BPO Classics Repertoire 1936-37
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, violinist
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 - Götterdämerung: 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 Auturi, soprano
2 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
Mossolof - 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-Korsakoff - 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, pianist
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, pianist
Naomi Yanova, pianist
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-Korsakoff - Capriccio Espagnol, op.34
Franco Autori, conductor
Jan Wolanek, violinist
Ferdinand Ressel, violist
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, pianist
12 February 1937
Weber - Der Freischütz: Overture
Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius - Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Dohn nyi - Suite in Four Movements in F-sharp minor, op.19
Strauss, R. - Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
Lajos Shuk, conductor
Antonio Grimaldi, English hornist
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 - Roumanian 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, pianist
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
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Franco Autori, conductor
Guy Maier, pianist
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, violist and conductor
5 May 1937 *Federal Music Project - WPA
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
MacDowell - Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.23
Thompson, R. - Symphony No.2
Franco Autori, conductor
Edith Di Bartolo, pianist
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, saxophonist