BPO Classics Repertoire 1948-1949
16 November 1948
Handel – Concerto Grosso No.21 in D minor
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Debussy – La Mer
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
William Steinberg, conductor
30 November 1948
Mozart – Don Giovanni: Overture
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op.43
Liszt – A Faust Symphony
William Steinberg, conductor
Seymour Lipkin, pianist
John Priebe, tenor
Polish Singing Society,
Matthew Zydowicz, director
7 December 1948
Bach – Cantata No.40: “Sleepers Awake”
Bruckner – Symphony No.7 in E major
Handel – Judas Maccabeus: Sound an Alarm
Mozart – Don Giovanni: Mio tesoro
Mendelssohn – Fingal’s Cave Overture, op.26
Albeniz – Iberia: Triana
Meyerbeer – L’Africaine: O Paradiso
Flotow – Martha: M’appari
William Steinberg, conductor
Jan Peerce, tenor
21 December 1948
Haydn – Symphony No.102 in B-flat major
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
William Steinberg, conductor
Eudice Shapiro, violinist
18 January 1949
Mozart – Symphony No.36 in C major, K.425 “Linz”
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Leonard Bernstein, conductor, pianist
1 February 1949
Stravinsky – Four Norwegian Moods
Dvorak – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
William Steinberg, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violinist
15 February 1949
Brahms – Tragic Overture, op.81
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
William Steinberg, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
1 March 1949
Mozart – Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
Thomson – Louisiana Story
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Ravel – La Valse
Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor
Virgil Thomson, composer, conductor
15 March 1949
Beethoven – Overture to Prometheus, op.43
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major op.73 “Emperor”
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
William Steinberg, conductor
Jakob Gimpel, pianist
29 March 1949
Strauss, R. – Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts)
Strauss, J.Jr. – Die Fledermaus (excerpts)
William Steinberg, conductor
Suzanne Sten, soprano
Gertrude Lutzi, soprano
Leonora Meter, soprano
William McGrath, tenor
Bertram Hill, baritone
Crawford Anderson, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Buffalo Oratorio Chorus,
Cameron Baird, director