BPO Classics Repertoire 1945-1946
9 November 1945
Bach/Respighi – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Ravel – Bolero
William Steinberg, conductor
20 November 1945
Weber – Der Freischütz: Overture
Cimaroza – Le Astuzie Femmili: Le ragazze che son di vent’anni
Pergolesi – La Serva Padrona: Son imbrogliato io gia
Mozart – Il Seraglio: Osmin, Act I
Ravel – Ma mere l’oye
Riegger – Canon and Fugue in D minor
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Non piu andrai
Rossini – The Barber of Seville: La calumnia
Cimarosa – Il Matrimonio Segreto: Udite, tutti
Berlioz – Damnation of Faust
Leon Barzin, guest conductor
Salvatore Baccaloni, basso buffo
4 December 1945
Benjamin – Overture to an Italian Comedy
Saint-Saëns – Le rouet d’omphale
Schubert – Gretchen am Spinnrade
Marx – Marien Lied
Marx – Ach, Gestern Hat Er Mir Rosen Gebracht
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Debussy – Air de Lia from L’enfant prodigue
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Sir Ernest MacMillan, guest conductor
Anne Brown, soprano
18 December 1945
William Grant Still – Festival Overture
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
William Steinberg, conductor
8 January 1946
Bach/Ormandy – Chorale Prelude “Sleepers Awake”
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Paganini – Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
Kohs – Life with Uncle (Sam)
Enesco – Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, op.11
Izler Solomon, guest conductor
Zino Francescatti, violinist
22 January 1946
Arcadelt – Ave Maria (arr: McDonald)
Mozart – Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K.365
Sibelius – Pohjola’s Daughter, op.49
Kilpatrick – Cherokee Suite
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
Victor Alessandro, guest conductor
Pierre Luboshutz, pianist
Genia Nemenoff, pianist
5 February 1946
Wagner – Faust Overture
Wagner – Siegfried: Forest Murmers
Wagner – Lohengrin: Elsa’s Dream
Wagner – Lohengrin: Gral’s Narrative
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude
Wagner – Rienzi: Overture
William Steinberg, conductor
Regina Resnik, soprano
Kurt Baum, tenor
19 February 1946
Langstroth – Symphonic Movement
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Borodin – Symphony No.2 in B minor
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture
William Steinberg, conductor
Robert LaMarchina, cellist
5 March 1946
Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.297B
Mozart – The Magic Flute: Overture
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
William Steinberg, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
Mark Lifshey, oboist
Wallace Shapiro, clarinetist
Ginesio Lecce, hornist
Leonard Sharrow, bassoonist
19 March 1946
Mendelssohn – Fingal’s Cave Overture, op.26
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
William Steinberg, conductor
Nathan Milstein, violinist