15 November 1938

WEBER  Oberon: Overture
THOMPSON  Symphony No.2
BRAHMS  Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

Franco Autori, conductor

4 December 1938

MOZART  The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
BOCCHERINI  Cello Concerto in B-flat major
BARBER  Symphony in One Movement
SCHUMANN  Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Overture

Franco Autori, conductor
Emanuel Feuermann, cello

13 December 1938

GABRIELI/AUTORI  Sonata from “Sacrae Symphoniae”
CHOPIN  Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
DEBUSSY  Two Nocturnes
BRAHMS  Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a

Franco Autori, conductor
Rosina Lhevinne, piano

3 January 1939

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
HANDEL  Alcina: Verdi prati selve amene
BRUCH  Achilleus: Andromache’s Scene
TCHAIKOVSKY  Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Franco Autori, conductor
Geraldine Ayres Ulrich, mezzo-soprano

17 January 1939

GLUCK  Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
PURCELL  Dido and Aeneas: Dido’s Lament
GLUCK  Alceste: Divinities du Styx
MOZART  Symphony No.34 in C major, K.338
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Immolation Scene

Franco Autori, conductor
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano

7 February 1939

BACH/REGER  O Mensch, bewein’ dein Suende Gross
BRAHMS  Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Franco Autori, conductor
Efrem Zimbalist, violin

14 February 1939

WEBER  Euryanthe: Overture
KARLOWITZ  Violin Concerto op.8
FRANCK  Symphony in D minor

Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violin

28 February 1939

HAYDN  Symphony No.13 in G major
HANDEL  Organ Concerto No.5 in F major
DOHNÁNYI  Variations on a Nursery Rhyme
BRAHMS  Academic Festival Overture, op.80

Franco Autori, conductor
Squire Haskin, organ

14 March 1939

HANDEL  Messiah: Overture
DVORAK  Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
BERWALD  Night’s Frolic
STRAUSS, R.  Death and Transfiguration, op.24

Franco Autori, conductor
Maurice Marechal, cello

28 March 1939

SCHUBERT  Five German Dances
BLOCH  Psalm XXII
REGER  Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
MAHLER  Songs of a Wayfarer
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Russian Easter Overture

Franco Autori, conductor
David Blair McClosky, baritone

11 April 1939

WAGNER  Parsifal: Prelude
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Mastersingers
WAGNER  Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
WAGNER  Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III
WAGNER  Tannhäuser: Overture

Franco Autori, conductor

25 April 1939

BEETHOVEN  Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67

Franco Autori, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, piano