BPO Classics Repertoire 1951-1952
9, 11 November 1951
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
William Steinberg, conductor
18, 20 November 1951
Berlioz – Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
Handel – Semele: Oh, Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte: Come scoglio
Mozart – Exultate, jubilate, K.165: Alleluia
Sibelius – The Return of Lemminkainen, op.22, No.4
Ravel – Sheherazade: Asie
Charpentier – Louise: Depuis le jour
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
William Steinberg, conductor
Dorothy Maynor, soprano
2, 4 December 1951
Beethoven – Prometheus: Overture, op.43
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Beethoven – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, op.56
William Steinberg, conductor
The New York Quartet
Alexander Schneider, violinist
Milton Katims, violinist
Frank Miller, cellist
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, pianist
12 December 1951
Bach – Mass in B minor
William Steinberg, conductor
Panna Genia, soprano
Beverly Wolff, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Clifford Harvout, bass
Squire Haskin, organist
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Buffalo Oratorio Chorus,
Cameron Baird, director
16, 18 December 1951
Diamond – The Tempest: Overture
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Gershwin/Bennett – Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture
William Steinberg, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violinist
27, 29 January 1952
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer (concert version)
William Steinberg, conductor
Doris Doree, soprano
Jean Gaupel Taylor, contralto
William McGrath, tenor
Walter Fredericks, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Kenneth Smith, bass
SUNYAB A Cappella Choir,
Silas L.Boyd, director
3, 5 February 1952
Villa-Lobos – Descrobrimento do Brasil (first suite)
Villa-Lobos – Sinfonia No.6
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
William Steinberg, conductor
Heitor Villa-Lobos, composer, conductor
17, 19 February 1952
Handel – Royal Fireworks Music
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Schumann – Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120
William Steinberg, conductor
Eugene Istomin, pianist
2, 4 March 1952
Bach – Suite No.3 in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
William Steinberg, conductor
Andries Roodenburg, violinist
Paul Tortelier, cellist
16, 18 March 1952
Menotti – Apocalypse
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
William Steinberg, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
30 March, 1 April 1952
Verdi – Te Deum
Cameron Baird, guest conductor
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
William Steinberg, conductor
Ruth Johnson, soprano
Panna Genia, soprano
Nell Tangeman, mezzo-soprano