BPO Classics Repertoire 1971-1972
16, 19 October 1971
Haydn – Symphony No.45 in F-sharp minor “Farewell”
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
31 October, 2 November 1971
Perotin – Sederunt Principes
Josquin des Pres – Deploration on the Death of Ockeghem
Varèse – Integrales
Schumann – Melodrama “Schoen Hedwig”
Schumann – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, op.38 “Spring”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Thomas Edward Colby, narrator
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir for Men and Boys
Frederick Burgomaster, director
21, 23 November 1971
Bach – Orchestra Suite No.3 in D major
Ruggles – Evocations for Orchestra
Gabrieli – Three Canzoni
Hindemith – Cello Concerto
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Laurence Lesser, cellist
28, 30 November 1971
Scarlatti, A. – Suite le Sponde del Tebro
Brahms – German Requiem, op.45
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Judith Raskin, soprano
Heinz Rehfuss, bass-baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
University Chorus of SUNYAB,
Laurence Bogue, director
5, 7 December 1971
Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, op.84
Bartók – Two Portraits for Orchestra
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Zoltán Rozsnyai, guest conductor
Nelson Dayton, bassoonist
Charles Haupt, violinist
Rodney Pierce, oboist
Wolfram Reuthe, cellist
9, 11 January 1972
Wagner – Rienzi: Overture
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Dvorak – Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Julius Rudel, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
Jesse Levine, violist
23, 25 January 1972
Dvorak – Carneval Overture, op.92
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Werner Torkanowsky, guest conductor
Masuko Ushioda, violinist
6, 8 February 1972
Mozart – Six German Dances, K.509
Mozart – Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K.495
Mozart – Requiem, K.626
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Roy Waas, French hornist
Karen Altman, soprano
Joan Caplan, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Riegel, tenor
Michael Devlin, bass
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Joel Revzen, director
19, 22 February 1972
Haydn – Symphony No.67 in F major
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Weill – Symphony No.2
Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos. 6, 7, 5
Julius Rudel, guest conductor
Christoph Eschenbach, pianist
27, 29 February 1972
Bizet – Symphony No.1 in C major
Schuller – Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist
19, 21 March 1972
Telemann – Concerto Grosso in D major
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33
Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Christine Walevska, cellist
9, 11 April 1972
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.13 “Winter Dreams”
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
16, 18 April 1972
Messaien – Turangalila Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Stephen Manes, pianist
Jean Laurendeau, ondes martenot
23, 25 April 1972
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist