BPO Classics Repertoire 1938-1939
15 November 1938
WEBER  Oberon: Overture
THOMPSON  Symphony No.2
BRAHMS  Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
4 December 1938
MOZART  The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
BOCCHERINI  Cello Concerto in B-flat major
BARBER  Symphony in One Movement
SCHUMANN  Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
13 December 1938
GABRIELI/AUTORI  Sonata from “Sacrae Symphoniae”
CHOPIN  Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
DEBUSSY  Two Nocturnes
BRAHMS  Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Franco Autori, conductor
Rosina Lhevinne, piano
3 January 1939
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
HANDEL  Alcina: Verdi prati selve amene
BRUCH  Achilleus: Andromache’s Scene
TCHAIKOVSKY  Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Geraldine Ayres Ulrich, mezzo-soprano
17 January 1939
GLUCK  Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
PURCELL  Dido and Aeneas: Dido’s Lament
GLUCK  Alceste: Divinities du Styx
MOZART  Symphony No.34 in C major, K.338
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Immolation Scene
Franco Autori, conductor
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano
7 February 1939
BACH/REGER  O Mensch, bewein’ dein Suende Gross
BRAHMS  Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Franco Autori, conductor
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
14 February 1939
WEBER  Euryanthe: Overture
KARLOWITZ  Violin Concerto op.8
FRANCK  Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violin
28 February 1939
HAYDN  Symphony No.13 in G major
HANDEL  Organ Concerto No.5 in F major
DOHNÁNYI  Variations on a Nursery Rhyme
BRAHMS  Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Franco Autori, conductor
Squire Haskin, organ
14 March 1939
HANDEL  Messiah: Overture
DVORAK  Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
BERWALD  Night’s Frolic
STRAUSS, R.  Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Franco Autori, conductor
Maurice Marechal, cello
28 March 1939
SCHUBERT  Five German Dances
BLOCH  Psalm XXII
REGER  Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
MAHLER  Songs of a Wayfarer
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Russian Easter Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
David Blair McClosky, baritone
11 April 1939
WAGNER  Parsifal: Prelude
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Mastersingers
WAGNER  Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
WAGNER  Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III
WAGNER  Tannhäuser: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
25 April 1939
BEETHOVEN  Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano