BPO Classics Repertoire 1982-1983
2, 3 October 1982
Copland – Preamble for a Solemn Occasion
Beethoven – Egmont, Op.84 (incidental music)
Orff – Carmina Burana
Julius Rudel, conductor
Werner Klemperer, narrator
Ruth Ann Swensen, soprano
Gregory Hopins, tenor
Dale Duesing, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
Canisius High School Glee Club,
Frank Scinta, director
16, 19 October 1982
Rossini – William Tell: Overture
Paganini – Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, op.7
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Ruggiero Ricci, violinist
30, 31 October 1982
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major
Bizet – Symphony No.1 in C major
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Julius Rudel, conductor
Alexis Weissenberg, pianist
6, 9 November 1982
Weber – Euryanthe: Overture
Haydn – Symphony No.95 in C minor
Shostakovich – Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
Maxim Shostakovich, guest conductor
20, 21 November 1982
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Julius Rudel, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
4, 7 December 1982
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Kodaly – Hary Janos Suite
Julius Rudel, conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
11, 12 December 1982
Handel – Messiah
Julius Rudel, conductor
Sally Wolf, soprano
Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
David Evitts, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
8, 9 January 1983
Weinberger – Polka and Fugue from Schwanda
Piston – Toccata (1948)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major, K.595
Sibelius – Symphony No.6 in D minor, op.104
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Michael Tilson Thomas, guest conductor
Malcolm Frager, pianist
22, 25 January 1983
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, op.45
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Del Tredici – Quaint Events (from Child Alice, Part II)
Julius Rudel, conductor
Jon Klibonoff, pianist
Lucy Shelton, soprano
5, 6 February 1983
Foss – Salomon Rossi Suite
Haydn – Symphony No.60 in C major “Il Distratto”
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Foss – Night Music for John Lennon
Lukas Foss, guest conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
26, 27 February 1983
Corigliano – Three Hallucinations for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
Elgar – Symphony No.2 in E-flat major, op.63
Christopher Keene, guest conductor
Ruth Laredo, pianist
12, 15 March 1983
Mozart – Symphony No.31 in D major, K.297 “Paris”
Mozart – Abduction from the Seraglio: Marten aller Arten
Penderecki – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)
Strauss, R. – Clemens Brentano Songs, op.68: No.4 Als mir dein Lied erklang
Strauss, R. – Clemens Brentano Songs, op.68: No.5 Amor
Moniuszko – Halka: Ha! dzieciatko nam umiera
Poulenc – Gloria
Julius Rudel, conductor
Gianna Rolandi, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
19, 20 March 1983
Thompson – The Testament of Freedom: I Shall Not Die Without A Hope
Brahms – Alto Rhapsodie, op.53
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Julius Rudel, conductor
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Sarah Reese, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
9, 12 April 1983
Haydn – Symphony No.39 in G major
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Erich Bergel, guest conductor
Walter Hautzig, pianist
23, 24 April 1983
Flagello – Concerto for String Orchestra
Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”
Semyon Bychkov, principal guest conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
30 April, 3 May 1983
Pergolesi/Stravinsky – Pulcinella: Suite
Bartók – Piano Concerto No.2
Dvorak – Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.13
Semyon Bychkov, principal guest conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
14, 17 May 1983
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings and Harpsichord in G minor
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Julius Rudel, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist
20 May 1983
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Julius Rudel, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violinist