BPO Classics Repertoire 1972-1973

BPO Classics Repertoire 1972-1973

21, 24 October 1972
Beethoven – King Stephen Overture, op.117
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Beethoven – Elegiac Song, op.118
Beethoven – Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, op.80
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Stephen Manes, pianist
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Joel Revzen, director


29, 31 October 1972
Mouret – Music for the Hunts of Louis XIV
Berlioz – King Lear Overture
Berlioz – Hamlet’s Funeral March, op.18, No.3
Messaien – Couleurs de la Cite Celeste
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet
Debussy – La Mer
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
James Pyne, clarinetist
Gilbert Kalish, pianist


12, 14 November 1972
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, op.107
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17 “Little Russian”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Stephen Kates, cellist


19, 21 November 1972
Charpentier – Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu d’orgue
Berio – Epifanie
Debussy – Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Feldman – The Viola in my Life
Cage – Variations IV
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Cathy Berberian, soprano
Edward Yadzinski, saxophonist
Jesse Levine, violist
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Melvin Strauss, director


10, 12 December 1972
Mozart – Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Smit – Caedmon
Bach – Magnificat with Christmas Interpolations
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Emilie Berendsen-Bloch, mezzo-soprano
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Laurence Bogue, bass
Simon Estes, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Melvin Strauss, director
Cornell University Glee Club,
Thomas Sokol, director


7, 9 January 1973
Schubert/Liszt – Wanderer Fantasy for Piano
Moszkowski – Piano Concerto in E major: Scherzo brilliante
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”
Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Ilana Vered, pianist


28, 30 January 1973
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Mahler – Symphony No.9 in D major
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Masuko Ushioda, violinist


4, 6 February 1973
Mozart – The Impresario: Overture
Ginastera – Bomarzo Suite
Haydn – Harpsichord Concerto in D major, op.21
Prokofiev – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Julius Rudel, guest conductor
Anthony Newman, harpsichordist


25, 27 February 1973
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist


11, 13 March 1973
Dvorak – Legends for Orchestra
Balakirev – Overture on Russian Themes
Mossolov – Symphony of Machines
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Alexis Weissenberg, pianist


25, 27 March 1973
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Brahms/Schönberg – Piano Quartet in G minor
Robert Craft, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist


1, 3 April 1973
Stamitz – Cello Concerto No.2 in A major
Foss – Cello Concerto
Stamitz – Allegro (Music of Mannheim)
Richter – Allegro (Music of Mannheim)
Richter – Andante comodo (Music of Mannheim)
Filtz – Rondo (Music of Mannheim)
Lesemann – Symphony in Three Movements
Wuorinen – Concerto for Electric Violin
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Douglas Davis, cellist
Paul Zukofsky, violinist


8, 10 April 1973
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Misha Dichter, pianist


29 April, 1 May 1973
Schütz – Es ging ein Saemann aus, zu saen seinen Samen
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Benita Valente, soprano
Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano
SUCNY-Fredonia Combined Choirs,
Joel Revzen, director
Richard Sheil, director
William Graf, director