BPO Classics Repertoire 1946-1947
19 November 1946
Copland – An Outdoor Overture
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
William Steinberg, conductor
3 December 1946
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Shostakovich – Symphony No.7, op.60 “Leningrad”
William Steinberg, conductor
17 December 1946
Mozart – Adagio and Fugue for Strings, K.546
Verdi – Requiem
William Steinberg, conductor
Rose Bampton, soprano
Herta Glaz, contralto
William McGrath, tenor
James Pease, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Buffalo Oratorio Chorus
7 January 1947
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
William Steinberg, conductor
Gertrude Lutzi, lyric soprano
Else Landsberger, dramatic soprano
Women’s Chorus, Cameron Baird, director
21 January 1947
Glinka – Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17 “Little Russian”
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Stravinsky – Petrouchka Suite
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Igor Stravinsky, composer, guest conductor
4 February 1947
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture and Bacchanal
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Wahn Monologue
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Funeral March
Wagner – Die Walküre: Wotan’s Farewll and Magic Fire Music
William Steinberg, conductor
Kenneth Schon, baritone
Chorus directed by Cameron Baird
11 February 1947
Brahms – Tragic Overture, op.81
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
William Steinberg, conductor
Jascha Heifetz, violinist
4 March 1947
Elgar – Cockaigne Overture “In London Town”
Britten – Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Gershwin – An American in Paris
William Steinberg, conductor
Menahem Pressler, pianist
18 March 1947
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
William Steinberg, conductor
Margaret Harshaw, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
1 April 1947
Beethoven – Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.2, op.72A
William Steinberg, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist