BPO Classics Repertoire 1957-1958

BPO Classics Repertoire 1957-1958

3, 5 November 1957
Creston – Symphony No.2, op.35
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Josef Krips, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist


17, 19 November 1957
Verdi – La Forza del Destino: Overture
Verdi – Four Sacred Pieces
Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D major
Josef Krips, conductor
Guido Chorus,
Herbert Beattie, director
Women’s Chorus of Fredonia State Teachers College
Richard Paige, director
Buffalo Schola Cantorem
Willis Page, director


1 December 1957
Martin – Athalie: Overture
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Josef Krips, conductor
Pierre Fournier, cellist


15, 17 December 1957
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
Strauss, R. – Elektra (selected scenes)
Josef Krips, conductor
Dodia Feldin, cellist
Fred Ressel, violist
Max Miller, violinist
Inge Borkh, soprano
Ellen Faull, soprano
Alexander Welitsch, baritone


20 December 1957
Handel – Messiah
Josef Krips, conductor
Adele Addison, soprano
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Mack Harrell, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Willis Page, director


19 January 1958
Vivaldi – Concerto in D minor, op.3 No.11
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Cowell – Symphony No.11
Albeniz – Iberia Suite
Willis Page, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist


2, 4 February 1958
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Josef Krips, conductor
Moura Lympany, pianist


7 February 1958
Beethoven – Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Josef Krips, conductor
Glenn Gould, pianist


16, 18 February 1958
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Debussy – Trois Nocturnes
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Lockwood – Light Out of Darkness
Josef Krips, conductor
Yi-Kwei Sze, bass-baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum


2, 4 March 1958
Mozart – Symphony No.36 in C major, K.425 “Linz”
Goldmark – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.28
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture
Josef Krips, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violinist


9 March 1958
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Bruckner – Symphony No.4 in E-flat major “Romantic”
Josef Krips, conductor
Anton Kuerti, pianist


30 March, 1 April 1958
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major op.73 “Emperor”
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Josef Krips, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist