BPO Classics Repertoire 1950-1951
5, 7 November 1950
Beethoven – Consecration of the House Overture, op.124
Bach – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
William Steinberg, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
19, 21 November 1950
Barber – The School for Scandal Overture
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
William Steinberg, conductor
Robert Goldsand, pianist
3, 5 December 1950
Haydn – Symphony No.103 in E-flat major “Drumroll”
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
William Steinberg, conductor
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
13 December 1950
Bach – Mass in B minor
Panna Genia, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Chester Watson, bass
Squire Haskin, organist
William Steinberg, conductor
17, 19 December 1950
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Bruckner – Symphony No.4 in E-flat major “Romantic”
William Steinberg, conductor
Eugene Istomin, pianist
14, 16 January 1951
Bizet – Carmen
William Steinberg, conductor
Vera Bryner, soprano
Sara Carter, soprano
Janiece Epke, soprano
Justine Gladkowski, contralto
John Druary, tenor
John Priebe, tenor
Anthony Rossi, tenor
Martial Singher, baritone
Norbert Winkler, baritone
Philip Curzon, bass
SUNYAB A Capella Choir,
Silas L.Boyd, director
College of Education Children’s Chorus,
Frank W.Webster, director
28, 30 January 1951
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503
Schubert – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
William Steinberg, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
4, 6 February 1951
Mendelssohn – Ruy Blas: Overture, op.95
Krenek – Symphonic Elegy for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Three Dances
Dimitri Mitropoulos, guest conductor
4, 6 March 1951
Glinka – Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
Khachaturian – Violin Concerto
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
William Steinberg, conductor
Max Miller, violinist
18, 20 March 1951
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude
Elwell – Pastorale for Voice and Orchestra
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Strauss, R. – Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
William Steinberg, conductor
Oscar Levant, pianist
Marie Simmelink Kraft, mezzo-soprano
25, 26 March 1951
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
William Steinberg, conductor
Gertrude Lutzi, soprano
Justine Gladkowski, alto
William McGrath, tenor
Yi-Kwei Sze, baritone
Beethoven Ninth Chorus,
Hans Vigeland, director