Celibidache Concerts in Caracas, 1951-63

FELIPE IZCARAY (izca at telcel.net.ve)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:18:20 -0400

Here are several concerts Celi consucted i Caracas. I do have original
hand programs and reviews, so they are autheitic dates and programs.

SEVERAL CELIBIDACHE CONCERTS IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA
ORQUESTA SINFONICA VENEZUELA

December 7, 1951: Teatro Municipal, 9:30 PM
Program: L¡ÇApprenti Sorcier (Dukas)
Cappriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky)
Symphony No. 5 (9) (Dvorak)

December 14, 1951: teatro Municipal, 9:30 PM
Program: Die Meistersinger Overture (Wagner)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)
Soloist: Stefan Nadas
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)

December 21, 1951: Teatro Municipal, 9:30 PM
Program: Overture to Egmont (Beethoven)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
Soloist: Sigi Weissenberg
Symphony No. 4 (Brahms)

December 28, 1951: Teatro Municipal, 9.30 PM
Program: Symphony in D (Franck
Till Eulenspuiegel¡Çs Merry Pranks (Strauss)
The Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)

July 9, 1956: Teatro Municipal, 9:15 PM
Program: Die Meistersinger Overture (Wagner)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)
Soloist: Judit Jaimes
Symphony No. 5 (9) (Dvorak)
July 11, 1956: Teatro Municipal, 9:15 PM
Program: Roman Carnival (Berlioz)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)
Soloist: Judit Jaimes
Symphony No. 4 ¡ÈItalian¡É (Mendelssohn)

December 4 and 7, 1962: Aula Magna, Universidad Central, 8:45 PM
Program: Symphony No. 1 ¡ÈClassical¡É (Prokofiev)
Radsodie Espagnole (Ravel)
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)

December 7, 1962, Aula Magna, 8:45 PM
Program: Roman Carnival (Berlioz)
Guitar Concerto in D (Castelnuovo-Tedesco)
Soloist: Alirio Diaz
Alborada del Gracioso (Ravel)
Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)

January 16, 1963, Anfiteatro ¡ÈJose Angel Lamas¡É (Acoustic Shell,
outdoors)
(Celibidache¡Çs last concert ever in Venezuela)
Program: Roman Carnival (Berlioz)
Rapsodie Espagnole (Ravel)
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
(Note: This is the concert during which Celibidache interrupted his
conducting because a photographer was using flash lights, and, according
to press news, literally chased the poor man until he was out of the
staged). El Nacional, Monday January 17, 1963.