BPO Classics Repertoire 1954-1955
22, 24 October 1954
Verdi – La Traviata
Josef Krips, conductor
Laurel Hurley, soprano
Janiece Epke, mezzo-soprano
Vivian Girard, soprano
Giulio Gari, tenor
John Zavitz, tenor
Frank Marschiello, tenor
Cornell MacNiel, baritone
Frank D’Angelo, baritone
Cyrus Hamlin, bass
Hunt Sidway, bass
Paul Golden, bass
John Russo, bass
Chorus
29, 30 October 1954
Tchaikovsky – Designs with Strings (Trio in A minor, 2nd Movement) (ballet)
North – Streetcar Named Desire (ballet)
Gould – Interplay (ballet)
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (ballet excerpts)
Chausson – Jardin aux Lilas (ballet)
Copland – Rodeo (ballet)
Joseph Levine, conductor
Dimitri Romanoff, regisseur
Igor Youskevitch, danseur
Nora Kaye, ballerina
John Kriza, danseur
Ruth Ann Koesun, ballerina
Eric Braun, danseur
Lupe Serrano, ballerina
Erik Bruhn, danseur
6, 7 November 1954
Weber – Euryanthe: Overture
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte: Per pieta
Strauss, R. – Morgen
Strauss, R. – Ständchen
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Josef Krips, conductor
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
21, 22 November 1954
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams – Sancta Civitas (The Holy City)
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Josef Krips, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum (augmented)
Cameron Baird, director
Reed Jerome, director
Hans Vigeland, director
Selected Choir, SUCNY Fredonia,
George Dunn, director
St.Mary of Sorrows and Catholic Polyphonic Choirs,
Robert Schulz, director
12, 14 December 1954
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Bruckner – Symphony No.8 in C minor
Josef Krips, conductor
Jorge Bolet, pianist
2, 4 January 1955
Strauss, J.Jr. – Die Fledermaus
Joseph Rosenstock, conductor
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Laurel Hurley, soprano
Vera Brynner, soprano
Barbara Saxby, mezzo-soprano
Ralph Herbert, tenor
Lloyd Thomas Leech, tenor
Earl Obermeyer, tenor
William Shriner, baritone
Arthur Newman, baritone
Stu Sample, narrator
Philharmonic Opera Chorus,
Vernon Christman, chorus master
Philharmonic Corps de Ballet,
Roy Marquart, Jack Sheridan, choreographers
16, 18 January 1955
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Josef Krips, conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist
30 January, 1 February 1955
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Josef Krips, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
13, 15 February 1955
Brahms – Tragic Overture, op.81
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Josef Krips, conductor
Max Miller, violinist
Analee Camp, cellist
27 February, 1 March 1955
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat major, K.482
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Josef Krips, conductor
Jose Iturbi, pianist
13, 15 March 1955
Rossini – William Tell: Overture
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Walton – First Symphony
Josef Krips, conductor
Van Cliburn, pianist
27, 29 March 1955
Wagner – Parsifal: Prelude and Good Friday Music
Mahler – Kindertotenlieder
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Josef Krips, conductor
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano