 - 18,1967 | - |
| Wilfred Josephs | Requiem, Op. 39 | Max Rudolf, Annie Walker, soprano; Norman Treigle, bass & Roy Christensen, cello | January 12 - 14,1967 | - |
| Felix Labunski | Polish Renaissance Suite | Max Rudolf | January 6 - 7,1967 | - |
| Miljenko Prohaska | Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Strings | Max Rudolf | December 9 - 10,1966 | - |
| Gene Gutche | Hsiang Fei, Op. 40 | Max Rudolf | October 21 - 22,1966 | - |
| Yannis Papaioannou | Symphony No. 5 | Max Rudolf | April 29 - 30,1966 | - |
| Jenõ Takács | Eisenstadt Divertimento, Op. 75 | Max Rudolf | January 14 -15,1966 | - |
| Franz Waxman | The Song of Terezin | Stanislaw Skrowaczewski | May 22,1965 | - |
| George Crumb | Variazioni for Orchestra | Max Rudolf | May 8,1965 | - |
| Easley Blackwood | Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 13 | Max Rudolf & Richard Waller, clarinet | November 20 - 21,1964 | - |
| Gen Parchman | Winsel Overture | Max Rudolf | January 17 - 18,1964 | - |
| Gian Carlo Menotti | The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi | Max Rudolf | May 18,1963 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra | Max Rudolf & Jeanne Kirstein,piano | October 26 - 27,1962 | - |
| Jenõ Takács | Passacaglia for String Orchestra, Op. 73 | Max Rudolf | October 12 -13,1962 | - |
| Norman Dello Joio | Fantasy and Variations for Piano and Orchestra | Max Rudolf & Lorin Hollander,piano | March 9 - 10,1962 | - |
| Donato di Veroli | Theme and Variations for Orchestra | Max Rudolf | November 25 - 26,1961 | - |
| Gen Parchman | Symphony for String Orchestra | Max Rudolf | November 24 - 25,1961 | - |
| Felix Labunski | Symphonic Dialogues | Max Rudolf | February 9 - 11,1961 | - |
| Stjepan Sulek | Concerto No. 1 for Orchestra, Classical | Milan Horvat | January 20 - 21,1961 | - |
| Joseph Tal | Symphony No. 1 | Max Rudolf | February 12 -13,1960 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | Contours | Max Rudolf | December 31 - January 2,1960 | - |
| Leo Kraft | Variations for Orchestra | Max Rudolf | December 1 - 3,1960 | - |
| Margaret Johnson Bosworth | Queen City Suite | Josef Krips | May 4,1960 | - |
| Samuel S. Ensor | Verses from a Children's Book, Short Movements for Narrator and Orchestra | Max Rudolf & Charlotte Shockley, narrator | February 12 - 13,1960 | - |
| Henry Humphreys | A Christmas Fantasy-Overture, Op. 68 | Max Rudolf | December 18 - 19,1959 | - |
| Ingvar Lidholm | Ritornello | Max Rudolf | November 27 - 28,1959 | - |
| Jenõ Takács | Semiseria Overture | Max Rudolf | October 23 -24,1959 | - |
| Peter Racine Fricker | Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 | Max Rudolf | October 16 - 17,1959 | - |
| John Haussermann | Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 27 | Max Rudolf | April 3 - 4,1959 | - |
| Bernard Rogers | Africa, Symphony in Two Movements | Max Rudolf | January 20 & January 31,1959 | - |
| Charles Mills | Crazy Horse Symphony | Max Rudolf | November 28 - 29,1958 | - |
| Jenõ Takács | The Chant of the Creation | Josef Krips | May 10,1958 | - |
| Toshitsugu Ogihara | Sinfonia di Giappone | Thor Johnson | April 11 - 12,1958 | - |
| Henry Humphreys | The Wast Land, for Narrator and Orchestra | Thor Johnson; Babette Effron, piano & Basil Langton, narrator | April 3 - 4,1958 | - |
| Serge Hovey | Sholem Aleichem Suite for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra | Thor Johnson; Louis Linowitz, baritone; Lucille Rinsky, soprano and Robert Bennett, tenor | February 21 - 22,1958 | - |
| George Rochberg | Waltz Serenade for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | February 14 - 15,1958 | - |
| Lani Smith | Prelude and Scherzo for Brass, Timpani and Strings | Thor Johnson | December 6 - 7,1957 | - |
| John Larkin | Mass for the Popes, for Voices, Strings and Organ | Thor Johnson & Robert Schaeffer,organ | November 1 - 2,1957 | - |
| Serge de Gastyne | Hollin Hall Symphony | Thor Johnson | April 12 - 13,1957 | - |
| Fritz Manczyk | Six Variations on a Sarabande by J.S. Bach | Thor Johnson | February 22 - 23,1957 | - |
| Normand Lockwood | "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Part I of the Oratorio Children of God | Thor Johnson; Marcelle Bolman, soprano; Shirley Delp, alto; Franklin Bens, tenor; Edgar Keenon, baritone & Donald Gramm, bass | February 1 - 2,1957 | - |
| Henry Dixon Cowell | Variations for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | November 23 - 24,1956 | - |
| Ernest Bloch | Symphony in E-flat | Thor Johnson | November 9 - 10,1956 | - |
| Wallingford Riegger | Overture for Orchestra, Op. 60 | Thor Johnson | October 26 - 27,1956 | - |
| Wallace Berry | Spoon River | Thor Johnson | May 11,1956 | - |
| Felix Labunski | Images of Youth | Thor Johnson | May 11,1956 | - |
| Franz Reizenstein | Voices of Night | Josef Krips | May 10,1956 | - |
| Benjamin Britten | Gloriana, Op. 53 | Josef Krips | May 8,1956 | - |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Davidde Penitente, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra, K. 469 | Thor Johnson, Lois Marshall, soprano; Loren Driscoll, tenor & Sadie Ruth McCollum, mezzo soprano | February 17 - 18,1956 | - |
| Serge de Gastyne | L'ile Lumiere | Thor Johnson | January 6 - 7,1956 | - |
| William Schuman | Credendum, An Article of Faith | Thor Johnson | November 4,1955 | - |
| Yasushi Akutagawa | Musica per Orchestra Sinfonica | Thor Johnson | October 21 - 22,1955 | - |
| Anthony Donato | Solitude in the City, for Narrator and Orchestra | Thor Johnson & Carl Jacobs III, narrator | March 25 - 26, 1955 | - |
| Scott Huston | Abstract | Thor Johnson | February 11-12,1955 | - |
| Jean Sibelius | The Tempest, Op. 109 | Thor Johnson, Bige Hammons, bass-baritone; Mary Garnett Poarch, soprano & Antioch Area Theatre, guest | December 3 - 4,1954 | - |
| Franz Schmidt | The Book with Seven Seals | Josef Krips | May 7,1954 | - |
| Gösta Nystroem | Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | Thor Johnson & Erik Kahlson, viola | April 15 - 17,1954 | - |
| Baruch Cohon | Let There be Light | Thor Johnson & Abraham Braude, baritone | February 12-13,1954 | - |
| Charles Hamm | Sinfonia for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | February 5 - 6,1954 | - |
| Harald Saeverud | Galdreslatten, Op. 20 | Thor Johnson | October 16 - 17,1953 | - |
| William C. Byrd | Cincinnati Profiles, Suite for Orchestra: The Seven Hills | Thor Johnson | February 27 - 28,1953 | - |
| Eugene Hemmer | Cincinnati Profiles, Suite for Orchestra: Fountain Square | Thor Johnson | February 27 - 28,1953 | - |
| John Larkin | Cincinnati Profiles, Suite for Orchestra: Mount Adams, A Symphonic Impression | Thor Johnson | February 27 - 28,1953 | - |
| Robert Whitcomb | Cincinnati Profiles, Suite for Orchestra: From the Ohio River | Thor Johnson | February 27 - 28,1953 | - |
| Uuno Klami | Kalevala Sarja, Op. 23 | Thor Johnson | April 4 - 5,1952 | - |
| Paul Creston | Walt Whitman, Op. 53 | Thor Johnson | March 28 - 29,1952 | - |
| Vittorio Rieti | Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra | Thor Johnson; Arthur Gold, piano & Robert Fizdale, piano | February 15 - 16,1952 | - |
| Vittorio Giannini | A Canticle of Christmas, for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra | Thor Johnson & Hubert Kockritz, bariton | December 14 - 15,1951 | - |
| Carl Hugo Grimm | A Christmas Concerto, for Orchesta, Op. 52 | Thor Johnson | December 14 - 15,1951 | - |
| Roy Harris | Cumberland Concerto for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | October 19 - 20,1951 | - |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on the “Old 104th” Psalm Tune | Thor Johnson & Frank Glazer, piano | April 20 - 21,1951 | - |
| Vittorio Giannini | Sinfonia per Orchestra | Thor Johnson | April 6 - 7,1951 | - |
| Darius Milhaud | Suite from Jeux de Printemps | Thor Johnson | March 31 - April 1,1951 | - |
| Felix Labunski | Variations for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | January 6 - 7,1951 | - |
| Rudolph Ganz | Symphonic Overture to an Unwritten Comedy, Laughter...yet Love, Op. 34 | Thor Johnson | November 24 - 25,1950 | - |
| Quincy Porter | The Desolate City, for Baritione and Orchestra | Thor Johnson & Mack Harrell, baritone | November 24 - 25,1950 | - |
| Don Gillis | Thomas Wolfe, American | Thor Johnson & Samuel Messer, narrator | October 27 - 28,1950 | - |
| Carlos Chavez | Toccata Para Instrumentos de Percusión | Thor Johnson, Fred W. Noak, percussion; Ernest Lorenz, percussion; Edward Wuebold, percussion; Glenn Robinson, percussion; George J. Carey, percussion & Harold J. Thompson, percussion | April 22 - 23,1950 | - |
| Arthur Honegger | Jour de Fete Suisse | Thor Johnson | December 31 -January 1,1949 | - |
| Aaron Avshalomov | Symphony No. 2 in E Minor | Thor Johnson | December 30 - 31,1949 | - |
| James Gutheim Heller | Rhapsody for Orchestra | Thor Johnson | December 16 -17,1949 | - |
| John Antill | Suite from Corrobboree | Eugene Goossens | November 23 - 24,1949 | - |
| David Diamond | The Enormous Room | Thor Johnson | November 19 - 20,1949 | - |
| Eric Delamarter | "Cluny" Dialogue for Viola and Orchestra | Thor Johnson & Erik Kahlson, viola | October 22 - 23,1949 | - |
| John Haussermann | Symphony No. 3 | Thor Johnson | April 1 - 2,1949 | - |
| Cecil Effinger | Little Symphony No. 2 | Thor Johnson | February 4 - 5,1949 | - |
| Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques | Thor Johnson | December 10 - 11,1948 | - |
| Henry Bryant | The Promised Land | Thor Johnson | November 26 - 27,1948 | - |
| Don Gillis | Portrait of a Frontier Town | Thor Johnson | February 21 - 22,1948 | - |
| Henry Brant | Symphony No. 1 in B-flat | Thor Johnson | January 30 - 31,1948 | - |
| David Broekman | Symphony No. 2 | Eugene Goossens | March 7 - 8,1947 | - |
| Martin G. Dumler | Te Deum | Eugene Goossens | May 11, 1946 | - |
| Frederick Delius | A Mass of Life | Eugene Goossens | May 8,1946 | - |
| Ulrich Cole | Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra | Eugene Goossens & Ulrich Cole, piano | March 1 - 2,1946 | - |
| Carl Hugo Grimm | An American Overture, Op. 47 | Eugene Goossens | February 15 - 16,1946 | - |
| John Haussermann | Ronde Carnavalesque | Eugene Goossens | April 6 - 7,1945 | - |
| Gunther Schuller | Concerto for Horn & Orchestra | Eugene Goossens & Gunther Schuller, french horn | April 6 - 7,1945 | - |
| Eugene Goossens | Jubilee Variations: Variations on a Theme by Goossens | Eugene Goossens | March 23 - 24,1945 | - |
| William Grant Still | Festive Overture | Eugene Goossens | January 19 - 20,1945 | - |
| Bernard Rogers | The Passion | Eugene Goossens | May 12,1944 | - |
| John Haussermann | Symphony No. 2, Op. 22 | Eugene Goossens | April 1 - March 31,1944 | - |
| Pescara | Symphonic Sketch, Tibet | Eugene Goossens | March 3 - 4,1944 | - |
| Eugene Goossens | Phantasy-Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 60 | Eugene Goossens & José Iturbi, piano | February 25 - 26,1944 | - |
| Eric Werner | Symphony-Requiem | Eugene Goossens | January 21 -22,1944 | - |
| Bedřich Smetana | Country Scenes from Bohemia | Eugene Goossens | January 7 - 8, 1944 | - |
| Dana Suesse | Concerto in E Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra | Eugene Goossens; Ethel Bartlett, piano & Rae Robertson, piano | December 10 - 11, 1943 | - |
| Eugene Goossens | Fanfare for the Merchant Marine | Eugene Goossens | April 16 - 17, 943 | - |
| Howard Hanson | Fanfare for the Signal Corps | Eugene Goossens | April 2 - 3,1943 | - |
| Martin G. Dumler | Prelude and Fugue | Eugene Goossens | March 26 - 27, 1943 | - |
| Carl Hugo Grimm | Montana, Two Impressions for Orchestra | Eugene Goossens | March 26 - 27, 1943 | - |
| Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man | Eugene Goossens | March 12 - 13, 1943 | - |
| Felix Borowski | Fanfare for the American Soldier | Eugene Goossens | March 5 - 6,1943 | - |
| Anis Fuleihan | Fanfare for Medical Corps | Eugene Goossens | February 26 - 27, 1943 | - |
| Harl McDonald | Fanfare for Poland | Eugene Goossens | February 5 - 6, 1943 | - |
| Leo Sowerby | Fanfare for Airmen | Eugene Goossens | January 29 - 30, 1943 | - |
| Morton Gould | Fanfare for Freedom | Eugene Goossens | January 22 - 23, 1943 | - |
| Virgil Thomson | Fanfare for France | Eugene Goossens | January 15 - 16, 1943 | - |
| William Grant Still | Fanfare for American Heroes | Eugene Goossens | December 18 - 19, 1942 | - |
| Darius Milhaud | Fanfare de la Liberté | Eugene Goossens | December 11 - 12, 1942 | - |
| Paul Creston | Fanfare for Paratroopers | Eugene Goossens | November 27 - 28, 1942 | - |
| Daniel Gregory Mason | A Fanfare for Friends | Eugene Goossens | November 6 - 7, 1942 | - |
| Henry Dixon Cowell | Fanfare for the Forces of the Latin American Allies | Eugene Goossens | October 30 - 31, 1942 | - |
| Walter Piston | Fanfare for the Fighting French | Eugene Goossens | October 23 - 24, 1942 | - |
| Deems Taylor | Fanfare for Russia | Eugene Goossens | October 16 - 17, 1942 | - |
| Bernard Wagenaar | A Fanfare for Airmen | Eugene Goossens | October 9 - 10, 1942 | - |
| Aaron Copland | Lincoln Portrait | Andre Kostelanetz & William Adams, narrator | May 14, 1942 | - |
| Jerome Kern | “Portrait for Orchestra” from Mark Twain | Andre Kostelanetz | May 14, 1942 | - |
| Virgil Thomson | The Mayor La Guardia Waltzes | Andre Kostelanetz | May 14, 1942 | - |
| José Iturbi | Soliloquy for Orchestra | Eugene Goossens | January 23 - 24, 1942 | - |
| Benjamin Britten | Scottish Ballade for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 26 | Eugene Goossens; Ethel Bartlett, piano & Rae Robertson, piano | November 28 - 29, 1941 | - |
| Robert Casadesus | Symphony No. 2, Op. 32 | Eugene Goossens | November 21 - 22, 1941 | - |
| James Gutheim Heller | Little Symphony for Small Orchestra | Eugene Goossens | April 4 -5,1941 | - |
| Eugene Goossens | Symphony No. 1, Op. 58 | Eugene Goossens | April 12 - 13,1940 | - |
| Bernard Rogers | Song of the Nightingale, Symphonic Pictures after Hans Christian Anderson | Eugene Goossens | March 21 - 23, 1940 | - |
| Robert Casadesus | Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra | Eugene Goossens,Robert Casadesus, piano & Gaby Casadesus, piano | February 9 - 10,1940 | - |
| James Gutheim Heller | Watchman, What of the Night: Excerpts | Eugene Goossens | May 3, 1939 | - |
| Jean Ten Have | Symphonic Prelude | Eugene Goossens | April 6 -8, 1939 | - |
| Ernest John Moeran | Symphony in G Minor | Eugene Goossens | Mar 25 - 26,1938 | - |
| Carlos Lopez Buchardo | Escenas Argentinas | Frieder Weissmann | January 7 - 8,1938 | - |
| Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan | Overture In C | Eugene Goossens | October 13, 1937 | - |
| Richard Strauss | Prelude to Act III of Arabella, Op. 79 | Eugene Goossens | October 16 - 17, 1937 | - |
| R. Nathaniel Dett | The Ordering of Moses | Eugene Goossens | May 7, 1937 | - |
| Edgar Stillman Kelley | Gulliver, His Voyage to Lilliput, A Symphony in Four Movements | Eugene Goossens | April 9 -10,1937 | - |
| Eugene Goossens | Pictures for Flute, Strings and Percussion | Eugene Goossens & Ary van Leeuwen, flute | February 28 - 29,1936 | - |
| James Gutheim Heller | “Lento” from Four Sketches for Orchestra | Eugene Goossens | February 7 - 8,1936 | - |
| Karol Rathaus | Serenade for Orchestra, Op. 35 | Eugene Goossens | January 17 - 18,1936 | - |
| Martin G. Dumler | Stabat Mater | Eugene Goossens | May 25, 1935 | - |
| Sir Granville Bantock | Atalanta in Calydon | Eugene Goossens | May 24,1935 | - |
| Cyril Scott | La Belle Dame Sans Merci | Eugene Goossens | May 24,1935 | - |
| Harry Waldo Warner | Hampton Wick, Op. 38 | Eugene Goossens | November 30 - December 1, 1934 | - |
| Sir Arnold Bax | Symphony No. 5 | Eugene Goossens | April 6 - 7,1934 | - |
| John Ireland | Prelude, The Forgotten Rite | Eugene Goossens | April 6 - 7,1934 | - |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Overture to The Maid of Pskov | Eugene Goossens | March 16 - 17,1934 | - |
| Emerson Whithorne | Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 49 | Eugene Goossens | January 12 - 13, 1934 | - |
| Leopold Godowsky | Java Suite | Eugene Goossens | February 2 - 3, 1933 | - |
| Francis Poulenc | Mouvements perpetuels | Eugene Goossens | December 4 - 5,1931 | - |
| M. Enrico | Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 131 | Fritz Reiner | March 27 - 28,1931 | - |
| Darius Milhaud | Concerto No. 1 for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 108 | Fritz Reiner & Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, viola | February 27 - 28,1931 | - |
| Maurice Ravel | Menuet antique | Fritz Reiner | December 12 - 13,1930 | - |
| Roger Sessions | Suite from The Black Maskers | Fritz Reiner | December 5 - 6, 1930 | - |
| Filip Lazar | Tziganes, Scherzo for Orchestra | Fritz Reiner | November 28 - 29,1930 | - |
| Daniel Gregory Mason | Symphony No. 2 in A major | Fritz Reiner | November 7 - 8, 1930 | - |
| Kurt Weill | Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12 | Fritz Reiner & Emil Heermann, violin | March 28 - 29,1930 | - |
| Ferruccio Busoni | Concerto in C Major for Piano, Orchestra and Male Voices, Op. 39 | Fritz Reiner & Karin Dayas, piano | March 14 - 15,1930 | - |
| Samuel L. M. Barlow | Alba, Symphonic Poem | Fritz Reiner | January 31 - February 1,1930 | - |
| Louis Gruenberg | Jazz Suite, Op. 28 | Fritz Reiner | March 22 - 23, 1929 | - |
| Daniel Gregory Mason | Chanticleer, Festival Overture, Op. 27 | Fritz Reiner | November 23 - 24, 1928 | - |
| Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli | Piccola Suite | Victor de Sabata | November 25 - 26,1927 | - |
| Jesús Guridi | Thus Sang the Little Ones | Frank Van der Stucken | May 7,1927 | - |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata No. 205, Aeols Appeased | Frank Van der Stucken | May 6,1927 | - |
| Béla Bartók | Two Scenes from The Miraculous Mandarin | Fritz Reiner | April 1 - 2,1927 | - |
| Arthur Bliss | Hymn to Apollo | Fritz Reiner | March 18 - 19,1927 | - |
| Arthur Honegger | Concertino for Piano and Orchestra | Fritz Reiner & Walter Gieseking, piano | March 18 - 19,1927 | - |
| Lodewijk Mortelmans | Young America | Frank Van der Stucken | May 9,1925 | - |
| Vittorio Rieti | Concerto for Quintet of Wind Instruments and Orchestra | Fritz Reiner | April 17 - 18,1925 | - |
| Béla Bartók | Dance Suite for Orchestra | Fritz Reiner | April 3 - 4,1925 | - |
| Wilhelm Grosz | Prelude to a Comic Opera, Op. 14 | Fritz Reiner | February 6 - 7,1925 | - |
| Henry Kimball Hadley | Resurgam, Op. 98 | Frank Van der Stucken | May 5, 1923 | - |
| Béla Bartók | Suite No. 1 for Orchestra, Op. 3 | Fritz Reiner | January 19 - 20,1923 | - |
| Alexander Glazunov | Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 33 | Fritz Reiner | November 24 - 15,1922 | - |
| Albert Dupuis | Symphonic Fragments from Jean-Michel | Eugène Ysaÿe | November 19 - 20,1920 | - |
| Théophile Ysaÿe | Symphony in F Major, Op. 14 | Eugène Ysaÿe | March 28 - 29,1919 | - |
| Edgar Stillman Kellye | Pilgrim’s Progress, Op. 37 | Eugène Ysaÿe | May 10, 1918 | - |
| Eugène Ysaÿe | Exil, Op. 25 for high strings | Eugène Ysaÿe | May 9, 1918 | - |
| Josef Hofmann | Chromaticon, for Piano and Orchestra | Ernst Kunwald & Josef Hofmann, piano | November 24 - 25,1916 | - |
| Louis G. Sturm | Preludio, Tema e Variazione in E Minor, Op. 34 | Ernst Kunwald | February 26 - 27, 1915 | - |
| Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 3 in D Minor | Ernst Kunwald | May 9,1914 | - |
| Richard Strauss | Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 | Ernst Kunwald | April 27,1916 | - |
| Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor | Frank van der Stucken | March 24 - 25,1905 | - |
| Pier Adolfo Tirindelli | Leggenda Celeste | Frank van der Stucken | February 20 - 21, 1903 | - |
| Pier Adolfo Tirindelli | Concerto in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra | Frank van der Stucken & Pier Adolfo Tirindelli, violin | February 23 - 24,1900 | - |
| Alexander Ritter | Charfreitag und Frohnleichnam | Frank van der Stucken | February 23 - 24,1900 | - |
| Alexander Scriabin | Réverie in E Minor, Op. 24 | Frank van der Stucken | December 1 - 2,1899 | - |
| Felix Weingartner | Symphony in G Major, Op. 23 | Frank van der Stucken | November 17 - 18,1899 | - |
| Antonin Dvořák | The Midday Witch, Op. 108 | Frank van der Stucken | February 12 - 13,1897 | - |
| Johannes Brahms | Triumphlied, Op. 55 | Theodore Thomas | May 11,1875 | - |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Magnificat, BWV 243 | Theodore Thomas | May 13,1875 | - |
| George Frederic Handel | Dettingen Te Deum | Theodore Thomas | May 6,1873 | - |