Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Berliner Philharmoniker 1954 - 1957

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

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