Berliner Philharmoniker
1954 – 1955 Season
Saturday 4 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 5 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Lubka Kolessa
Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 HINDEMITH
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 BEETHOVEN
Saturday 11 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 12 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 13 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Knappertsbusch
Ariane Bronne
Overture in C major to an English Opera, Hob 1a:3 HAYDN
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 BRUCH
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 BRUCKNER
Wednesday 15 September 1954 Berlin, Sporthalle Berlin Schöneberg
Alois Melichar
Serenade in G major, ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’, K525 MOZART
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
The Firebird, Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Sunday 19 September 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Monday 20 September 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Symphony No. 2 in E minor FURTWÄNGLER
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 BEETHOVEN
Thursday 23 September 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Géza Anda
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 BARTÓK
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Sunday 26 September 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Chemin-Petit
Erna Berger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin
The 90th Psalm CHEMIN-PETIT
A German Requiem, Op. 45 BRAHMS
Tuesday 28 September 1954 Berlin, Mercedes-Palast
Mathieu Lange
Barbara Thamay, Margarete Klose, Helmut Krebs, Hanns Hermann Nissen
Mass No. 2 in G major, ‘Jubelmesse’, J251 WEBER
Aurora: Entr’acte and Chorus E.T.A. HOFFMANN
Olympia: Contralto Aria SPONTINI
Le Prophète: Contralto Aria MEYERBEER
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 11 MENDELSSOHN
Friday 1 October 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Otto Klemperer
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a BRAHMS
Petrushka (1947) STRAVINSKY
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 4 October 1954 Berlin, Esplanade Saal
Richard Kraus
Jeanne Héricard, Helmut Heller, Alfred Bürkner, Klaus Billing, Fritz Demmler, Heinz Kirchner, Gerty Herzog, Eberhard Finke
Comedy Overture, Op.38, BV 245 BUSONI
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 SCHOENBERG
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28 BLACHER
Neues vom Tage: Overture (with concert ending) HINDEMITH
Sunday 10 October 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 11 October 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Arthur Rother
André Navarra
Due pezzi for Orchestra DALLAPICCOLA
Cello Concerto in B flat major, G482 BOCCHERINI
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB106 BRUCKNER
Saturday 16 October 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 17 October 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Böhm
Yvonne Lefébure
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand RAVEL
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 18 October 1954 Bielefeld
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Tuesday 19 October 1954 Recklinghausen
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Wednesday 20 October 1954 Amsterdam
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Thursday 21 October 1954 Amsterdam
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Friday 22 October 1954 Amsterdam
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Saturday 23 October 1954 The Hague
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Sunday 24 October 1954 Amsterdam
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Monday 25 October 1954 Brussels
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Tuesday 26 October 1954 Antwerp
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Wednesday 27 October 1954 Brussels
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Thursday 28 October 1954 Duisburg
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Friday 29 October 1954 Viersen
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Saturday 30 October 1954 Hamburg
Karl Böhm
Programme not known
Thursday 4 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Forster
Diana Eustrati, Matthias Klein
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Requiem for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra, Op. 9 DURUFLÉ
Sunday 7 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 8 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Orchestra Ornament, Op. 44 BLACHER
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 in D major, ‘Titan’ MAHLER
Thursday 11 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Klaus Billing, Werner Schulze, Heinz Kirchner
Passi MORDECHI SHEINKMAN
Fantasy on a Tone Row b-a-c-h for Two Pianos and Orchestra FORTNER
Elegy for Viola and Chamber Orchestra MÁTYÁS SEIBER
Symphony No. 3 HENZE
Sunday 14 November 1954 (am) Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 14 November 1954 (pm) Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 15 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Solomon
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 BRAHMS
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Wednesday 17 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Mathieu Lange
Ilse Osthof, Marga Höffgen, Helmut Krebs, Matthias Klein, Siegfried Borries
Sing-Akademie
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 BACH
Sunday 21 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 22 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB109 BRUCKNER
Thursday 25 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 26 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sergiu Celibidache
Elisabeth Grümmer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
A German Requiem, Op. 45 BRAHMS
Sunday 28 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 29 November 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sergiu Celibidache
Siegfried Borries
Alborada del gracioso RAVEL
Visions for Violin and Chamber Orchestra HEINZ TIESSEN
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 BARTÓK
Thursday 2 December 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Branka Musulin
Coriolan, Overture Op. 62 BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 BERLIOZ
Sunday 5 December 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 6 December 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Shura Cherkassky
Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob 1: 101, ‘The Clock’ HAYDN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 LISZT
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 BRAHMS
Thursday 9 December 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Arthur Rother
Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 BRAHMS
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (with piano accompaniment) BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 12 December 1954 (am) Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 12 December 1954 (pm) Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 13 December 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Igor Markevitch
Herbert Brauer, Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Demmler
Ein Berliner Mädchenchor, RIAS-Knabenchor, Berliner Motettenchor
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia BACH
Concerto for Two Flutes and Chamber Orchestra CIMAROSA
Une Cantate de Noel for Baritone, Choirs, Organ and Orchestra HONEGGER
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 TCHAIKOVSKY
Sunday 19 December 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Monday 20 December 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Tuesday 21 December 1954 Berlin, Stadtmissionskirche am Südstern
Mathieu Lange
Paula Schütz, Marga Höffgen, Helmut Krebs, Eveline Wohlfarth, Hans Gieseler, Matthias Klein
Sing-Akademie
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 BACH
Sunday 26 December 1954 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Fritz Lehmann
Berliner Motettenchor
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 BACH
Cantata No. 50, ‘Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft’, BWV 50 BACH
Schicksalslied, for Choir and Orchestra, Op. 54 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Thursday 30 December 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Friday 31 December 1954 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Karl Böhm
Elisabeth Grümmer, Sieglinde Wagner, Ludwig Suthaus, Josef Greindl
Chor der Hochschule für Musik, Berliner Motettenchor
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 4 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wednesday 5 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Leopold Ludwig
Franz Osborn
Accompaniment to a Film Scene, Op. 34 SCHOENBERG
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 9 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 10 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Böhm
Anton Dermota
Chronique symphonique THEODOR BERGER
Così fan tutte: ‘Un' aura amorosa’, aria MOZART
Don Giovanni: ‘Dalla sua pace la mia dipende’, aria MOZART
Don Giovanni: ‘Il mio tesoro intanto’ MOZART
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT
Saturday 15 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Julian von Karolyi
Má Vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hob 1:100, ‘Military’ HAYDN
Oberon: Overture WEBER
Sunday 23 January 1955 Berlin, Schiller Theater
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Sieglinde Wagner
Herren des Chores der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2 in E minor: Andante FURTWÄNGLER
Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107: Adagio BRUCKNER
Wednesday 26 January 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Otto Matzerath
Die Fledermaus Op. 362: Overture JOHANN STRAUSS II
G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald Walzer, Op. 325 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Persischer Marsch Op. 289 JOHANN STRAUSS II
1001 Nacht: Intermezzo JOHANN STRAUSS II
An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer Op. 314 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture JOHANN STRAUSS II
Wiener Blut Walzer, Op. 354 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Thursday 27 January 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Ferdinand Leitner
Helene Werth, Ludwig Suthaus
Lohengrin: Prelude Act 1 WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde: Scene from Act 2 WAGNER
Parsifal: Prelude WAGNER
Die Walküre: Scene from Act 1 WAGNER
Sunday 30 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 31 January 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Richard Kraus
Désiré N'Kaoua
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra FRANCK
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 RICHARD STRAUSS
Wednesday 2 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Margarete Klose, Set Svanholm
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Das Lied von der Erde MAHLER
Saturday 5 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Symphony in D minor FRANCK
The Firebird: Suite (1945) STRAVINSKY
Sunday 6 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 7 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Symphony in D minor FRANCK
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 PAGANINI
The Firebird: Suite (1945) STRAVINSKY
Sunday 13 February 1955 Wolfsburg, Volkswagenwerk
Herbert von Karajan
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Leonore, Overture No. 3, Op. 72a BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Monday 14 February 1955 Hannover, Niedersachsenhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 15 February 1955 Hamburg, Musikhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Don Giovanni: Overture MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Monday 21 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 22 February 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 27 February 1955 Washington DC, Constitution Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Monday 28 February 1955 Philadelphia, Academy of Music
Tuesday 1 March 1955 New York, Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Wednesday 2 March 1955 Harrisburg PA
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Thursday 3 March 1955 Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 BRAHMS
Friday 4 March 1955 Cleveland, Music Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Saturday 5 March 1955 Cincinnati, Music Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Concertante Music, Op. 10 BLACHER
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Monday 7 March 1955 Lexington KY
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84 BEETHOVEN
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 BARBER
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 8 March 1955 Bloomington, Indiana University
Herbert von Karajan
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Thursday 10 March 1955 Milwaukee, Pabst Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Friday 11 March 1955 Chicago, Orchestra Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Saturday 12 March 1955 Chicago, Orchestra Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Carol Brice
Leonore, Overture No. 3, Op. 72a BEETHOVEN
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 BARBER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen MAHLER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Sunday 13 March 1955 Chicago, Orchestra Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Tuesday 15 March 1955 Ann Arbor, Hill Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Wednesday 16 March 1955 Columbus, Memorial Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Concertante Music, Op. 10 BLACHER
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Thursday 17 March 1955 Detroit, Masonic Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Concertante Music, Op. 10 BLACHER
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Friday 18 March 1955 Toronto, Massey Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 BRAHMS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Sunday 20 March 1955 Rochester, Auditorium Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Monday 21 March 1955 Montreal, Forum Amphitheatre
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84 BEETHOVEN
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Hungarian March BERLIOZ
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Tuesday 22 March 1955 Syracuse, Boston University
Herbert von Karajan
Carol Brice
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen MAHLER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 BRAHMS
Thursday 24 March 1955 Boston, Symphony Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Friday 25 March 1955 Hartford
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84 BEETHOVEN
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 BARBER
Concertante Music, Op. 10 BLACHER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Saturday 26 March 1955 Baltimore, Lyric Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob 1: 104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 27 March 1955 Washington, Constitution Hall
Wednesday 30 March 1955 New York, Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Leonore, Overture No. 3, Op. 72a BEETHOVEN
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 BARBER
Concertante Music, Op. 10 BLACHER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Tuesday 29 March 1955 Newark, Mosque Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Friday 1 April 1955 New York, Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Monday 4 April 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Tuesday 5 April 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 BRAHMS
Saturday 16 April 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 17 April 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 18 April 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Otto Matzerath
Helmut Roloff
Symphony No. 5 Op. 16 (Symphonia brevis) HANNS JELINEK
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Saturday 23 April 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 24 April 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Knappertsbusch
Sir Clifford Curzon
Der Barbier von Bagdad: Overture CORNELIUS
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Tuesday 26 April 1955 Lausanne, Théâtre Beaulieu
Wednesday 27 April 1955 Zürich, Tonhalle
Friday 29 April 1955 Zürich, Tonhalle
Hans Knappertsbusch
Eduard Erdmann
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Thursday 28 April 1955 Bern
Hans Knappertsbusch
Programme details not yet known
Wednesday 4 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thursday 5 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Igor Markevitch
Irmgard Seefried, Richard Holm, Kim Borg
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
The Creation, Hob.XXI:2 HAYDN
Sunday 15 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 16 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Enrico Mainardi
Euryanthe: Overture WEBER
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 SCHUMANN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Hiller, Op. 100 REGER
Sunday 22 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 23 May 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Lovro von Matacic
Henryk Szeryng
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB104, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER
Thursday 2 June 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl A. Bünte
Else Kraus
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Wednesday 8 June 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Otmar Suitner
Mirko Dorner
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb/2 HAYDN
La Valse, choreographic poem RAVEL
Monday 13 June 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Frieder Weissmann
Anneliese Schier-Tiessen
Leonore: Overture No. 3, Op. 72 BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482 MOZART
El Amor brujo FALLA
Romeo and Juliet, Overture TCHAIKOVSKY
Saturday 18 June 1955 Grunewald, Jagdschloß
Karl Ristenpart
Karl Steins, Martin Ziller, Alfred Bürkner, Oskar Rothensteiner, Aurèle Nicolet
Bassoon Concerto in F major STAMITZ
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, K297b MOZART
Concerto for Recorder and Strings in D major, RV 428, ‘Il Gardellino’ VIVALDI
Symphony No. 90 in C major, Hob 1: 90 HAYDN
Wednesday 22 June 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Carl Gorvin
Hans Beltz
Sinfonia in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Fireworks, Op. 4 STRAVINSKY
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART
Saturday 25 June 1955 Berlin, Auditorium Maximum Der Freie Universität
Martin Mälzer
Helmut Krebs, Otto Machut
Antiche danze ed arie, Suite No. 3 RESPIGHI
Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 BRAHMS
Mondlieder, for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 16 HELMUT KREBS
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 BRITTEN
Berliner Philharmoniker
1955 – 1956 Season
Sunday 21 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Eugene Ormandy
Solomon
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Symphony in D minor, M48 FRANCK
Monday 22 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Reginald Kell
Französiche Suite (after Rameau) EGK
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 MOZART
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 TCHAIKOVSKY
Tuesday 23 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Eugene Ormandy
Zino Francescatti
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, ‘Classical’ PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 BRAHMS
Petrushka: Scenes 1, 2 and 4 STRAVINSKY
La Valse, choreographic poem RAVEL
Wednesday 24 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Paul Hindemith
Enrico Mainardi
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV1069 BACH
Cello Concerto HINDEMITH
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a HAYDN
Concert Music for Brass and Strings, Op. 50 HINDEMITH
Friday 26 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Joseph Keilberth
Géza Anda
Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob 1:94, ‘Surprise’ HAYDN
Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz95 BARTÓK
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Saturday 27 August 1955 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Joseph Keilberth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Euryanthe: Overture WEBER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen MAHLER
Six Monologues from ‘Jedermann’ MARTIN
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Saturday 3 September 1955 Berlin, Schloß Tegel
Carl Gorvin
Cassation No. 2 in B flat major, K99 MOZART
Divertimento No. 2 in F major, Hob II:23 HAYDN
Divertimento No. 6 in C major, K188 MOZART
Minuets, German Dances and Contredances BEETHOVEN
Serenade No. 1 in D major, K100 MOZART
Sunday 4 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 5 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Siegfried Borries
Masonic Funeral Music, K477 MOZART
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a BUSONI
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB104, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER
Wednesday 7 September 1955 Berlin, Auditorium Maximum Der Freie Universität
Richard Kraus
Iphigenie in Aulis: Overture GLUCK
Symphony in E flat major E. T. A. HOFFMANN
Fidelio: Overture BEETHOVEN
Sunday 11 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 12 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wilhelm Schüchter
Roman Totenberg
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, ‘Little Russian’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto No. 1 SZYMANOWSKI
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 BRAHMS
Tuesday 20 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Fritz Stiedry
Lore Fischer, Elfriede Trötschel
Kammerchor Waldo Favre
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ MAHLER
Monday 26 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 27 September 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Helene Werth, Helmut Krebs, Eberhard Waechter,
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Canti di prigionia (semi-staged performance) DALLAPICCOLA
Friday 30 September 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Saturday 1 October 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Walter Gieseking
Coriolan, Overture, Op. 62 BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 3 October 1955 Berlin, Esplanade-Saal
Tuesday 4 October 1955 Berlin, Corso-Theater, Gesundbrunnen
Mathieu Lange
Hans-Erich Riebensahm
Symphony in E flat major E.T.A. HOFFMANN
Piano Concerto in B flat major, Op. 18 GOETZ
Concertante Serenade for Orchestra, Op. 8 WALTER JENTSCH
Sunday 9 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 10 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Arthur Rother
Gerty Herzog
Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 4 VON EINEM
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 DVOŘÁK
Saturday 15 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Schwieger
Hans-Erich Riebensahm
Romantic Overture, Op. 67 TCHEREPNIN
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 BRAHMS
Symphony in C major BIZET
Pines of Rome RESPIGHI
Wednesday 19 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Otto Matzerath
Lisa Otto, Ernst Krukowski, Fritz Göllnitz
Chor der Hochschule für Musik, Berliner Motettenchor
Sonata pian e forte GABRIELI
Carmina burana ORFF
Sunday 23 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 24 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Christian Ferras
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major, Hob 1:102 HAYDN
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony in E flat major HINDEMITH
Wednesday 26 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Fritz Stiedry
Siegfried Borries, Heinz Kirchner, Rita Streich
Le nozze di Figaro: Overture MOZART
Serenade in G major, K525, ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ MOZART
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K364 MOZART
‘Popoli di Tessaglia’, Recitative and Aria, K316 MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 MOZART
Sunday 30 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 31 October 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 1 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Johanna Martzy
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 MENDELSSOHN
Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 2 ROUSSEL
Sunday 6 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 7 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Adrian Aeschbacher
Les Éléments, Suite for Orchestra JEAN-FÉRY REBEL
Piano Concerto No. 2 SUTERMEISTER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, WAB102 BRUCKNER
Thursday 10 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Heinz Stanske
Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 WEBERN
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 SCHOENBERG
Violin Concerto No. 1 HENZE
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite, Sz73a BARTÓK
Sunday 13 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Forster
Horst Wilhelm, Rudolf Bautz, Diana Eustrati, Lisa Otto
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
L'Apocalypse selon St. Jean FRANÇAIX
Wednesday 16 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Mathieu Lange
Ingeborg Exner, Karola Görlich, Helmut Krebs, Peter Roth-Ehrang
Sing-Akademie
Mass in B minor, BWV232 BACH
Sunday 20 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 21 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Chemin-Petit
Anny Schlemm, Sieglinde Wagner, Ernst Haefliger, Josef Greindl
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin
Messa da Requiem VERDI
Sunday 27 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 28 November 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Music to celebrate THOMAS EASTWOOD
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 BRUCH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Sunday 4 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 5 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Igor Markevitch
Das Musikalisches Opfer BWV1079 (arr. I. Markevitch) BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Wednesday 7 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Igor Markevitch
En Saga, Op. 9 SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5, ‘Di tre re’ HONEGGER
The Rite of Spring STRAVINSKY
Saturday 10 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 11 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Helmut Heller, Eberhard Finke
Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, WAB101, (Linz version) BRUCKNER
Monday 19 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Berliner Philharmoniker
Mathieu Lange
Maria Reith, Marga Hoeffgen, Eveline Wohlfarth, Helmut Krebs, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Sing-Akademie
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 BACH
Monday 26 December 1955 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Richard Kraus
Friedrich Quest
Leonore: Overture No. 2, Op. 72 BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in C minor BEETHOVEN
Friday 30 December 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Saturday 31 December 1955 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Arthur Rother
Rita Streich, Sibylla Plate, Ludwig Suthaus, Otto Wiener
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN
Wednesday 4 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Thursday 5 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Friday 6 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Pierre Fournier, Heinz Kirchner
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 BEETHOVEN
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 SAINT-SAËNS
Don Quixote, Op. 35 RICHARD STRAUSS
Sunday 8 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 9 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Böhm
Géza Anda
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K338 MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 BEETHOVEN
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 RICHARD STRAUSS
Saturday 14 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 15 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sir Georg Solti
Robert Soetens
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183 MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 PROKOFIEV
La Mer DEBUSSY
Leonore: Overture No. 3, Op. 72 BEETHOVEN
Wednesday 18 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Richard Kraus/Wolfgang Fortner
Richard Mohaupt
Symphony WOLFGANG FORTNER
Scherzo à la Russe STRAVINSKY
Impression, Op. 9 HEIMO ERBSE
Piano Concerto MOHAUPT
Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 HINDEMITH
Sunday 22 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Monday 23 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Wilhelm Kempff
Divertimento in D major, K334 MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 MOZART
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART
Thursday 26 January 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Joseph Keilberth
Helmut Roloff, Siegfried Borries, Aurèle Nicolet
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in C sharp minor: Movements 1-3 FURTWÄNGLER
Sunday 29 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 30 January 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Leopold Ludwig
Friedrich Gulda
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB107 BRUCKNER
Sunday 5 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 6 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eleazar de Carvalho
Janine Reding, Henry Piette, Werner Thärichen
Symphony No. 99 in E flat major, Hob I: 99 HAYDN
The Three Cornered Hat: Suite No. 2 FALLA
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra BARTÓK
Petrushka (1911) STRAVINSKY
Friday 10 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Saturday 11 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Christine Purrmann
Dance Suite for Orchestra BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 MOZART
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 SHOSTAKOVICH
Sunday 19 February 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Monday 20 February 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Herbert von Karajan
Victor De Kowa, Ernst Haefliger, Martha Mödl, Nicola Zaccaria, Murray Dickie, Gustav Neidlinger
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Oedipus Rex STRAVINSKY
Wednesday 22 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thursday 23 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Heinz Unger
Anny Schlemm
The Bartered Bride: Overture SMETANA
The Bartered Bride: "Endlich allein..." SMETANA
Rusalka: Song to the Moon DVOŘÁK
Má Vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95, ‘From the New World’ DVOŘÁK
Sunday 26 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 27 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Solomon
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, ‘Rhenish’ SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 BEETHOVEN
Tod und Verklärung RICHARD STRAUSS
Wednesday 29 February 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL
Ma Mère l'Oye RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso RAVEL
Pavane pour une infante défunte RAVEL
Boléro RAVEL
Sunday 4 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 5 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Elfriede Trötschel, Maria Ilosvay, Peter Offermanns, Hans Hotter
Berliner Motettenchor, Chor der Hochschule für Musik
Von Deutscher Seele, Op. 28 PFITZNER
Saturday 10 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 11 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 12 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Carl Schuricht
Antonio Janigro
Concerto grosso a quattro chori in D major STÖLZEL
Cello Concerto in B flat major, G482 BOCCHERINI
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Saturday 17 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Forster
Gerda Lammers, Diana Eustrati, Helmut Krebs, Ernst Denger, Rudolf Bautz
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 BACH
Friday 23 March 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Otto Matzerath
Adolf Steiner
Orchestra Music, Op. 9 VON EINEM
Cello Concerto, Op. 33 WALTER JENTSCH
Study in Pianissimo, Op. 45 BLACHER
Philharmonic Concerto (Variations for Orchestra) HINDEMITH
Friday 30 March 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Mathieu Lange
Ingeborg Exner, Karola Görlich, Rolf Apreck, Hermann Prey, Peter Roth-Ehrang
Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin, Sing-Akademie
St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 BACH
Wednesday 4 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Carl Gorvin
Hans Gieseler, Wilhelm Posegga, Horst Göbel
Divertimento for Chamber Choir, Op. 10 WOLFGANG TEUSCHET
Music for Chamber Choir ERWIN HARTUNG
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano FRIEDRICH SCHOLZ
Orphée aux Enfers, Orchestral Variations after Offenbach, Op. 6 HEINZ SCHREITER
Sunday 8 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 9 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Knappertsbusch
Lucretia West
Concerto for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 50 MAX TRAPP
Kindertotenlieder MAHLER
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Wednesday 11 April 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Hans Knappertsbusch
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture NICOLAI
The Nutcracker: Suite, Op. 71 TCHAIKOVSKY
Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6 BRAHMS
Accellerationen-Walzer, Op. 234 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Annen Polka, Op. 117 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Wiener Bürger, Walzer, Op. 419 ZIEHRER
Pizzicato-Polka, Op. 234 JOHANN STRAUSS II
An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op. 314 JOHANN STRAUSS II
Aufzug der Gaukler, grotesker Marsch THEO RUPPRECHT
Sunday 15 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 16 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Mathieu Lange
Elisabeth Grümmer, Pia Coursavé, Helmut Krebs, Kim Borg
Sing-Akademie
Requiem in D minor, K626 MOZART
Saturday 21 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 22 April 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Bronislav Gimpel
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 SIBELIUS
Mathis der Maler, Symphony HINDEMITH
Friday 27 April 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Saturday 28 April 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Sunday 29 April 1956 Berlin, Titania-Palast, Steglitz
Tuesday 1 May 1956 Hamburg, Musikhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Wednesday 2 May 1956 Bremen, der Glocke
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Thursday 3 May 1956 Oldenburg, Weser-Ems-Halle
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Friday 4 May 1956 Hannover, Niedersachsenhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Yehudi Menuhin
Coriolan, Overture, Op. 62 BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Saturday 5 May 1956 Bielefeld, Oetkerhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 6 May 1956 Bochum, Nord und Südhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 7 May 1956 Dortmund, Capitol
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 8 May 1956 Essen, Städtischer Saalbau
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Wednesday 9 May 1956 Düsseldorf, Rheinhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Thursday 10 May 1956 Viersen, Städtische Festhalle
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Friday 11 May 1956 Antwerp, Zoologie
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Saturday 12 May 1956 Ostend, Kursaal
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 14 May 1956 Paris, Théâtre National de l´Opéra
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 15 May 1956 Paris, Théâtre National de l´Opéra
Herbert von Karajan
Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6 No. 12 HANDEL
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Friday 18 May 1956 Köln-Deutz, Messe
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104, ‘London’ HAYDN
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Saturday 19 May 1956 Wolfsburg, Volkswagenwerk
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 21 May 1956 Berlin, Sportpalast
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 JOHANN STRAUSS II
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Hungarian March BERLIOZ
Friday 25 May 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Heinz Wallberg
Hugo Kolberg
Symphony No. 92 in G major, Hob I:92, ‘Oxford’ HAYDN
Violin Concerto in D major TCHAIKOVSKY
The Firebird: Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY
Wednesday 30 May 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Klaus Pringsheim
Hermann Prey
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen MAHLER
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor MAHLER
Monday 4 June 1956 Munich
Herbert von Karajan
Details not yet known
Tuesday 5 June 1956 Vienna, Musikverein
Wednesday 6 June 1956 Vienna, Musikverein
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Thursday 7 June 1956 Vienna, Musikverein
Herbert von Karajan
Divertimento in D major, K334 MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Friday 8 June 1956 Graz, Stephaniesaal
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Wednesday 13 June 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Theodor Vavajannis
Hans-Jürgen Meyer
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425, ‘Linz’ MOZART
Konzertstück in G major for Piano and Orchestra SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4 in E minor BRAHMS
Saturday 16 June 1956 Berlin, Jagdschloß Grunewald
Hans-Joachim Wunderlich
Manfred Scherzer
Ballet Suite (orch and selected by Mottl) GLUCK
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 MOZART
Serenade in B major for Strings, Op. 104 CLEMENS SCHMALSTICH
Sinfonietta MOERAN
Rosamunde, Overture SCHUBERT
Tuesday 19 June 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Bernhard Conz
Else Blatt
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 BEETHOVEN
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra WOLFGANG JACOBI
Furioso ROLF LIEBERMANN
Symphony in D minor FRANCK
Thursday 21 June 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Takashi Asahina
Silvia Kind
Triptyque for string orchestra YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA
Fantasie HIROSHI OKURI
Harpsichord Concerto PETER MIEG
Rondo in D major for Piano and Orchestra, K382 MOZART
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 BEETHOVEN
Saturday 23 June 1956 Berlin, Jagdschloß Grunewald
Thomas Baldner
Wilhelm Posegga
Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, ‘Drum Roll’ HAYDN
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 BARBER
String Serenade, Nocturne and Finale GEORG FUHR
Adagio with Variations for Cello and Orchestra RESPIGHI
Serenade in G major, K525, ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ MOZART
Tuesday 26 June 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Siegfried Borries
Manfred: Overture, Op. 115 SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto in D minor SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Saturday 30 June 1956 Berlin, Schloß Tegel
Gustav Adolf Schlemm
Karl Steins
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture, Op. 21 MENDELSSOHN
Idillio-Concertino in A major for Oboe, Strings and Two Horns, Op. 15 WOLF-FERRARI
Siegfried Idyll WAGNER
Legends Nos. 4 and 5, Op. 59 DVOŘÁK
Pastorale and Scherzo for Oboe and Orchestra GUSTAV ADOLF SCHLEMM
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 TCHAIKOVSKY
Berliner Philharmoniker
1956 – 1957 Season
Sunday 2 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 3 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Carl Schuricht
Hans Priegnitz
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 MOZART
Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB107 BRUCKNER
Thursday 6 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 7 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Bernhard Conz
Jakob Gimpel
Symphony No. 18 in F major, K130 MOZART
Concerto in F minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35 SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Thursday 13 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 14 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sidney Beer
Helene Werth
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504, ‘Prague’ MOZART
Capriccio, Op. 85: Closing Scene RICHARD STRAUSS
‘Ah, lo previdi!’, concert aria, K. 272: Cavatina MOZART
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 RICHARD STRAUSS
Sunday 16 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Ingeborg Exner
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 HANDEL
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV76: ‘Wie hebt und senkt Musik der Seele Flug’ HANDEL
Gesang der Apollopriesterin, Op. 33 No. 2 RICHARD STRAUSS
Banchetto Musicale for 12 Solo Instruments and Orchestra RICHARD MOHAUPT
Wednesday 19 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thursday 20 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert Bardgett
Ronald Dowd, Constance Shaclock, Marian Nowakowski
Our Lady's Choral Society, Dublin
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 ELGAR
Sunday 23 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 24 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Géza Anda
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 BRAHMS
Thursday 27 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 28 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Saturday 29 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eleazar de Carvalho
Elfriede Trötschel
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Sinfonietta for Strings, Op. 131, ‘La Brasileira’ KRENEK
Der Wein, Concert Aria BERG
El Amor brujo FALLA
Choros No. 10, ‘Rasga o Coração’ VILLA-LOBOS
Sunday 7 October 1956 Washington DC, Constitution Hall
Wednesday 10 October 1956 New York, Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 MOZART
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Monday 8 October 1956 Princeton, Princeton University
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 9 October 1956 New Haven, Yale University
Herbert von Karajan
Oberon: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser, Overture WAGNER
Thursday 11 October 1956 Washington, Constitution Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Friday 12 October 1956 New York, Carnegie Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Saturday 13 October 1956 New Brunswick, Rutgers University
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Sunday 14 October 1956 Boston, Symphony Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Monday 15 October 1956 Montréal, Forum Amphitheatre
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Má vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture TCHAIKOVSKY
Tuesday 16 October 1956 Ottawa, Capitol Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Wednesday 17 October 1956 Hamilton, Ontario
Herbert von Karajan
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Thursday 18 October 1956 Toronto, Massey Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Sunday 21 October 1956 Ann Arbor, Hill Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Monday 22 October 1956 Saginaw, Michigan
Tuesday 23 October 1956 East Lansing, Michigan University
Herbert von Karajan
Der Freischütz: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Má vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Wednesday 24 October 1956 Kalamazoo, Central High School Audtorium
Herbert von Karajan
Der Freischütz: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Friday 26 October 1956 Chicago, Orchestra Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 MOZART
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Saturday 27 October 1956 Chicago, Orchestra Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Oberon: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Sunday 28 October 1956 Chicago, Symphony Hall
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 3, ‘Liturgique’ HONEGGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Monday 29 October 1956 Milwaukee, WI, Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Der Freischütz: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Tuesday 30 October 1956 Urbana, University of Illinois
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Rondo Giocoso, Op. 5 THEODOR BERGER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Thursday 1 November 1956 St. Louis, Miss
Sunday 4 November 1956 Denver, Auditorium Arena
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104 HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Friday 2 November 1956 Topeka, City Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Anacréon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Má vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Wednesday 7 November 1956 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Tabernacle
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Thursday 8 November 1956 Provo, George Albert Smith Fieldhouse
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont, Op. 84: Overture BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Má vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Saturday 10 November 1956 San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104 HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN
Monday 12 November 1956 Berkeley, Ca
Tuesday 13 November 1956 Berkeley, Ca
Herbert von Karajan
Oberon: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture TCHAIKOVSKY
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Wednesday 14 November 1956 Sacramento, Russ Auditorium
Herbert von Karajan
Der Freischütz: Overture WEBER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 BEETHOVEN
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Tannhäuser: Overture WAGNER
Thursday 15 November 1956 Fresno, Warners Fresno Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Egmont, Op. 84: Overture BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Má vlast: Vltava SMETANA
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture WAGNER
Saturday 17 November 1956 San Diego, Ca
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Sunday 18 November 1956 Los Angeles, Ca
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, ‘Haffner’ MOZART
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Monday 19 November 1956 Santa Barbara, Granada Theatre
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104 HAYDN
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod WAGNER
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 BACH
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Thursday 22 November 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 23 November 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Saturday 24 November 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob I:104 HAYDN
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 SCHUMANN
Sunday 2 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 3 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Noboru Toyomasu
Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra HINDEMITH
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra FRANCK
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Saturday 8 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 9 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 10 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Orchestral Fantasy, Op. 51 BLACHER
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich, Monologue RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Thursday 13 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Richard Kraus
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra, Op. 10 EDMUND VON BORCK
Five Neapolitan Songs for baritone and chamber orchestra HENZE
Two Nocturnes for Orchestra GISELHER KLEBE
Symphony No. 3, ‘Te Deum’, Op. 271 MILHAUD
Saturday 15 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 16 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 17 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Böhm
Edith Farnadi
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber HINDEMITH
Burleske for piano and orchestra, Op. 11 RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 BRAHMS
Wednesday 19 September 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Mathieu Lange
Dorothea Ammann-Goesch, Claudia Hellmann, Eveline, Helmut Krebs, Hermann Prey
Sing-Akademie
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 BACH
Wednesday 26 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Dammer
Siegfried Borries
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 BRAHMS
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 BRUCH
Leonore: Overture No. 3 in C major, op. 72 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 30 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 31 December 1956 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Elfriede Trötschel, Sibylla Plate, Ernst Haefliger, Otto Wiener
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 6 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 7 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 8 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB108 BRUCKNER
Sunday 13 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 14 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Ferenc Fricsay
Nicanor Zabaleta
Jeu de cartes, ballet STRAVINSKY
Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV294 HANDEL
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet RAVEL
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT
Thursday 17 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 18 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Helmut Heller
Le Carneval romain, overture, Op. 9 BERLIOZ
Deux illuminations, Poème symphonique EMMANUEL BONDEVILLE
Violin Concerto WERNER THÄRICHEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 20 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Herbert Stähr
Symphony in C major BIZET
First Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra DEBUSSY
Habanera CHABRIER
Le roi malgré lui: Fête polonaises CHABRIER
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY
Tuesday 22 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wednesday 23 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Roman Totenberg
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV1042 BACH
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, (Nowak edition) BRUCKNER
Sunday 27 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Branka Musulin
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 MOZART
Symphony No. 2 in E minor FURTWÄNGLER
Wednesday 30 January 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Winfried Wolf
Symphony in the Form of Variations on a North Carolinan Folk Tune, Op. 94 KRENEK
Piano Concerto, op. 13 WINFRIED WOLF
Peter Pan, Fairy Tales, Op. 76 TOCH
Dance Suite, Sz77 BARTÓK
Sunday 3 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 4 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB109 BRUCKNER
Thursday 7 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 8 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Gerhard Taschner
The Hebrides, Overture, Op. 26 MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto FORTNER
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 10 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Forster
Agnes Giebel, Gertrude Pitzinger, Walther Ludwig, Ernst Denger
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123 BEETHOVEN
Tuesday 12 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wednesday 13 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Otto Matzerath
Ottomar Borwitzky
Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob I: 88 HAYDN
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 50 KARL HÖLLER
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95. ‘From the New World’ DVOŘÁK
Sunday 17 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 18 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 19 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Luigi Cherubini
Anacreon: Overture CHERUBINI
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 PROKOFIEV
Sunday 24 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 25 February 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
André Cluytens
Yvonne Lefébure
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78. ‘Organ’ SAINT-SAËNS
Sunday 3 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Chemin-Petit
Agnes Giebel, Sieglinde Wagner, Helmut Krebs, Karl Wolfram, Heinrich Elter
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin
Mass No. 3 in F minor, WAB28 BRUCKNER
Thursday 7 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 8 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Ataulfo Argenta
Gerhard Puchelt
Concerto grosso in D minor, RV565, ‘l’estro armonico, Op. 3 No. 11’ VIVALDI
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN
Images for Orchestra: Iberia DEBUSSY
The Three Cornered Hat: Suite No. 2 FALLA
Tuesday 12 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wednesday 13 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Garaguly
Henryk Szeryng
Flammendes Land, Op. 35: Deux nocturnes ATTERBERG
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 17 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 18 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Helmut Roloff
Aria della battaglia for wind instruments ANDREA GABRIELI
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Hiller, Op. 100 REGER
Thursday 21 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Rosbaud
Maria Bergmann
Tripartita for orchestra à Madame Marise Mathis WLADIMIR VOGEL
Piano Concerto, Op. 42 SCHOENBERG
Jeux (Poème dansé) DEBUSSY
Variations for Orchestra DALLAPICCOLA
Symphony in Three Movements STRAVINSKY
Sunday 24 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 25 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 26 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Ernest Ansermet
Robert Casadesus
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 MOZART
Nights in the Gardens of Spain for piano and orchestra FALLA
La Mer DEBUSSY
Thursday 28 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Joseph Keilberth
Hans Gieseler, Eberhard Finke, Karl Steins, Oskar Rothensteiner
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068 BACH
Sinfonia concertante in B flat major for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello, Hob I:105 HAYDN
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 BEETHOVEN
Sunday 31 March 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 1 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Eugen Jochum
Alice Oelke, Richard Holm, Peter Roth-Ehrang,
Adagio and Fugue in C minor for strings, K546 MOZART
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 MOZART
Agrippina, Overture HANDEL
Pulcinella, complete STRAVINSKY
Wednesday 3 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thursday 4 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Shura Cherkassky
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 19 WEBER
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34,‘Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’ BRITTEN
Sunday 7 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Agnes Giebel, Herbert Brauer
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Symphony No. 2 for Strings and Trumpet HONEGGER
Te Deum ERNST PEPPING
Thursday 11 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 12 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Karl Böhm
Pierre Fournier
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 DVOŘÁK
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53 RICHARD STRAUSS
Sunday 14 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Monday 15 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Tuesday 16 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hans Knappertsbusch
Claudio Arrau
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 BRAHMS
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY
Thursday 18 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 19 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Mathieu Lange
Marlies Siemeling, Annemarie Patzschke-Lorenz, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Hermann Prey, Peter Roth-Ehrang
Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin, Sing-Akademie
St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 BACH
Thursday 25 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Friday 26 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Ernst Haefliger, Gottlob Frick
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN
Sunday 28 April 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Michael Taube
Bernhard Böttner
Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 6 No. 3 CORELLI
Symphony No. 1 JOSEF TAL
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra STRAVINSKY
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS
Friday 3 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Franz Paul Decker
Devy Erlih
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz112 BARTÓK
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132 REGER
Tuesday 7 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Peter Maag
Gerda Nette
Claude Debussy
Six épigraphes antiques DEBUSSY
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’ MENDELSSOHN
Sergej Rachmaninow
Friday 10 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Kurt Brass
Maureen Forrester
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 SCHUBERT
An die Hoffnung, Op. 94 (arr. Mottl) BEETHOVEN
Der Wachtelschlag (inst. Mottl) BEETHOVEN
Litaney auf das Fest Allerseelen SCHUBERT
Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL
Dances from Galanta KODÁLY
Wednesday 15 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thursday 16 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Leopold Stokowski
El Amor brujo FALLA
The Firebird: Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune DEBUSSY
Petrushka, Suite STRAVINSKY
Tuesday 21 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Béla Hollai
Manfred Reuthe
The Peacock, Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song KODÁLY
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 CHOPIN
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 TCHAIKOVSKY
Friday 24 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Saturday 25 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 26 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Herbert von Karajan
Glenn Gould
Mathis der Mahler, Symphony HINDEMITH
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 SIBELIUS
Friday 31 May 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Saturday 1 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Sunday 2 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Hermann Scherchen
Maria Stader
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16 MOZART
Mass in C minor, K. 427: Et incarnatus est MOZART
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn MAHLER
Rückertlieder: No. 2 Ich atmet' einen linden Duft MAHLER
Rückertlieder: No. 5 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen MAHLER
Symphony No. 7 in E minor MAHLER
Wednesday 5 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Thomas Schermann
John Sebastian, Danny Daniels
Concerto grosso in F major, Op. 6 No. 9 HANDEL
Mouth Organ Concerto, Op. 86 TCHEREPNIN
Symphony No. 2, Op. 35 CRESTON
Concerto for Tap Dancer MORTON GOULD
Friday 7 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Franz Allers
Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams
Symphonic Sketches: Julibee (1st Mvmt) CHADWICK
Five Poems of William Blake for baritone and orchestra VIRGIL THOMSON
Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance BARBER
Street Scene: Somehow I never could believe, aria WEILL
The Saint of Bleecker Street: Oh, my Jesus, aria MENOTTI
Rodeo, Four Dance Episodes COPLAND
Porgy and Bess: Four Songs GERSHWIN
Wednesday 12 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Paul Strauss
Leon Fleisher
The Incredible Flutist, Suite PISTON
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417, ‘Tragic’ SCHUBERT
Saturday 15 June 1957 Berlin, Jagdschloß Grunewald
Mathieu Lange
Erika Heidrich
The Fair Melusine, Overture, Op. 32 MENDELSSOHN
Schon lacht der holde Frühling, concert aria, K580 MOZART
Nehmt meinen Dank, concert aria, K383 MOZART
Les petits riens: Overture and Ballet Music, K anh I/10 MOZART
Symphony in C major BIZET
Wednesday 19 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Robert Wagner
Lukas David
Variations on a Hussar Song SCHMIDT
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, ‘Spring’ SCHUMANN
Sunday 23 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Richard Kraus
Neues vom Tage: Overture HINDEMITH
La Valse, Poème choréographique RAVEL
Wednesday 26 June 1957 Berlin, Saal der Hochschule für Musik
Edouard van Remoortel
Robert-Alexander Bohnke
Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, ‘Drum Roll’ HAYDN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 MENDELSSOHN
Joyful Overture MARCEL POOT
Symphony in D minor FRANCK
