5 November 1936

BACH/WOOD  Toccata and Fugue in D minor
TCHAIKOVSKY  Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
DEBUSSY  Two Nocturnes
LALO  Symphonie espagnole, op.21
WEINBERGER  Polka and Fugue from Schwanda

Lajos Shuk, conductor
Mischa Elman, violin

8 November 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BEETHOVEN  Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
BRAHMS  Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
DEBUSSY  Two Nocturnes
WAGNER  Tannhäuser: Overture

Franco Autori, conductor

15 November 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BRAHMS  Academic Festival Overture, op.80
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
GRIEG  Holberg Suite
STRAUSS, R.  Death and Transfiguration, op.24

Franco Autori, conductor

22 November 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BACH  Suite No.3 in D major
MOZART  Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
GRIFFES  Two Sketches on Indian Themes
WAGNER  Die Meistersinger (excerpts)

Franco Autori, conductor

6 December 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

MOZART  The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
MOZART  The Marriage of Figaro: Non so piu
WAGNER  Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle
WAGNER  Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
WAGNER  Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
VERDI  La Traviata: Prelude to Act III
VERDI  Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
VERDI  I Vespri Siciliani: Overture

Franco Autori, conductor
Paola Autori, soprano

12 December 1936

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
GLUCK  Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice
BAUM  Passacaglia and Fugue in C major
MOSOLOV  The Iron Foundry (Symphony of Machines)
DONIZETTI  La Favorita: O Mio Fernando
STRAUSS, R.  Don Juan, op.20

Lajos Shuk, conductor
Anna Kaskas, contralto

13 December 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Russian Easter Overture
RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36

Franco Autori, conductor

20 December 1936 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

CHADWICK  Melpomene Overture
McBRIDE  Mexican Rhapsody
PORTER, Q.  Poem and Dance
POWELL  Three Virginian Country Dances, op.30
MacDOWELL – Indian Suite No.2, op.48

Franco Autori, conductor

7 January 1937

WAGNER  Tannhäuser: Bacchanale (Venusbergermusik)
BRUCKNER  Symphony No.3 in D minor
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
TCHAIKOVSKY  Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Lajos Shuk, conductor
Amy Corey Pomeroy, piano

10 January 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

GLUCK  Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
BACH  Concerto for Two Pianos in C minor
STRAUSS, R.  Don Juan, op.20
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67

Franco Autori, conductor
Etta Coles, piano
Naomi Yanova, piano

17 January 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

SCHUBERT  Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
MOZART  Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
FOOTE  Suite for Strings, op.63
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Capriccio Espagnol, op.34

Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violin
Ferdinand Ressel, viola

24 January 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BEETHOVEN  Egmont Overture, op.84
MENDELSSOHN  Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 “Italian”
LISZT  Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
WEBER  Oberon: Overture

John Ingram, conductor
George MacNabb, piano

12 February 1937

WEBER  Der Freischütz: Overture
SIBELIUS  The Swan of Tuonela
SIBELIUS  Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
DOHNÁNYI  Suite in Four Movements in F-sharp minor, op.19
STRAUSS, R.  Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

Lajos Shuk, conductor
Antonio Grimaldi, English horn

23 February 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

GIORNI  Passacaglia
MOZART  Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
WAGNER  Die Walküre: Siegmund’s Love Song
WAGNER  Götterdämerung: Funeral March
WAGNER  Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21

Franco Autori, conductor
John Priebe, tenor

11 March 1937

MOZART  La Clemenza di Tito: Overture
REGER  Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
MAHLER  Adagietto from Symphony No.5
ENESCO  Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, op.11
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major op.73 “Emperor”
STRAUSS, J. JR.  Emperor Waltzes

Lajos Shuk, conductor
Harold Bauer, piano

17 March 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

FRESCOBALDI/AUTORI  Bergamasca
DEBUSSY  Petite Suite
WAGNER  Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
WAGNER  Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
SIBELIUS  Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43

Franco Autori, conductor

29 March 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BACH/OLMSTEAD  Nun Komm’ der Heiden Heiland
BACH/OLMSTEAD  Fantasia in C minor
MOZART  Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat major, K.482
RAVEL  Pavane pour une infante défunte

Franco Autori, conductor
Guy Maier, piano

14 April 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BACH/REGER  Chorale Prelude: O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde Grosz
MASON  Symphony No.2 in A major, op.30
RAVEL  Bolero
BERLIOZ  Roman Carnival Overture, op.9

Franco Autori, conductor

23 April 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

HAYDN  Symphony No.7 in C major
HINDEMITH  Der Schwanendreher
HINDEMITH  Mathis der Maler

Franco Autori, conductor
Paul Hindemith, conductor and viola

5 May 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

BEETHOVEN  Egmont Overture, op.84
MacDOWELL  Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.23
THOMPSON  Symphony No.2

Franco Autori, conductor
Edith Di Bartolo, piano

19 May 1937 (Federal Music Project – WPA)

MOZART  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
DEBUSSY  Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
AUTORI  Three Negro Spirituals
TAYLOR  Circus Days

Franco Autori, conductor
Arnold Cornelissen, saxophone