BPO Classics Repertoire 1969-1970
18, 21 October 1969
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Mozart – Mass in C minor
Lukas Foss, conductor and pianist
Mary Beth Piel, soprano
Sheila Allen, soprano
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Laurence Bogue, bass
Festival Chorus at SUCNY, Fredonia
Jan Harrington, director
26, 28 October 1969
Purcell – Overture: Come Ye Sons of Art Away
Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major
Debussy – La Mer
Lukas Foss, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
Yuan Tung, cellist
9, 11 November 1969
Ives – Holidays Symphony
Albeniz – La Vega
de Falla – El Amor Brujo
Lukas Foss, conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitar
16, 18 November 1969
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Ivry Gitlis, violinist
23, 25 November 1969
Martin – Petite Symphonie Concertante
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Ulrich Meyer, guest conductor
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Norma Bertolami, pianist
Suzanne Thomas, harpist
David Fuller, harpsichordist
7, 9 December 1969
Bach – Orchestra Suite No.3 in D major
Bach – Cantata No.51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen”
Strauss, R. – Capriccio (final scene)
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
14, 16 December 1969
Beethoven – Violin Concerto for Piano (Beethoven arrangement)
Takahashi – Orphika
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Lukas Foss, conductor
Yuji Takahashi, pianist
College Choir SUCNY Fredonia
Richard Shiel, director
20, 21 December 1969
Handel – Messiah
Lukas Foss, conductor
Susan Belling, soprano
Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Thomas Carey, baritone
Frederick Burgomeister, organist
Melvin Strauss, harpsichordist
East High School Choir
Donald Hilliard, director
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Melvin Strauss, director
11, 13 January 1970
Rorem – Lions
Colgrass – As Quiet As
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Ravel – Bolero
Lukas Foss, conductor
Janos Starker, Cellist
18, 20 January 1970
Stravinsky – Rossignol
Nabokov – The Return of Pushkin (18 January)
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25 (20 January)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Lukas Foss, conductor
Mary Beth Piel, soprano
Charles Haupt, violinist
James Pyne, clarinetist
25, 27 January 1970
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Lukas Foss, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
8, 10 February 1970
Brahms – Tragic Overture, op.81
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Josef Krips, guest conductor
15, 17 February 1970
Husa – Concerto for Brass Quintet and Strings
Dvorak – Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Lukas Foss, conductor
New England Conservatory Student Brass Quintet
Rudolf Firkušný, pianist
1, 3 March 1970
Ruggles – Men and Mountains (1 March)
Schönberg – Erwartung – A Monodrama (1 March)
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture (3 March)
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67 (3 March)
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Lukas Foss, conductor
Gloria Davy, soprano
5, 7 April 1970
Berg – Three Orchestra Pieces
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.19
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Peter Serkin, pianist
19, 21 April 1970
Rossini – Italian in Algiers: Overture
Elgar – Enigma Variations, op.36
Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Franco Autori, conductor
Jesse Levine, violist
26, 28 April 1970
Bartok – Piano Concerto No.2
Bruckner – Symphony No.7
Joseph Kalichstein, pianist
Richard Dufallo, conductor
10, 12 May 1970
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act II
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice: Orpheus’ Descent into the Underworld
Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice
Brahms – Alto Rhapsody, op.53
Lukas Foss, conductor
Maureen Forester, contralto
SUNYAB Chorus,
Peter Van Dyke, director
17, 19 May 1970
Webern – Das Augenlicht
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Gwendolin Sims, soprano
Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia
Jan Harrington, director