BPO Classics Repertoire 1940-1941

BPO Classics Repertoire 1940-1941

Kleinhans Music Hall Dedication Concert

12 October 1940
Bach/Autori – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Franco Autori, conductor
Eudice Shapiro, violinist

7 November 1940
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Bach – Concerto in A minor for Four Pianos
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
Franco Autori, conductor
Frances Louise Barrell, pianist
Lydia Hoffman-Behrendt, pianist
Anna Kowalska, pianist
Eva Rautenberg, pianist

21 November 1940
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Wagner – Die Walküre: Du bist der lenz
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Dich theure halle
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wagner – Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Immolation Scene
Franco Autori, conductor
Beal Hober, soprano

5 December 1940
Haydn – Symphony No.88 in G major
Bach – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Copland – Outdoor Overture
Chopin – Krakowiak, op.14
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Franco Autori, conductor
Lily Dymont, pianist

9 January 1941
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Handel – Oboe Concerto
Bax – Tintagel
Barlow – Winter’s Passed
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Ezra Kotzin, oboist

23 January 1941
Toch – Pinocchio “A Merry Overture”
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Franco Autori, conductor
Erica Morini, violinist

6 February 1941
Beethoven – Overture to Egmont
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Franco Autori, conductor

20 February 1941
Bach, C.P.E. – Symphony No.3 in F major
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Franco Autori, conductor
Rudolf Serkin, pianist

6 March 1941
Gluck – Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Weinberger – Prelude and Fugue on Dixie
Griffes – The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Albert Spalding, violinist

20 March 1941
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major, K.595
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Franco Autori, conductor
Webster Aiken, pianist