Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Pohlig era 1907 - 1912

1907 – 1908

Programme 1

18, 19 October 1907

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, overture

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, prelude

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

Programme 2

25, 26 October 1907

Karl Pohlig

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

HAYDN
Symphony No. 88

LISZT
Les Préludes

Mark Hambourg, piano


Programme 3

1, 2 November 1907

Karl Pohlig

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

SCHUBERT
Hungarian March in C minor (orch. Liszt)

Josef Hofmann, piano

Programme 4

8, 9 November 1907

Karl Pohlig

SAINT-SAËNS
Phaeton, symphonic poem

MASSENET
Aria from Le Roi de Lahore

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture

Emilio de Gorgorza, baritone


Programme 5

15, 16 November 1907

Karl Pohlig

GLUCK
Iphigenie en Aulide, overture

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

WEBER
Aria from Der Freischütz

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

Johanna Gadski, soprano

Programme 6

22, 23 November 1907

Karl Pohlig

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Fritz Kreisler, violin


Programme 7

29, 30 November 1907

Karl Pohlig

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)

Vladimir de Pachmann, piano

Programme 8

5, 6 December 1907

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

Horace Britt, cello

Programme 9

13, 14 December 1907

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

RAFF
Symphony No. 3, 'Im Walde'

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

Olga Samaroff, piano

Programme 10

20, 21 December 1907

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

REGER
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Hiller

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

Ethel Altemus, piano

Programme 11

27, 28 December 1907

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Egyptian'

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture

Maurits Leefson, piano

Programme 12

3, 4 January 1908

Karl Pohlig

VOLKMANN
Richard III, overture

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Harold Bauer, piano

Programme 13

10, 11 January 1908

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

BALAKIREV
Symphony No. 1

HINTON
Piano Concerto

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture

Katherine Goodson, piano

Programme 14

17, 18 January 1908

Karl Pohlig

SCHUMANN
Manfred, overture

POHLIG
A Hero's Death and Apotheosis, symphonic poem

LISZT
Tasso

Eurydice Club Choir

Programme 15

24, 25 January 1908

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre

Richard Buhlig, piano


Programme 16

31 January, 1 February 1908

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

WAGNER
Adriano's aria from Rienzi

FRANCK
Symphony

SAINT-SAËNS
Aria from Samson et Dalila

STRAUSS
Don Juan

Janet Spencer, contralto

Programme 17

6, 7 February 1908

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

MOZART
Aria from Magic Flute

WAGNER
Dich teure Halle from Tannhäuser

SIEGFRIED WAGNER
Der Bärenhäuter, overture

Mary Hissem de Moss, soprano


Programme 18

21, 22 February 1908

Wassili Leps

MASSENET
Phedre, overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2

LISZT
Hungarian Rapsody No. 2

Ernest Hutchinson, piano

Programme 19

28, 29 February 1908

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyries

WAGNER
Duet from Act 1 of Die Walküre

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Closing Scene

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, prelude

Johanna Gadski, soprano
John Braun, tenor


Programme 20

6, 7 March 1908

Karl Pohlig

CHADWICK
Euterpe, overture

LISZT
A Faust Symphony

MEYERBEER
Arioso from Le Prophète

THOMAS
Romanza from Mignon

WAGNER
Christopher Columbus, overture

Eleonora de Cisneros, contralto
William Pagdin, tenor
Fortnightly Club Choir

Programme 21

13, 14 March 1908

Karl Pohlig
Wassili Leps*

LEPS*
In the Garden of the Gods, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

GOLDMARK
In Spring, overture

Teresa Carreno, piano


Programme 22

20, 21 March 1908

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude und Liebestod

Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler, piano








1908 – 1909

Programme 1

16, 17 October 1908

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

SMETANA
Vltava

BEETHOVEN
Hymnus  (orch. Liszt from slow movement of the Archduke Trio)

CHABRIER
España, rhapsody


Programme 2

23, 24 October 1908

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 2

GLUCK
Che faro from Orfeo ed Euridice

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

SCHUMANN
Der Nussbaum

BRAHMS
Sappische Ode

SCHUBERT
Die Allmacht

DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture

Louise Homer, contralto



Programme 3

30, 31 October 1908

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

GRIEG
Peer Gynt, Suite

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio espagnol


Programme 4

6, 7 November 1908

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Overture, Polonia

CHAMINADE
Konzertstück for piano and orchestra

GOLDMARK
Rustic Weddng Symphony

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

Cécilie Chaminade, piano


Programme 5

13, 14 November 1908

Karl Pohlig

HANDEL
Concerto in F major for strings and double woodwind

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

CHARPENTIER
Impressions of Italy



Programme 6

20, 21 November 1908

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

BALAKIREV
Symphony No. 1

SAUER
Piano Concerto No. 1

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

Emil von Sauer, piano


Programme 7

27, 28 November 1908

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

SCHILLINGS
Das Hexenlieder

CHABRIER
Gwendoline, overture

Ludwig Wullner, narrator



Programme 8

3, 4 December 1908

Karl Pohlig

GRIEG
In Autumn, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

BURMEISTER
Piano Concerto No. 1

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre

Luther Conradi, piano


Programme 9

11, 12 December 1908

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sappho, Overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

SAINT-SAËNS
La Jeunesse d'Hercule

Alexander Petschalkov, violin


Programme 10

18, 19 December 1908

Karl Pohlig

LISZT
Les Préludes

SGAMBATI
Symphony No. 1

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio italien

Programme 11

25, 26 December 1908

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Storm

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche slave

Alwin Schroeder, cello


Programme 12

1, 2 January 1909

Karl Pohlig

GLAZUNOV
Overture Solennelle

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

BOSSI
Intermezzi Goldoniani

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture


Programme 13

8, 9 January 1909

Karl Pohlig

GLUCK
Iphigénie en Aulide, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

Thaddeus Rich, violin

Programme 14

15, 16 January 1909

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

WAGNER
Die fliegende Holländer, overture

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation Music


Programme 15

22, 23 January 1909

Karl Pohlig

SINIGAGLIA
Le Barufe Chiozzotte, overture

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

RUBINSTEIN
Fantasy for piano and orchestra in C major

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Josef Lhevinne, piano



Programme 16

29, 30 January 1909

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

WAGNER
Die fliegende Holländer, overture

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation Music


Programme 17

3, 5 February 1909

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (incidental music with a semi-staged performance of the Shakespeare play)

Ben Greet Players



Programme 18

12, 13 February 1909

Karl Pohlig

LISZT
Tasso

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

D'ALBERT
Cello Concerto

HEGNER
American Festival Overture

Herman Sandby, cello


Programme 19

19, 20 February 1909

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

Mischa Elman, violin



Programme 20

26, 27 February 1909

Karl Pohlig

STRAUSS
Don Juan

STRAUSS
Aus Italien

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

WEBER
Oberon, overture

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture


Programme 21

5, 6 March 1909

Karl Pohlig

GOEPP
Academic March

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

CAUFFMAN
Legends

LEPS
In the Gardens of the Gods

Katharine Goodson, piano



Programme 22

12, 13 March 1909

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

GRIEG
Peer Gynt, Suite

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture


1909 – 1910
Programme 1

15, 16 October 1909

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

LISZT
Les Préludes

CHARPENTIER
Impressions of Italy


Programme 2

22, 23 October 1909

Karl Pohlig

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

WEBER
Schweig, schweig, aria from Der Freischütz

España

Allen Hinckley, bass


Programme 3

29, 30 October 1909

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

WOLF
Penthesilea, symphonic poem

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche slave

Programme 4

5, 6 November 1909

Karl Pohlig

WEBER
Euryanthe, Overture

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

RUBINSTEIN
Piano Concerto No. 4

MASSENET
Phedre, overture

Olga Samaroff, piano


Programme 5

12, 13 November 1909

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

FRANCK
Le Chasseur maudit

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio espagnol


Programme 6

19, 20 November 1909

Karl Pohlig

SAINT-SAËNS
Phaeton

DUKAS
Symphony in C major

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

SMETANA
Vltava



Programme 7

26, 27 November 1909

Sergei Rachmaninov

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

RACHMANINOV
Three Preludes for piano solo

MUSSORGSKY
A Night on a bare Mountain

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano


Programme 8

3, 4 December 1909

Karl Pohlig

SVENDSEN
Carnival in Paris

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

Herman Sandby, cello


Programme 9

10. 11 December 1909

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Programme 10

17, 18 December 1909

Karl Pohlig

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, Overture

GOLDMARK
Rustic Wedding Symphony

WEBER
Konzertstück for piano and orchestra

LISZT
Tasso

Teresa Carreño, piano


Programme 11

24, 25 December 1909

Karl Pohlig

GRIEG
In Autumn, overture

RAFF
Symphony No. 3, 'Im Walde'

LISZT
Pastorale and March from Christus

WAGNER
Homage March


Programme 12

31 December 1909, 1 January 1910

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio Italien

Thaddeus Rich, violin

Programme 13

7, 8 January 1910

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 3

WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation Scene


Programme 14

14, 15 January 1910

Karl Pohlig

HANDEL
Concerto for Strings and Double Woodwind Choir

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS
Don Juan

Pepito Arriola, piano



Programme 15

21, 22 January 1910

Karl Pohlig

SINIGAGLIA
Le baruffe chiozzotte, overture

FRANCK
Symphony

POHLIG
Impressions of America

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture


Programme 16

28, 29 January 1910

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

VOLBACH
Symphony in B minor

SCHUBERT
Die Allmacht

STRAUSS
Hymnus

WOLFF
Er ists

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre

Tilly Koenen, contralto



Programme 17

4, 5 February 1910

Karl Pohlig

GLUCK
Iphigenie en Aulide, Overture (arr. Wagner)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

DEBUSSY
Marche ecossaise

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture


Programme 18

11, 12 February 1910

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

LISZT
Three Petrarch Sonnets

BALAKIREV
Symphony No. 1

WEINGARTNER
Erdrieser and Leitzter Tanz

WOLF
Der Rattenfanger

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

Ludwig Wüllner, tenor



Programme 19

18, 19 February 1910

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture

Fritz Kreisler, violin


Programme 20

25, 26 February 1910

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture, Bacchanale and Pilgrimage to Rome

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Siegfried, Sword Music and Waldweben

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude



Programme 21

4, 5 March 1910

Karl Pohlig
William Gilchrist*

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

GILCHRIST*
Symphony No. 1

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture

Cornelius Rubner, piano


Programme 22

11, 12 March 1910

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

POHLIG
Impressions of America

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music


1910-1911

Programme 1

14, 15 October 1910

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

LISZT
Mazeppa


Programme 2

21, 22 October 1910

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

CHARPENTIER
Depuis le jour from Louise

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche Slave

Alma Gluck, soprano



Programme 3

28, 29 October 1910

Karl Pohlig

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture

VOLBACH
Symphony in B minor

MacDOWELL
Indian Suite No. 2

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre


Programme 4

4, 5 November 1910

Karl Pohlig

GLUCK
Iphigenie en Aulis, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

WAGNER
Monologue from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Pasquale Amato, baritone


Programme 5

11. 12 November 1910

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, Overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

SAINT-SAËNS
Le rouet d'Omphale

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Programme 6

18, 19 November 1910

Karl Pohlig

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

MOZART
Concerto for two pianos

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2


Programme 7

25, 26 November 1910

Henry Hadley

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

HADLEY
The Culprit Fay, poetic rhapsody

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture


Programme 8

2, 3 December 1910

Karl Pohlig

MASSENET
Phedre, Overture

SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'

MASSENET
Impressions of Italy

CHABRIER
España

Tudor Strang, organ


Programme 9

9, 10 December 1910

Karl Pohlig

GRIEG
In Autumn, overture

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio Italien

Thaddeus Rich, violin


Programme 10

16, 17 December 1910

Karl Pohlig

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture

GOLDMARK
Rustic Wedding Symphony

BEETHOVEN
Andante in B flat from Piano Trio (orch. Liszt as 'Hymnus')

SMETANA
Vltava

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio espagnol



Programme 11

22, 23 December 1910

Karl Pohlig

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

GAERTNER
Macbeth, tone poem

SCHUBERT
Hungarian March in C minor (orch. Liszt)

Constantin von Sternberg, piano


Programme 12

30, 31 December 1910

Karl Pohlig

HUMPERDINCK
Königskinder, overture to incidental music

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations

SVENDSEN
Carnival in Paris

Hermann Sandby, cello



Programme 13

6, 7 January 1911

Karl Pohlig

SAINT-SAËNS
Phaeton, symphonic poem

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

GOLDMARK
Violin Concerto

CHABRIER
Gwendoline, overture

Francis MacMillen, violin


Programme 14

13, 14 January 1911

Karl Pohlig
Cornelius Rubner*

RUBNER*
Festival Overture

GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 7

FRANCK
Symphonic Variations

DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture

Ethel Altemus, piano



Programme 15

20, 21 January 1911

Karl Pohlig

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 2

LALO
Norwegian Rhapsody

Kathleen Parlow, violin


Programme 16

27, 28 January 1911

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

DEBUSSY
La mer


Programme 17

3, 4 February 1911

Karl Pohlig

SINIGAGLIA
Le baruffe Chiozzotte, overture

FRANCK
Symphony

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

LISZT
Les Préludes

Ferruccio Busoni, piano



Programme 18

10, 11 February 1911

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, overture

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyrie, Wotan's Farewell and Fire Music

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation Music


Programme 19

17, 18 February 1911

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

KALINNIKOV
Symphony No. 1

GLUCK
Che faro senza Eurydice from Orfeo ed Ejuridice

VERDI
On don fatale from Don Carlo

HECKSCHER
Dances of the Pyrenees

Margaret Keyes, mezzo-soprano



Programme 20

24, 25 February 1911

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture

STRAUSS
Sinfonia domestica

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice


Programme 21

3, 4 March 1911

Karl Pohlig

SCHILLINGS
A Morning at Sea

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

WAGNER
Die Frist ist um from The Flying Dutchman

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, overture

David Bispham, baritone


Programme 22

10, 11 March 1911

Karl Pohlig

HANDEL
Concerto for Strings and Double Woodwind Choir

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

LIADOV
Baba Yaga

Yolanda Mero, piano
Programme 23

17, 18 March 1911

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

GOUNOD
O ma lyre immortelle from Sapho

LISZT
The Three Gypsies (orch. Saar)

SCHUBERT
Erlkönig (orch. Berlioz)

GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar, suite

Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto


Programme 23

17, 18 March 1911

Karl Pohlig

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 3

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyrie

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music, Flower Maidens and Transformation Music



Programme 25

31 March, 1 April 1911

Karl Pohlig

HUMPERDINCK
Königskinder, overture to incidental music (31 March only)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 (31 March only)

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, Overture (1 April only)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' (1 April only)

LISZT
Les Préludes

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Fire Music



1911 – 1912

Programme 1

13, 14 October 1911

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude

Wassili Leps, organ


Programme 2

20, 21 October 1911

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, Overture

KALINNIKOV
Symphony No. 1

MOZART
Aria from Il re pastore

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, Overture

Alma Gluck, soprano



Programme 3

27, 28 October 1911

Karl Pohlig

LISZT
Les Préludes

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite

LISZT
The Battle of the Huns, symphonic poem


Programme 4

3, 4 November 1911

Karl Pohlig

SAINT-SAËNS
Phaeton, symphonic poem

GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 7

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture

Kathleen Parlow, violin


Programme 5

10, 11 November 1911

Karl Pohlig

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, Overture

FRANCK
Symphony

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

CHABRIER
España
Programme 6

17, 18 November 1911

Karl Pohlig

GLUCK
Iphigénie en Aulide, overture (arr. Wagner)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

BIZET
Aria from La jolie fille du Perth

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

DEBUSSY
Marche ecossaise

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio Italien

Clarence Whitehill, baritone


Programme 7

24, 25 November 1911

Karl Pohlig

DVOŘÁK
Hussite, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Thaddeus Rich, violin



Programme 8

1, 2 December 1911

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Bacchanale

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Elsa's Dream

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Dich! Teure Halle

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Duet from Act 1

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries

Gertrude Rennyson, soprano
John F. Braun, tenor


Programme 9

8, 9 December 1911

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

SAINT-SAËNS
Le rouet d-Omphale, symphonic poem

SMETANA
Vltava

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio Espagnol



Programme 10

15, 16 December 1911

Karl Pohlig

GRIEG
In Autumn, Overture

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

Victor de Pachmann, piano


Programme 11

22, 23 December 1911

Karl Pohlig

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, March, Chinese, Arabian and Russian Dances

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche slave



Programme 12

12, 13 January 1912

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

MOZART
Leporello's aria from Don Giovanni

DEBUSSY
Fêtes from Nocturnes

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, overture

Murray Davey, bass


Programme 13

19, 20 January 1912

Karl Pohlig

SVENDSEN
Carnival in Paris

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto

GOLDMARK
In Italy, overture

Efrem Zimbalist, violin



Programme 14

26, 27 January 1912

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

POHLIG
Per aspera ad astra, symphonic poem

LISZT
Tasso

Eurydice Chorus


Programme 15

2, 3 February 1912

Karl Pohlig

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

BALAKIREV
Symphony No. 1

MASSENET
Adieu donc from Hérodiade

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture

Ellison van Hoose, tenor


Programme 16

8, 9 February 1912

Karl Pohlig

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1

CHARPENTIER
Impressions of Italy

Hermann Sandby, cello



Programme 17

16, 17 February 1912

Karl Pohlig

SINIGAGLIA
Le Baruffe Chiozzotte, overture

GOLDMARK
Rustic Wedding Symphony

LÖWE
Archibald Douglas, ballad for baritone and orchestra (orch Huko Kaun)

HERBERT
Natoma, Prelude Act 3

FRANCK
Le chasseur maudit, symphonic poem

Alexander Heinemann, baritone


Programme 18

23, 24 February 1912

Karl Pohlig

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

HADLEY
Symphony No. 3

WOLF-FERRARI
The Jewels of the Madonna, Prelude Act 2

WAGNER
Huldigungsmarsch



Programme 19

1, 2 March 1912

Karl Pohlig

HANDEL
Concerto for Strings and Double Woodwind Choir

BACH
Piano Concerto in D minor

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano


Programme 20

8, 9 March 1912

Karl Pohlig

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

DVOŘÁK
In the Spinning Room, Op. 68 (orch. Pohlig)

STRAUSS
Serenade for Wind Instruments

LISZT
Mazeppa



Programme 21

15, 16 March 1912

Karl Pohlig
Hermann Sandby*

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

BEETHOVEN
An die Hoffnung

SANDBY
The Woman and the Fiddler, prelude*

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Horatio Connell, bass


Programme 22

22, 23 March 1912

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, orchestral excerpts from Acts 2 and 3 (arr. Pohlig)

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Funeral March

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude



Programme 23

29, 30 March 1912

Karl Pohlig

GUILMANT
Marche-Fantaisie for orchestra and organ

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'

MEYERBEER
O mon fils from Le Prophète

GRIEG
Lyric Suite

SCHUBERT
Hungarian March in C minor (orch. Liszt)

Wassili Leps, organ
Jeanne Gerville-Réache, contralto


Programme 24

6, 8 April 1912

Karl Pohlig

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation and Closing Scene Act 1

WAGNER
Parsifal, The Flower Maidens Act 2

WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music Act 3

WAGNER
Parsifal, Transformation and Glorification Music, Act 3



Programme 25

12, 13 April 1912

Karl Pohlig

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, Overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

WAGNER
Die Walküre, The Ride of the Valkyrie

WOLF-FERRARI
Preludes to Acts 2 and 3 from The Jewels of the Madonna

DVOŘÁK
In the Spinning Room, Op. 68 (orch. Pohlig)

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture

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