BPO Classics Repertoire 1939-1940
5 November 1939
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Franco Autori, conductor
Benny Goodman, clarinetist
21 November 1939
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
5 December 1939
Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances
Scarlatti – Gia’ il sole dal Gange
Pergolesi – Stabat Mater: Vidit suum
Purcell – Nymphs and Shepherds
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Verdi – Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Paola Autori, soprano
19 December 1939
Corelli – Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor “Christmas Concerto”
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Three Dances
Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violinist
Joseph Wincenc, violinist
Rudolf Doblin cellist
9 January 1940
Handel – Concerto Grosso No.5 in D minor
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Weinberger – Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Franco Autori, conductor
Kurt Paur, pianist
30 January 1940
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Haydn – Symphony No.7 in C major “Le midi”
Honneger – Pastorale d’été
de Falla – Spanish Dance
Hindemith – Trauermusik
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Franco Autori, conductor
Fred Ressel, violist
13 February 1940
Dvorak – Carneval Overture, op.92
Debussy – Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Walton – Facade Suite No.1
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Franco Autori, conductor
Arnold Jan Cornelissen, saxophonist
27 February 1940
Grétry/Mottl – Céphale et Procris: Ballet Suite
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 “Turkish”
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
Dohnányi – Symphony for Orchestra, op.19
Franco Autori, conductor
Helen Teschner Tas, violinist
12 March 1940
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Act III (excerpts)
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Parsifal: Prelude and Good Friday Music
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
26 March 1940
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Russian Easter Overture
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Franco Autori, conductor
Frank Sheridan, pianist