BPO Classics Repertoire 1965-1966
14, 16 November 1965
Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 1, 3, 10, 6
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Brahms/Schönberg – Symphony in G minor (Piano Quartet)
Lukas Foss, conductor
Isidor Saslav, violinist
Howard Colf, cellist
21, 23 November 1965
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Mandolins
Nono – Liebeslied
Cimarosa – Il Matrimonio Segreto: Overture and Scene
Verdi – Te Deum
Lukas Foss, conductor
Oswald Rantucci, mandolinist
William Kuinka, mandolinist
SUNYAB Chorus and Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Robert Beckwith, director
5, 7 December 1965
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major
Britten – Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Lukas Foss, conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist
Isidor Saslav, violinist
Rodney Pierce, oboist
Colin Smith, oboist
Florence Myers, oboist
Nelson Dayton, bassoonist
Stephen Seiffert, hornist
Lowell Shaw, hornist
12, 14 December 1965
Haydn – Symphony No.22 in E-flat major “The Philosopher”
Talma – Dialogues for Piano and Orchestra
Berio – Chemins (sur Sequenza II)
Ravel – Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Lukas Foss, conductor
Luciano Berio, composer, conductor
Grant Johannsen, pianist
Francis Pierre, harpist
17 December 1965
Handel – Messiah
Lukas Foss, conductor
Saramae Endich, soprano
Helen Vanni, mezzo-soprano
Charles K.L. Davis, tenor
John West, bass
SUNYAB Chorus, Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Robert S.Beckwith, director
8, 9 January 1966
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Lutoslawski – Trois Poèmes de Henri Michaux
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Lukas Foss, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
Fredonia College Choir,
Richard F.Sheil, director
16, 18 January 1966
Schuman, W. – Violin Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Lukas Foss, conductor
Tossy Spivakovsky, violinist
30 January, 1 February 1966
Debussy – Iberia
Poulenc – Organ Concerto
Berlioz – Harold in Italy, op.16
Lukas Foss, conductor
Jesse Levine, violist
Hans Vigeland, organist
6, 8 February 1966
Mozart – Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K.365
Mozart – Concerto for Three Pianos in F Major, K.242
Mozart – The Impresario
Lukas Foss, conductor
Gold and Fizdale, pianists
Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani, soprano
Carol Plantamura, soprano
Laurence Bogue, baritone
William Wagner, bass/baritone
20, 22 February 1966
Ives – From the Steeples and the Mountains
Stravinsky – Symphony for Wind Instruments
Hindemith – The Four Temperaments
Sessions – Violin Concerto
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Lukas Foss, conductor
Norma Bertolami, pianist
Paul Zukofsky, violinist
Roger Sessions, composer, conductor
Senator Jacob K.Javitts, narrator
Richard Alan Hughes, narrator
27 February, 1 March 1966
Schubert – Military March
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 “Rhenish”
Berg – Lulu: Adagio
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Lukas Foss, conductor
13, 15 March 1966
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music
Bernstein – Symphony No.3 “Kaddish”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Felicia Montealegre, narrator
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Harriet Simons, director
St.Paul’s Episcopal Boys Choir,
Donald Ingram, director
20, 22 March 1966
Liebermann – Furioso
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Strauss, R. – Ein Heldenleben
Ulrich Meyer, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist
3, 5 April 1966
Stravinsky – Petrouchka Suite
Boccherini – Guitar Concerto
Bartok – Miraculous Mandarin
Richard Dufallo, conductor
Andres Segovia, guitarist
30 April, 3 March 1966
Brahms – German Requiem, op.45
Lukas Foss, conductor
Judith Raskin, soprano
Norman Farrow, baritone
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Harriet Simons, director
7 May 1966
Husa – Mosaiques
Kirchner – Piano Concerto No.2
Hanson – Serenade for Flute, Strings and Harp
Carter – Variations for Orchestra
Palmer – A Centennial Overture
Lukas Foss, conductor
Karel Husa, composer, conductor
Leon Kirchner, composer, conductor
Ralph Votapek, pianist
Jacob Berg, flutist
22 May 1966
Kirchner – Sinfonia for Orchestra
Palmer – Chamber Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings
Pottebaum – Concerto for Orchestra
Carter – The Minotaur Ballet Suite
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Isidor Saslav, violinist
Rodney Pierce, oboist