BPO Classics Repertoire 1964-1965
24, 27 October 1964
Beethoven – Military Marches for Winds
Beethoven – Grosse Fugue for Strings
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Taeko Fujii, soprano
Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano
Richard Paige, tenor
Francis Hester, bass/baritone
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Harriet Simons, director
1, 3 November 1964
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte: Overture
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.6 in E-flat major, K.268
Hindemith – Trauermusik
Hindemith – Kammermusik No.3
Wagner – Siegfried: Act III, final scene
Lukas Foss, conductor
Gladys Kuchta, soprano
Richard Cassilly, tenor
Isidor Saslav, violinist
Jesse Levine, violist
Howard Colf, cellist
15, 17 November 1964
Schubert – Symphony No.4 in C minor “Tragic”
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
Debussy/Ravel – Sarabande and Danse
de Falla – El Amor Brujo
Lukas Foss, conductor
Alexander Brailowsky, pianist
22, 24 November 1964
Pergolesi/Stravinsky – Pulcinella: Suite
Mozart – Idomeneo (excerpts)
Lukas Foss, conductor
Lillian Garabedian, soprano
Bethany Beardslee, soprano
Lynn Owen, soprano
Jacob Barkin, tenor
Francis Hester, bass/baritone
SUNYAB Chorus,
Robert D.Sacks, acting director
6, 8 December 1964
Fine – Serious Song
Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op.60
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Lukas Foss, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
13, 15 December 1964
Haydn – Symphony No.104 in D major “London”
Handel/Schönberg – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (op.6, No.7)
Smith, William O. – Interplay (premiere)
Ravel – La Valse
Lukas Foss, conductor
Lenox Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet
18 December 1964
Handel – Messiah
Lukas Foss, conductor
Bethany Beardslee, soprano
Lillian Garabedian, mezzo-soprano
Stanley Kolk, tenor
William Wolff, bass/baritone
Rivka Mandelkern, continuo
SUCNY Fredonia Chorus,
Harriet Simons, director
10, 12 January 1965
Buxtehude/Chavez – Chaconne
Foss – Time Cycle
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Prologue and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Sibelius – Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82
Richard Dufallo, conductor
Adele Addison, soprano
17, 19 January 1965
Schumann – Manfred Overture
Paganini – Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, op.7
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Ulrich Meyer, conductor
Ruggiero Ricci, violinist
31 January, 2 February 1965
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Webern – Five Pieces
Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Lukas Foss, conductor, piano
Rivka Mandelkern, violin
Harry Taub, violin
Jacob Berg, flute
Isidor Saslav, violin
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Robert Schulz, director
Christ the King Men’s Choir,
Raymond Fabinak, director
Mother of Divine Grace Men’s Choir,
Raymond Fabinak, director
Kenmore Presbyterian Senior Choir,
Peter Van Dyck, director
Trinity Episcopal Senior Choir,
John Hofmann, director
St.Mary of Sorrows Choir,
Robert Schulz, director
7, 9 February 1965
Debussy – King Lear
Milhaud – Cello Concerto No.1
Fauré – Elegie
Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Lukas Foss, conductor
Janos Starker, cellist
21, 23 February 1965
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Ives/Schuman – Variations on “America”
Smit – Symphony No.2
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Lukas Foss, conductor
Richard Dufallo, clarinetist
Leo Smit, composer, conductor
28 February 1965
Varèse – Deserts
Penderecki – Tren
Feldman – The Swallows of Salangan
Cage – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Kilar – Riff
Lukas Foss, conductor
John Cage, composer, conductor
David Tudor, pianist
Emmanuel Temple Chorus,
Fred D.Willis, director
2 March 1965
Varèse – Deserts
Boulez – Improvisations sur Mallarmé
Penderecki – Tren
Kagel – Diaphonie
Kilar – Riff
Lukas Foss, conductor
Mauricio Kagel, conductor
Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani, soprano
Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
Crane Collegiate Singers
Brock McElheran, director
14, 16 March 1965
Verdi – Requiem
Lukas Foss, conductor
Elinor Ross, soprano
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas DiVirgilio, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
SUCNY Fredonia Chorus,
Harriet Simons, director
21, 23 March 1965
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
1 May 1965
Dahl – Aria Sinfonica
Shapero – Partita in C for Piano and Small Orchestra
Shapey – Ontogeny
Ingolf Dahl, composer, conductor
Harold Shapero, composer, conductor
Ralph Shapey, composer, conductor
Joel Spiegelman, pianist