1961-1969
1961
Toured Japan with New York Philharmonic; film version of West Side Story released.
1962
Birth of daughter Nina; conducted inaugural concert at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, now Avery Fisher Hall.
1963
First performance of Third Symphony, Kaddish, in Tel Aviv.
1964
Sabbatical year from New York Philharmonic; conducted Verdi's Falstaff at Metropolitan Opera.
1965
First performance of Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra in New York and Chichester; commenced two-year survey of twentieth-century symphonic music with New York Philharmonic.
1966
First engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera (for Verdi's Falstaff).
1967
Conducted concert on Mount Scopus to mark reunification of Jerusalem; completed Mahler symphony cycle for CBS Records.
1968
Conducted Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at Vienna State Opera; New York Philharmonic tour of Western Europe and Israel.
1969
Named lifetime Laureate Conductor on retirement from music directorship of New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
