BPO Classics Repertoire 1941-1942
18 November 1941
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Franco Autori, conductor
2 December 1941
Britten – Simple Symphony
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major
Strauss, R. – Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
Franco Autori, conductor
Joseph Schuster, cellist
16 December 1941
Bach/Autori – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Fernandez – Batuque
Delius – A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Franco Autori, conductor
Leonard Shure, pianist
6 January 1942
Bach, C.P.E. – Symphony No.3 in C major
Barber – Symphony in One Movement
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
Franco Autori, conductor
20 January 1942
Boyce – Symphony No.1 in B-flat
Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82
Bernard Rogers – The Supper at Emmaus
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Mishel Piastro, violinist
Franco Autori, conductor
3 February 1942
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Wagner – Parsifal: Good Friday Music
Wagner – Die Walküre: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Cathedral Chorus
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act III
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Hans Sach’s Monologue: Whan! Whan!
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Dance of the Apprentices
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Entrance of the Mastersingers
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Homage to Hans Sachs
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Hans Sach’s Exhortation and Finale
Franco Autori, conductor
David Blair McClosky, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
17 February 1942
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Debussy – Two Nocturnes
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Franco Autori, conductor
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
3 March 1942
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Russian Easter Overture
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Franco Autori, conductor
Stanley D.Travis, narrator
17 March 1942
Haydn – Symphony No.7 in C major “Le midi”
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Barber – Essay for Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A minor, op.92
Franco Autori, conductor
31 March 1942
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on A Theme by Thomas Tallis
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist