15, 17 November 1953
Mozart – Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Schumann – Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120
Otto Klemperer, guest conductor
Michael Rabin, violinist

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29 November, 1 December 1953
Verdi – La Forza del Destino: Overture
Bach – Concerto for Four Pianos
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Efrem Kurtz, guest conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Piano Quartet
Ada Kopetz, pianist
Moreland Kortkamp, pianist
Emmet Vokes, pianist
Herbert Rogers, pianist

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13, 15 December 1953
Haydn – Symphony No.88 in G major
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Efrem Kurtz, guest conductor
Theodore Lettvin, pianist

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3 January 1954
Gould – Interplay (ballet)
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (excerpts: ballet)
Copland – Billy the Kid (ballet)
Chopin – Les Sylphides (ballet)
Banfield – The Combat (ballet)
Tchaikovsky – Black Swan pas de deux (ballet)
Bernstein – Fancy Free (ballet)
The Ballet Theater
Joseph Levine, music director
Alicia Alonso, ballerina
Igor Youskevitch, danseur
John Kriza, danseur
Melissa Hayden, ballerina

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17, 19 January 1954
Puccini – La Bohème
Joseph Rosenstock, conductor
Laurel Hurley, soprano
Adelaide Bishop, soprano
Davis Cunningham, tenor
Virgil Hale, tenor
Hugh Thomson, baritone
Norbert Winkler, baritone
Herbert Beattie, bass
Earl Obermeyer, bass
Samuel Herr, bass
Cyrus Hamlin, bass

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31 January, 2 February 1954
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Prokofiev – The Stone Flower: Wedding Suite
Tchaikovsky/Kostelanetz – Queen of Spades Suite
Enesco – Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, op.11
Andre Kostelanetz, guest conductor
Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist

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14, 16 February 1954
Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Prokofiev – Symphony No.7 in C-sharp minor, op.131
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Ibert – Escales (Ports of Call)
Milton Katims, conductor

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28 February, 2 March 1954
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Josef Krips, conductor
Jascha Heifetz, violinist

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7 March 1954
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Beethoven – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, op.56
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Josef Krips, conductor
Alexander Schneider, violinist
Paul Tortelier, cellist
Mieczysław Horszowski, pianist

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14, 16 March 1954
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Josef Krips, conductor
Ines Carrillo, pianist

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28, 30 March 1954
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37 (28 March)
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor” (30 March)
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”
Josef Krips, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist

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4 April 1954
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Josef Krips, conductor
Hans Vigeland, chorus master
Gertrude Lutzi, soprano
Margaret Snow Roy, alto
John McCollum, tenor
Lorenzo Alvary, bass