BPO Classics Repertoire 1942-43
17 November 1942
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Franco Autori, conductor
Leonard Shure, pianist
1 December 1942
Frederick the Great - Sinfonia in D major
McDonald - Bataan
Wagner - Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Wagner - Schmerzen
Wagner - Träume
Strauss, R. - Four Last Songs
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
15 December 1942
Handel - Messiah
Franco Autori, conductor
Carolyn Raney, soprano
Ruth Koehler Nichols, alto
Kenneth Coghill, tenor
Roger Brosman, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
19 January 1943
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathetique"
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Franco Autori, conductor
2 February 1943
Boyce - Symphony No.1 in B-flat
Creston - Two Choric Dances, op.17B
Boccherini - Cello Concerto No.2 in D major
Brahms - Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
Luigi Silva, cellist
16 February 1943
Wagner - Die Meistersinger (excerpts)
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner - Die Walküre (excerpts)
Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture
Paola Autori, soprano
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Franco Autori, conductor
2 March 1943
Gluck - Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Autori - Four Italian Folk Songs
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
Franco Autori, conductor
Misha Mischakoff, violinist
16 March 1943
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
Franco Autori, conductor
Madeline Brown, soprano
Martha Worth, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
21 March 1943
Bach, C.P.E. - Symphony No.3 in C major
Strauss, R. - Don Juan, op.20
Gluck - Alceste: Divinities du Styx
Massenet - Le Cid: Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Selections
Phillips - McGuffey's Reader Suite
Rimsky-Korsakoff - Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Anne Brown, soprano
29 March 1943
Weber - Oberon: Overture
Bernard Rogers - Elegy
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major op.73 "Emperor"
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
Joseph Hofmann, pianist