BPO Classics Repertoire 1959-60
1, 3 November 1959
Wagner - Die Meistersinger: Overture
Harris - Symphony No.3
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K.537 "Coronation"
Mahler - Symphony No.1 in D major
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Leonard Pennario, pianist
15, 17 November 1959
Prokofiev - Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Strauss, R. - Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, op.28
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Eudice Shapiro, violinist
29 November, 1 December 1959
Reznicel - Donna Diana: Overture
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Shostakovich - Symphony No.1, op.10
Ravel - La Valse
    Josef Krips, conductor
    John Browning, pianist
13, 15 December 1959
Weber - Euryanthe: Overture
Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2
Brahms - Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
19 December 1959
Handel - Messiah
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Adele Addison, soprano
    Nell Rankin, contralto
    Richard Verreau, tenor
    James Milligan, baritone
    Squire Haskin, harpsichord
    Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Joseph Wincenc, director
3, 5 January 1960
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Bach - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Foss - Chorale Prelude No.2 from "Symphony of Chorales"
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
    Lukas Foss, composer, pianist, conductor
17, 19 January 1960
Hanson - Symphony No.2 "Romantic"
Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
    Joseph Wincenc, conductor
    Witold Malcuzynski, pianist
31 January, 2 February 1960
Bach - Orchestra Suite No.3 in D major
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Strauss, R. - Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Suite
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Artur Rubinstein, pianist
14, 16 February 1960
Wagner - Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor, op.16
Bruckner - Symphony No.7 in E major
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Malcom Frager, pianist
28 February, 1 March 1960
Stravinsky - Orfeo
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist
13, 15 March 1960
Stravinsky - Orfeo
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Creston - Walt Whitman
Rorem - Symphony No.3
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Henryk Szeryng, violinist
20, 22 March 1960
Foss - Parable of Death
Berlioz - Requiem
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Felicia Montealegre, narrator
    Rudolf Petrak, tenor
    SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorus
3, 5 April 1960
Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
    Josef Krips, conductor
    Pierrette Alarie, soprano
    Gladys Kriese, contralto
    Charles O'Neill, tenor
    Norman Farrow, bass
    Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Joseph Wincenc, director
    Guido Chorus,
        Richard Paige, director
    Guest Choristers
        J.Richard Marshall, director

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