BPO Classics Repertoire 1956-57
2, 4 November 1956
Wagner - Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner - Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music
Sibelius - Symphony No.7 in C major, op.105
Josef Krips, conductor
18, 20 November 1956
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 "Eroica"
Josef Krips, conductor
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
2, 4 December 1956
Haydn - Symphony No.92 in G major "Oxford"
Rawsthorne - Piano Concerto No.2
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Elgar - Enigma Variations, op.36
Josef Krips, conductor
Clifford Curzon, pianist
16, 18 December 1956
Chabrier - Gwendolin: Overture
d'Indy - Istar, A Tone Poem
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Pierre Monteux, guest conductor
13, 15 January 1957
Piston - Symphony No.6
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Willis Page, conductor
Jean Casadesus, pianist
27, 29 January 1957
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Strauss, R. - Ariadne auf Naxes: Zerbinetta's Aria
Mahler - Symphony No.4 in G major
Josef Krips, conductor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
3, 5 February 1957
Strauss, R. - Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"
Josef Krips, conductor
Zino Francescatti, violinist
17, 19 February 1957
Verdi - Aida
Josef Krips, conductor
Herva Nelli, soprano
Kurt Baum, tenor
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Ettore Bastianini, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass-baritone
Herbert Beattie, bass
Milford Fargo, baritone
Janice Epke, soprano
3, 5 March 1957
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Bruckner - Symphony No.7 in E major
Josef Krips, conductor
Claudio Arrrau, pianist
17, 19 March 1957
Bizet - Djamileh: Overture
Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2
Dvorak - Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "New World"
Josef Krips, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
24, 26 March 1957
Respighi - Fountains of Rome
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
Brahms - Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Josef Krips, conductor