BPO Classics Repertoire 1966-67
22, 25 October 1966
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
Mozart - Symphony No.38 in D major, K.504 "Prague"
Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Leslie Fiedler, narrator
    Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano
    Jon Crain, tenor
    Heinz Rehfuss, bass-baritone
    SUNYAB Male Chorus,
        R.S. Beckwith, director
    Houghton College Men's Chorus,
        Robert Shewan, director
30 October, 1 November 1966
Mahler - Symphony No.7: Nachtmusik I, II, Scherzo
Schubert/Webern - Songs: Thraenenregen
Schubert/Webern - Songs: Der Wegweiser
Schubert/Webern - Songs: Ihr Bild
Schubert/Webern - Songs: Du Bist Die Ruh
Schubert/Webern - Songs: Romanza aus Rosamunde
Webern - O Santes Gluehen {World Premiere}
Webern - Leise Duefte {World Premiere}
Webern - Songs, op.13: Wiese im Park
Webern - Songs, op.13: Die Einsame
Webern - Songs, op.13: In der Fremde
Webern - Songs, op.13: Ein Winterabend
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Funeral Music
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Marni Nixon, soprano
13, 15 November 1966
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
MacDowell - Piano Concerto No.2
Mennin - Canto for Orchestra
Respighi - Pines of Rome
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Andre Watts, pianist
20, 22 November 1966
Monteverdi - Fanfare from "The Vespers"
Bach - Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings
Bach - Piano Concerto in F minor
Brahms - Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
    Lukas Foss, conductor and pianist
    Albert Pratz, violinist
    Rodney Pierce, Oboist
4, 6 December 1966
Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B-flat major
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Bloch - Schelomo, A Hebrew Rhapsody
Strauss, R. - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Leonard Rose, cellist
11, 13 December 1966
Bruckner - Symphony No.9 in D minor
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Isaac Stern, violinistHandel - Messiah
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Saramae Endich, soprano
    Florence Kopleff, contralto
    John Craig, tenor
    Yi-Kwei Yze, bass/baritone
    Squire Haskin, continuo
    Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
        Harriet Simons, director
15, 17 January 1967
Schönberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra op.16
Villa-Lobos - Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op.14
    Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor
    Howard Colf, Cellist
29, 31 January 1967
Dallapiccola - Piccola Musica Notturna
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Mussorgsky - Boris Goudunov: Scenes
    Richard Dufallo, conductor, clarinetist
    Nicola Ghiuselev, bass-baritone
    Warren Hoffer, tenor
    SUNYAB Chorus,
        Robert S.Beckwith, director
5, 7 February 1967
Berlioz - Le Corsaire Overture
Vaughan Williams - Flos Campi
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
    Walter Hendl, guest conductor
    Jesse Levine, violist
    Fredonia College Choir,
        Richard Sheil, director
19, 21 February 1967
Bizet - Symphony No.1 in C major
Pousseur - Rimes
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Zino Francescatti, violinist
26, 28 February 1967
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Haydn - Symphony No.98 in B-flat major
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Claudio Arrau, pianist
12, 14 March 1967
Ligeti - Apparitions
Bartók - Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Peter Serkin, pianist
19, 21 March 1967
Copland - Billy the Kid
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
Thomson - Sea Piece with Birds
Debussy - La Mer
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Tong Il Han, pianist
2, 4 April 1967
Stravinsky - Ode
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis, op.123
    Lukas Foss, conductor
    Louise Natale, soprano
    Anne Graff, mezzo-soprano
    Warren Hoffer, tenor
    Simon Estes, bass
    Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
        Harriet Simons, director
6 May 1967
Smit - Symphony No.2
Kohn - Interludes for Orchestra
Sessions - Symphony No.5
Mennnin - Symphony No.7
    Walter Hendl, conductor
28 May 1967
Marvel - Canzona Symphonic
Sapp - The Double Image
Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra
Babbitt - Philomel
Foss - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
    Lukas Foss, conductor, pianist
    John Cage, composer, conductor
    Bethany Beardslee, soprano
    Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist

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