BPO Classics Repertoire 1961-1962

BPO Classics Repertoire 1961-1962

5, 7 November 1961
Schuman, W. – Credendum
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, op.26
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Josef Krips, conductor
Philippe Entremont, pianist


12, 14 November 1961
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15
Bruckner – Symphony No.8 in C minor
Josef Krips, conductor
Abbey Simon, pianist


26, 28 November 1961
Moniuszko – Flis: Overture
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Lutosławski – Little Suite
Haydn – Symphony No.88 in G major
Stanisław Wisłocki, guest conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist


10, 12 December 1961
Handel/Harty – Water Music Suite
Haydn – Symphony No.101 in D major “Clock”
Walton – Johannesburg Festival Overture
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Chabrier – Espana
Arthur Fiedler, guest conductor
Judith Burganger, pianist


22 December 1961
Handel – Messiah
Josef Krips, conductor
Adele Addison, soprano
Russell Oberlin, countertenor
Richard Verreau, tenor
Kenneth Smith, baritone
Squire Haskin, harpsichord
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Richard Sheil, director


7, 9 January 1962
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Shostakovich – Symphony No.9, op.70
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Josef Krips, conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist


21, 23 January 1962
Piston – Symphonic Prelude
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Schumann – Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Josef Krips, conductor
Michael Rabin, violinist


4, 6 February 1962
Bartok – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Josef Krips, conductor


18, 20 February 1962
Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Ravel
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Josef Krips, conductor
Laszlo Steinhardt, violinist
Dodia Feldin, cellist


4, 6 March 1962
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Josef Krips, conductor
Eunice Alberts, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor


18, 20 March 1962
Haieff – Symphony No.3
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.297b
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Josef Krips, conductor
Rodney Pierce, oboist
Thomas Peterson, clarinetist
Nelson Dayton, bassoonist
William Slocum, hornist


1, 3 April 1962
Debussy – La Mer
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Stravinsky – Petrouchka Suite
Josef Krips, conductor
Jaime Laredo, violinist


15, 17 April 1962
Vivaldi – Gloria
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Josef Krips, conductor
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Donald Bell, bass/baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Richard F. Sheil, director
Guido Chorus
Clyde D. Kline, director
Rosary Hill College Polyphonic Chorus
Rev. Michael Palotai, S.P., director