Monday, 10 December 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Stokowski era 1919 - 1924


1919 – 1920

Programme 1

17, 18 October 1919

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts

HILL
Stevensoniana

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Programme 2

24, 25 October 1919

Leopold Stokowski
Samuel Gardner*

BIZET
L'Arlésienne, suite

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

GARDNER*
New Russia, tone poem

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

Samuel Gardner, violin



Programme 3

31 October, 1 November 1919

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

MOZART
Symphony No. 39

BEETHOVEN
Choral Fantasy

Olga Samaroff, piano
Philadelphia Chorus

Programme 4

7, 8 November 1919

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

DVORSKY
The Haunted Castle

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture



Programme 5

14, 15 November 1919

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, overture

HAYDN
Symphony No. 88

BRAHMS
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (orch. Stokowski)

SCHUMANN
Two Brides Songs (orch. Stokowski)

SCHUBERT
Der Erlkönig (orch. Stokowski)

MALIPIERO
Sette espressioni sinfoniche

WAGNER
Final Scene from Götterdämmerung

Margaret Matzenauer, soprano

Programme 6

28, 29 November 1919

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Don Giovanni, overture

BRAHMS
Double Concerto

MacDOWELL
Dirge from Indian Suite

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Thaddeus Rich, violin
Hans Kindler, cello



Programme 7

5, 6 December 1919

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

LOEFFLER
A Pagan Poem

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

Harold Bauer, piano

Programme 8

19, 20 December 1919

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

GRIFFES
Roman Sketches

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (orch. Müller-Berghaus)

Programme 9

26, 27 December 1919

Leopold Stokowski

HADLEY
Othello, overture

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano


Programme 10

2, 3 January 1920

Leopold Stokowski

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, overture

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Alfred Cortot, piano

Programme 11

9, 10 January 1920

Thaddeus Rich

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, overture

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Fritz Kreisler, violin

Programme 12

23, 24 January 1920

Leopold Stokowski

GLUCK
Iphigenie in Aulis, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

BACH
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! From Cantata No. 70

MASON
Five Russian Songs

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

Reinald Werrenrath, baritone



Programme 13

30, 31 January 1920

Leopold Stokowski

HERBERT
Prelude to Act 3 of Natoma

GILBERT
Prologue to Riders to the Sea

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, overture

Programme 14

6, 7 February 1920

Leopold Stokowski

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

RACHMANINOV
The Bells

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
Florence Hinkle, soprano
Arthur Hackett, tenor
Fred Patton, baritone
Philadelphia Chorus



Programme 15

13, 14 February 1920

Leopold Stokowski

WALFORD DAVIES
Solemn Melody

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

CHAUSSON
Le temps de lilas

DUPARC
L'Invitation au voyage

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

Maggie Teyte, soprano

Programme 16

27, 28 February 1920

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

LORENZITI
Concerto for Viola d'amore, double bass and orchestra

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

Thaddeus Rich, viola d’amore
Anton Torello, double bass

Programme 17

5, 6 March 1920

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, overture, Entr'acte No. 3 and ballet music No. 2

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 4

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Thelma Given, violin


Programme 18

12, 13 March 1920

Leopold Stokowski

FRANCK
Symphony

LYAPUNOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries

Katherine Goodson, piano

Programme 19

26, 27 March 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

GLUCK
Che faro senza euridice, aria

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

RACHMANINOV
Keep the Pain, song

SACHNOVSKY
The Clock, song

AUBERT
Chanson Espagnole, song

FOURDRAIN
Carnival, song

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

Emma Roberts, contralto



Programme 20

3, 5 April 1920

Ossip Gabrilowitsch

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, overture

Programme 21

9, 10 April 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

WEBER
Bassoon Concertino

MAQUARRE
Two Pieces for Orchestra

BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust, three excerpts

Richard Krueger, bassoon

Programme 22

16, 17 April 1920

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

BRUCH
Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey

Eddy Brown, violin



Programme 23

23, 24 April 1920

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

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

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

Rudolph Ganz, piano

Programme 24

30 April, 1 May 1920

Leopold Stokowski

ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville, overture

ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville, Una voce poco fa

DONIZETTI
Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor

MOZART
Oboe Quartet in F major (orch Stokowski)

WAGNER
Siegfried, Forest Murmurs

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

Estelle Hughes, soprano
Marcel Tabuteau, oboe



Programme 25

7, 8 May 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Vahrah Hanbury, soprano
Alice Fidler, contralto
Robert Quait, tenor
J. Campbell McInnes, bass
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus


1920 – 1921

Programme 1

15, 16 October 1920

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

SOWERBY
Comes Autumn Time, overture

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

Programme 2

22, 23 October 1920

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

CASELLA
Italia, rhapsody

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

SIBELIUS
Finlandia



Programme 3

29, 30 October 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

DEBUSSY
Le Chevelure, song

DUPARC
Extase

CHAUSSON
Chanson Perpetuelle

ROPARTZ
Symphony No. 4

TCHAIKOVSKY
Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Margaret Matzenauer, soprano


Programme 4

5, 6 November 1920

Leopold Stokowski
Cyril Scott*

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (First movement)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

SCOTT
Piano Concerto No. 1

SCOTT*
Two Passacaglias for orchestra

Cyril Scott, piano



Programme 5

19, 20 November 1920

Leopold Stokowski

GOLDMARK
In the Spring, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Weingartner)

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

Robert Schmitz, piano

Programme 6

26, 27 November 1920

Leopold Stokowski

CARPENTER
A Pilgrim Vision

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

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

Programme 7

3, 4 December 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Della Hulter, soprano
Ellen Rumsey, contralto
Lainhert Murphy, tenor
Royal Dadmun, baritone
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus



Programme 8

17, 18 December 1920

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

BRAHMS
Double Concerto

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Thaddeus Rich, violin
Michel Penha, cello

Programme 9

24, 27 December 1920

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

DEBUSSY
Nuages et Fêtes from Nocturnes

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

Programme 10

31 December 1920, 1 January 1921

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Don Giovanni, overture

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Fritz Kreisler, violin



Programme 11

7, 8 January 1921

Ossip Gabrilowitsch

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture

STRAUSS
Don Juan

Programme 12

21, 22 January 1921

Ossip Gabrilowitsch

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'

Alex Schmuller, violin

Programme 13

28, 29 January 1921

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

LALO
Cello Concerto

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude



Programme 14

4, 5 February 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin

CHAUSSON
Symphony

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March and Closing Scene

Programme 15

11, 12 February 1921

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture

Programme 16

25, 26 February 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

Mischa Levitzki, piano





Programme 17

4, 5 March 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
A German Requiem

Florence Hinkle, soprano
Reginald Werrenrath, baritone
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Programme 18

11, 12 March 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

MOZART
Per quella bella mano, concert aria

SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande

SCHILLINGS
Das Hexenlied

David Bispham, baritone

Programme 19

18, 19 March 1921

Willem Mengelberg

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

FACCIO
Dubita pur che brillino from Amletto

MASSENET
Pleurez mes yeux, aria fro Le Cid

LISZT
Les Préludes

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Hulda Lashanska, soprano




Programme 20

26, 28 March 1921

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

QUILTER
Children's Overture

TURINA
La Procession del Rocio

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

Jacques Thibaud, violin

Programme 21

1, 2 April 1921

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY
Fireworks

WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyries

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano



Programme 22

15, 16 April 1921

Leopold Stokowski

FRANCK
Symphony

WIENAWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche slave

Carlton Cooley, violin

Programme 23

22, 23 April 1921

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla and the Invocation of Alberich

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

WAGNER
Siegfried, Forest Murmurs

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Funeral March, and Closing Scene

Programme 24

29, 30 April 1921

Leopold Stokowski

GILCHRIST
Symphonic Poem

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

MALIPIERO
Ditrirambo tragico

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Olga Samaroff, piano


Programme 25

6, 7 May 1921

Leopold Stokowski

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

May Peterson, soprano
Merle Alcock, contralto
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus


1921 – 1922


Programme 1

7, 8 October 1921

Leopold Stokowski

FRANCK
Symphony

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

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

Programme 2

14, 15 October 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

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

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

BRAUNFELS
Fantastic Variations of a Theme by Hector Berlioz

Emil Telmanyi, violin

Programme 3

21, 22 October 1921

Leopold Stokowski

DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

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

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

Programme 4

28, 29 October 1921

Leopold Stokowski
Alfredo Casella*

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20

CASELLA
Pages of War

BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust, Three Excerpts

Alfredo Casella, piano

Programme 5

4, 5 November 1921

Leopold Stokowski

FITELBERG
Polish Rhapsody

BLOCH
Suite for viola and orchestra

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Programme 6

18, 19 November 1921

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Preludes to Acts 1 and 3

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod


Programme 7

25, 26 November 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

SCHOENBERG
Five Orchestral Pieces

SIBELIUS
Finlandia

Programme 8

2, 3 December 1921

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

LISZT
Les Préludes

Arrigo Serato, violin

Programme 9

16, 17 December 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

HAYDN
Symphony No. 100, 'Military'

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade


Programme 10

23, 24 December 1921

Richard Strauss

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

VIVALDI
Violin Concerto in A minor

STRAUSS
Der Burger als Edelmann, suite

Paul Kochanski, violin

Programme 11

30, 31 December 1921

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

WAGNER
Wesendonck Lieder (Im Treibhaus, Schmerzen and Träume)

STRAUSS
Lieder aus Das Knaben Wumderhorn (4)

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite

Elena Gerhardt, soprano


Programme 12

6, 7 January 1922

Vincent D'Indy

MONTEVERDI
Orfeo, overture

DE LALANDE
Chaconne

BACH
Piano Concerto in D major

LE FLEM
Pour les Morts

ROUSSEL
Evocations, excerpts

D'INDY
Poème des Rivages

Bruce Simonds, piano

Programme 13

20, 21 January 1922

Thaddeus Rich

GOLDMARK
Sakuntala, overture

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

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Myra Hess, piano


Programme 14

27, 28 January 1922

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

MUSSORGSKY
A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Stokowski)

BORODIN
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Programme 15

3,4 February 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Ferenc Vecsey, violin

Programme 16

10, 11 February 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Stokowski)

HANDEL
Concerto grosso No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5


Programme 17

24, 25 February 1922

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture

MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Thaddeus Rich, violin
Romain Verney, viola

Programme 18

3, 4 March 1922

Leopold Stokowski

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

SCHELLING
Fantastic Suite for piano and orchestra

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey

Ernest Schelling, piano

Programme 19

10, 11 March 1922

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

CARPENTER
A Pilgrim Vision

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

Josef Hofmann, piano
Programme 20

17, 18 March 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche slave

Michel Penha, cello

Programme 21

24, 25 March 1922

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

MOZART
Mia speranza adorata, concert aria

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

STRAUSS
Grossmachtige Prinzessin from Ariadne auf Naxos

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Maria Ivogün, soprano


Programme 22

7, 8 April 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

SCRIABIN
Prometheus

Harold Bauer, piano

Programme 23

15, 17 April 1922

Leopold Stokowski

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 39

FALLA
Love the Magician

BACH
Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Stokowski)


Programme 24

21, 22 April 1922

Leopold Stokowski

MULLER
Carnival Overture, Schiaraffiada

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Edward Lane, piano

Programme 25

28, 29 April 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

FRANCK
Symphony

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade


1922 – 1923

Programme 1

6, 7 October 1922

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

DEBUSSY
Le Cour de Lys from Le martyre de Saint Sebastien

RAVEL
La valse

Programme 2

13, 14 October 1922

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

HALÉVY
Jaguarita Aria with Flute Obbligato

SCHUBERT
German Dances

KORNGOLD
Liebesbriefchen and Sommer, songs

REGER
Cradle Song

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Claire Dux, soprano



Programme 3

20, 21 October 1922

Leopold Stokowski

LULLY
Suite (orch. Mottl)

VIVALDI
Concerto Grosso in D minor

ROSSINI
William Tell overture

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

Programme 4

27, 28 October 1922

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

BLOCH
Schelomo

MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, entr'acte

STRAVINSKY
Fireworks

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

Hans Kinder, cello



Programme 5

3, 4 November 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Olga Samaroff, piano

Programme 6

17, 18 November 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

Bronislaw Huberman, violin

Programme 7

24, 25 November 1922

Leopold Stokowski

FRANCK
Symphony

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre

CHABRIER
España, rhapsody


Programme 8

1, 2 December 1922

Leopold Stokowski
Camille Zeckwer*

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

ZECKWER*
Jade Butterflies

LISZT
Totentanz

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Immolation Scene

Alexander Siloti, piano
Thaddeus Rich, violin
William Kincaid, flute

Programme 9

8, 9 December 1922

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture



Programme 10

15, 16 December 1922

Leopold Stokowski

DEBUSSY
Le Cour de Lys from Le martyre de Saint Sebastien

RAVEL
Two Hebraic Melodies

CHAUSSON
Symphony

BRAHMS
Hungarian Dances, Nos. 5 and 6 (orch. Parlow)

DELAGE
Two Hindu poems

STRAVINSKY
Three Japanese Poems

BORODIN
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Eva Gauthier, mezzo-soprano

Programme 11

22, 23 December 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Shepherd's Music from The Christmas Oratorio

BACH
Violin Concerto in G minor

BACH
Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Stokowski)

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

WAGNER
Die Walküre, Conclusion of Act 3

Jacques Thibaud, violin



Programme 12

29, 30 December 1922

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAUSS
Don Juan

Alfred Cortot, piano

Programme 13

5, 6 January 1923

George Enescu
Thaddeus Rich*

ENESCU
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2

BRAHMS*
Violin Concerto

ENESCU
Symphony No. 1

George Enescu, violin

Programme 14

19, 20 January 1923

Thaddeus Rich

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

CHARPENTIER
Impressions of Italy

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture



Programme 15

26, 27 January 1923

Darius Milhaud

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Concerto in D major (orch. Steinberg)

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

BIZET
L'Arlèsienne, Suite No. 2

POULENC
Overture

AURIC
Nocturne

MILHAUD
Serenade in three parts

SATIE
Parade

MILHAUD
Three Dances from Saudades do Brasil

Programme 16

2, 3 February 1923

Thaddeus Rich

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

MUSSORGSKY
A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Stokowski)

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

SIBELIUS
Finlandia



Programme 17

9, 10 February 1923

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Prelude Act 3

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Funeral March

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude Act 3

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Programme 18

23, 24 February 1923

Leopold Stokowski
Ernest Schelling*

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

SCHELLING*
A Victory Ball

DEBUSSY
Lia's Aria from l'enfant prodigue

TCHAIKOVSKY
Adieu forets, aria from The Maid of Orleans

BERLIOZ
Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust (arr. Stokowski)

Ruth Montague, mezzo-soprano



Programme 19

2, 3 March 1923

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

PICK-MANGIAGALLI
Sortilegi

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

Programme 20

9, 10 March 1923

Leopold Stokowski

MASON
Prelude and Fugue

EICHHEIM
Oriental Sketches for Orchestra

POWELL
Rapsodie Negro

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel



Programme 21

16, 17 March 1923

Leopold Stokowski

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

MUSSORGSKY
Four Songs (Trepak, Humoresque, Reverie and Dance, Death and the General

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Marfa's aria from The Tsar's Bride

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Two Songs

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Dance from the Snow Maiden

Nina Koshetz, soprano

Programme 22

31 March, 2 April 1923

Leopold Stokowski

SCHOENBERG
Chamber Symphony

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter



Programme 23

6, 7 April 1923

Leopold Stokowski

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Artur Schnabel, piano

Programme 24

13, 14 April 1923

Leopold Stokowski

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

LISZT
Faust Symphony

Arthur Hackett, tenor
Philadelphia Orchestra Mens Chorus

Programme 25

20, 21 April 1923

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Alberich's Curse and Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

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

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

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



Programme 26

27, 28 April 1923

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812, Overture



1923- 1924

Programme 1

5, 6 October 1923

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio Italien

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Programme 2

13, 15 October 1923

Leopold Stokowski

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture, Entr'acte and Ballet Music

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Paul Kochanski, violin

Programme 3

19, 20 October 1923

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

HAYDN
Symphony No. 95

STRAVINSKY
The Song of the Nightingale

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite


Programme 4

26, 27 October 1923

Leopold Stokowski

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Invisible City of Kitezh, Prelude and Battle of Kershenetz

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Programme 5

2, 3 November 1923

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Huldigungsmarsch

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude Act 3

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

WAGNER
Siegfried, Waldweben

WAGNER
Siegfried, Siegfried's Arrival at Brünnhilde's Rock

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


Programme 6

16, 17 November 1923

Leopold Stokowski

GLUCK
Alceste, overture (arr. Stokowski)

HANDEL
Harpsichord Concerto in B flat, Op. 4/2

BACH
Italian Concerto, BWV 971

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

Wanda Landowska, harpsichord and piano

Programme 7

23, 24 November 1923

Leopold Stokowski

SIBELIUS
Finlandia

STRAVINSKY
Symphonies of Wind Instruments

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)

Thaddeus Rich, violin


Programme 8

30 November, 1 December 1923

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3 (arr. Stokowski

HANDEL
Stille Amare, aria from Tolomeo

WAGNER
Erda's Warning from Das Rheingold

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

Elizabeth Bonner, contralto

Programme 9

7, 8 December 1923

Leopold Stokowski

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Alexander Siloti, piano

Programme 10

14, 15 December 1923

Leopold Stokowski

MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude Act 3 and Liebestod (arr. Stokowski)

Carl Flesch, violin
Programme 11

21, 22 December 1923

Leopold Stokowski

BLOCH
Dance from Three Jewish Poems

BERLIOZ
Love Scene and Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo and Juliet

SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto

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

Michael Pehna, cello

Programme 12

28, 29 December 1923

Leopold Stokowski

HOFMANN
Piano Concerto No. 2

HOFMANN
The Haunted Castle

HOFMANN
Chromaticon for piano and orchestra

Josef Hofmann, piano

Programme 13

4, 5 January 1924

Leopold Stokowski

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes

STRAUSS
Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils

Mitja Nikisch, piano


Programme 14

11, 12 January 1924

Thaddeus Rich

CHABRIER
Gwendoline, overture

FRANCK
Symphony

PIZZETTI
La Pisanella, suite

WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyrie

Programme 15

18, 19 January 1924

Frederick Stock

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

STOCK
Elegie

RAVEL
La valse

Programme 16

1, 2 February 1924

Leopold Stokowski

STRAUSS
Don Juan

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Hans Kindler, cello

Programme 17

8, 9 February 1924

Leopold Stokowski

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird (1911) Suite

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1 (arr. Wilhelmj)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

George Enescu, violin

Programme 18

29 February, 1 March 1924

Leopold Stokowski

RESPIGHI
Sinfonia Drammatica

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 2

BORODIN
Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances

Yolanda Mero, piano

Programme 19

7, 8 March 1924

Leopold Stokowski

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden

Grisha Monasevitch, violin



Programme 20

14, 15 March 1924

Leopold Stokowski

HERBERT
Irish Rhapsody

STANFORD
Symphony No. 3, 'Irish'

MOZART
Ach ich fühls from The Magic Flute

CHARPENTIER
Depuis le jour, aria from Louise

LALO
Le Roi d'Ys, overture

Hulda Lashanska, soprano

Programme 21

21, 22 March 1924

Leopold Stokowski

TAYLOR
Through the Looking Glass, suite

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1911)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Programme 22

28, 29 March 1924

Leopold Stokowski

BACH
Wir glauben all an einen Gott, Chorale Prelude (orch. Stokowski)

BACH
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Chorale Prelude (orch. Stokowski)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Frederic Lamond, piano

Programme 23

4, 5 April 1924

Leopold Stokowski

MAGNARD
Hymne à la justice

ROGER-DUCASSE
Nocturne de printemps

KRASA
March

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

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Preludes Acts 1 and 3

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

Programme 24

11, 12 April 1924

Leopold Stokowski

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

STRAVINSKY
Renard

MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude (Dawn over the Moscow River)

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

BACH
Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Stokowski)

Jose Delaquerriere, tenor
Harold Hansen, tenor
John Barclay, bass
Hubert Linscott, bass
Carlos Salzedo, piano


Programme 25

19, 21 April 1924

Leopold Stokowski

WAGNER
Parsifal, Act 1 Transformation Scene and Act 3 Good Friday Spell (arr. Stokowski)

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Programme 26

25, 26 April 1924

Leopold Stokowski

FRANCK
Symphony

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

SIBELIUS
Finlandia

No comments: