Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Ormandy era 1945 - 1952


1945 – 1946

Programme 1

28, 29 September 1945

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Overture in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

STRAVINSKY
Four Norwegian Moods

ROSSELLINI
Song of the Marshes

DEBUSSY
La mer

Programme 2

5, 6 October 1945

Eugene Ormandy

CORELLI
Suite for Strings (arr. Pinelli)

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1



Programme 3

19, 20 October 1945

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 31, 'Horn Signal'

MOZART
Et Incarnatus Est from Mass in C minor

MOZART
Dove sono from Le nozze di Figaro

CRESTON
Chant of 1943

RAVEL
Asie from Shéhézade

MIGNONE
Festa das Igrejas

Programme 4

26, 27 October 1945

Pierre Monteux

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

DEBUSSY
Nuages et Fêtes from Nocturnes

BLOCH
Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel



Programme 5

2, 3 November 1945

Eugene Ormandy

BARBER
Essay No. 2

LOPATNIKOFF
Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Lea Luboshutz, violin

Programme 6

16, 17 November 1945

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Three Wise Virgins, ballet suite (arr. Walton)

BACH
Violin Concerto No. 1

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

MILHAUD
Suite for violin and orchestra

STRAUSS
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 7

23, 24 November 1945

Eugene Ormandy

VILLA-;LOBOS
Preludio for cellos

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No. 1

FALLA
Dances from The Three Cornered Hat

James Chambers, horn


Programme 8

30 November, 1 December 1945

Eugene Ormandy

RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3

MARTINŮ
Symphony No. 4

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

William Kapell, piano

Programme 9

7, 8 December 1945

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Water Music, suite (arr. Ormandy)

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

ZIMBALIST
Portrait of an Artist

RESPIGHI
The Pines pf Rome

Programme 10

14, 15 December 1945

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, ballet music

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Robert Casadesus, piano



Programme 11

21, 22 December 1945

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Pastoral Symphony from the Messiah

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasy on Christmas Carols

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

John Ciavola, baritone
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society

Programme 12

28, 29 December 1945

Alexander Hillsberg

MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Programme 13

4, 5 January 1946

Bruno Walter

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

HAYDN
Symphony No. 92, 'Oxford'

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Desi Halban, soprano



Programme 14

11, 12 January 1946

Bruno Walter

CORELLI
Christmas Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

STRAUSS
Symphonia domestica

Programme 15

18, 19 January 1946

Eugene Ormandy

LECLAIR
Concerto grosso (orch. Dubensky)

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

PROKOFIEV
Suite Diabolique (orch. Byrns)

KODÁLY
Háry Janos, suite

Rudolf Serkin, piano

Programme 16

25, 26 January 1946

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Siegfried, Forest Murmurs

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries, Brünnhilde's Pleas, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

Women's Glee Club of the University of Pennsylvania



Programme 17

1, 2 February 1946

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Suite in E minor (orch. Skilton)

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 2

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

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite

Yehudi Menuhin, violin

Programme 18

8, 9 February 1946

Eugene Ormandy

FAURÉ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

György Sandor, piano

Programme 19

22, 23 February 1946

Saul Caston

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Carroll Glenn, violin



Programme 20

1, 2 March 1946

Eugene Ormandy

VIVALDI
Echo Concerto (orch. Molinari)

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'

HAUSSERMANN
Voice Concerto

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Margot Rebell, soprano

Programme 21

8, 9 March 1946

Eugene Ormandy

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, Overture

PISTON
Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Artur Rubinstein, piano

Programme 22

15, 16 March 1946

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'

BACH
Violin Concerto in D minor

CHAUSSON
Poème

RAVEL
Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2

Josef Szigeti, violin



Programme 23

22, 23 March 1946

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

ROGERS
Soliloquy

RESPIGHI
Feste romane

Programme 24

29, 30 March 1946

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Voyevode, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Bronislaw Huberman, violin

Programme 25

5, 6 April 1946

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Cailliet)

Leon Fleisher, piano



Programme 26

12, 13 April 1946

Alexander Hillsberg

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

MENDELSSOHN
Scherzo and Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream

STRAUSS, Johann
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz

Programme 27

20, 22 April 1946

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Parsifal, prelude

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

HOLST
The Perfect Fool, ballet suite

DEBUSSY
Reflets dans l'eau (orch. Ormandy)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture



Programme 28

26, 27 April 1946

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

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

STRAUSS, Johann
Emperor Waltz



1946 – 1947

Programme 1

4, 5 October 1946

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Programme 2

11, 12 October 1946

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, suite

KHACHATURIAN
Symphony No. 2

Programme 3

25, 26 October 1946

Eugene Ormandy

GRÉTRY
Cephale and Procis, suite (orch. Mottl)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

Erica Morini, violin



Programme 4

1, 2 November 1946

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 102

GESENSWAY
Flute Concerto

RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome

RAVEL
La Valse

William Kincaid, flute

Programme 5

15, 16 November 1946

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 38, 'Prague'

CARPENTER
The Seven Ages, Suite

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Claudio Arrau, piano



Programme 6

22, 23 November 1946

Eugene Ormandy
Zoltan Kodály*

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

MOZART
Ah, lo so from The Magic flute

MASSENET
Il est doux, il est bon from Hérodiade

VERDI
Ritorna vincitor from Aida

KODALY*
Peacock Variations

IBERT
Escales

Ellabelle Davis, soprano

Programme 7

29, 30 November 1946

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite No. 4, 'Mozartiana'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Programme 8

6, 7 December 1946

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

Gregor Piatigorsky, cello



Programme 9

13, 14 December 1946

Eugene Ormandy

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Symphony No. 3 in F major

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

FULEIHAN
Three Cyprus Serenades

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltzes

Rudolf f\irkusny, piano

Programme 10

20, 21 December 1946

Dimitri Mitropoulos

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Programme 11

27, 28 December 1946

Alexander Hilsberg

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Eugene List, piano



Programme 12

3, 4 January 1947

George Szell

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude und Liebestod

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

Programme 13

10, 11 January 1947

Igor Stravinsky

STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, Suite

STRAVINSKY
Scenes de Ballet

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo a la Russe

STRAVINSKY
Four Norwegian Moods

STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka

STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss, divertimento



Programme 14

17, 18 January 1947

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

DEBUSSY
La mer

Robert Casadesus, piano

Programme 15

24, 25 January 1947

Eugene Ormandy

SCARLATTI
The Good Humoured Ladies, ballet suite

ROUSSEL
Concerto for Small Orchestra

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Programme 16

31 January, 1 February 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Chorale Prelude, Wachet auf (orch. Ormandy)

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

Rudolf Serkin, piano



Programme 17

7, 8 February 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BORODIN
Prince Igor, Overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 6

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibtion (orch. Ravel)

Programme 18

21, 22 February 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Oh God, Who Srt Thyself the Light, Chorale Prelude (orch. McDonald)

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

CRESTON
Symphony No. 2

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1919)

William Kapell, piano

Programme 19

28 February, 1 March 1947

Bruno Walter

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

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

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'



Programme 20

7, 8 March 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

FRANCK
Symphony

KENNAN
Andante for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra

HINDEMITH
Nobilissima Visione, Suite

John De Lancie, oboe

Programme 21

14, 15 March 1947

Eugene Ormandy

DEBUSSY
Nuages et Fêtes from Nocturnes

DEBUSSY
Three Ballads of François Villon

DEBUSSY
Reflets dans l'eau (orch. Ormandy)

DEBUSSY
La damoiselle élue

DEBUSSY
Iberia from Images

Bidu Sayao, soprano
Rosalind Nadell, contralto
Women's Chorus of the University of Pennsylvania



Programme 22

21, 22 March 1947

Eugene Ormandy

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

COPLAND
Cortège macabre

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

STRAUSS
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome


Programme 23

28, 29 March 1947

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

Gary Graffman, piano

Programme 24

5, 7 April 1947

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Good Friday Music from Parsifal

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

SCHUMAN, William
Prayer in Time of War

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture



Programme 25

11, 12 April 1947

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
The Gods go a-Begging, ballet suite (arr. Beecham)

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

REVUELTAS
Sensemaya

STRAUSS
Don Juan

Programme 26

18, 19 April 1947

Eugene Ormandy

VAUCLAIN
Symphony in One Movement

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

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music and Immolation Scene

Dorothy Dow, soprano

Programme 27

25, 26 April 1947

Alexander Hilsberg

WEBER
Euryanthe, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

DIAMOND
Rounds for String Orchestra

STRAUSS, Johann
Emperor Waltz



Programme 28

2, 3 May 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

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

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite


1947 - 1948

Programme 1

26, 27 September 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Samuel Mayes, cello
Samuel Lifschey, viola

Programme 2

3, 4 October 1947

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

BERG
Wozzeck, fragments

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Gertrude Ribla, soprano

Programme 3

10, 11 October 1947

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

HANSON
Serenade for flute, Harp and Strings

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Guiomar Novaes, piano
William Kincaid, flute


Programme 4

24, 25 October 1947

Pierre Monteux

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

PIJPER
Symphony No. 3

CHAUSSON
Symphony

Programme 5

31 October, 1 November 1947

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 38, 'Prague'

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture, Scherzo and Nocturne

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Programme 6

14, 15 November 1947

Eugene Ormandy

MIASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 21

PROKOFIEV
Scythian Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

Alexander Brailowsky, piano



Programme 7

21, 22 November 1947

Eugene Ormandy

CORELLI
Suite for Strings (arr. Pinelli)

PERSICHETTI
Symphony No. 3

MOZART
Flute Concerto in G major

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

William Kincaid, flute

Programme 8

28, 29 November 1947

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Introduction and Rigaudon (arr. Harty)

ZIMBALIST
Violin Concerto in C sharp minor

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Efrem Zimbalist, violin

Programme 9

5, 6 December 1947

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 88

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

BARBER
Medea, ballet music

Menahem Pressler, piano



Programme 10

12, 13 December 1947

Eugene Ormandy

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

KHACHATURIAN
Gayaneh, Dances

Programme 11

19, 20 December 1947

Dimitri Mitropoulos

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'

REGER
Four Böcklin Tone Poems

IBERT
Escales

Programme 12

26, 27 December 1947

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Pastoral Symphony from Messiah

MOZART
Double Piano Concerto

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 3, Dance of the Apprentices and Entrance of the Masters



Programme 13

2, 3 January 1948

Eugene Ormandy

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2 for strings

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1919)

FRANCK
Symphony

Programme 14

9, 10 January 1948

Alexander Hilsberg

BACH
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major (orch. Weiner)

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Programme 15

16, 17 January 1948

George Szell

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'



Programme 16

23, 24 January 1948

Alexander Hilsberg

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

Jacques Thibaud, violin

Programme 17

30, 31 January 1948

Alexander Hilsberg

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

KABALEVSKY
People's Festival from Colas Breugnon

FULEIHEN
Theremin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

Clara Rockmere, theremin

Programme 18

6, 7 February 1948

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

TCHAIKOVSKY
Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'



Programme 19

20, 21 February 1948

Eugene Ormandy

THOMSON
Symphony on a Hymn Tune

SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 3

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

RAVEL
La Valse

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 20

27, 28 February 1948

Bruno Walter

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9



Programme 21

5, 6 March 1948

Eugene Ormandy

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for wind instruments

JOHANN STRAUSS
A Night in Venice, Overture

JOHANN STRAUSS
Pizzicato Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS
Blue Danube, waltz

Marcel Tabuteau, oboe
Ralph McLean, clarinet
Mason Jones, horn
Sol Schoenbach, bassoon

Programme 22

12, 13 March 1948

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

Rudolf Serkin, piano

Programme 23

19, 20 March 1948

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
The Island of the Dead

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1

Jeanne Therrien, piano


Programme 24

27, 29 March 1948

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Programme 25

2, 3 April 1948

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

ROZSA
Theme, Variations and Finale

RESPIGHI
Roman Festivals

Programme 26

9, 10 April 1948

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in D major

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

McDONALD
Saga of the Mississippi

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Rudolf Firkusny, piano



Programme 27

16, 17 April 1948

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'

SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

LISZT
Les Préludes

Angel Reyes, violin

Programme 28

23, 24 April 1948

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

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

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite


1948 – 1949

Programme 1

1, 2 October 1948

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in F minor (orch. Zador)

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Programme 2

8, 9 October 1948

Eugene Ormandy

LULLY
Country Wedding, ballet suite (orch. Rosenthal)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Programme 3

15, 16 October 1948

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

COPLAND
A Lincoln Portrait

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Claude Rains, speaker
Ginette Neveu, violin



Programme 4

22, 23 October 1948

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome

RAVEL
Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2

Programme 5

5, 6 November 1948

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 9

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Programme 6

12, 13 November 1948

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise'

GRIFFES
The White Peacock

BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

KHACHATURIAN
Piano Concerto

William Kapell, piano



Programme 7

19, 20 November 1948

Eugene Ormandy

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture and Entr'acte in B flat major

MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, Overture

LANNER
Schönbrunner Waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Electrofor, Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Perpetuum mobile

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Explosion Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor Waltz

David Madison, violin
Samurl Lifschey, viola

Programme 8

26, 27 November 1948

Eugene Ormandy

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

THOMSON
Louisiana Story, Suite

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

Ania Dorfman, piano



Programme 9

3, 4 December 1948

Eugene Ormandy
Evan Whallon*

REZNICEK*
Donna Diana, overture

MENNINI*
Andante and Allegro Energico

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Programme 10

10, 11 December 1948

Alexander Hilsberg

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Programme 11

17, 18 December 1948

Leonard Bernstein

BARTÓK
Music for strings, Percussion and Celesta

RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Leonard Bernstein, piano



Programme 12

23, 27 December 1948

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Pastorale from Christmas Oratorio

ROSENTHAL
Christmas Symphonies

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, ballet suite

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 13

31 December 1948, 1 January 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Two Chorales Preludes (orch. Schoenberg)

ANTHEIL
Symphony No. 5

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Claudio Arrau, piano

Programme 14

7, 8 January 1949

Hans Kindler

FRESCOBALDI
Toccata (orch. Kindler)

MOZART
Symphony No. 29

HENRY
Pacific Nocturne

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4



Programme 15

14, 15 January 1949

Ernest Ansermet

MOZART
Symphony No. 38, Prague'

STRAVINSKY
The Song of the Nightingale

FAURÉ
Pélleas et Mélisande, Suite

DEBUSSY
La mer

Programme 16

21, 22 January 1949

Alexander Hilsberg

MOZART
Don Giovanni, overture

BARBER
Symphony No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Nathan Milstein, violin

Programme 17

28, 29 January 1949

Alexander Hilsberg

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, overture

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, suite



Programme 18

4, 5 February 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Ormandy)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

Menahem Pressler, piano

Programme 19

18, 19 February 1949

Eugene Ormandy

SCHOENBERG
Theme and Variations

HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Clifford Curzon, piano

Programme 20

25, 26 February 1949

Guido Cantelli

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

GHEDINI
Pezzo Concertante

VERDI
The Sicilian Vespers, overture



Programme 21

4, 5 March 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Ach Gott von Himmel, Chorale Prelude (orch. McDonald)

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 2

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Programme 22

11, 12 March 1949

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
Vocalise (arr. for orchestra)

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Seymour Lipkin, piano

Programme 23

18, 19 March 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BARBER
Adagio for Strings

FRANCK
Symphony

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

Byron Janis, piano



Programme 24

25, 26 March 1949

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Isolde's narrative to Brangaene, Act 1

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Suite from Act 3

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music and Immolation Scene

Helen Traubel, soprano

Programme 25

1, 2 April 1949

Alexander Hilsberg

STRAUSS
Don Juan

McDONALD
Two Hispanic Pieces

SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1

PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges, Suite

MILHAUD
Cello Concerto No. 1

Gregor Piatigorsky, cello



Programme 26

8, 9 April 1949

Alexander Hilsberg

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Isaac Stern, violin

Programme 27

16, 18 April 1949

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude

COPLAND
A Lincoln Portrait

KENNAN
Night Soliloquy

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Claude Rains, speaker

Programme 28

22, 23 April 1949

Eugene Ormandy

FRANCK
Symphony

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite


1949 – 1950



Programme 1

7, 8 October 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Programme 2

14, 15 October 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, incidental music

LISZT
A Faust Symphony

Theodora Brandon, soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Goethe Festival Men's Chorus

Programme 3

21, 22 October 1949

Eugene Ormandy

CRESTON
Symphony No. 2

MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1

IBERT
Escales

HONEGGER
Pastorale d'été

RAVEL
La valse

Ania Dorfman, piano


Programme 4

4, 5 November 1949

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Chorale Prelude, Ach Gott von Himmel (trans. McDonald)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Rudolf Serkin, piano

Programme 5

11, 12 November 1949

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Oprichnik, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Programme 6

18, 19 November 1949

Eugene Ormandy

SCHREIBER
Sinfonietta in G major

CASADESUS
Piano Concerto in E major

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

BERLIOZ
Queen Mab, scherzo from The Damnation of Faust

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

Robert Casadesus, piano


Programme 7

25, 26 November 1949

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, 'jupiter'

MOZART
Misera, dove son...Ah! non son io, recitative and aria

BEETHOVEN
Abscheulicher, aria from Fidelio

HINDEMITH
Symphonia serena

TCHAIKOVSKY
Letter Song from Eugene Onegin

Joan Hammond, soprano

Programme 8

2, 3 December 1949

Eugene Ormandy

STRAUSS
Der Burger als Edelmann, Suite

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Paul Olefsky, cello
Samuel Lifschey, viola

Programme 9

9, 10 December 1949

Eugene Ormandy

VIVALDI
Concerto in G minor (arr. Molinari)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 6

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Erica Morini, violin

Programme 10

16, 17 December 1949

Eugene Ormandy

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 3

MOZART
Bassoon Concerto

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Der Zigeunerbaron, overture

JOHANN STRAUSS II
New Pizzicato Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Annen Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Leichtes Blut, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Voices of Spring, Waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz

Sol Schoenbach, bassoon


Programme 11

23, 24 December 1949

Alexander Hilsberg

HANDEL
Pastorale from The Messiah

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Ah! Perfido

STRAUSS
Don Juan

NICOLAI
Nun eilt herbei, aria from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

WEBER
Leise, leise from Der Freischütz

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture

Eleanor Steber, soprano

Programme 12

30, 31 December 1949

Leonard Bernstein

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliet, symphony


Programme 13

6, 7 January 1950

Ernest Ansermet

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

MARTIN
Petite Symphonie Concertante

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, suite

Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord
Marilyn Costello, harp
Joseph Levine, piano
Women's Chorus of Temple University

Programme 14

13, 14 January 1950

Eugene Ormandy

COUPERIN
La Sultane, excerpts (arr. Milhaud)

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 6

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 15

20, 21 January 1950

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

BRAND
Wonderful One-Hoss Shay

DEBUSSY
La mer

Eileen Joyce, soprano

Programme 16

27, 28 January 1950

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 7, 'Le Midi'

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

WARD
Symphony No. 2

LISZT
Totentanz

Alexander Brailowsky, piano

Programme 17

3, 4 February 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata in C major (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Menahem Pressler, piano

Programme 18

17, 18 February 1950

Alexander Hilsberg

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 2

HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Isaac Stern, violin


Programme 19

24, 25 February 1950

Victor de Sabata

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

GHEDINI
Marinaresca e Baccanale

GOULD
Spirituals for Orchestra

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

Programme 20

3, 4 March 1950

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
Three Preludes (C sharp minor, D major, C minor) (orch. Cailliet)

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Jean Graham, piano

Programme 21

10, 11 March 1950

Eugene Ormandy

MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

William Kapell, piano


Programme 22

17, 18 March 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
The Wise Virgins, ballet suite (arr. Walton)

MOZART
Come scoglio from Cosi fan tutte

WOLF
Kennst du das Land

VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5

CHARPENTIER
Depuis le jour from Louise

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Dorothy Maynor, soprano

Programme 23

24, 25 March 1950

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

MARTINŮ
Two Piano Concerto

THOMSON
Cello Concerto

ENESCU
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Pierre Luboshutz, piano
Genia Nemenoff, piano
Paul Olefsky, cello


Programme 24

31 March, 1 April 1950

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Concerto in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

FRANCK
Symphony

STEINERT
Nightingale and the Rose

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1

Programme 25

8, 10 April 1950

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Good Friday Music from Parsifal

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Artur Rubinstein, piano

Programme 26

14, 15 April 1950

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 suite

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Women's Chorus of Temple University


Programme 27

21, 22 April 1950

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Harp Concerto in B flat major

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

SALZEDO
Harp and Wind Concerto

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Carlos Salzedo, harp

Programme 28

28, 29 April 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

SMETANA
Vltava

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
 
 
1950 – 1951

Programme 1

6, 7 October 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, Love Music Act 2 and Liebestod

Programme 2

13, 14 October 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

HINDEMITH
Nobilissima visione, suite

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Programme 3

20, 21 October 1950

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

HANSON
Pastorale

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique



Programme 4

3, 4 November 1950

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Water Music, Suite (arr. Ormandy)

CRESTON
Symphony No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Programme 5

10. 11 November 1950

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Cantata No. 140, 'Sleepers awake', Opening and Closing choruses

BACH
Piano Concerto in D minor

BACH
Triple concerto in A minor for piano, violin and flute

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Ormandy)

Zino Francescatti, violin
Alexander Hilsberg, violin
William Kincaid, flute
Temple University Choirs

Programme 6

17, 18 November 1950

Eugene Ormandy

RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin

MILHAUD
Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Rudolf Serkin, piano


Programme 7

24, 25 November 1950

Eugene Ormandy

HONEGGER
Prelude, Arioso and Fughetto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

COPLAND
Clarinet Concertp

KODÁLY
Hary Janos, suite

Ralph McLane, clarinet

Programme 8

1, 2 December 1950

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, prelude

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

MENNINI
Arioso

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite

Programme 9

8, 9 December 1950

Eugene Ormandy

STRAUSS
Don Juan

McDONALD
Symphony No. 1

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome


Programme 10

15, 16 December 1950

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Elsa Hilger, cello

Programme 11

22, 23 December 1950

Eugene Ormandy

LUDLOW
Christmas Overture

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite

WEINBERGER
Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper

Anna Xydis, piano

Programme 12

29, 30 December 1950

Ernest Ansermet

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

DEBUSSY
Rondes de Printemps from Images

ROUSSEL
Suite in F major

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2



Programme 13

5, 6 January 1951

Alexander Hilsberg

SCHUMANN
Manfred, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Yehudi Menuhin, violin

Programme 14

12, 13 January 1951

Paul Paray

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

RAVEL
La Valse

FAURÉ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

]Programme 15

19, 20 January 1951

Alexander Hilsberg

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

VILLA-LOBOS
Prelude to Bachiana Brasileiras No. 1

BACH
Prelude in E major (trans. Hilsberg)

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

FRANCK
Symphony


Programme 16

26, 27 January 1951

Saul Caston

BACH
Fugue in G minor ‘The Little’ (orch. Caston)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

HINDEMITH
Cupid and Psyche, ballet overture

RESPIGHI
Fountains of Rome

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Programme 17

2, 3 February 1951

Alexander Hilsberg

BACH
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major (orch. Weiner)

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Rudolf Firkusny, piano

Programme 18

16, 17 February 1951

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Pohjola's Daughter

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Emil Telmanyi, violin



Programme 19

23, 24 February 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Komm, süsser Tod (orch. Ormandy)

TOCH
Music for Orchestra and Baritone

DEBUSSY
Iberia from Images

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

David Daniels, baritone

Programme 20

2, 3 March 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Choral Fantasy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Maryan Filar, piano
Hallie Nowland, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Koloman von Pataky, tenor
Mack Harrell, bass
Temple University Choir
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society

Programme 21

9, 10 March 1951

Eugene Ormandy

CORELLI
Suite for Strings

SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 3

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Solomon, piano



Programme 22

16, 17 March 1951

Eugene Ormandy
Erik Tuxen^

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

NIELSEN*
Symphony No. 5

Menahem Pressler, piano

Programme 23

24, 26 March 1951

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Elsa's Dream

WAGNER
Die Walküre.Du bist der Lenz

WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death, Funeral and Immolation Scene

Astrid Varnay, soprano

Programme 24

30, 31 March 1951

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

YARDUMIAN
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Anshel Brusilow, violin

Programme 25

6, 7 April 1951

Eugene Ormandy

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

William Kapell, piano

Programme 26

13, 14 April 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

BOROWSKY
Symphony No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Nathan Milstein, violin

Programme 27

20, 21 April 1951

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

MOZART
Flute and Harp Concerto

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, Suite

William Kincaid, flute
Merilyn Costello, harp


Programme 28

27, 28 April 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite


1951 – 1952


Programme 1

5, 6 October 1951

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude

FRANCK
Symphony

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

Programme 2

12, 13 October 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Programme 3

19, 20 October 1951

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture and Adagio

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5


Programme 4

2, 3 November 1951

Eugene Ormandy

CHAUSSON
Symphony

RAMEAU
Invocation, Hymn to the Sun

BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust, excerpts

DUPARC
Phydile, song

RAVEL
Don Quichotte á Dulcinée

DEBUSSY
La Mer

Martial Singher, baritone

Programme 5

9, 10 November 1951

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Overture in D minor

SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 6

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Alexander Brailowsky, piano

Programme 6

16, 17 November 1951

Eugene Ormandy

TELEMANN
Suite in A minor

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

ALBENIZ
Iberia

RAVEL
La valse
Programme 7

23, 24 November 1951

Eugene Ormandy

VERDI
Requiem Mass

Francis Yeend, soprano
Nan Merriman, contralto
Andrew McKinley, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Temple University Choirs
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society

Programme 8

30 November, 1 December 1951

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

DEBUSSY
Danse sacrée et Danse profane

IBERT
Escales

Marilyn Costello, harp

Programme 9

7, 8 December 1951

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Lemminkaïnen, Suite

GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

Oscar Levant, piano


Programme 10

14, 15 December 1951

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Oprichnik, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin

Programme 11

21, 22 December 1951

Eugene Ormandy

McDONALD
Lullaby, Gott Weiss Alles

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 3

MOZART
Oboe Quartet (arr for oboe and strings McDonald)

JOHANN STRAUSS II
A Night in Venice, overture

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Acceleration Waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Wine, Women and Song, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz

JOSEF STRAUSS
Feuerfest, polka

EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn Frei, galop

Marcel Tabuteau, oboe


Programme 12

28, 29 December 1951

Eugene Ormandy

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Sinfonia in D major

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Maryan Filar, piano

Programme 13

4, 5 January 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Chorale Preludes, Ach Gott (arr. McDonald)

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

SATIE
Gymnopedies Nos. 1 and 3 (orch. Debussy)

DEBUSSY
Danse (orch. Ravel)

ENESCU
Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1

Programme 14

11, 12 January 1952

Eugene Ormandy

HAUG
Passacaglia

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

THOMSON
Acadian Songs and Dances, symphonic suite

LISZT
Les Prèludes


Programme 15

18, 19 January 1952

Victor de Sabata

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'

MENOTTI
Apocalypse

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Programme 16

25, 26 January 1952

Victor de Sabata

BACH
Pastorale from The Christmas Oratorio

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

CASELLA
La Giara, ballet suite

CRESTON
Five Choric Dances

RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome

Programme 17

1, 2 February 1952

Sir Thomas Beecham

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6

BERNERS
The Triumph of Neptune

ROSSINI
Semiramide, overture


Programme 18

8, 9 February 1952

Alexander Hilsberg

LOCATELLI
Concerto for Strings and Organ

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 5

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

LISZT
Hungarian Fantasy (arr. for piano and orchestra)

BARTÓK
Dance Suite

Claudio Arrau, piano

Programme 19

15, 16 February 1952

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyries

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, Love Music Act 2 and Liebestod


Programme 20

22, 23 February 1952

Eugene Ormandy

McDONALD
1941, overture

KOUTZEN
Violin Concerto

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Nadia Koutzen, violin

Programme 21

7, 8 March 1952

Eugene Ormandy

SWANSON
Short Symphony

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

STRAUSS
Feuersnot, Love Scene

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, suite

Programme 22

14, 15 March 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Nathan Milstein, violin


Programme 23

21, 22 March 1952

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

ROUSSEL
The Spider's Feast, symphonic fragments

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Programme 24

28, 29 March 1952

Alexander Hilsberg

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Programme 25

4, 5 April 1952

Eugene Ormandy

KABALEVSKY
Colas Breugnon, overture

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 6

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano


Programme 26

11, 12 April 1952

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude

HONEGGER
King David, biblical cantata

Theodora Brandon, soprano
Beverly Anne Wolff, mezzo-soprano
David Poleri, tenor
Helen Colbert, soprano
Temple University Choirs

Programme 27

18, 19 April 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
The Wise Virgins, ballet suite (arr. Walton)

BACH
Piano Concerto in E major

BACH
Concerto for Two Flutes, Piano and Strings, BWV 1057

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in C major

Agi Jambor, piano
William Kincaid, flute
Robert Cole, flute

Programme 28

25, 26 April 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
 
 

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