1952 –
1953
Programme 1
3, 4 October 1952
Eugene Ormandy
WEBER
Euryanthe, overture
HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov, suite (arr. Ormandy)
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite
Programme 2
10, 11 October 1952
Eugene Ormandy
RIVIER
Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
THOMSON
Five Songs from William Blake
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Mack Harrell, baritone
Programme 3
17, 18 October 1952
Eugene Ormandy
BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1
BARBER
Essay No. 2
STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
Programme 4
31 October, 1 November 1952
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1
BRAHMS
Double Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Lorne Munroe, cello
Programme 5
7, 8 November 1952
Eugene Ormandy
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No. 1
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
FRANCK
Symphony
Lelia Gousseau, piano
Programme 6
14, 15 November 1952
Eugene Ormandy
HONEGGER
Joan of Arc at the Stake
Vera Zorina, actor
Frances Yeend, soprano
Carolyn Long, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Raymond Gerome, actor
Kenneth Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs
St. Peter's Boys' Choir
Programme 7
21, 22 November 1952
Eugene Ormandy
RESPIGHI
Arie di Corte, suite
FREED
Symphony No. 2 for brasses
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2
György Sandor, piano
Programme 8
28, 29 November 1952
Eugene Ormandy
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for strings
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, ballet suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Programme 9
5, 6 December 1952
Eugene Ormandy
DIAMOND
Music for Romeo and Juliet
MENOTTI
Violin Concerto
STRAUSS
Symphonia domestica
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Programme 10
12, 13 December 1952
Eugene Ormandy
HAYDN
Symphony No. 7, 'Le midi'
KRENEK
Harp Concerto
McDONALD
From Childhood, suite for harp and
orchestra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2
Edna Phillips, harp
Programme 11
19, 20 December 1952
Eugene Ormandy
SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'
MOZART
Flute Concerto
JOHANN STRAUSS II
The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, overture
JOHANN STRAUSS I
Radetzky March
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Egyptian March
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Annen Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Explosion Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz
William Kincaid, flute
Programme 12
26, 27 December 1952
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
William Kapell, violin
Programme 13
2, 3 January 1953
Alexander Hilsberg
BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1
Programme 14
9, 10 January 1953
Alexander Hilsberg
MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
BACH
Prelude in E major (orch. Hilsberg)
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
Programme 15
16, 17 January 1953
Pierre Monteux
BEETHOVEN
King Stephen, Overture
D'INDY
Symphony No. 2
STRAUSS
Don Quixote
Programme 16
23, 24 January 1953
Pierre Monteux
WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2
BADINGS
Ballade
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme 17
30, 31 January 1953
Paul Paray
AURIC
Overture
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4
DUKAS
La Peri
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and
Liebestod
WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyrie
Programme 18
6, 7 February 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Zino Francescatti, violin
Programme 19
13, 14 February 1953
Eugene Ormandy
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
Rita Kolacz, soprano
Janice Moudry, contralto
University of Pennsylvania Choral
Society
Programme 20
27, 28 February 1953
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg
Music
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Suite
from Act 3
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, Love Scene
and Liebestod
Programme 21
6, 7 March 1953
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7
BRAND
Wonderful One-Hoss-Shay
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Nathan Milstein, violin
Programme 22
13, 14 March 1953
Eugene Ormandy
RESPIGHI
The Birds, suite
KRENEK
Medea, dramatic monologue
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Programme 23
20. 21 March 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Serenade No. 2
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Programme 24
27, 28 March 1953
Eugene Ormandy
PENDLETON
Prelude, Fanfare and Fugue
MOZART
Symphony No. 40
STRAUSS
Don Juan
PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1
RAVEL
Une Barque sur l'océan
Anshel Brusilow, violin
Programme 25
4, 6 April 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Gesang der Parzen
BRAHMS
A German Requiem
Francis Yeend, soprano
Mack Harrell, baritone
Choirs from Local Schools
Programme 26
10, 11 April 1953
Eugene Ormandy
HANDEL
Organ Concerto No. 13
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 7
COPLAND
Quiet City
STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung
William R. Smith, organ
Programme 27
17, 18 April 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch.
Ormandy)
BACH
Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt
im Blut'
BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3
BACH
Concerto for Two Violins
BACH
Toccata, Intermezzo and Fugue in C
major (orch. Ormandy)
Rita Kolacz, soprano
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
David Madison, violin
Programme 28
24, 25 April 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
1953 –
1954
Programme 1
2, 3 October 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch.
Ormandy)
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass
RAVEL
La Valse
Programme 2
9, 10 October 1953
Eugene Ormandy
WEBER
Oberon, Overture
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
RACHMANINOV
In the Cellar from The Miserly Knight
DEBUSSY
La mer
Mack Harrell, baritone
Programme 3
16, 17 October 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
The Consecration of the House, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Programme 4
30, 31 October 1953
Eugene Ormandy
MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 21
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2
BLOCH
Macbeth, Two Interludes
DEBUSSY
Reflets dans l'eau
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
Erwin Laszlo, piano
Programme 5
6, 7 November 1953
Eugene Ormandy
HAYDN
Symphony No. 100
NOBOKOV
Cello Concerto
SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 6
SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1
Lorne Munroe, cello
Programme 6
13, 14 November 1953
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
WAGNER
Five Wesendonck Lieder
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine
Journey, Funeral Music and Immolation Scene
Margaret Harshaw, soprano
Programme 7
20, 21 November 1953
Eugene Ormandy
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4
Programme 8
27, 28 November 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch.
Ormandy)
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Programme 9
4, 5 December 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
Rita Kolacz, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
Harold Haugh, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass baritone
Temple University Choirs
Programme 10
11, 12 December 1953
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Notturno for Four Orchestra
MOZART
Missa brevis, Kyrie, Agnus dei and
Offertory
SCHUBERT
Psalm 23
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Waldmeister, Overture
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Perpetuum mobile
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Blue Danube, waltz
VARIOUS
Christmas Carols
Trapp Family Singers
Programme 11
18, 19 December 1953
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Grosse Fuge (arr. Ormandy)
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
Eugene Istomin, piano
Programme 12
26, 28 December 1953
Igor Stravinsky
GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, 'Little Russian'
STRAVINSKY
Scènes de ballet
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, suite
Programme 13
1, 2 January 1954
William Steinberg
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'
ELGAR
Enigma Variations
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Programme 14
8, 9 January 1954
Eduard van Beinum
HAYDN
Symphony No. 96
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7
Programme 15
15, 16 January 1954
Eduard van Beinum
BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture
ANDRIESSEN
Ricercare
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
Programme 16
22, 23 January 1954
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'
THOMSON
Three Pictures for Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
Nathan Milstein, violin
Programme 17
29, 30 January 1954
Eugene Ormandy
CARL PHILIP EMMANUEL BACH
Concerto in D major for strings
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Programme 18
5, 6 February 1954
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Symphony No. 23
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Programme 19
12, 13 February 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Programme 20
26, 27 February 1954
Eugene Ormandy
RACHMANINOV
The Bells
PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky
Francis Yeend, soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Lorna Sydney, contralto
Temple University Choirs
Programme 21
5, 6 March 1954
Eugene Ormandy
LANDRE
Symphony No. 3
MENOTTI
Piano Concerto in F major
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1
YARDUMIAN
Armenian Suite
Programme 22
12, 13 March 1954
Eugene Ormandy
ZADOR
Elegie and Dance
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
FRANCK
Symphony
Norman Carol, violin
Programme 23
19, 20 March 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Komm süsser Tod, chorale prelude (orch.
Ormandy)
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
BACH
Ach Gott, vom Himmel Sieh; chorale
Prelude (orch. McDonald)
BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2
BACH
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Flute and
Strings
BACH
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (orch.
Elgar)
William Kincaid, flute
William R. Smith, piano
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Programme 24
26, 27 March 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Programme 25
2, 3 April 1954
Eugene Ormandy
VIVALDI
Concerto grosso in D major
PISTON
Symphony No. 4
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3
Byron Janis, piano
Programme 26
9, 10 April 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5
Programme 27
17, 19 April 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BRAHMS
Four Serious Songs
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
William Warfield, baritone
Programme 28
23, 24 April 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch.
Ormandy)
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
1954 –
1955
The first week of concerts was cancelled due to industrial action
Programme 1
15, 16 October 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Arioso from Cantata No. 156 (arr.
Smith)
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
DELLO JOIO
Epigraph
RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome
Programme 2
29, 30 October 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Prelude and Fugue in C minor (orch.
Ormandy)
BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3
BACH
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major
BACH
Concerto in D minor for organ and
orchestra
BACH
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major
(orch. Schoenberg)
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Virgil Fox, organ
Programme 3
5, 6 November 1954
Eugene Ormandy
RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3
Alexander Brailowsky, piano
Programme 4
12, 13 November 1954
Eugene Ormandy
REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture
HAYDN
Symphony No. 45, 'Farewell'
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5
JOHANN STRAUSS II
The Gypsy Baron, overture
JOSEF STRAUSS
Sphärenklange, waltz
Jeanne Mitchell, violin
Programme 5
19, 20 November 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Little Fugue in G minor (orch. Smith)
BACH
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
BACH
Partita No. 1
BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 4
BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch.
Ormandy)
Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
William Kincaid, flute
Robert Cole, flute
Programme 6
26, 27 November 1954
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 4
STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Programme 7
3, 4 December 1954
Eugene Ormandy
STRAUSS
Don Juan
STRAUSS
Four Last Songs
STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra
STRAUSS
Salome, final scene
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Programme 8
10, 11 December 1954
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio
(orch. Cailliet)
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
BACH
Suite from the French Suites (orch.
Honegger)
BACH
Piano Concerto in A major
BACH
Toccata, Intermezzo and Fugue in C
major (orch. Ormandy)
Agi Jambor, piano
David Madison, violin
William Kincaid, flute
Programme 9
17, 18 December 1954
Eugene Ormandy
CORELLI
Christmas Concerto
PERSICHETTI
Symphony No. 4
DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
Nathan Milstein, violin
Programme 10
24, 27 December 1954
Eugene Ormandy
HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel, staged concert
version
Manfred Hecht, baritone
Willabella Underwood, soprano
Edith Evans, mezzo soprano
Adelaide Bishop. soprano
Luigi Vellucci, tenor
June Goodman, soprano
The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
Programme 11
31 December 1954, 1 January 1955
Eugene Ormandy
JOHANN STRAUSS I
Radetzky March
JOSEF STRAUSS
Schwert und Leier, waltz
JOSEF STRAUSS
Die Libelle, polka
JOSEF STRAUSS
Auf Ferienreisen, polka
JOSEF STRAUSS
Klappermäulschen, polka
JOSEF STRAUSS
Mailust, polka
EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn Frei!, galop
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS II
New Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Bei uns d'Haus, polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Auf der Jagd, waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Im Krapfenwald, polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tändelei, polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, waltz
Programme 12
7, 8 January 1955
Eugene Ormandy
TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4
Toshiya Eto, violin
Programme 13
14, 15 January 1955
Heitor Villa-Lobos
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachiana brasileiras No. 8
VILLA-LOBOS
Sinfonia No. 8
VILLA-LOBOS
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
VILLA-LOBOS
Chôros No. 6
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
Programme 14
21, 22 January 1955
Thor Johnson
VIVALDI
Piccolo Concerto in A minor (arr. Malipiero)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Job, A Masque for Dancing
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8
John Krell, piccolo
Programme 15
28, 29 January 1955
Sir Malcolm Sargent
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Wasps, overture
HANDEL
Music for the Royal Fireworks (orch.
Harty)
BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2
Programme 16
4, 5 February 1955
Sir Malcolm Sargent
HAYDN
Symphony No. 86
DELIUS
Brigg Fair
BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture
WALTON
Symphony No. 1
Programme 17
11, 12 February 1955
Russell Stanger
MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2
HINDEMITH
Symphony, 'Mathis der Maler'
RAVEL
La Valse
Eugene Istomin, piano
Programme 18
18, 19 February 1955
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
Act 1
HANSON
Sinfonia sacra (Symphony No. 5)
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde
Eunice Alberts, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Programme 19
25, 26 February 1955
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
Pohjola's Daughter
GESENSWAY
The Four Squares of Philadelphia
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Programme 20
12, 13 March 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
O Mensch bewein dein sunde Gross,
chorale prelude (orch. Ormandy)
BACH
Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe
and strings
BACH
Chaconne in D minor (orch. Steinberg)
BACH
Cantata No. 4, 'Christ Lay in Deatl's
Dark Prison
BACH
The Wise Virgins, ballet suite (orch.
Walton)
David Madison, violin
John de Lancie, oboe
Chorus of members of local Concert and
Choral Societies
Programme 21
18, 19 March 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BLOCH
Schelomo
THOMPSON
A Trip to Nahant
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1
Lorne Munroe, cello
Solomon, piano
Programme 22
25, 26 March 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BLOCH
Concerto Grosso No. 2
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1
Maryan Filar, piano
Programme 23
2, 4 April 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
St. Matthew Passion
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Kenneth Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs
Programme 24
8, 9 April 1955
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1
WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into
Valhalla
WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude Act 1, Transformation
Scene, Magic Garden and Flower Maidens, Good Friday Music, Closing Scene Act 3
Programme 25
15, 16 April 1955
Eugene Ormandy
YARMUDIAN
Psalm 130
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
Howell Zulick, tenor
Anshel Brusilow, violin
Programme 26
22, 23 April 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
Ervin Laszlo, piano
Programme 27
29. 30 April 1955
Eugene Ormandy
COUPERIN
Overture and Allegro from La Sultane
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
1955 –
1956
Programme 1
30 September, 1 October 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, overture
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
VON EINEM
Concerto for Orchestra
RAVEL
La valse
Programme 2
7, 8 October 1955
Eugene Ormandy
RIEGGER
Canon and Fugue in D minor
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3
Emil Gilels, piano
Programme 3
14, 15 October 1955
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
Rakastava, Suite
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1
SIBELIUS
Tapiola
SIBELIUS
Finlandia
Programme 4
21, 22 October 1955
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (orch.
Smith)
HARRIS
Symphony No. 7
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2
Geza Anda, piano
Programme 5
4, 5 November 1955
Eugene Ormandy
DVOŘÁK
Serenade for strings
BIZET
Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
Ivry Gitlis, violin
Programme 6
11, 12 November 1955
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
A Faust Overture
WAGNER
Elisabeth's Prayer from Tannhäuser
WAGNER
Sieglinde's Aria, 'Du bist der Lenz'
from Die Walküre
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and
Liebestod
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey,
Siegfried's Death and Funeral March and Immolation and Closing Scene
Margaret Harshaw, soprano
Programme 7
18, 19 November 1955
Eugene Ormandy
MILHAUD
Suite Française
MARTINŮ
Violin and Piano Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Benno Rabinol, violin
Sylvia Rabinol, piano
Programme 8
25, 26 November 1955
Eugene Ormandy
HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by
Weber
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
David Oistrakh, violin
Programme 9
2, 3 December 1955
Eugene Ormandy
PISTON
Toccata for Orchestra
HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'
STRAUSS
Don Quixote
Lorne Munroe, cello
Harry Zaratzian, viola
Programme 10
9, 10 December 1955
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
En Saga
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6
SIBELIUS
The Oceanides
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
Anshel Brusilow, violin
Programme 11
16, 17 December 1955
Eugene Ormandy
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
COPLAND
Billy the Kid, suite
DEBUSSY
Nocturnes
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Women's Voices of the Philadelphia
Orchestra Chorus
Programme 12
22, 23 December 1955
Eugene Ormandy
D'ALESSANDRO
Concerto Grosso for Strings
BIZET
Symphony in C
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Isaac Stern, violin
Programme 13
30, 31 December 1955
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro, overture
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
JOSEF STRAUSS
Dorfschwalben, waltz
JOSEF STRAUSS
Mailuft, waltz
JOSEF STRAUSS
Feuerfest, polka
EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn Frei!, galop
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Roses from the South, waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Aud der Jagd, polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz
Programme 14
6, 7 January 1956
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 4
MOZART
Clarinet Concerto
MOZART
Symphony No. 40
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet
Programme 15
13, 14 January 1956
Paul Paray
BARBER
Symphony in One Movement
CHAUSSON
Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4
Programme 16
20, 21 January 1956
George Szell
WEBER
Oberon, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
DELIUS
Prelude to Irmelin
DEBUSSY
La mer
Programme 17
27, 28 January 1956
Sir Thomas Beecham
MOZART
Divertimento in D, K. 131
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'
MOZART
King Thamos, incidental music
MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Programme 18
3, 4 February 1956
Sir Thomas Beecham
HAYDN
Symphony No. 102
HANDEL
The Great Elopement, ballet suite (arr.
Beecham)
DELIUS
Paris, The Song of a Great City
BERLIOZ
Royal Hunt, Storm and Trojan March from
Les Troyens
Programme 19
10, 11 February 1956
Eugene Ormandy
HANDEL
Concerto in D major (orch. Ormandy)
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
THOMSON
Flute Concerto
BLACHER
Paganini Variations
William Kincaid, flute
Programme 20
17, 18 February 1956
Eugene Ormandy
YARDUMIAN
Cantus Animae et Cordis
HAYDN
Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle'
STRAUSS
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne
Schatten
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
Zino Francescatti, violin
Programme 21
24, 25 February 1956
Eugene Ormandy
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
Marlys Watters, soprano
Blanche Thebom, contralto
Rutgers University Chorus
Programme 22
2, 3 March 1956
William R. Smith
Eugene Ormandy*
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, overture
MOZART
Symphony No. 29
BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliet, symphonic excerpts
STRAUSS*
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
STRAUSS*
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
Programme 23
9, 10 March 1956
Eugene Ormandy
SCHUMAN
Credendum
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Programme 24
16, 17 March 1956
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
Hymn to the Earth
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7
SIBELIUS
Lemminkäinen Suite
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
Programme 25
23, 24 March 1956
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
ROZSA
The Vintner's Daughter
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
Programme 26
30, 31 March 1956
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Mass in C minor, K. 427
Maria Stader, soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo soprano
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Temple University Choirs
Programme 27
6, 7 April 1956
Eugene Ormandy
RACHMANINOV
Vocalise
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2
Eugene Istomin, piano
Programme 28
13, 14 April 1956
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
Act 1
FRANCK
Symphony
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz
1956 –
1957
Programme 1
5, 6 October 1956
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Divertimento No. 17 in D
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5
Programme 2
12, 13 October 1956
Eugene Ormandy
BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2
STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung
STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltzes
Programme 3
26, 27 October 1956
Eugene Ormandy
HAYDN
Symphony No. 88
VON EINEM
Concerto for Orchestra
ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
Guiomar Novaes, piano
Programme 4
2, 3 November 1956
Eugene Ormandy
BARBER
The School for Scandal, overture
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
JOLIVET
Piano Concerto
DEBUSSY
Printemps
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Philippe Entremont, piano
Programme 5
9, 10 November 1956
Eugene Ormandy
KABALEVSKY
Colas Breugnon, overture
GLIÈRE
Symphony No. 3, 'Il'ya Mourometz'
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Programme 6
16, 17 November 1956
Eugene Ormandy
WEBER
Oberon, Overture
McDONALD
Symphony No. 3, 'Lamentations of Fu
Hsuan'
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Programme 7
23, 24 November 1956
Eugene Ormandy
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings
TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet, fantasy overture
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1
John Pennink, piano
Programme 8
30 November, 1 December 1956
Eugene Ormandy
DELLO JOIO
Variations, Chaconne and Finale
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben
Programme 9
7, 8 December 1956
Eugene Ormandy
VIVALDI
Concerto Grosso in A major, 'Echo' for
two violins and strings (orch. Molinari)
MOZART
Recitative and Aria from Idomeneo
STRAUSS
Zerbinetta's Aria from Ariadne auf
Naxos
ORFF
The Trumph of Aphrodite
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
David Madison, violin
Hilde Güden, soprano
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs
Programme 10
14, 15 December 1956
Eugene Ormandy
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture,
Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 26
RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
DEBUSSY
La mer
Robert Casadesus, piano
Programme 11
21, 22 December 1956
Eugene Ormandy
McCOLLIN
Two Chorale Preludes
PERPESSO
Christus Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz
Programme 12
28, 29 December 1956
Ernest Ansermet
WAGNER
A Faust Overture
HONEGGER
Symphony No. 3, 'Liturgique'
RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite
RAVEL
La Valse
Programme 13
4, 5 January 1957
Ernest Ansermet
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2
DEBUSSY
Images
Programme 14
11, 12 January 1957
Pierre Monteux
STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, suite
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
DEBUSSY
Pelléas et Mélisande, five preludes and
interludes
WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture
Programme 15
18, 19 January 1957
William Steinberg
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
ALBENIZ
Five Excerpts from Iberia (orch. Arbos)
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Programme 16
25, 26 January 1957
Eugene Ormandy
HARRIS
Symphony No. 3
HINDEMITH
Noblissima Visione
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Programme 17
1, 2 February 1957
Eugene Ormandy
GESENSWAY
Now Let the Night Be Dark for All of Me
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Programme 18
8, 9 February 1957
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’
HELLMESBERGER
Ball Scene
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Wine, Women and Song, waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS II
New Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Voices of Spring, Waltz
Programme 19
15, 16 February 1957
Eugene Ormandy
VERDI
Messa da Requiem
Leontyne Price, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Richard Tucker, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Rutgers University Choir
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
Programme 20
22, 23 Febuary 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BORODIN
Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2
(arr. Sargent)
HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony
LALO
Symphonie espagnole
STRAUSS
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne
Schatten
Norman Carol, violin
Programme 21
1, 2 March 1957
Charles Munch
BERLIOZ
Love Scene from Roméo et Juliette
HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2
RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin
ROUSSEL
Symphony No. 3
Programme 22
8, 9 March 1957
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro, overture
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3
WIENIAWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5
Isaac Stern, violin
Programme 23
15, 16 March 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Organ Sonata No. 1 (Arr. Ormandy)
CARL PHILIPP BACH
Concerto for orchestra in D major
(orch. Steinberg}
WILHELM FRIEDMANN BACH
Sinfonia in D minor for two flutes and
strings
BACH
Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring (orch.
Cailliet)
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Sinfonia for Double Orchestra No. 3
(orch. Ormandy)
BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch.
Ormandy)
Programme 24
22, 23 March 1957
William R. Smith
Eugene Ormandy*
ROSSINI
La Scala di Seta, overture
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'
MOZART
Horn Concerto No. 4
BARTÓK*
Concerto for Orchestra
Mason Jones, horn
Programme 25
29, 30 March 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
Alexander Brailowsky, piano
Programme 26
5, 6 April 1957
Eugene Ormandy
ZADOR
Divertimento for String Orchestra
PROKOFIEV
Scythian Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Programme 27
12, 13 April 1957
Eugene Ormandy
VINCENT
Symphony in D major
CHAUSSON
Poème for violin and orchestra
RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No. 4
Zino Francescatti, violin
Programme 28
19, 20 April 1957
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Byron Janis, piano
1957 –
1958
Programme 1
27, 28 September 1957
Eugene Ormandy
SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, Suite
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 4 (revised version)
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme 2
4, 5 October 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (orch.
Thomson)
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2
Eugene Istomin, piano
Programme 3
11, 12 October 1957
Eugene Ormandy
DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture
SCHUMAN
Credendum
DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes
BERLIOZ
Harold in Italy
Carlton Cooley, viola
Programme 4
25, 26 October 1957
Eugene Ormandy
ELGAR
Introduction and Allegro
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Ormandy)
ELGAR
Enigma Variations
Programme 5
1, 2 November 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BACH
Ricercare from The Musical Offering
(orch. Ormandy)
BACH
Piano Concerto in D major
BACH
Goldberg Variations (orch. Nabokov)
BACH
Piano Concerto in D minor
BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch.
Ormandy)
Agi Jambor, piano
Programme 6
8, 9 November 1957
Eugene Ormandy
SCHIBLER
Passacaglia
COWELL
Symphony No. 11
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
Zino Francescatti, violin
Programme 7
15, 16 November 1957
Eugene Ormandy
CORELLI
Suite for Strings
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'
WEINER
Piano Concertino in E minor
LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2
Louis Kentner, piano
Programme 8
22, 23 November 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Leonore No. 2, overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2
Programme 9
29, 30 November 1957
Eugene Ormandy
HAYDN
Symphony No. 93
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1
ROREM
Design for Orchestra
LISZT
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Thomas Brockman, piano
Programme 10
6, 7 December 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN
Abscheulicher, aria from Fidelio
WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture
WAGNER
Elsa's Dream from Lohengrin
WAGNER
Dich teure Halle from Tannhäuser
WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and
Liebestod
Aase Nordmo Lövberg, soprano
Programme 11
13, 14 December 1957
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
Lorne Munroe, cello
Programme 12
20, 21 December 1957
William Smith
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
BARBER
Violin Concerto
RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso
RAVEL
Tzigane
RAVEL
Bolero
Camilla Wicks, violin
Programme 13
27, 28 December 1957
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Idomeneo, overture
MOZART
Flute and Harp Concerto
STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, Overture
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz
William KincIaid, flute
Marilyn Costello, harp
Programme 14
3, 4 January 1958
Eugene Ormandy
HANDEL
Overture in D minor
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21
YARDUMIAN
Piano Concerto
FRANCK
Symphony
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Programme 15
10, 11 January 1958
Eugene Ormandy
VIVALDI
Winter from The Seasons
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Programme 16
31 January, 1 February 1958
Eugene Ormandy
STRAUSS
Daphne, excerpts
DEBUSSY
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Hilde Güden, soprano
Ethelyn Whitmore, mezzo soprano
Natalie Möckel, mezzo soprano
Vera Zorina, narrator
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
Programme 17
7, 8 February 1958
Erich Leinsdorf
CIMAROSA
Gli Orazil e Curiazil, overture
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
ROUSSEL
Suite in F major
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
Programme 18
14, 15 February 1958
Paul Kletzki
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2
DEBUSSY
La mer
Programme 19
21, 22 February 1958
Eugene Ormandy
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome
Emil Gilels, piano
Programme 20
28 February, 1 March 1958
Igor Markevitch
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
HINDEMITH
Concerto for Orchestra
FALLA
The Three Cornered Hat, suite
Programme 21
7, 8 March 1958
Fritz Reiner
BERLIOZ
Beatrice and Benedict, overture
MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5
Programme 22
14, 15 March 1958
William Smith
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
ROZSA
Violin Concerto
DOHNÁNYI
Suite in F sharp minor
KODÁLY
Dances of Galanta
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Programme 23
21, 22 March 1958
Eugene Ormandy
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
STRAUSS
Don Juan
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
Isaac Stern, violin
Programme 24
28, 29 March 1958
Eugene Ormandy
ROZSA
Concerto for String Orchestra
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 4
ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 1
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 2
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Programme 25
4, 5 April 1958
Eugene Ormandy
WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music
BOROWSKI
Ecce Homo
SMETANA
Vltava
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Programme 26
11, 12 April 1958
Eugene Ormandy
RACHMANINOV
Vocalise
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2
Programme 27
18, 19 April 1958
Eugene Ormandy
BUSCH
Psalm No. 6
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
Maria Stader, soprano
Blanche Thebom, contralto
Thomas Hayward, tenor
McHenry Boatwright, bass
Temple University Choir
Programme 28
25, 26 April 1958
Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN
Leonore No. 3, overture
COPLAND
Quiet City
GERSHWIN
An American in Paris
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
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