BPO Classics Repertoire 1939-40
5 November 1939
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Overture
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Franco Autori, conductor
Benny Goodman, clarinetist
21 November 1939
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Strauss, R. - Don Juan, op.20
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
5 December 1939
Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances
Scarlatti - Gia' il sole dal Gange
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater: Vidit suum
Purcell - Nymphs and Shepherds
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Verdi - Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Paola Autori, soprano
19 December 1939
Corelli - Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor "Christmas Concerto"
Beethoven - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Smetana - The Bartered Bride: Three Dances
Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violinist
Joseph Wincenc, violinist
Rudolf Doblin cellist
9 January 1940
Handel - Concerto Grosso No.5 in D minor
Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Weinberger - Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Franco Autori, conductor
Kurt Paur, pianist
30 January 1940
Gluck - Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Haydn - Symphony No.7 in C major "Le midi"
Honneger - Pastorale d'été
de Falla - Spanish Dance
Hindemith - Trauermusik
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
Franco Autori, conductor
Fred Ressel, violist
13 February 1940
Dvorak - Carneval Overture, op.92
Debussy - Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Walton - Facade Suite No.1
Brahms - Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Franco Autori, conductor
Arnold Jan Cornelissen, saxophonist
27 February 1940
Grétry/Mottl - Céphale et Procris: Ballet Suite
Mozart - Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 "Turkish"
Chausson - Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
Dohnányi - Symphony for Orchestra, op.19
Franco Autori, conductor
Helen Teschner Tas, violinist
12 March 1940
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Act III (excerpts)
Wagner - Lohengrin: Prelude
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Wagner - Parsifal: Prelude and Good Friday Music
Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
26 March 1940
Rimsky-Korsakoff - Russian Easter Overture
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Franco Autori, conductor
Frank Sheridan, pianist