BPO Classics Repertoire 1937-1938
9 November 1937
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
Albert Spalding, violinist
23 November 1937
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Franco Autori, conductor
Lydia Hoffmann-Behrendt, pianist
6 December 1937
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Warlock – Elizabethan Songs with Strings
Mozart – Per Pieta, non ricercate
Debussy – Two Nocturnes
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
John Priebe, tenor
Franco Autori, conductor
20 December 1937
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
C. Gordon Watkins, pianist
3 January 1938
Bach – Orchestra Suite No.1 in D major
Schubert/Cassado – Concerto in A major (Arpeggione Sonata)
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Franco Autori, conductor
Gaspar Cassado, cellist
21 January 1938
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Davidson – Suite for Small Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Amy Corey Pomeroy, pianist
8 February 1938
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Wagner – Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Mastersingers
Franco Autori, conductor
24 February 1938
Holst – St. Paul’s Suite
Mason – A Lincoln Symphony, op.35
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Franco Autori, conductor
Eudice Shapiro, violinist
9 March 1938
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Mozart – Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K.365
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Franco Autori, conductor
Guy Maier, pianist
Lois Maier, pianist
22 March 1938
Handel – Messiah: Overture
Cornelissen – In the Garden of Omar
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Franco Autori, conductor
5 April 1938
Rossini – The Barber of Seville: Overture
Handel – Rinaldo: Lascia ch’io pianga
Reger – Hymnus der Liebe
Baum – Six Choreographic Sketches
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Franco Autori, conductor
Florence Ann Reid, contralto
19 April 1938
Corelli/Autori – Suite from Sonatas for Violin and Continuo
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor
Harold Bauer, pianist