BPO Classics Repertoire 1977-78
8, 9 October 1977
Strauss, R. - Don Juan, op.20
Bartók - Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
André Watts, pianist
23, 25 October 1977
Walton - Portsmouth Point Overture
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
29, 30 October 1977
Berlioz - King Lear Overture
Walton - Viola Concerto
Mozart - Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Prokofiev - Cinderella (excerpts)
Sarah Caldwell, guest conductor
Richard Field, violist
13, 15 November 1977
Riegger - Dichotomy (1932)
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3 in D major, op.30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ilana Vered, pianist
26, 27 November 1977
Wagner - Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Bach - Cantata No.118 "O Jesu Christ, mein's Leben Licht"
Bach/Ahle - Chorale "Es ist Genug"
Berg - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 "Pastorale"
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violinist
SUNYAB Chorus,
Harriet Simons, director
3, 4 December 1977
Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No.1
Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G major, op.88
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
10, 11 December 1977
Handel - Messiah
Paul Trever, conductor
Rebecca Littig, soprano
Eunice Hill, alto
James McDonald, tenor
Zelotes Edmund Toliver, bass/baritone
University of Maryland Chorus
15, 17 January 1978
Tchaikovsky - Overture to The Storm, op.76
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Meral Gunyeman, pianist
21, 22 January 1978
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Bartók - Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
John Burgess, flutist
Rodney Pierce, oboist
David Kuehn, trumpeter
29, 31 January 1978
Strauss, R. - Don Juan, op.20
Gounod - Faust: Vous qui faites
Gounod - Faust: Le veau d'or est toujours debout
Ruggles - Men and Mountains
Rossini - Semiramide: Overture
Boito - Mefistofele (excerpts)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Benjamin Matthews, bass/baritone
Sounds of the City Choir,
Donald L.Hilliard, director
St.Paul's Cathedral Boys Choir
Anthony C. Furnivall, director
11, 12 February 1978
Borodin - Symphony No.2 in B minor
Copland - Emily Dickinson Poems
Beethoven - Ah, Perfido!
Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Clamma Dale, soprano
12, 13 March 1978
Chou Wen-Chung - And the Fallen Petals
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathetique"
Peter Perret, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, pianist
1, 2 April 1978
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
André Watts, pianist
9, 11 April 1978
Weber - Oberon: Overture
Schumann - Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, op.38 "Spring"
Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole
Segiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Ruth Laredo, pianist
23, 25 April 1978
Bach - Piano Concerto in F minor
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 "Eroica"
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
6, 7 May 1978
Mahler - Symphony No.10: Adagio
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
28, 30 May 1978
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Berg - Lulu Suite
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ilana Vered, pianist
2, 3 June 1978
Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
Mozart - Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Leonard Slatkin, guest conductor