BPO Classics Repertoire 1943-1944
2 November 1943
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Creston – Chant of 1942
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Franco Autori, conductor
Carroll Glenn, violinist
16 November 1943
Schubert – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major
Rossini/Britten – Soirées musicales
Verdi – La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio dio
Massenet – Manon: Gavotte
Spiritual – Walk With Me (arr. Kostelanetz)
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess: Summertime
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess: Ma Man’s Gone Now
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Franco Autori, conductor
Anne Brown, soprano
30 November 1943
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16
Grainger – Colonial Song of Australia
Grainger – Shepherd’s Hey
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Percy Grainger, composer, pianist, conductor
21 December 1943
Handel – Messiah
Franco Autori, conductor
Edna Schefline, soprano
Ruth Koehler, alto
Kenneth Gill, tenor
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
18 January 1944
Herrmann – For the Fallen (Berceuse)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Franco Autori, conductor
Sondra Bianca, pianist
1 February 1944
Stringfield – Dance of the Frogs
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Giorando – Caro Mio Ben
Handel – Si, tra i ceppi from Berenice
Bloch – Schelomo, A Hebrew Rhapsody
Mussorgsky – Boris Goudonov: Aria, Monologue and Hallucination Scene
Mussorgsky – Boris Goudonov: Death Scene
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Alexander Kipnis, bass-baritone
Rudolf Doblin, cellist
15 February 1944
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Cornelissen – Serenade Enfantine, op.33
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Arnold Cornelissen, composer, conductor
29 February 1944
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Serly – Colonial Pageant
Ravel – Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Franco Autori, conductor
Paul Wittgenstein, pianist
7 March 1944
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Franco Autori, conductor
Luigi Silva, cellist
21 March 1944
Bach – Suite No.3 in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Franco Autori, conductor
Gertrude Lutzi, soprano
Doris Howe Brumberg, alto
Kenneth Gill, tenor
Bertram Rowe, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus