BPO Classics Repertoire 1972-73
21, 24 October 1972
Beethoven - King Stephen Overture, op.117
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Beethoven - Elegiac Song, op.118
    Beethoven - Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, op.80
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Stephen Manes, pianist
    Festival Chorus SUCNY Fredonia,
        Joel Revzen, director
29, 31 October 1972
Mouret - Music for the Hunts of Louis XIV
Berlioz - King Lear Overture
Berlioz - Hamlet's Funeral March, op.18, No.3
Messaien - Couleurs de la Cite Celeste
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet
Debussy - La Mer
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    James Pyne, clarinetist
    Gilbert Kalish, pianist
12, 14 November 1972
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, op.107
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17 "Little Russian"
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Stephen Kates, cellist
19, 21 November 1972
Charpentier - Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu d'orgue
Berio - Epifanie
Debussy - Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Feldman - The Viola in my Life
Cage - Variations IV
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Cathy Berberian, soprano
    Edward Yadzinski, saxophonist
    Jessse Levine, violist
    Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Melvin Strauss, director
10, 12 December 1972
Mozart - Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Smit - Caedmon
Bach - Magnificat with Christmas Interpolations
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Veronica Tyler, soprano
    Emilie Berendsen-Bloch, mezzo-soprano
    Warren Hoffer, tenor
    Laurence Bogue, bass
    Simon Estes, bass
    Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
        Melvin Strauss, director
        Cornell University Glee Club,
        Thomas Sokol, director
7, 9 January 1973
Schubert/Liszt - Wanderer Fantasy for Piano
Moszkowski - Piano Concerto in E major: Scherzo brilliante
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"
    Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
    Ilana Vered, pianist
28, 30 January 1973
Mozart - Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Mahler - Symphony No.9 in D major
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Masuko Ushioda, violinist
4, 6 February 1973
Mozart - The Impresario: Overture
Ginastera - Bomarzo Suite
    Haydn - Harpsichord Concerto in D major, op.21
Prokofiev - Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
    Julius Rudel, guest conductor
    Anthony Newman, harpsichordist
25, 27 February 1973
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 "Eroica"
    Melvin Strauss, conductor
    Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist
11, 13 March 1973
Dvorak - Legends for Orchestra
Balakirev - Overture on Russian Themes
Mossolov - Symphony of Machines
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Alex Weissenberg, pianist
25, 27 March 1973
Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Stravinsky - Violin Concerto in D major
Brahms/Schönberg - Piano Quartet in G minor
    Robert Craft, guest conductor
    Charles Haupt, violinist
1, 3 April 1973
Stamitz - Cello Concerto No.2 in A major
Foss - Cello Concerto
Stamitz - Allegro (Music of Mannheim)
Richter - Allegro (Music of Mannheim)
Richter - Andante comodo (Music of Mannheim)
Filtz - Rondo (Music of Mannheim)
Lesemann - Symphony in Three Movements
Wuorinen - Concerto for Electric Violin
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Douglas Davis, cellist
    Paul Zukofsky, violinist
8, 10 April 1973
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Misha Dichter, pianist
29 April, 1 May 1973
Schütz - Es ging ein Saemann aus, zu saen seinen Samen
Mahler - Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection"
    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Benita Valente, soprano
    Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano
    SUCNY-Fredonia Combined Choirs,
        Joel Revzen, director
        Richard Sheil, director
        William Graf, director

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