BPO Classics Repertoire 1949-1950

BPO Classics Repertoire 1949-1950

13, 15 November 1949
Bach/Respighi – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Dove sono
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Glazunov – La primavera
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
William Steinberg, conductor
Margaret Truman, soprano

27, 29 November 1949
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Barber – Cello Concerto, op.22
Berlioz – Rakoczy March
William Steinberg, conductor
Zara Nelsova, cellist

4, 6 December 1949
Verdi – Otello
William Steinberg, conductor
June Kelly, soprano
Ardis Molitor, soprano
Ramon Vinay, tenor
Samuel Pascal, tenor
John Priebe, tenor
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Desire Ligeti, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Buffalo Oratorio Chorus,
Cameron Baird, director

18, 20 December 1949
Mozart – Symphony No.38 in D major, K.504 “Prague”
Schönberg – Theme and Variations in G minor, op.43b
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
William Steinberg, conductor

15, 17 January 1950
Weber – Der Freischütz: Overture
Bartok – Violin Concerto No.2
Franck – Symphony in D minor
William Steinberg, conductor
Andries Roodenburg, violinist

29, 31 January 1950
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
William Steinberg, conductor
Jascha Heifetz, violinist

5, 7 February 1950
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 “Italian”
Strauss, J.Jr. – Emperor Waltzes
William Steinberg, conductor
Gary Graffman, pianist

5, 7 March 1950
Weber – Euryanthe: Overture
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Sir Ernest MacMillan, guest conductor

19, 21 March 1950
Handel – Concerto Grosso in B minor, op.6, No.12
Wagenaar – Symphony No.4 (first movement)
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
William Steinberg, conductor
Seymour Lipkin, pianist
Bernard Wagenaar, composer, conductor

26, 27 March 1950
Haydn – Symphony No.94 in G major “Surprise”
Beethoven – Ah Perfido, op.65
Mahler – Symphony No.7: Two Nocturnes (Nachtmusik)
Mozart – Non mir dir from Don Giovanni
Weber – Der Freischütz: Leise Leise Fromme Weise
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Rienzi: Overture
William Steinberg, conductor
Eleanor Steber, soprano