BPO Classics Repertoire 1938-39
15 November 1938
Weber - Oberon: Overture
Thompson, Randall - Symphony No.2
Brahms - Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
4 December 1938
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Boccherini - Cello Concerto in B-flat major
Barber - Symphony in One Movement
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Emanuel Feuermann, cellist
13 December 1938
Gabrieli/Autori - Sonata from "Sacrae Symphoniae"
Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
Debussy - Two Nocturnes
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Franco Autori, conductor
Rosina Lhevinne, pianist
3 January 1939
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Handel - Alcina: Verdi prati selve amene
Bruch - Achilleus: Andromache's Scene
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Geraldine Ayres Ulrich, mezzo-soprano
17 January 1939
Gluck - Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament
Gluck - Alceste: Divinities du Styx
Mozart - Symphony No.34 in C major, K.338
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Siegfried's Funeral March
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Immolation Scene
Franco Autori, conductor
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano
7 February 1939
Bach/Reger - O Mensch, bewein' dein Suende Gross
Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Franco Autori, conductor
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist
14 February 1939
Weber - Euryanthe: Overture
Karlowitz - Violin Concerto op.8
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violinist
28 February 1939
Haydn - Symphony No.13 in G major
Handel - Organ Concerto No.5 in F major
Dohnányi - Variations on a Nursery Rhyme
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Franco Autori, conductor
Squire Haskin, organist
14 March 1939
Handel - Messiah: Overture
Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Berwald - Night's Frolic
Strauss, R. - Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Franco Autori, conductor
Maurice Marechal, cellist
28 March 1939
Schubert - Five German Dances
Bloch - Psalm XXII
Reger - Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer
Rimsky-Korsakoff - Russian Easter Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
David Blair McClosky, baritone
11 April 1939
Wagner - Parsifal: Prelude
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Mastersingers
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner - Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III
Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
25 April 1939
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 "Emperor"
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist