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  

1972 – 1973

131st Season

21, 22, 23, 26 September 1972

Pierre Boulez

Leon Fleisher, piano

Haydn: Symphony No. 31, Hornsignal

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Stravinsky: Four Etudes for Orchestra

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude Act 1 and Suite from Act 3

28, 29, 30 September, 3 October 1972

Pierre Boulez

Rafael Druian, violin

Sol Greitzer, viola

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

5, 6, 7, 10 October 1972

Pierre Boulez

Ken Remo, tenor

 John Shirley-Quirk, baritone

Westminster Choir

Little Church around the Corner Boys Choir

Schütz: Sinfonia sacrae: Fili mi, Absalon

Bartók: Cantata profana

Berlioz: Te Deum

12, 13, 14, 17 October 1972

Pierre Boulez

Michel Beroff, piano

Rafael Druian, violin

Harold Gomberg, oboe

John Cerminaro, cor anglais

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2

Kirchner: Music for Orchestra

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

19, 20, 24 October 1972

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Janos Starker, cello

Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture

Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major

 Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic

26, 27, 31 October 1972

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Hernyk Szeryng, violin

Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2

Franck: Symphony in D minor

2, 3, 4 November 1972

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Alexis Weissenberg, piano

Haydn: Symphony No. 60, ‘Il distratto’

Argento: A Ring of Time, Preludes and Pageants for Orchestra and Bells

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

9, 10, 11, 14 November 1972

Max Rudolf

Cornelius: The Barber of Bagdad, Overture

Haydn: Symphony No. 57

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Suite

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung

16, 17, 18 November 1972

Lorin Maazel

Malcolm Frager, piano

Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 2

Weber: Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

24, 25, 27 November 1972

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Natalie Hinderas, piano

Rameau: Six Concerts en sextour, Suite

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Ginastera: Piano Concerto No. 1

Ravel: La Valse

1, 5 December 1972

James DePreist

Gluck: Alceste, Overture

Mozart: Symphony No. 19

Dvořák: Symphony No. 1, The Bells of Zlonice

7, 8, 9, 12 December 1972

Daniel Barenboim

Haydn: Symphony No. 86

Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1911)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

14, 15, 16, 19 December 1972

Pierre Boulez

Betty Allen, mezzo soprano

John Stewart, tenor

Michael Wager, narrator

Camerata Singers

Bach: Cantata No. 48, ‘Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlosen’

Stravinsky: A Sermon, A Narrative and a Prayer

Stravinsky: Le Roi des étoiles

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

21, 22, 23, December 1972, 2 January 1973

Pierre Boulez

Lorne Munro, cello

Rafael Druian, violin

Nathan Stutch, cello

Julius Baker, flute

Mozart: Posthorn Serenade

Schumann: Cello Concerto

Stockhausen: Kontra-Punkte No. 1

Prokofiev: The Tale of the Buffoon, Suite

4, 5, 6, 9 January 1973

Pierre Boulez

André Watts, piano

Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales (4, 6, 9)

Ravel: Une barque sur l’océan (5)

Mozart: Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’

 11, 12, 13, 16 January 1973

Pierre Boulez

Reri Grist, soprano

Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano

 Jerry Jennings, tenor

Donald Gramm, bass baritone

Michael Devlin, tenor

David Clatworthy, baritone

Gwendolyn Killebrew, mezzo-soprano

Douglas Perry, vocalist

Arthur Burrows, baritone

Robert Jones, tenor

The Camerata Singers

Haydn: Theresienmesse

Stravinsky: The Nightingale

18, 19, 20 January 1973

Pierre Boulez

Julius Baker, flute

Bruce Prince-Joseph, harpsichord

Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano

David Ulin, boy soprano

Telemann: Suite in A minor for flute and orchestra

Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children

Stravinsky: Ragtime for 11 instruments

Stravinsky: Renard

Richard Strauss:Till Eulenspiegel

25, 26, 27, 30 January 1973

Pierre Boulez

Rudolf Serkin, piano (25, 26, 30)

John Cerminaro, horn (27)

Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture

Schumann: Piano Concerto (25, 26, 30)

Mozart: Horn Cocnerto No. 2 (27)

Webern: Five Movements for Strings

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

2, 6 February 1973

Pierre Boulez

Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone (2)

Schubert: Rosamunde, Overture, and two Ballets

Mahler: Rückert Lieder (2)

Webern: Variations for Orchestra

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra

Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (6)

8, 9, 10, 13 February 1973

Leonard Bernstein

William Masselos, piano

Haydn: Symphony No. 95

Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

15, 16, 17, 20 February 1973

Leonard Bernstein

Judith Blegen, soprano

Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano

Kenneth Riegel, tenor

Simon Estes, bass baritone

Westminster Choir

Newark Boys Choir

Haydn: Harmoniemesse

Stravinsky: Mass

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

22, 23, 24 February 1973

Leonard Bernstein

Pinchas Zukerman, violin

Jacqueline du Pré, cello (22, 23, 24)

Lorne Munroe, cello (27)

Haydn: Symphony No. 96

Roy Harris: Symphony No. 3

Brahms: Double Concerto

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 13 March 1973

Leonard Bernstein

Isaac Stern, violin (1, 2, 3, 6)

André Watts, piano (7, 13)

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Britten: Peter Grimes, Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (1, 2, 3, 6)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (7, 13)

15, 17 March 1973

Pierre Boulez

Bruno Canino, piano

Antonio Ballista, piano

Schumann: Julius Caesar, Overture

Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La Passione

Berio: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian

22, 23, 24, 27 March 1973

Pierre Boulez

Brahms: Serenade No. 2

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra

Schumann: Symphony No. 4

29, 30, 31 March, 3 April 1973

Pierre Boulez

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

Haydn: L’incontro improvviso (concert performance)

5, 6, 10 April 1973

 Aldo Ceccato

Rafael Druian, violin

Stravinsky: Scherzo â la russe

Stravinsky: Fireworks

Hindemith: Violin Concerto

Penderecki: Polymorphia

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, ‘Little Russian’

12, 13, 14, 17 April 1973

Aldo Ceccato

Martha Argerich, piano

Rafael Druian, violin

Lorne Munroe, cello

Harold Gomberg, oboe

Manuel Zegler, bassoon

Haydn: Sinfonia concertante

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, symphonic fragments

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

19, 21, 24 April 1973

Aldo Ceccato

Thomas Stacy, cor anglais

Haydn: Symphony No. 75

Skrowaczewski: Cor Anglais Concerto

Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

26, 27, 28 April, 1 May 1973

Aldo Ceccato

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Stravinsky: Symphony in E flat major

Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

3, 4, 5, 8 May 1973

Rafael Kubelik

Rudolf Firkusny, piano

Smetana: Šárka from Ma Vlast

Janáček: Capriccio for Left Hand Piano and Wind Ensemble

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

10, 11, 12 May 1973

Rafael Kubelik

Judith Blegen, soprano

Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano

Peter Schreier, tenor

Paul Plishka, bass

The Camerata Singers

Dvořák: Stabat Mater