BPO Classics Repertoire 1956-1957
2, 4 November 1956
Wagner – Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner – Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey and Funeral Music
Sibelius – Symphony No.7 in C major, op.105
Josef Krips, conductor
18, 20 November 1956
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Josef Krips, conductor
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
2, 4 December 1956
Haydn – Symphony No.92 in G major “Oxford”
Rawsthorne – Piano Concerto No.2
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Elgar – Enigma Variations, op.36
Josef Krips, conductor
Clifford Curzon, pianist
16, 18 December 1956
Chabrier – Gwendolin: Overture
d’Indy – Istar, A Tone Poem
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Pierre Monteux, guest conductor
13, 15 January 1957
Piston – Symphony No.6
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Willis Page, conductor
Jean Casadesus, pianist
27, 29 January 1957
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Strauss, R. – Ariadne auf Naxes: Zerbinetta’s Aria
Mahler – Symphony No.4 in G major
Josef Krips, conductor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
3, 5 February 1957
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 “Italian”
Josef Krips, conductor
Zino Francescatti, violinist
17, 19 February 1957
Verdi – Aida
Josef Krips, conductor
Herva Nelli, soprano
Kurt Baum, tenor
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Ettore Bastianini, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass-baritone
Herbert Beattie, bass
Milford Fargo, baritone
Janiece Epke, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Willis Page, director
Guido Chorus
Herbert Beattie, director
Fredonia State Teachers College Choir
Richard Shiel, director
3, 5 March 1957
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Bruckner – Symphony No.7 in E major
Josef Krips, conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist
17, 19 March 1957
Bizet – Djamileh: Overture
Bartok – Violin Concerto No.2
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
Josef Krips, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
24, 26 March 1957
Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Josef Krips, conductor