BPO Classics Repertoire 1935-1936
7 November 1935
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture, op.84
BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
DEBUSSY Two Nocturnes
GLIÈRE Russian Sailor’s Dance
Lajos Shuk, conductor
18 November 1935
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler
BACH/ALBERT Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
SCARLATTI Sonata in C minor
SMETANA Ma Vlast: The Moldau
Lajos Shuk, conductor
C. Gordon Watkins, piano
5 December 1935
BELLINI Norma: Overture
MOZART Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
HADLEY Overture “In Bohemia”
ELGAR Enigma Variations, op.36
Lajos Shuk, conductor
30 December 1935
DAVIDSON Symphony in One Movement
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
CORELLI Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor “Christmas Concerto”
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, op.35
Lajos Shuk, conductor
9 January 1936
LISZT Rakoczy March
LISZT Mephisto Waltz
LISZT Die Loreley
LISZT Les préludes
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No.4
LISZT Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
LISZT Tasso: “Lamento e Trionfo”
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Doris Hogerson, mezzo-soprano
Harold Bradley, piano
23 January 1936
DVORAK Carnival Overture, op.92
SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
CORNELISSEN A Morning in May
Arnold Cornelissen, composer and guest conductor
Mary Konikoff, soprano
Marion McKenzie, soprano
Della Campbell, contralto
Ralph Taylor, tenor
William Miles Thomas, baritone
Russell Baum, piano
6 February 1936
MOZART Cosi fan tutte: Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
BAUM Variations over a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra
STRAUSS, R. Don Juan, op.20
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Russell Baum, composer and piano
20 February 1936
WAGNER Die Meistersinger: Overture
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun
RAVEL Bolero
BACH Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God
BRAHMS Die Mainacht
HANDEL Where E’er You Walk
DEEMS TAYLOR May Day Carol
BEETHOVEN Elegiac Song
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Raymond Cook, baritone
University of Buffalo Glee Clubs
5 March 1936
ROSSINI La Gazza Ladra: Overture
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake, op.62
LIADOV Kikimora, op.63
FRANCK Le Chausseur Maudit
CHAUSSON Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
RAVEL Tzigane
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Jeanne Gautier, violin
29 March 1936
VERDI I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
HAYDN Symphony No.104 in D major (London Symphony)
SHUK Four Songs with Orchestra
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March
WAGNER Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
STRAUSS, J. JR. Tales from the Vienna Woods
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Audrey Ely, soprano
Florence Ann Reid, contralto
5 April 1936
OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Mirlitons, Trepak
SIBELIUS Finlandia
DVORAK Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95: Largo
LISZT Liebestraum
WAGNER Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
STRAUSS, J. JR. Blue Danube Waltzes
Lajos Shuk, conductor
19 April 1936
WAGNER Die Meistersinger: Overture
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Izler Solomon, conductor
Guy Maier, piano
3 May 1936
MOZART Il Seraglio: Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Creighton Churchill, conductor
Stanley Fletcher, piano
10 May 1936
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
VIOTTI Violin Concerto in A minor
COATES Three Bears
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Frank Foti, conductor
June Hards, violin