BPO Classics Repertoire 1985-1986
21, 22 September 1985
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
11, 12 October 1985
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
19, 20 October 1985
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Mahler – Symphony No.6 in A minor “Tragic”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
1, 2 November 1985
Rachmaninoff – Kolokola, op.35 “The Bells”
Flagello – Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophones
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Amherst Saxophone Quartet,
Salvatore Andolina, soprano saxophone
Michael Nascimben, alto saxophone
Stephen Rosenthal, tenor saxophone
Harry Fackelman, baritone saxophone
Margaret Cusack, soprano
Alan Crabb, tenor
Arnold Voketaitis, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
BPO 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
16 November 1985
Glinka – Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
Mozart – Voi avete un cor fedele, K.217
Handel – Rinaldo: Lascia ch’io pianga
Rossini – The Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa
Rodrigo – Fantasia para un gentilehombre
Bizet/Borne – Carmen Fantasy for Flute
Bishop – Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark
de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Final Dance
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Franco Autori, guest conductor
Roberta Peters, soprano
James Galway, flutist
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, narrator
23, 24 November 1985
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Bruckner – Symphony No.7 in E major
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
David Golub, pianist
6, 7 December 1985
Debussy – Trois Nocturnes
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Prokofiev – Symphony No.7 in C-sharp minor, op.131
Maxim Shostakovich, guest conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist
1, 2 February 1986
Beethoven – Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Neikrug – Violin Concerto
Elgar – Symphony No.1 in A-flat major, op.55
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Shlomo Mintz, violinist
14, 15 February 1986
Pärt – Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Haydn – Symphony No.104 in D major “London”
Shostakovich – Symphony No.11, op.103
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
1, 2 March 1986
Verdi – Requiem
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Martina Arroyo, soprano
Lorna Myers, mezzo-soprano
Tonio Dipaolo, tenor
Steven Dupont, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
7, 8 March 1986
Martin – Petite Symphony
Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
22, 23 March 1986
Weber – Ruler of the Spirits: Overture
Skrowaczewski – Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, guest conductor
Murray Perahia, pianist
4, 5 April 1986
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings in E major, op.22
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op.43
Rouse – The Infernal Machine
Strauss, R. – Death and Transfiguration, op.24
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Leonard Pennario, pianist
19, 20 April 1986
Ruggles – Men and Mountains
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 “Rhenish”
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Isaac Stern, violinist
25, 26 April 1986
Bach/Respighi – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Fetler – Violin Concerto
Delius – A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Lutoslawski – Concerto for Orchestra
Christopher Keene, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
9, 10 May 1986
Mozart – Symphony No.38 in D major, K.504 “Prague”
Foss – Renaissance Concerto for Flute
Husa – Music for Prague
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Lukas Foss, conductor
Carol Wincenc, flutist
17, 18 May 1986
Rossini – La scala de seta: Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Bella Davidovich, pianist