BPO Classics Repertoire 1942-1943
17 November 1942
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Franco Autori, conductor
Leonard Shure, pianist
1 December 1942
Frederick the Great – Sinfonia in D major
McDonald – Bataan
Wagner – Lohengrin: Elsa’s Dream
Wagner – Schmerzen
Wagner – Träume
Strauss, R. – Four Last Songs
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
15 December 1942
Handel – Messiah
Franco Autori, conductor
Carolyn Raney, soprano
Ruth Koehler Nichols, alto
Kenneth Coghill, tenor
Roger Brosman, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
19 January 1943
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Franco Autori, conductor
2 February 1943
Boyce – Symphony No.1 in B-flat
Creston – Two Choric Dances, op.17B
Boccherini – Cello Concerto No.2 in D major
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
Luigi Silva, cellist
16 February 1943
Wagner – Die Meistersinger (excerpts)
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner – Die Walküre (excerpts)
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Paola Autori, soprano
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Franco Autori, conductor
2 March 1943
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Autori – Four Italian Folk Songs
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Franco Autori, conductor
Mischa Mischakoff, violinist
16 March 1943
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Franco Autori, conductor
Madeline Brown, soprano
Martha Worth, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
21 March 1943
Bach, C.P.E. – Symphony No.3 in C major
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Gluck – Alceste: Divinities du Styx
Massenet – Le Cid: Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess: Selections
Phillips – McGuffey’s Reader Suite
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Anne Brown, soprano
29 March 1943
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Bernard Rogers – Elegy
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major op.73 “Emperor”
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
Joseph Hofmann, pianist