New York Philharmonic 1972 - 1973

During this period, the orchestra gave its subscription concerts in the Avery Fisher Hall, New York. This listing gives details of subscription concerts only New York Philharmonic 1972 – 1973 131st Season Thursday 21 September 1972 Friday 22 September 1972 Saturday 23 September 1972 Tuesday 26 September 1972 Pierre Boulez Symphony No. 31, ‘Hornsignal’ HAYDN Symphonies of Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY Four Etudes for Orchestra STRAVINSKY Piano Concerto for the Left Hand RAVEL Die Meistersinger: Prelude Act 1 and Suite from Act 3 WAGNER Leon Fleisher, piano Thursday 28 September 1972 Friday 29 September 1972 Saturday 30 September 1972 Tuesday 3 October 1972 Pierre Boulez Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola MOZART Symphony No. 6 MAHLER Rafael Druian, violin Sol Greitzer, viola Thursday 5 October 1972 Friday 6 October 1972 Saturday 7 October 1972 Tuesday 10 October 1972 Pierre Boulez Sinfonia sacrae: Fili mi, Absalon SCHUTZ Cantata profana BARTOK Te Deum BERLIOZ Ken Remo, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, baritone Westminster Choir Little Church around the Corner Boys Choir Thursday 12 October 1972 Friday 13 October 1972 Saturday 14 October 1972 Tuesday 17 October 1972 Pierre Boulez Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BACH Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Music for Orchestra KIRCHNER The Poem of Ecstasy SCRIABIN Michel Beroff, piano Rafael Druian, violin Harold Gomberg, oboe John Cerminaro, French horn Thursday 19 October 1972 Friday 20 October 1972 Tuesday 24 October 1972 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Der Freischütz, Overture WEBER Cello Concerto in C major HAYDN Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Janos Starker, cello Thursday 26 October 1972 Friday 27 October 1972 Tuesday 31 October 1972 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Les offrandes oubliées MESSIAEN Violin Concerto No. 2 SZYMANOWSKI Symphony in D minor FRANCK Hernyk Szeryng, violin Thursday 2 November 1972 Friday 3 November 1972 Saturday 4 November 1972 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Symphony No. 60, ‘Il distratto’ HAYDN A Ring of Time, Preludes and Pageants for Orchestra and Bells ARGENTO Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Alexis Weissenberg, piano Thursday 9 November 1972 Thursday 10 November 1972 Saturday 11 November 1972 Tuesday 14 November 1972 Max Rudolf The Barber of Bagdad, Overture CORNELIUS Symphony No. 57 HAYDN Pulcinella, Suite STRAVINSKY Tod und Verklärung RICHARD STRAUSS Thursday 16 November 1972 Friday 17 November 1972 Saturday 18 November 1972 Lorin Maazel Leonore, Overture No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 WEBER Manfred Symphony TCHAIKOVSKY Malcolm Frager, piano Friday 24 November 1972 Saturday 25 November 1972 Monday 27 November 1972 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Six Concerts en sextour, Suite RAMEAU Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 GINASTERA La Valse RAVEL Natalie Hinderas, piano Friday 1 December 1972 Tuesday 5 December 1972 James DePreist Alceste, Overture GLUCK Symphony No. 19 MOZART Symphony No. 1, ‘The Bells of Zlonice’ DVORAK Thursday 7 December 1972 Friday 8 December 1972 Saturday 9 December 1972 Tuesday 12 December 1972 Daniel Barenboim Symphony No. 86 HAYDN The Firebird, Suite (1911) STRAVINSKY Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Thursday 14 December 1972 Friday 15 December 1972 Saturday 16 December 1972 Tuesday 19 December 1972 Pierre Boulez Cantata No. 48, ‘Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlosen’ BACH A Sermon, A Narrative and a Prayer STRAVINSKY Le Roi des étoiles STRAVINSKY Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Betty Allen, mezzo soprano John Stewart, tenor Michael Wager, narrator Camerata Singers Thursday 21 December 1972 Friday 22 December 1972 Saturday 23 December 1972 Tuesday 2 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Posthorn Serenade MOZART Cello Concerto SCHUMANN Kontra-Punkte No. 1 STOCKHAUSEN The Tale of the Buffoon, Suite PROKOFIEV Lorne Munro, cello Rafael Druian, violin Nathan Stutch, cello Julius Baker, flute Thursday 4 January 1973 Saturday 6 January 1973 Tuesday 9 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Overture, Scherzo and Finale SCHUMANN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’ MOZART André Watts, piano Friday 5 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Overture, Scherzo and Finale SCHUMANN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Une barque sur l’océan RAVEL Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’ MOZART André Watts, piano Thursday 11 January 1973 Friday 12 January 1973 Saturday 13 January 1973 Tuesday 16 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Theresienmesse HAYDN The Song of the Nightingale STRAVINSKY Reri Grist, soprano Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano Jerry Jennings, tenor Donald Gramm, bass baritone Thursday 18 January 1973 Friday 19 January 1973 Saturday 20 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Suite in A minor for flute and orchestra TELEMANN Ancient Voices of Children CRUMB Ragtime for 11 instruments STRAVINSKY Renard STRAVINSKY Till Eulenspiegel RICHARD STRAUSS Julius Baker, flute Bruce Prince-Joseph, harpsichord Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano David Ulin, boy soprano Thursday 25 January 1973 Friday 26 January 1973 Tuesday 30 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Tannhäuser, Overture WAGNER Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Five Movements for Strings WEBERN Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN Rudolf Serkin, piano Saturday 27 January 1973 Pierre Boulez Tannhäuser, Overture WAGNER Horn Cocnerto No. 2 MOZART Five Movements for Strings WEBERN Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN John Cerminaro, French horn Thursday 1 February 1973 Friday 2 February 1973 Pierre Boulez Rosamunde, Overture, and two Ballets SCHUBERT Rückert Lieder MAHLER Variations for Orchestra WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra WEBERN Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde WAGNER Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone Tuesday 6 February 1973 Pierre Boulez Rosamunde, Overture, and two Ballets SCHUBERT Variations for Orchestra WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra WEBERN Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde WAGNER Till Eulenspiegel RICHARD STRAUSS Thursday 8 February 1973 Friday 9 February 1973 Saturday 10 February 1973 Tuesday 13 February 1973 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 95 HAYDN Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra STRAVINSKY Symphony No. 2, ‘The Four Temperaments’ NIELSEN William Masselos, piano Thursday 15 February 1973 Friday 16 February 1973 Saturday 17 February 1973 Tuesday 20 February 1973 Leonard Bernstein Harmoniemesse HAYDN Mass STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms STRAVINSKY Judith Blegen, soprano Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano Kenneth Riegel, tenor Simon Estes, bass baritone Thursday 22 February 1973 Friday 23 February 1973 Saturday 24 February 1973 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 96 HAYDN Symphony No. 3 ROY HARRIS Double Concerto BRAHMS Pinchas Zukerman, violin Jacqueline du Pré, cello Tuesday 27 February 1973 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 96 HAYDN Symphony No. 3 ROY HARRIS Double Concerto BRAHMS Pinchas Zukerman, violin Lorne Munroe, cello Thursday 1 March 1973 Friday 2 March 1973 Saturday 3 March 1973 Tuesday 6 March 1973 Leonard Bernstein Eine kleine Nachtmusik MOZART Peter Grimes, Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes BRITTEN Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Isaac Stern, violin Wednesday 7 March 1973 Tuesday 13 March 1973 Leonard Bernstein Eine kleine Nachtmusik MOZART Peter Grimes, Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes BRITTEN Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY André Watts, piano Thursday 15 March 1973 Saturday 17 March 1973 Pierre Boulez Julius Caesar, Overture SCHUMANN Symphony No. 49, ‘La Passione’ HAYDN Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra BERIO Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’ MENDELSSOHN Bruno Canino, piano Antonio Ballista, piano Thursday 22 March 1973 Friday 23 March 1973 Saturday 24 March 1973 Tuesday 27 March 1973 Pierre Boulez Serenade No. 2 BRAHMS Variations for Orchestra SCHOENBERG Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Thursday 29 March 1973 Friday 30 March 1973 Saturday 31 March 1973 Tuesday 3 April 1973 Pierre Boulez L’incontro improvviso (concert performance) HAYDN Instrument Henry Butler, narrator, Maralin Niska soprano Sheila Armstrong, soprano Barbara Shuttleworth, soprano George Shirley, tenor Andrea Velis, tenor Spiro Malas, bass Saverio Barbieri, bass-baritone Terrence Hawkins, vocalist David Cale Johnson, vocalist Bruce Prince-Joseph, harpsichord Thursday 5 April 1973 Friday 6 April 1973 Tuesday 10 April 1973 Aldo Ceccato Scherzo â la russe STRAVINSKY Fireworks STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto HINDEMITH Polymorphia PENDERECKI Symphony No. 2, ‘Little Russian’ TCHAIKOVSKY Rafael Druian, violin Thursday 12 April 1973 Friday 13 April 1973 Saturday 14 April 1973 Tuesday 17 April 1973 Aldo Ceccato Sinfonia concertante HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 1 CHOPIN Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, symphonic fragments DEBUSSY Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2 ROUSSEL Martha Argerich, piano Rafael Druian, violin Lorne Munroe, cello Harold Gomberg, oboe Manuel Zegler, bassoon Thursday 19 April 1973 Saturday 21 April 1973 Tuesday 24 April 1973 Aldo Ceccato Symphony No. 75 HAYDN Cor Anglais Concerto SKROWACZEWSKI An Alpine Symphony RICHARD STRAUSS Thomas Stacy, cor anglais Thursday 26 April 1973 Friday 27 April 1973 Saturday 28 April 1973 Tuesday 1 May 1973 Aldo Ceccato Symphony in E flat major STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto No. 1 PAGANINI Rapsodie Espagnole RAVEL Itzhak Perlman, violin Thursday 3 May 1973 Friday 4 May 1973 Saturday 5 May 1973 Tuesday 8 May 1973 Rafael Kubelik Šárka from Ma Vlast SMETANA Capriccio for Left Hand Piano and Orchestra JANACEK Piano Concerto No. 1 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Rudolf Firkusny, piano Paige Brook, flute John Ware, trumpet Carmine Fornarotto, trumpet Thursday 10 May 1973 Friday 11 May 1973 Saturday 12 May 1973 Rafael Kubelik Stabat Mater DVORAK Judith Blegen, soprano Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano Peter Schreier, tenor Paul Plishka, bass The Camerata Singers