BPO Classics Repertoire 1950-51
5, 7 November 1950
Beethoven - Consecration of the House Overture, op.124
Bach - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Lalo - Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Isaac Stern, violinist
19, 21 November 1950
Barber - The School for Scandal Overture
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Robert Goldsand, pianist
3, 5 December 1950
Haydn - Symphony No.103 in E-flat major "Drumroll"
Mozart - Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19
Strauss, R. - Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Joseph Szigeti, violinist
13 December 1950
Bach - Mass in B minor
    Panna Genia, soprano
    Eunice Alberts, contralto
    John Priebe, tenor
    Chester Watson, bass
    Squire Haskin, organist
    William Steinberg, conductor
17, 19 December 1950
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Bruckner - Symphony No.4 in E-flat major "Romantic"
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Eugene Istomin, pianist
14, 16 January 1951
Bizet - Carmen
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Vera Bryner, soprano
    Sara Carter, soprano
    Janice Eppke, soprano
    Justine Gladkowski, contralto
    John Druary, tenor
    John Priebe, tenor
    Anthony Rossi, tenor
    Martial Singher, baritone
    Norbert Winkler, baritone
    Philip Curzon, bass
    SUNYAB A Capella Choir,
        Silas L.Boyd, director
    College of Education Children's Chorus,
        Frank W.Webster, director
28, 30 January 1951
Weber - Oberon: Overture
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503
Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B-flat major
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Rudolf Serkin, pianist
4, 6 February 1951
Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas: Overture, op.95
Krenek - Symphonic Elegy for Strings
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
de Falla - The Three Cornered Hat: Three Dances
    Dimitri Mitropoulos, guest conductor
4, 6 March 1951
Glinka - Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
Khachaturian - Violin Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Max Miller, violinist
18, 20 March 1951
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude
Elwell - Pastorale for Voice and Orchestra
Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F major
Strauss, R. - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Oscar Levant, pianist
    Marie Simmelink Kraft, mezzo-soprano
25, 26 March 1951
Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
    William Steinberg, conductor
    Gertrude Lutzi, soprano
    Justine Gladowski, alto
    William McGrath, tenor
    Yi-Kwei Sze, baritone
    Beethoven Ninth Chorus,
        Hans Vigeland, director

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