7, 8 October 1978
Stravinsky – Fireworks, op.4
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Ravel – La Valse
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, pianist

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22, 24 October 1978
Brahms – Schicksalslied, op.54
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Brahms – Partsongs for Female Voices, Two Horns and Harp, op.17
Sibelius – Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist

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4, 5 November 1978
Prokofiev – Love for Three Oranges: Suite
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Mozart – Adagio and Rondo for Violin, K.261, K.373
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist

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19, 21 November 1978
Haydn – Symphony No.100 in G major “Military”
Strauss, R. – Horn Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, op.11
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Roy Waas, French hornist

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2, 3 December 1978
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Bach – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.78 “Organ”
Lukas Foss, pianist, guest conductor

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10 December 1978
Handel – Messiah
Peter Perret, conductor
Sheila Allen, soprano
Catherine Robbin, alto
Glyn Evans, tenor
Frank Pullano, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum

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20, 21 January 1979
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
Walton – Viola Concerto
Respighi – Pines of Rome
John Mauceri, guest conductor
Richard Field, violist

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28, 30 January 1979
Weber – Jubel Overture
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Peter Perret, conductor
Malcolm Frager, pianist

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10, 11 February 1979
Mouret – Fanfare for A King’s Supper
Berlioz – Nuits d’été
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun
Debussy – Nocturnes
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Frederica von Stade, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Peter Perret, director

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24, 25 February 1979
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17 “Little Russian”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist

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11, 13 March 1979
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major
Kirchner – Music for Flute and Orchestra
Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin (complete)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Paula Robison, flutist
John Burgess, flutist
Charles Haupt, violinist
Claude Kipnis Mime Theater

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25, 27 March 1979
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Krenek – Von Horn Herein, op.219
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Misha Dichter, pianist

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7, 8 April 1979
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
James Kennedy, cellist
Richard Field, violist

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22, 24 April 1979
Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony, op.58
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist

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5, 6 May 1979
Schubert – Symphony No.3 in D major
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453
Elgar – Enigma Variations, op.36
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
John Browning, pianist

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13, 15 May 1979
Mahler – Symphony No.3 in D minor
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano
Women’s Chorus of the Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Peter Perret, director
St. Paul’s Boy’s Choir,
Anthony Furnivall, director