BPO Classics Repertoire 1970-1971
17, 20 October 1970
Bach/Schönberg – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat “St.Anne”
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Lukas Foss, principal guest conductor
Maureen Forrester, soprano
Antonio Miranda, tenor
John Burgess, flutist
Charles Haupt, violinist
25, 27 October 1970
Beethoven – Egmont (complete)
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete
Strauss, R. – Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss, R. – Four Last Songs
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Evelyn Lear, soprano
Thomas Mardirosian, narrator
8, 10 November 1970
Kay – Markings
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Paul Freeman, guest conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist
22, 24 November 1970
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218
Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
Michael Tilson Thomas, guest conductor
Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist
6, 8 December 1970
Varèse – Hyperprism
Debussy – Trois Nocturnes
Khan/Foss – Ragas for the Sarod with “Geod”
Lukas Foss, principal guest conductor
Ali Akbar Khan, sarod
William Lane, group conductor
Jesse Levine, group conductor
Fred Ressel, group conductor
10, 12 January 1971
Wagner – A Faust Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Malcolm Frager, pianist
24, 26 January 1971
Mozart – Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
Janacek – Sinfonietta
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Kenneth Schermerhorn, guest conductor
Igor Oistrakh, violinist
7, 9 February 1971
Haydn – Symphony No.95 in C minor
Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major
Beethoven – The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
Prokofiev – Symphony No.3 in C minor
Julius Rudel, guest conductor
Leslie Parnas, cellist
21, 23 February 1971
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Russian Easter Overture
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op.43
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky, op.78
Melvin Strauss, conductor-in-residence
Gary Graffman, pianist
Marlene Badger, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Choir of SUCNY at Buffalo
14, 16 March 1971
Verdi – I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony, op.58
Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Eugene Istomin, pianist
28, 30 March 1971
Kelterborn – Miroirs
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Ulrich Meyer, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
Wolfram Reuthe, cellist
4, 6 April 1971
Mozart – The Magic Flute: Overture
Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Walton – Viola Concerto
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Götterdämmerung: Funeral Music
Lukas Foss, principal guest conductor
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Jesse Levine, violist
Roy Waas, hornist
18, 20 April 1971
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Lukas Foss, principal guest conductor
Van Cliburn, pianist
25, 27 April 1971
Stravinsky – Requiem Canticles
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Lukas Foss, principal guest conductor
Nadja Witkowska, soprano
Joan Caplan, mezzo-soprano
Allen Cathcart, tenor
Donald Bell, bass
Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
Richard Field, director