15, 16 November 1952
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Weber – Concertino for Clarinet
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Izler Solomon, conductor in residence
Benny Goodman, clarinetist

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30 November, 2 December 1952
Weber – Euryanthe: Overture
Barber – Symphony in One Movement, op.26
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Milton Katims, guest conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist

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14, 16 December 1952
Rossini – Italian in Algiers: Overture
Gould – Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Milton Katims, guest conductor
Eugene Istomin, pianist

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11, 12 January 1953
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Joseph Rosenstock, guest conductor
Donald Gramm, baritone, Count Almaviva
Ellen Faull, soprano, Countess Almaviva
Adelaide Bishop, soprano, Susanna
Ralph Herbert, baritone, Figaro
Edith Evans, soprano, Cherubino
Dorothy Bristol Harp, soprano, Marcellina
Herbert Beattie, bass, Don Bartolo
Luigi Vellucci, tenor, Don Basilio
Donald Ritter, tenor, Don Curzio
Vincent Mattina, bass, Antonio
Marylee Meyers, soprano, Barbarina
D’Youville College Women’s Chorus,
Gertrude Lutzi, director
Canisius College Men’s Chorus,
Robert Schultz, director

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18, 20 January 1953
Bach/Stokowski – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Debussy – Trois Nocturnes
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Leopold Stokowski, guest conductor

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1, 3 February 1953
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Three Dances
Joseph Rosenstock, guest conductor
William Kapell, pianist

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15, 17 February 1953
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Non so piu cosa son
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete
Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza, Euridice
Schubert – Symphony No.7 in C major
Josef Krips, guest conductor
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano

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1, 3 March 1953
Haydn – Symphony No.94 in G major “Surprise”
Martinu – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Josef Krips, guest conductor
Budapest Quartet

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15, 17 March 1953
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
Izler Solomon, conductor in residence
Oscar Levant, pianist

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26 March 1953
Verdi – Requiem
William Steinberg, conductor
Frances Reed, soprano
Margaret Mayer, mezzo-soprano
John McCollum, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass-baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Cameron Baird, director

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29, 31 March 1953
Monteverdi/Malipiero – Madrigali
Verdi – Ave Maria
Gluck – Iphigenie en Tauride
Dello Joio – New York Profiles
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Izler Solomon, conductor in residence
Winifred Cecil, soprano