BPO Classics Repertoire 1965-66
14, 16 November 1965
Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 1, 3, 10, 6
Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Brahms/Schönberg - Symphony in G minor (Piano Quartet)
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Isador Saslav, violinist
    Howard Colf, cellist
21, 23 November 1965
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Mandolins
Nono - Liebeslied
Cimarosa - Il Matrimonio Segreto: Overture and Scene
Verdi - Te Deum
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Oswald Rantucci, mandolinist
    William Kuinka, mandolinist
    SUNYAB Chorus and Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Robert Beckwith, director
5, 7 December 1965
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major
Britten - Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist
    Isador Saslav, violinist
    Rodney Pierce, oboist
    Colin Smith, oboist
    Florence Myers, oboist
    Nelson Dayton, bassoonist
    Stephen Seiffert, hornist
    OLowell Shaw, hornist
12, 14 December 1965
Haydn - Symphony No.22 in E-flat major "The Philosopher"
Talma - Dialogues for Piano and Orchestra
Berio - Chemins (sur Sequenza II)
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Luciano Berio, composer, conductor
    Grant Johannsen, pianist
    Francis Pierre, harpist
17 December 1965
Handel - Messiah
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Saramae Endich, soprano
    Helen Vanni, mezzo-soprano
    Charles K.L.Davis, tenor
    John West, bass
    SUNYAB Chorus, Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Robert S.Beckwith, director
8, 9 January 1966
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Lutoslawski - Trois Poèmes de Henri Michaux
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Artur Rubinstein, pianist
    Fredonia College Choir,
        Richard F.Sheil, director
16, 18 January 1966
Schuman, W. - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Tossy Spivakovsky, violinist
30 January, 1 February 1966
Debussy - Iberia
    Poulenc - Organ Concerto
Berlioz - Harold in Italy, op.16
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Jesse Levine, violist
    Hans Vigeland, organist
6, 8 February 1966
Mozart - Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K.365
Mozart - Concerto for Three Pianos in F Major, K.242
Mozart - The Impresario
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Gold and Fizdale, pianists
    Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani, soprano
    Carol Plantamura, soprano
    Laurence Bogue, baritone
    William Wagner, bass/baritone
20, 22 February 1966
Ives - From the Steeples and the Mountains
Stravinsky - Symphony for Wind Instruments
Hindemith - The Four Temperaments
Sessions - Violin Concerto
Copland - Lincoln Portrait
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Norma Bertolami, pianist
    Paul Zukofsky, violinist
    Roger Sessions, composer, conductor
    Senator Jacob K.Javitts, narrator
    Richard Alan Hughes, narrator
27 February, 1 March 1966
Schubert - Military March
Schumann - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 "Rhenish"
Berg - Lulu: Adagio
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Overture
    Lukas Foss, conductor
13, 15 March 1966
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music
Bernstein - Symphony No.3 "Kaddish"
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Felicia Montealegre, narrator
    Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
    Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
        Harriet Simons, director
    St.Paul's Episcopal Boys Choir,
        Donald Ingram, director
20, 22 March 1966
Liebermann - Furioso
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Strauss, R. - Ein Heldenleben
    Ulrich Meyer, conductor
    Leonard Pennario, pianist
3, 5 April 1966
Stravinsky - Petrouchka Suite
Boccherini - Guitar Concerto
Bartok - Miraculous Mandarin
    Richard Dufallo, conductor
    Andres Segovia, guitarist
30 April, 3 March 1966
Brahms - German Requiem, op.45
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Judith Raskin, soprano
    Norman Farrow, baritone
    Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
        Harriet Simons, director
7 May 1966
Husa - Mosaiques
Kirchner - Piano Concerto No.2
Hanson - Serenade for Flute, Strings and Harp
Carter - Variations for Orchestra
Palmer - A Centennial Overture
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Karel Husa, composer, conductor
    Leon Kirchner, composer, conductor
    Ralph Votapek, pianist
    Jacob Berg, flutist
22 May 1966
Kirchner - Sinfonia for Orchestra
Palmer - Chamber Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings
Pottebaum - Concerto for Orchestra
Carter - The Minotaur Ballet Suite
    Frederick Fennell, conductor
    Isidor Saslav, violinist
    Rodney Pierce, oboist

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