BPO Classics Repertoire 1959-1960

BPO Classics Repertoire 1959-1960

1, 3 November 1959
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Harris – Symphony No.3
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K.537 “Coronation”
Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D major
Josef Krips, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist


15, 17 November 1959
Prokofiev – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, op.28
Josef Krips, conductor
Eudice Shapiro, violinist


29 November, 1 December 1959
Reznicel – Donna Diana: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Shostakovich – Symphony No.1, op.10
Ravel – La Valse
Josef Krips, conductor
John Browning, pianist


13, 15 December 1959
Weber – Euryanthe: Overture
Bartok – Violin Concerto No.2
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Josef Krips, conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist


19 December 1959
Handel – Messiah
Josef Krips, conductor
Adele Addison, soprano
Nell Rankin, contralto
Richard Verreau, tenor
James Milligan, baritone
Squire Haskin, harpsichord
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Joseph Wincenc, director


3, 5 January 1960
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Bach – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Foss – Chorale Prelude No.2 from “Symphony of Chorales”
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
Lukas Foss, composer, pianist, conductor


17, 19 January 1960
Hanson – Symphony No.2 “Romantic”
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Joseph Wincenc, conductor
Witold Małcużyński, pianist


31 January, 2 February 1960
Bach – Orchestra Suite No.3 in D major
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Strauss, R. – Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Suite
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Josef Krips, conductor
Artur Rubinstein, pianist


14, 16 February 1960
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor, op.16
Bruckner – Symphony No.7 in E major
Josef Krips, conductor
Malcolm Frager, pianist


28 February, 1 March 1960
Stravinsky – Orfeo
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Josef Krips, conductor
Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist


13, 15 March 1960
Stravinsky – Orfeo
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Creston – Walt Whitman
Rorem – Symphony No.3
Josef Krips, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violinist


20, 22 March 1960
Foss – Parable of Death
Berlioz – Requiem
Josef Krips, conductor
Felicia Montealegre, narrator
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorus


3, 5 April 1960
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Josef Krips, conductor
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Gladys Kriese, contralto
Charles O’Neill, tenor
Norman Farrow, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Joseph Wincenc, director
Guido Chorus,
Richard Paige, director
Guest Choristers
J.Richard Marshall, director