BPO Classics Repertoire 1947-1948

BPO Classics Repertoire 1947-1948

18 November 1947
Elgar – Enigma Variations, op.36
Dvorak – Scherzo Capriccioso, op.66
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
William Steinberg, conductor

2 December 1947
Schuman, W. – Symphony No.4
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Sibelius – Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
William Steinberg, conductor
Menahem Pressler, pianist

16 December 1947
Haydn – Symphony No.99 in E-flat major
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
William Steinberg, conductor
Max Miller, violinist

6 January 1948
Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon: Overture
Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.3
Debussy – Nocturnes: Nuages; Fêtes
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
William Steinberg, conductor

20 January 1948
Vaughan Williams – Overture to The Wasps
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
William Steinberg, conductor
Zara Nelsova, cellist

3 February 1948
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Preludes to Acts I and II
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Prize Song
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Masters
Dorothy Dow, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
Set Svanholm, tenor
Desire Ligeti, bass
William Steinberg, conductor

17 February 1948
Corelli – Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor “Christmas Concerto”
Carpenter – Adventures in a Perambulator
Griffes – The White Peacock, op.7, No.1
Hanson – Symphony No.2 “Romantic”
Howard Hanson, guest conductor

2 March 1948
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
William Steinberg, conductor
Vladimir Horowitz, pianist

16 March 1948
Cornelius – The Barber of Bagdad: Overture
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
William Steinberg, conductor
Zino Francescatti, violinist

23 March 1948
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
William Steinberg, conductor
Anne Bollinger, soprano
Herta Glaz, contralto
Joseph Posner, baritone
George London, bass
Buffalo Oratorio Chorus, Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Cameron Baird, director
Squire Haskin, organ
Ernst Victor Wolff, harpsichord