BPO Classics Repertoire 1945-46
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 Bacccaloni, basso buffa
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