BPO Classics Repertoire 1997-98
20, 21 September 1997
Mozart - Symphony No.20 in D major, K.133
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West: Minnie, dalla mia casa
Puccini - Il Tabarro: Nulla, silenzio
Puccini - Tosca: Va, Tosca
Verdi - Don Carlo: Io morro
Verdi - Falstaff: Monologue
Verdi - Otello: Credo
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Sherill Milnes, baritone
4, 5 October 1997
Ginastera - Variaciones Concertantes
Takemitsu - Concerto for Guitar and Oboe d'Amore
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
de Falla - El Amor Brujo
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
25, 26 October 1997
Bernstein - On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Prokofiev - Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Michael Stern, guest conductor
Barry Douglas, pianist
15, 16 November 1997
Hanson - Symphony No.2 "Romantic"
Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Griffes - The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Elgar - Enigma Variations, op.36
Hobart Earle, guest conductor
Pierre Roy, oboist
17, 18 January 1998
Bach/Elgar - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Walton - Viola Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Christopher Seaman, guest conductor
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violist
7, 8 February 1998
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Mozart - Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Dvorak - Rusalka: Hymn to the Moon
Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances, op.45
JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor
Benita Valente, soprano
21, 22 February 1998
Milhaud - Creation of the World
Saint-Saëns - Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Prokofiev - Symphony No.6 in E-flat minor, op.111
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
7, 8 March 1998
Stravinsky - Fireworks, op.4
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.2 in G major, op.44
Dvorak - The Wood Dove, op.110
Janacek - Tarus Bulba
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Claudia Hoca, pianist
21, 22 March 1998
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Overture
Sandstrom - Trumpet Concerto No.2
Schumann - Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
George Pehlivanian, guest conductor
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpeter
4, 5 April 1998
Mozart - Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 "Haffner"
Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33
Strauss, R. - Don Quixote
James Paul, guest conductor
Lynn Harrell, cellist
25, 26 April 1998
Locklair - Hues for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Uriel Segal, guest conductor
Tzimon Barto, pianist
9, 10 May 1998
Foss - Baroque Variations
Vivaldi - Concerto in C major, T.105
Telemann - Suite for Recorder and Strings in A minor
Mozart - The Great Mass in C Major K.427
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Michala Petri, recorder
30, 31 May 1998
Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Arie Lipsky, cellist
Charles Haupt, violinist