1982
Principal Guest Conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ( – 1985)
Guest Engagements:
Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouworkest, English Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Summer Festivals:
Holland Festival (Stravinsky Centennial), Hollywood Bowl (Stravinsky Centennial), Proms Concerts (BBC Symphony, Philharmonia), Ravinia, Robin Hood Dell
Recordings for CBS Masterworks:
Gershwin Live! with Sarah Vaughan (Grammy Award – Best Jazz Vocal Performance)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; M. Tilson Thomas, Piano (Grammy Nomination – Best Orchestral Performance)
Prokofiev: Opus 42; Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ives: Symphony No. 3, Orchestral Set No. 2; Concertgebouworkest
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes; Philharmonia Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto; Philharmonia Orchestra, Cho Liang Lin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 7; English Chamber Orchestra
Television:
America Salutes Stravinsky National Symphony Orchestra