BPO Classics Repertoire 1977-1978
8, 9 October 1977
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
André Watts, pianist
23, 25 October 1977
Walton – Portsmouth Point Overture
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 “Egyptian”
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
29, 30 October 1977
Berlioz – King Lear Overture
Walton – Viola Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Prokofiev – Cinderella (excerpts)
Sarah Caldwell, guest conductor
Richard Field, violist
13, 15 November 1977
Riegger – Dichotomy (1932)
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D major, op.30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ilana Vered, pianist
26, 27 November 1977
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Bach – Cantata No.118 “O Jesu Christ, mein’s Leben Licht”
Bach/Ahle – Chorale “Es ist Genug”
Berg – Violin Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Henryk Szeryng, violinist
SUNYAB Chorus,
Harriet Simons, director
3, 4 December 1977
Bizet – L’Arlésienne Suite No.1
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
Dvorak – Symphony No.8 in G major, op.88
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
10, 11 December 1977
Handel – Messiah
Paul Trever, conductor
Rebecca Littig, soprano
Eunice Hill, alto
James McDonald, tenor
Zelotes Edmund Toliver, bass/baritone
University of Maryland Chorus
15, 17 January 1978
Tchaikovsky – Overture to The Storm, op.76
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Meral Guneyman, pianist
21, 22 January 1978
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
John Burgess, flutist
Rodney Pierce, oboist
David Kuehn, trumpeter
29, 31 January 1978
Strauss, R. – Don Juan, op.20
Gounod – Faust: Vous qui faites
Gounod – Faust: Le veau d’or est toujours debout
Ruggles – Men and Mountains
Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Boito – Mefistofele (excerpts)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Benjamin Matthews, bass/baritone
Sounds of the City Choir,
Donald L. Hilliard, director
St. Paul’s Cathedral Boys Choir
Anthony C. Furnivall, director
11, 12 February 1978
Borodin – Symphony No.2 in B minor
Copland – Emily Dickinson Poems
Beethoven – Ah, Perfido!
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Clamma Dale, soprano
12, 13 March 1978
Chou Wen-Chung – And the Fallen Petals
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Peter Perret, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, pianist
1, 2 April 1978
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
André Watts, pianist
9, 11 April 1978
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Schumann – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, op.38 “Spring”
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Ruth Laredo, pianist
23, 25 April 1978
Bach – Piano Concerto in F minor
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
6, 7 May 1978
Mahler – Symphony No.10: Adagio
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
14, 16 May 1978
Ives – Holidays Symphony: Thanksgiving Day
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano
Rose Taylor, mezzo soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
Malcolm Smith, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, acting director
28, 30 May 1978
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Berg – Lulu Suite
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Ilana Vered, pianist
2, 3 June 1978
Verdi – I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Leonard Slatkin, guest conductor