BPO Classics Repertoire 1974-75
5, 6 October 1974
Bach - Suite No.4 in D major
Bartók - Dance Suite
Ives - Circus Band
Ives - General William Booth Enters into Heaven
Ives - They Are There
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Alexis Weisssenberg, pianist
    Bruce Fifer, baritone
    Buffalo Schola Cantorum
13, 15 October 1974
Prokofiev - Scythian Suite, op.20
Schönberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra, op.16
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
19, 20 October 1974
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
    Neville Marriner, guest conductor
    Stephen Manes, pianist
27, 29 October 1974
Liszt - Prometheus, op.99
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod
Knussen - Symphony No.3
Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G major, op.88
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Jessye Norman, soprano
2, 3 November 1974
Haydn - Symphony No.31 in D major "Hornsignal"
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist
24, 26 November 1974
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Elgar - Enigma Variations, op.36
    Robert Cole, conductor
    Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
7, 8 December 1974
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer
Handel/Marriner - Water Music Suite
Bizet - Symphony No.1 in C major
    Neville Marriner, guest conductor
    Robert Tear, tenor
11, 12 January 1975
Crawford-Seeger - Three Songs after Carl Sandburg
Mahler - Symphony No.6 in A minor "Tragic"
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano
19, 21 January 1975
Schumann - Symphony in G minor
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Debussy - Pelleas and Melisande: Interludes
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major, op.48
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach, pianist
26, 28 January 1975
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor
Feldman - String Quartet and Orchestra
Berlioz - Harold in Italy, op.16
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    The Cleveland Quartet,
        Donald Weilerstein, violinist
        Peter Salaff, violinist
        Martha Strongin Katz, violist
        Paul Katz, cellist
8, 9 February 1975
Bach, J.C. - Sinfonia for Double Orchestra in E-flat major, op.18, No.1
Schumann - Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
Berg - Violin Concerto
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    James Buswell, violinist
9, 11 March 1975
Pachelbel - Kanon
Ligeti - Atmospheres
Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Shostakovich - Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
    Leonard Slatkin, conductor
    Leonard Rose, cellist
23, 25 March 1975
Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, op.34 No.14
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, op.26
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    John Browning, pianist
5, 6 April 1975
Bach - Violin Concerto No.2 in E major
Bruckner - Symphony No.7 in E major
    Robert Cole, conductor
    Charles Haupt, violinist
13, 15 April 1975
Bach, C.P.E. - Symphony No.1 in D major
Del Tredici - Adventures Underground
Mahler - Symphony No.1 in D major
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano
    Guy Klucevsek, accordionist
19, 20 April 1975
Beethoven - Opferlied, op.121b
Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op.112
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Benita Valente, soprano
    Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano
    Kenneth Riegel, tenor
    Malcom Smith, bass
    Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus,
        Thomas A.Sokol, director

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