26, 29 October 1963
Ives – Unanswered Question
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Lukas Foss, conductor

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3, 5 November 1963
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Schubert – The Magic Harp: Overture (Rosamunde)
Berg – Three Early Songs: Nacht; Im Zimmer; Die Nachtigall
Berg – Lulu: Ostinato
Berg – Wozzeck: Three Excerpts
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod
Lukas Foss, conductor
Phyllis Curtin, soprano

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17, 19 November 1963
Beethoven – Excerpts from Wellington’s Siege, op.90
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Britten – Ballad of Heros
Diamond – This Sacred Ground
Lukas Foss, conductor
André Montal, tenor
George Hoffmann, bass/baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Fredonia College Choir,
Richard Shiel, director
St.Paul’s Cathedral Boy’s Choir,
Donald Ingram, director

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24, 26 November 1963
Beethoven – Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 (Andante con moto for JFK)
Lukas Foss, conductor
André Watts, pianist

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6, 10 December 1963
Gabrieli – Canzon Quarti Decimi Toni for Brass
Bach/Webern – Fugue Ricercata from “Das Musikalische Opfer”
Bach – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Copland – El Salon Mexico
Ravel – Bolero
Villa-Lobos – Choros No.10
Lukas Foss, conductor and pianist
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Richard Paige, director

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15, 17 December 1963
Mozart – Rondo from Serenade in B-flat major for Winds
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Mozart – Don Giovanni: Music for Three Orchestras and Overture
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Lukas Foss, conductor
Richard Dufallo, assisting conductor
Ulrich Meyer, assisting conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
Alexander Schneider, violist

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20 December 1963
Handel – Messiah
Lukas Foss, conductor
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
John West, bass/baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Richard Sheil, director
Guido Chorus,
Clyde D.Kline, director
Kenmore Methodist Church Choir,
Roy Kehl, director
Kenmore Presbyterian Church Choir,
Peter Van Dyke, director

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12, 14 January 1964
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
Haieff – Divertimento
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
Ulrich Meyer, conductor
Alexei Haieff, composer, conductor
Leonard Rose, cellist
Ascher Temkin, violist

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19, 21 January 1964
Rossini – La Scala di Seta: Overture
Haydn – Symphony No.102 in B-flat major, op.98
Rochberg – Time-Span
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
Richard Duffalo, conductor
George Rochberg, composer, conductor
Eudice Shapiro, violinist

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2, 4 February 1964
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler: Entombment
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture, Venusberg Music
Debussy – Trois Nocturnes
Debussy/Boulez – Twelve Chansons (Bilitis)
Boulez – Improvisations sur Mallarmé
Schönberg – Survivor from Warsaw
Lukas Foss, conductor
Vera Zorina, narrator
Susan Belink, soprano
SUNYAB Glee Club and Women’s Chorale,
Robert Beckwith, director

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9, 11 February 1964
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky – Sleeping Beauty: Passacaglia de Deux
Stravinsky – Capriccio
Tchaikovsky – Fantasie de Concert
Stravinsky – The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
Lukas Foss, conductor
Leo Smit, pianist

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23, 25 February 1964
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Beethoven – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, op.56
Sapp – Colloquies
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Lukas Foss, conductor
Alan Sapp, composer, conductor
Norma Bertolami, pianist
Laszlo Steinhardt, violinist
Dodia Feldin, cellist

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1, 3 March 1964
Xenakis – Pithoprakta
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Stockhausen – Momente
Lassus – Cantiones Duarum Vocum: No.8 Sancti Mei
Lassus – Cantiones Duarum Vocum: No.9 Qui Veult Venire
Lukas Foss, conductor
Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer, conductor
Martina Arroyo, soprano
SUNY-Potsdam Crane Collegiate Singers,
Brock McElheran, conductor
St.Paul’s Cathedral Boys Choir,
Donald Ingram, director

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14, 15, March 1964
Bernstein – French Choruses from The Lark
Bernstein – Candide: Overture
Bernstein – West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Bernstein – Latin Choruses from The Lark
Bernstein – Symphony No.2 “Age of Anxiety”
Lukas Foss, conductor, pianist
Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor
SUNY-Fredonia College Choir,
Richard Sheil, director

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22, 24 March 1964
Bach – St. John Passion
Lukas Foss, conductor
James Schwabacher, tenor
John West, bass/baritone
Patricia Brooks, soprano
Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano
André Montal, tenor
Gene Hollmann, bass/baritone
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Harriet Simons, director
Saturday Morning Choirsters of the Buffalo Public Schools
Ruth E. Hill, director