0:00:22 > 0:00:25Chicago, and a celebration of the 100th birthday
0:00:25 > 0:00:29of one of the great conductors of the 20th century -
0:00:29 > 0:00:31the Hungarian maestro, Sir Georg Solti.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35ORCHESTRA PLAYS
0:00:35 > 0:00:40Solti, who died in 1997, was one of the great orchestral magicians.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43His extraordinary energy, the rhythmic vitality
0:00:43 > 0:00:47and his attention to detail, created exceptional virtuoso performances
0:00:47 > 0:00:50in concert halls and opera houses all over the world.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56His most important relationships
0:00:56 > 0:00:59were at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London
0:00:59 > 0:01:02where he was music director for 10 years from 1961.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03And during that tenure,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08he took the company to the highest international level.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And in Chicago,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14he was music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16On television, through touring and recording,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20he turned it into one of the best-known orchestras in the world.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28In 1995, Solti founded the World Orchestra For Peace
0:01:28 > 0:01:31which Valery Gergiev conducts tonight.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34He was a man with a character with a lot of fire.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39And this fire was immediately...
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Everyone was set on fire around him.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45So he was, in a way, the keeper of the fire.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56All my life I've grown up in wars, in revolution,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00both fascist and communist,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04it's taught me passionately to believe in peace.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Our concert takes place in Orchestra Hall,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13part of Symphony Center in Downtown Chicago.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16On stage - the World Orchestra For Peace.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19APPLAUSE
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Here to introduce the concert
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and explain how this extraordinary orchestra came into being,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28is Sir Georg Solti's widow, Valerie.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Dear ladies and gentlemen,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33dearest friends.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36For 22 years my husband was musical director
0:02:36 > 0:02:39of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43years he referred to as "the happiest in my life
0:02:43 > 0:02:46"and the most artistically fulfilling.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Today, October the 21st, he would have been 100 years old.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54APPLAUSE
0:03:00 > 0:03:04He loved birthdays and so we're having a celebration -
0:03:04 > 0:03:06a musical journey through his life
0:03:06 > 0:03:09assisted by some of the great artists he worked with
0:03:09 > 0:03:12and the only orchestra he ever created -
0:03:12 > 0:03:14the World Orchestra For Peace.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19The idea of a world orchestra started here in Chicago
0:03:19 > 0:03:22one of the CSO orchestra members said,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25"You know there's an organisation called Physicians For Peace,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28"why can't we have Musicians For Peace?"
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And the opportunity came when Boutros Boutros-Ghali,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34the then secretary general of the United Nations,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36invited Solti to give a concert
0:03:36 > 0:03:41to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the organisation in Geneva.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44He gathered together leading players
0:03:44 > 0:03:48from over 40 of the finest leading world orchestras
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and created the World Orchestra For Peace.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56This orchestra is a living testament to Solti's belief
0:03:56 > 0:04:00in the strength of music as an ambassador for peace.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Since my husband's death,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05the orchestra has been conducted
0:04:05 > 0:04:07by his friend and colleague Valery Gergiev,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10to whom I am so grateful.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11We begin the concert
0:04:11 > 0:04:15with the Overture to Mozart's Marriage Of Figaro.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21In 1938, Solti, aged 25, was given one performance
0:04:21 > 0:04:24at the Budapest Opera.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The date was the 11th of March,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31the 11th of March, 1938, was the day when Hitler's troops
0:04:31 > 0:04:36marched into Vienna, just down the road from Budapest.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Solti wrote in his memoirs,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42"As it turned out my conducting debut at the Budapest Opera
0:04:42 > 0:04:46"was my last performance of an opera there.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49"I felt all my hopes had been dashed.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54"That evening left a permanent scar on my heart."
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Please welcome Maestro Valery Gergiev
0:04:58 > 0:05:02to conduct the World Orchestra For Peace
0:05:02 > 0:05:05in Mozart's Overture to the Marriage Of Figaro.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08APPLAUSE
0:09:41 > 0:09:43APPLAUSE
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Mozart's sparkling Overture to the Marriage Of Figaro.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52The World Orchestra For Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Now, here is Valerie Solti to pick up the narrative
0:09:57 > 0:10:01of tonight's musical journey through Solti's life.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Solti spent the Second World War as a refugee in Switzerland.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10He had no opportunity to work,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14he was only allowed to give three piano lessons a week.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17After the war ended,
0:10:17 > 0:10:23he became the music director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich -
0:10:23 > 0:10:25a contentious move at the time for a Jew.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29But he was starved for work.
0:10:29 > 0:10:36And he wrote, "The desire to conduct was an irresistible force in me,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39"for more than eight years my music-making
0:10:39 > 0:10:41"had been confined to the piano,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44"the prime of my life had been wasted."
0:10:45 > 0:10:48"Despite the horrors that had been perpetrated,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51"reflection could alter nothing.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55"We had to look forwards and make a new Europe."
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Whilst in Munich he met some of the greatest musicians
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and composers of the 20th century,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04including Richard Strauss.
0:11:04 > 0:11:10Here is Strauss' youthful and passionate tone poem, Don Juan.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08APPLAUSE
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Valery Gergiev and the World Orchestra For Peace
0:29:13 > 0:29:16capturing the doomed energy of Strauss' hero
0:29:16 > 0:29:20in the tone poem Don Juan, which was a favourite of Solti's,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24requiring all the passion, precision and virtuosity
0:29:24 > 0:29:26which were his trademarks.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30One of the unique characteristics of the World Orchestra For Peace
0:29:30 > 0:29:34is the way in which players rotate between works.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37So during the course of a single concert,
0:29:37 > 0:29:41several players will take turns to lead or to play solo parts.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56For 25 years from 1946 until 1971,
0:29:56 > 0:30:01Solti's principal focus was on opera.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04He was music director of three great European opera houses -
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Munich, Frankfurt and London's Covent Garden.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Not only did he give memorable performances,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14but he also helped develop the careers
0:30:14 > 0:30:17of some of the greatest singers in the world.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19And we're now going to hear from four of them
0:30:19 > 0:30:23who received early encouragement from Solti.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Two unfortunately can't be with us in person today -
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming -
0:30:29 > 0:30:35but there are two who are here - Rene Pape and Angela Gheorghiu.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Ladies and gentlemen, I know that everyone is celebrating
0:30:40 > 0:30:45the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maestro Georg Solti.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48And, um, what a great day, you know?
0:30:49 > 0:30:53How many memories, how much music we did together...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55I am really, really sorry
0:30:55 > 0:30:58not to be able to with everybody celebrating him,
0:30:58 > 0:31:04but we all celebrate the great musician and the great, great friend
0:31:04 > 0:31:10and...remember him as one of the greatest.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16For those who had the chance and who were lucky to meet him,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19even to make music with him, to work with him,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22of course he will never go,
0:31:22 > 0:31:27you will always carry these kinds of people in your mind
0:31:27 > 0:31:28and in your heart.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31I would certainly thank him for the influence he had on me,
0:31:31 > 0:31:35the experiences I had and the care,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37that was a real boost.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41When Solti unexpectedly passed, I was still really starting out,
0:31:41 > 0:31:47so in a way I lost the opportunity to have more experience with him.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50So it was a big disappointment for me and a loss for everybody
0:31:50 > 0:31:52cos he just had that charisma and energy
0:31:52 > 0:31:56that one thought, "Oh, this is going to go on for ever."
0:31:56 > 0:32:02We all hope that Georg Solti can hear or feel
0:32:02 > 0:32:04what we feel.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07We all have wonderful memories
0:32:07 > 0:32:11and we admire and we love Georg Solti.
0:32:11 > 0:32:18And...hope that his spirit is with us today.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23He was one of the most important people in my life -
0:32:23 > 0:32:26artistic and also personal life.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Georg, I...
0:32:28 > 0:32:31admire you, I love you
0:32:31 > 0:32:38and I hope, um, we can see each other later.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40For sure.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44And we can make our big concert all together
0:32:44 > 0:32:47somewhere in our spirit. APPLAUSE
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Angela Gheorghiu's tribute to Solti.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51We'll be hearing her in a few minutes.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55But first, here is Rene Pape to sing an aria from the opera
0:32:55 > 0:33:00in which he made his debut with Solti at the Salzburg Festival in 1991.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Sarastro's aria In Diesen Heil'gen Hallen
0:33:03 > 0:33:06from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11REPEATS
0:34:26 > 0:34:30REPEATS
0:36:01 > 0:36:04REPEATS
0:36:20 > 0:36:23REPEATS
0:37:09 > 0:37:11APPLAUSE
0:37:13 > 0:37:18Rene Pape - majestic and sonorous as the high priest Sarastro
0:37:18 > 0:37:21in that aria from The Magic Flute by Mozart.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Next - Angela Gheorghiu is going to sing Verdi.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Her 1994 performance as Violetta in La Traviata by Verdi
0:37:29 > 0:37:33at the Royal Opera House catapulted this young Romanian soprano
0:37:33 > 0:37:35to international stardom.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39In Chicago, she is going to sing the dying Violetta's final aria -
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Addio Del Passato.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43The scene begins with Violetta reading a letter
0:37:43 > 0:37:47from Georgio Gormont, her estranged lover's father.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10# Conforto!
0:41:14 > 0:41:21# Sostegno!
0:41:57 > 0:42:01# Ooh!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16# Ah, tutto
0:42:16 > 0:42:19# Tutto
0:42:19 > 0:42:32# Tutto fini! #
0:42:43 > 0:42:46MUSIC ENDS
0:42:46 > 0:42:51APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Angela Gheorghiu as the tragic heroine, Violetta,
0:42:58 > 0:43:01in that aria from Verdi's La Traviata.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03APPLAUSE CONTINUES
0:43:10 > 0:43:16Next, Angela's going to be joined by Rene Pape for more music by Mozart.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20We've already heard an orchestral portrait of the great seducer Don Juan.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Now hear his music from Mozart's earlier take on that classic story.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30Don Giovanni, the famous duet, "La ci darem la mano" in which Giovanni wins the heart
0:43:30 > 0:43:34of the peasant girl Zerlina immediately after her wedding.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40MUSIC STARTS
0:45:03 > 0:45:08# La ci darem la mano
0:45:08 > 0:45:15# Vorrei e non vorrei
0:45:15 > 0:45:20# La mi dirai di si
0:45:20 > 0:45:24# Mi trema un poco il cor
0:45:24 > 0:45:26# Partiam, ben mio, da qui
0:45:26 > 0:45:32# Ma puo burlarmi ancor
0:45:32 > 0:45:37- # Vieni, mio bel diletto! - Mi fa pieta Masetto
0:45:37 > 0:45:42- # Io cangiero tua sorte - Presto... non son piu forte
0:45:42 > 0:45:49# Non son piu forte Non son piu forte
0:45:49 > 0:45:52# Andiam!
0:45:52 > 0:45:54# Andiam!
0:45:54 > 0:46:03# Andiam!
0:46:17 > 0:46:21- BOTH:- # Andiam, andiam, mio bene
0:46:21 > 0:46:24# A ristorar le pene
0:46:24 > 0:46:30# D'un innocente amor
0:46:30 > 0:46:33# Andiam!
0:46:34 > 0:46:36# Andiam!
0:46:37 > 0:46:40# Andiam!
0:46:40 > 0:46:43# Andiam!
0:46:43 > 0:46:46# Andiam, mio bene, andiam
0:46:46 > 0:46:50# Le pene a ristorar
0:46:50 > 0:46:54# D'un innocente amor. #
0:47:01 > 0:47:04GENTLE LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Two great singers enjoying themselves in music by Mozart.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Angela Gheroghiu was Zerlina.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25Rene Pape as Don Giovanni in the duet "La ci darem la mano".
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Now here is Valerie Solti, once again, to introduce
0:47:29 > 0:47:33some young artists in the early stages of their international careers.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35APPLAUSE
0:47:35 > 0:47:37My husband never forgot how he'd been helped by others
0:47:37 > 0:47:40at crucial times in his career.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42He loved young musicians
0:47:42 > 0:47:46and he was always very sensitive to their needs and he also handed
0:47:46 > 0:47:51onto them his famous motto, his own motto, "Never give up."
0:47:53 > 0:47:55He set up the Solti Foundation
0:47:55 > 0:48:00to assist young professional musicians at the start of their career.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Musicians from all over the world.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06There is a Masterclass in Italy -
0:48:06 > 0:48:11the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16And four of the singers are here to sing for us
0:48:16 > 0:48:19the quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22And they will be conducted by Cristian Macelaru
0:48:22 > 0:48:25who is this year's recipient
0:48:25 > 0:48:30of the Solti Foundation US Young Conductor's Award.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33APPLAUSE
0:49:20 > 0:49:23REPEATS
0:51:20 > 0:51:24REPEATING
0:51:39 > 0:51:42REPEATING
0:53:11 > 0:53:14APPLAUSE
0:53:16 > 0:53:18The quartet from Rigoletto featuring
0:53:18 > 0:53:23Matilda Paulsson as Maddalena, Roberto Otiz as the Duke of Mantua.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Theresa Gevorgyan as his daughter Gilda
0:53:25 > 0:53:28and Ross Ramgobin as Rigoletto.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31The conductor was Cristian Macelaru.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32APPLAUSE CONTINUES
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Now Valery Gergiev is going to return to the podium
0:53:41 > 0:53:42to conduct music by Mahler.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Mahler was central to Solti's repertoire.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48He felt a strong connection with this music,
0:53:48 > 0:53:52born in the melting pot of Central Europe, where he had his own roots.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56The drama stark contrasts the Jewish melancholy
0:53:56 > 0:54:01and profound feeling of Mahler's music drew the very best from Solti.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03And his recordings of Mahler symphonies -
0:54:03 > 0:54:07many made in this very hall in Chicago - still rank among the best.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Gergiev is going to conduct
0:54:09 > 0:54:12the heartfelt Adagietto for Strings and Harp
0:54:12 > 0:54:13from Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28MUSIC STARTS
1:04:15 > 1:04:19MUSIC ENDS
1:04:21 > 1:04:26APPLAUSE
1:04:34 > 1:04:36Powerful emotions and superb string playing
1:04:36 > 1:04:39from the World Orchestra for Peace and Valery Gergiev.
1:04:39 > 1:04:42A fitting Mahlerian memorial to George Solti,
1:04:42 > 1:04:46the Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
1:04:46 > 1:04:49APPLAUSE CONTINUES
1:04:51 > 1:04:53Now we're approaching the climax of
1:04:53 > 1:04:57the centenary concert for Georg Solti in Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
1:04:57 > 1:05:01Here, once again, is Valerie Solti, the conductor's widow.
1:05:03 > 1:05:05To conclude the concert,
1:05:05 > 1:05:09a masterpiece by Solti's lifelong hero, Bela Bartok.
1:05:09 > 1:05:14He admired him, not only as a genius of composition,
1:05:14 > 1:05:17but also as a human being for his integrity.
1:05:17 > 1:05:21Bartok's major orchestral work, which was composed
1:05:21 > 1:05:24here in the United States, is the Concerto for Orchestra
1:05:24 > 1:05:27which he wrote here in self-imposed exile
1:05:27 > 1:05:31as a protest against the fascist regime in Hungary.
1:05:33 > 1:05:36In a moment, it will be performed
1:05:36 > 1:05:38by Valery Gergiev and the World Orchestra for Peace,
1:05:38 > 1:05:44whose members come from 60 world orchestras.
1:05:44 > 1:05:45APPLAUSE
1:05:52 > 1:05:57The Herculean task of assembling this extraordinary ensemble
1:05:57 > 1:05:59has been undertaken from the beginning
1:05:59 > 1:06:03by Solti's former assistant Charles Kaye.
1:06:03 > 1:06:08Before we hear the Concerto for Orchestra and hear the virtuosity
1:06:08 > 1:06:14of these players, we're going to hear from four great musicians,
1:06:14 > 1:06:18all of whom were close friends and colleagues of my husband.
1:06:21 > 1:06:27What remains really in the forefront of my memory of Sir Georg
1:06:27 > 1:06:33is his relentless energy and finding new talents,
1:06:33 > 1:06:37in shaping the orchestra and enthusing us with the passion.
1:06:37 > 1:06:39He just had this inner fire
1:06:39 > 1:06:43and that is a great quality in a musician, to keep that fire burning.
1:06:43 > 1:06:47And even, you know, his death was kind of typical for him -
1:06:47 > 1:06:51very sudden and very kind of unfussy, unexpected.
1:06:51 > 1:07:01And much of what he has done as a musician really stems from his burning intensity which you can hear
1:07:01 > 1:07:04even in recordings, you know, 50-60 years old.
1:07:04 > 1:07:06I find that an outstanding quality in him.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09I mean, he was really one of the very few
1:07:09 > 1:07:12great conductors of the last century.
1:07:12 > 1:07:18Sir Georg just allowed us to know what live music is all about
1:07:18 > 1:07:20and, er, you know,
1:07:20 > 1:07:24the fact that you have this physical presence,
1:07:24 > 1:07:29you have this incredible feeling of having this personal journey
1:07:29 > 1:07:33with a piece of music, and that journey was always going to continue.
1:07:33 > 1:07:37So even after our concerts, we always felt that, now,
1:07:37 > 1:07:41this is going to elevate us to something else,
1:07:41 > 1:07:45or to another question with the piece of music, you know?
1:07:45 > 1:07:50And I just feel very thankful that he was able to inject
1:07:50 > 1:07:53the real meaning of live music.
1:07:53 > 1:07:58We both come from Hungary and both are Jewish
1:07:58 > 1:08:02and both settled somewhere else.
1:08:03 > 1:08:09I think very often of him and very, very lovingly.
1:08:09 > 1:08:16He was very charismatic, quite irresistible,
1:08:16 > 1:08:22and full of relentless energy. He worked very hard.
1:08:22 > 1:08:26He was incredibly active, almost overactive!
1:08:26 > 1:08:31So I really thought that he would go on for ever.
1:08:31 > 1:08:34I thought that this energy would take him over 100.
1:08:34 > 1:08:37Away from conducting, away from piano-playing, as a musician,
1:08:37 > 1:08:39I saw him once...
1:08:40 > 1:08:47I saw him once play, from score, a Haydn - I think it was The Creation.
1:08:47 > 1:08:51And he sang all the parts, he played it - from an orchestral score -
1:08:51 > 1:08:53he played it as if it was a piano piece
1:08:53 > 1:08:59and it was one of the most amazing musical experiences that I've had.
1:08:59 > 1:09:01I miss him. I really miss him.
1:09:01 > 1:09:04He was a wonderful musical personality who gave
1:09:04 > 1:09:08a lot of light around, and I miss him.
1:09:08 > 1:09:12- APPLAUSE - The pianist Murray Perahia concluding that tribute
1:09:12 > 1:09:15from instrumentalists who worked with Solti.
1:09:15 > 1:09:19Now here is Valery Gergiev to conduct the World Orchestra for Peace
1:09:19 > 1:09:24in music by Solti's great Hungarian compatriot and teacher, Bela Bartok -
1:09:24 > 1:09:26The Concerto for Orchestra.
1:47:01 > 1:47:02APPLAUSE
1:47:05 > 1:47:10A terrific orchestral dash to the tape in the presto including
1:47:10 > 1:47:12the final movement of Bella Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
1:47:12 > 1:47:20Valery Gergiev from the World Orchestra For Peace in dazzling form.
1:47:27 > 1:47:31That performance was a particularly fitting tribute to Solti,
1:47:31 > 1:47:35not just because he studied with Bartok
1:47:35 > 1:47:40and was a great champion of his music and this piece in particular, but because, in 1995,
1:47:40 > 1:47:43the Concerto for Orchestra was the final work in the first concert
1:47:43 > 1:47:47given by the World Orchestra For Peace in Geneva and it was
1:47:47 > 1:47:50the only time that Solti conducted the orchestra that he founded.
1:48:00 > 1:48:04Since Solti's death, all the World Orchestra for Peace concerts
1:48:04 > 1:48:06have been conducted by Valery Gergiev.
1:48:06 > 1:48:11And maybe he and the orchestra have something else in store for us.
1:48:18 > 1:48:20There's going to be an encore because it couldn't be
1:48:20 > 1:48:23a celebratory concert without an encore
1:48:23 > 1:48:25could it?
1:48:25 > 1:48:32It will be Sousa's famous march - The Stars And Stripes Forever which Solti conducted on this stage
1:48:32 > 1:48:38in January 1986 when Chicago Bears won the Superbowl.
1:48:38 > 1:48:41APPLAUSE
1:48:41 > 1:48:46We're thrilled cos we're being joined by this by past and present
1:48:46 > 1:48:51principal players who Solti engaged during his tenure as music director.
1:52:15 > 1:52:18APPLAUSE
1:52:23 > 1:52:27The swagger and bravado of a classic Sousa march.
1:52:27 > 1:52:30The Stars And Stripes Forever raising the roof
1:52:30 > 1:52:33in Orchestra Hall Chicago with retired players from
1:52:33 > 1:52:36the Chicago Symphony joining the World Orchestra For Peace in that encore.
1:52:38 > 1:52:41As all the artists come back on stage to take a final bow,
1:52:41 > 1:52:44and salute the memory of the great Sir Georg Solti,
1:52:44 > 1:52:48we take our leave of Orchestra Hall.
1:52:48 > 1:52:53Solti loved birthdays and the atmosphere of this 100th birthday celebration in Chicago
1:52:53 > 1:52:56has been very special.
1:52:56 > 1:52:58From all of us, goodbye.
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