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Wiener Philharmoniker - Subscription Concerts 1860 - 1881


Wiener Philharmoniker
1860
1st Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
15 January 1860
Karl Eckert
Louise Dustmann-Meyer, soprano, Alois Ander, tenor

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
MOZART                                           ‘Konstanze, Konstanze!’ aria, Entführung aus dem Serail
BERLIOZ                                            Queen Mab Scherzo from Roméo et Juliette
MENDELSSOHN                                  ‘Infelice!’, concert aria
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 2
29 January 1860
Karl Eckert
Rosa Csillag-Hermann, soprano, Alois Ander, tenor, Franz Hrabanek, baritone, Carl Mayerhofer, bass, Wiener Staatsopernchor

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
MENDELSSOHN                                  Die erste Walpurgisnacht
 


Subscription Concert 3
12 February 1860
Karl Eckert
Rosa Csillag-Hermann, soprano, Gabriele Krauss, soprano, Alois Ander, tenor, Franz Hrabanek, baritone, Carl Mayerhofer, bass

BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, overture
SPONTINI                                          High Priestess Aria from La Vestale
SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
MOZART                                           ‘Di scrivermi ogni giorno’, quintet from Così fan tutte
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 4
18 March 1860
Karl Eckert
Louise Dustmann-Meyer, soprano, Rosa Csillag-Hermann, soprano, Gustav Walter, tenor, Carl Schmid, bass, Wiener Singakademie

HANDEL                                            Israel in Egypt
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
9 April 1860
Karl Eckert
Klara Schumann, piano, Alois Ander, tenor

BEETHOVEN                                      König Stephan, overture
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
GLUCK                                              ‘O del mio dolce ardour’, aria from Paris and Helen
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1860 – 1861
2nd Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
4 November 1860
Otto Dessoff
Alois Ander, tenor, Rosa Csillag-Hermann, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture to The Fair Melusine
GLUCK                                              Rinaldo’s aria from Armida
MOZART                                           Masonic Funeral Music
SPOHR                                              Aria from Faust
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
 


Subscription Concert 2
18 November 1860
Otto Dessoff
Gabriele Krauss, soprano, Henriette Sulzer, contralto, Gustav Gunz, tenor, Carl Schmid, bass

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Les Abencerages
GADE                                                Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Elegischer Gesang
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
 


Subscription Concert 3
2 December 1860
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Walter, tenor

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture to Egmont
MOZART                                           Movements 1,3, & 7 from Wind Serenade, ‘Gran Partita’
MÉHUL                                              Aria from Josef und seine Brüder
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides ‘Fingal’s Cave’, overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 


Subscription Concert 4
16 December 1860
Otto Dessoff
Gabriele Krauss, soprano Rosa Csillag-Hermann, contralto, Gustav Walter, tenor,
Karl Mayerhofer, bass Julius Epstein, piano

RIETZ                                                Concert Overture
GADE                                                Frühlings-Phantasie
SPOHR                                              Overture to Faust
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
13 January 1861
Otto Dessoff
Karl Mayerhofer, bass

MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, overture
BACH                                                Orchestral Suite No. 3
HANDEL                                            ‘O ruddier than the cherry’ aria from Acis and Galatea
CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Medea
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
 


Subscription Concert 6
27 January 1861
Otto Dessoff

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
MENDELSSOHN                                  Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 


Subscription Concert 7
10 February 1861
Otto Dessoff

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 93
SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, overture
BERLIOZ                                            ‘March of the Pilgrims’ from Harold in Italy
JULIUS RIETZ                                      Symphony in E flat major
 


Subscription Concert 8
3 March 1861
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Gunz, tenor

GADE                                                Nachklänge zu Ossian, overture
SPOHR                                              Larghetto from Symphony No. 3
MOZART                                           ‘Tröstet die Heißgeliebte’, aria from Don Giovanni
WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1861 – 1862
3rd Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
3 November 1861
Otto Dessoff
Louise Dustmann-Meyer, soprano Josef Hellmesberger ‘sen’, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Weihe des Hauses, overture
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
MOZART                                           ‘Non piu, tutto ascoltai’, concert scena and rondo with
                                                         violin solo
CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 2
24 November 1861
Otto Dessoff
Karl Mayerhofer, bass

SPOHR                                              Symphony No. 4, ‘Weihe der Töne’
MENDELSSOHN                                  ‘Gott sei mir gnädig’, aria from Paulus
REINECKE                                          Overture to Dame Kobold
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
 


Subscription Concert 3
26 December 1861
Otto Dessoff

HERBECK                                           Symphony in C major
SCHUMANN                                       Overture to Manfred
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 4
12 January 1862
Otto Dessoff
Louise Dustmann-Meyer, soprano Karoline Bettelheim, contralto Gustav Walter, tenor, Franz Hrabanek, bass Choir from The Hofoper

SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
ROSSI                                                Aria from Mitrane
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
26 January 1862
Otto Dessoff
Franz Hrabanek, baritone Carl Mayerhofer, bass

MENDELSSOHN                                  Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt, overture
MOZART                                           Serenade for Wind Instruments, ‘Gran Partita’
HANDEL                                            ‘Der Herr ist der starke Held’, Duet from Israel in Egypt
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 6
16 February 1862
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, soprano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 103
BACH                                                ‘In deine Hände’ aria from Cantata No.
CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Les Abencerrages
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 7
9 March 1862
Otto Dessoff
Julius Epstein, piano Gabriele Krauss, soprano

GADE                                                In the Highlands, overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BEETHOVEN                                      ‘Ah! Perfido’, concert aria
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 


Subscription Concert 8
23 March 1862
Otto Dessoff

BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
WEBER                                              Der Beherrscher der Geister, overture
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie fantastique
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1862 - 1863
4th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
2 November 1862
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Walter, tenor

GLUCK                                              Overture to Iphigenie in Aulis
HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso in B flat major (arr from Oboe Concerto)
MOZART                                           ‘Konstanze, Konstanze!’ aria from Die Entführung
SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 2
23 November 1862
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, contralto

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 2, Overture
HANDEL                                            ‘Ach, wo weilst du’, aria from Rodelinda
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
PERGOLESI                                         Sicilienne
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 


Subscription Concert 3
8 December 1862
Otto Dessoff
Karl Mayerhofer, bass

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 1, Overture
BACH                                                Passacaglia (orch. Esser)
HANDEL                                            Lucifero’s Aria from La Resurrezione
MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 4
28 December 1862
Otto Dessoff

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
MENDELSSOHN                                  Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
25 January 1863
Otto Dessoff
Louise Dustmann-Meyer, soprano

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
BEETHOVEN                                      Incidental Music to Egmont
 


Subscription Concert 6
15 February 1863
Otto Dessoff
Karl Mayerhofer, tenor

FRANZ LACHNER                               Suite No. 1
BENEDETTO MARCELLO                     Psalm No. 42
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 7
8 March 1863
Otto Dessoff
Ferdinand Laub, violin

BRAHMS                                            Serenade No. 2
JOACHIM                                           Violin Concerto, ‘Hungarian’
MORITZ KÄSSMAYER                          Symphony in C minor
 


Subscription Concert 8
22 March 1863
Otto Dessoff
Anna Bochkoltz, soprano Karoline Bettelheim, contralto Karl Mayerhofer, tenor Franz Hrabanek, bass Hofopernchor

MENDELSSOHN                                  Die erste Walpurgisnacht
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1863 – 1864
5th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
1 November 1863
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, soprano

MOZART                                           Overture to The Magic Flute
HANDEL                                            ‘Wo flieh ich hin’, aria from Hercules
BERLIOZ                                            Love Scene and Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo and Juliet
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 2
22 November 1863
Otto Dessoff

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
BACH                                                Orchestral Suite in B minor
WALDEMAR BARGIEL                         Medea, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 3
8 December 1863
Otto Dessoff
Ferdinand Laub, violin Josef Hellmesberger, Snr, viola Carl Schmid, tenor

WEBER                                              Overture to The Ruler of the Spirits
MOZART                                           Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola
MENDELSSOHN                                  ‘Es ist genug’, aria from Elijah
RUBINSTEIN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1863
Otto Dessoff

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture to Coriolan
LISZT                                                 Adagio from Faust Symphony
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 





 


Subscription Concert 5
17 January 1864
Otto Dessoff
Ernst Pauer, piano

BACH                                                Toccata in F major (orch. Esser)
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
REINECKE                                          Overture to Aladdin
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 6
31 January 1864
Otto Dessoff

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 102
GLUCK                                              Dance of the Furies from Orpheus and Euridice
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 


Subscription Concert 7
21 February 1864
Otto Dessoff
Julius Epstein, piano Josef Hellmesberger, snr, violin Carl Schlesinger, cello

SCHUMANN                                       Julius Caesar, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Triple Concerto
BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival, Overture
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 39
 


Subscription Concert 8
13 March 1864
Otto Dessoff
Luise Dustmann, soprano Karoline Bettelheim, contralto Gustav Walter, tenor Franz Hrabanek, bass Hofopernchor

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 1, Overture
MOZART                                           ‘A questo seno deh vieni’, Concert recitative and aria
BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 2, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1864 - 1865
6th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
6 November 1864
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, Overture
BACH                                                Suite in D major
SCHUMANN                                       The Bride of Messina, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 


Subscription Concert 2
20 November 1864
Otto Dessoff

BARGIEL                                            Tragedy Overture
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 104
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 3
4 December 1864
Otto Dessoff
Ferdinand Laub, violin

ESSER                                                Suite No. 1 in F major
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1864
Otto Dessoff
Luise Dustmann, soprano Karoline Tellheim, soprano Gustav Walter, tenor Franz Hrabanek, baritone Karl Mayerhofer, bass Hofopernchor

MENDELSSOHN                                  The First Walpurgis Night
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
 


Subscription Concert 6
8 January 1865
Otto Dessoff
Josef Hellmesberger Snr, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
BACH                                                Violin Concerto in A minor
BERLIOZ                                            Pilgrim’s March from Harold in Italy
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8





 




Subscription Concert 6
22 January 1865
Otto Dessoff
Louise Hauffe, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Namensfeier, Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
WEBER                                              Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)
LISZT                                                 Tasso
 


Subscription Concert 7
5 February 1865
Otto Dessoff
Carl Schmid, tenor

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
GOTTFRIED VON JACQUIN                ‘Io ti lascio, o cara addio’, concert aria (att. Mozart)
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
 


Subscription Concert 8
19 February 1865
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, mezzo soprano

SCHUMANN                                       Manfred, Overture
RUBINSTEIN                                       Die Nixe
MÉHUL                                              Overture to Young Henry’s Hunt
MENDELSSOHN                                  Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 


Subscription Concert 9
19 March 1865
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, mezzo soprano

SCHUBERT                                         Overture to Alfonso and Estrella
SCHUBERT                                         ‘Memnon’, & ‘Gruppe aus dem Tartarus’, Lieder with
                                                         Orchestra
SCHUBERT                                         ‘Am Grabe Anselmos’ &‘Geheimes’, Lieder with Orchestra
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1865 – 1866
7th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
5 November 1865
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  Ruy Blas, Overture
JULIUS OTTO GRIMM                          Suite in Canonic Form in C for String Orchestra
CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Lodoiska
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
19 November 1865
Otto Dessoff

BEETHOVEN                                      Weihe des Hauses, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT                                         Overture to Fierrabras
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 3
10 December 1865
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, mezzo soprano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’
BEETHOVEN                                      Aria from Ezio GLUCK Overture to Egmont
ABERT                                               Columbus Symphony
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1865
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Walter, tenor

GLUCK                                              Overture to Iphigénie en Aulis
GLUCK                                              ‘Nur einen Wunsch’ Pylades Aria from Iphigénie en Tauride
GOLDMARK                                       Sakuntala, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
14 January 1866
Otto Dessoff
Ernst Pauer, piano

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
MOZART                                           Masonic Funeral Music
REINECKE                                          Symphony in A major
 


Subscription Concert 6
18 February 1866
Otto Dessoff, Heinrich Esser*
Gustav Gunz, tenor

HEINRICH ESSER*                               Suite No. 2 in A minor
BEETHOVEN                                      ‘An die ferne Geliebte’, song cycle
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
 


Subscription Concert 7
4 March 1866
Otto Dessoff
Carl Schmid, tenor

HANDEL                                            Water Music Suite
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA                  Church Aria (orch. Franz Grutsch)
SCHUBERT                                         Two Entr’actes from Rosamunde
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
 


Subscription Concert 8
18 March 1866
Otto Dessoff

HILLER                                               Overture in D minor
BACH                                                Passacaglia in C minor for organ (orch. Esser)
BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 




Wiener Philharmoniker
1866 – 1867
8th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
11 November 1866
Otto Dessoff

WEBER                                              Overture to Oberon
RAFF                                                  Suite in C major
BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 


Subscription Concert 2
25 November 1866
Otto Dessoff
Mary Krebs, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
MOZART                                           Variations from Divertimento No. 17 in D major
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 3
9 December 1866
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, soprano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 2
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
MOZART                                           ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio’, concert aria
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1866
Otto Dessoff
Irma von Murska, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
MOZART                                           Serenade for Wind Instruments in B major, ‘Gran Partita’
HANDEL                                            Aria from Acis and Galatea (orch. Dessoff)
HILLER                                               Symphony in E minor
 





Subscription Concert 5
13 January 1867
Otto Dessoff
Josef Rubinstein, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
WEBER                                              Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
BACH                                                Toccata in F major (orch. Esser)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 


Subscription Concert 6
27 January 1867
Otto Dessoff
Emilie Kainz-Prause, soprano

FRANZ LACHNER                               Suite No. 3 in A flat major
BEETHOVEN                                      Incidental Music from Egmont
 


Subscription Concert 7
10 February 1867
Otto Dessoff
Julius Epstein, piano

BARGIEL                                            Overture to Medea
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 25
WEBER                                              Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)
SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
 


Subscription Concert 8
24 February 1867
Otto Dessoff
Luise Dustmann, soprano Karoline Bettelheim, mezzo soprano Gustav Walter, tenor Angelo Neumann, baritone Carl Schmid, bass Hofopernchor

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’
MOZART                                           Quintet from Cosi fan tutte
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’

 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1867 – 1868
9th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
10 November 1867
Otto Dessoff
Anton Rubinstein, piano

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
RUBINSTEIN                                       Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 2
24 November 1867
Otto Dessoff
Marie Wilt, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Trumpet Overture
SPOHR                                              Aria from Faust
HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 


Subscription Concert 3
8 December 1867
Otto Dessoff

VOLKMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
SCHUBERT                                         Overture to Alfonso and Estrella
KÄßMAYER                                        Notturno
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1867
Otto Dessoff
Josef Rubinstein, piano

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
SCHUBERT                                         Wanderer Fantasy (orch. Liszt)
BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 





Subscription Concert 5
12 January 1868
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Walter, tenor

MOZART                                           Haffner Serenade
SCHUBERT                                         ‘Liebesbotschaft’, Song
SCHUBERT                                         ‘Ständchen’, Song
SCHUMANN                                       Der Nußbaum, Song
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 6
26 January 1868
Otto Dessoff
Marie Wilt, soprano

LACHNER                                          Suite No. 2 in E minor
MOZART                                           ‘Zeffiretti lusinghieri’ aria from Idomeneo
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 102
MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, Overture
 


Subscription Concert 7
9 February 1868
Otto Dessoff

RHEINBERGER                                    Wallenstein
MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and March from A
                                                         Midsummer Night’s Dream
 


Subscription Concert 8
1 March 1868
Otto Dessoff
Asminde Ubrich, soprano Anna Mehlig, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Weihe des Hauses, Overture
MOZART                                           ‘L’Amerò, sarò costante’ from Il re pastore
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUBERT                                         ‘Geheimes’ song
MENDELSSOHN                                  ‘Wartend’, song
SCHUMANN                                       ‘Ich Wandre nicht’, song
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1868 – 1869
10th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
8 November 1868
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
CHERUBINI                                        Entr’acte from Medea
BERLIOZ                                            Queen Mab Scherzo
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
22 November 1868
Otto Dessoff
Klara Schumann, piano

GOLDMARK                                       Sakuntala, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 


Subscription Concert 3
6 December 1868
Otto Dessoff
Marie Wilt, soprano David Popper, cello

ESSER                                                Symphony No. 2
MOZART                                           ‘Marten aller Arten’, Die Entführung aus dem Serail
VOLKMANN                                       Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 2, Overture
 


Subscription Concert 4
20 December 1868
Otto Dessoff
Auguste Auspitz-Kolár, piano

KÄßMAYER                                        Concert Overture in F minor
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
Piano Solos (Mendelssohn and Hiller)
MOZART                                           Prelude and Fugue for Strings, K546
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 





Subscription Concert 5
17 January 1869
Otto Dessoff
Jakob Grün, violin

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 92, ‘Oxford’
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
 


Subscription Concert 6
31 January 1869
Otto Dessoff
Sophie Menter, piano Gustav Walter, tenor

Overture to Euryanthe WEBER
Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT
‘Un’aura amorosa’, Aria from Cosi fan tutte MOZART
Symphony No. 1 VOLKMANN
 


Subscription Concert 7
14 February 1869
Otto Dessoff
Louis von Bignio, baritone

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture to Egmont
LISZT                                                 Les Préludes
HANDEL                                            Aria from Ezio
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 8
14 March 1869
Otto Dessoff
Josef Hellmesberger sen., violin, Jakob Grün, violin

WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
BACH                                                Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
BERLIOZ                                            Pilgrim’s March from Harold in Italy
GLUCK                                              Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1869 - 1870
11th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
14 November 1869
Otto Dessoff
Ludwig Strauß, violin

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 85, ‘La Reine’
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
28 November 1869
Otto Dessoff
Wilhelm Besekirsky, violin

SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
BRUCH                                              Violin Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides, ‘Fingal’s Cave’, Overture
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
 


Subscription Concert 3
12 December 1869
Otto Dessoff

BRAHMS                                            Serenade No. 1
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1869
Otto Dessoff
Ignaz Brüll, piano

LACHNER                                          Suite No. 5 in C minor
IGNAZ BRÜLL                                     Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
16 January 1870
Otto Dessoff
Jakob Grün, violin Josef Hellmesberger (snr), viola

BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
MOZART                                           Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola
HANDEL                                            Aria from Rinaldo
RUBINSTEIN                                       Symphony No. 2, ‘Ocean’
 


Subscription Concert 6
30 January 1870
Otto Dessoff
Anton Door, piano

REINECKE                                          Kobold, Overture
HILLER                                               Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
WEBER                                              Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 7
13 February 1870
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  Ruy Blas, Overture
BACH                                                Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Esser)
BERLIOZ                                            Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
BRUCH                                              Symphony No. 1
 


Subscription Concert 8
6 March 1870
Otto Dessoff

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 1, Overture
HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso No. 6 (ed. David)
RUBINSTEIN                                       Ivan IV
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1870 – 1871
12th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
13 November 1870
Otto Dessoff
Julius Epstein, piano

WEBER                                              Overture to Euryanthe
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
ERNST RUDORFF                                Overture to Blonden Eckert
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
 


Subscription Concert 2
27 November 1870
Otto Dessoff
Henriette Burenne, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 90
BRUCH                                              The Priestess of Iris in Rome
ZELLNER                                            Symphony in F major
 


Subscription Concert 3
11 December 1870
Otto Dessoff
Josef Labor, piano

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Abencerragen
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival, Overture
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1870
Otto Dessoff
Friedrich Gernsheim, piano Anna Regan, mezzo soprano

SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, Overture
GERNSHEIM                                       Piano Concerto in C minor
ANTONIO LOTTI                               ‘Pur dicesti’, aria
BERLIOZ                                            ‘l’Absence’, song from Les nuits d’été
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
8 January 1871
Otto Dessoff

GADE                                                Symphony No. 6
HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 6
22 January 1871
Otto Dessoff
Johannes Brahms, piano Gustav Walter, tenor

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to The Water Carrier
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      ‘Welch Dunkel hier’, entr’acte and aria from Fidelio
MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March from A
                                                         Midsummer Night’s Dream
 


Subscription Concert 7
26 February 1871
Otto Dessoff

MÉHUL                                              Overture to La Chasse du jeune Henri
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 32
BACH                                                Toccata in F major (orch. Esser)
JOSEF FORSTER                                  Symphony in C minor
 


Subscription Concert 8
26 March 1871
Otto Dessoff

SCHUMANN                                       Overture to Manfred
GOLDMARK                                       Scherzo in E minor
LISZT                                                 Orpheus
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1871 – 1872
13th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
12 November 1871
Otto Dessoff
Robert Heckmann, violin

CHERUBINI                                        Overture to Anacreon
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
WAGNER                                          Homage March
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 2
3 December 1871
Otto Dessoff
Sophie Menter, piano

RAFF                                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Im Walde’
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
SCHUBERT                                         Entr’acte and Ballet Music from Rosamunde
 


Subscription Concert 3
17 December 1871
Otto Dessoff
Johann Lauterbach, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore, Overture No. 1
SPOHR                                              Violin Concerto No. 9
VOLKMANN                                       Richard III, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 


Subscription Concert 4
7 January 1872
Otto Dessoff
Hans von Bülow, piano

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 





 


Subscription Concert 5
28 January 1872
Otto Dessoff
Gustav Walter, tenor

ESSER                                                Suite No. 2 in A minor
GLUCK                                              Aria from Iphigenie en Tauride
BARGIEL                                            Three German Dances
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
 


Subscription Concert 6
25 February 1872
Otto Dessoff

ROBERT FUCHS                                  Symphony No. 1 in G minor
BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
WILHELM REMY                                  Fantasy Piece (Allegretto grazioso)
SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
 


Subscription Concert 7
10 March 1872
Otto Dessoff
Alfred Jaell, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie fantastique
 


Subscription Concert 8
24 March 1872
Otto Dessoff

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 85, ‘La Reine’
LISZT                                                 Les Préludes
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1872 - 1873
14th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
17 November 1872
Otto Dessoff
Edmund Singer, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 2, overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
VOLKMANN                                       Serenade No. 2 for Strings
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
 


Subscription Concert 2
1 December 1872
Otto Dessoff
Josef Labor, piano

WEBER                                              Overture to Oberon
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 25
LACHNER                                          Andantino and Gavotte from Suite No. 6
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 3
15 December 1872
Otto Dessoff
Dragomir Krancsevics, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Namensfeier, overture
SPOHR                                              Violin Concerto No. 11
WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 4
29 December 1872
Otto Dessoff
Marie Wilt, soprano Karoline Gomperz, contralto Louis Labatt, tenor Emil Kraus, bass Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde

GLUCK                                              Overture to Iphigenie in Aulis
BACH                                                Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Esser)
MOZART                                           Adagio from String Quintet in G minor, K516
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
 





Subscription Concert 5
12 January 1873
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, overture
ZELLNER                                            Melusine, Five Orchestral Pieces for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, overture
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 6
26 January 1873
Otto Dessoff
Josef Walter, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Egmont, overture
VIOTTI                                               Violin Concerto No. 22
GOLDMARK                                       Sakuntala, overture
VOLKMANN                                       Symphony No. 1
 


Subscription Concert 7
9 March 1873
Otto Dessoff

GADE                                                Symphony No. 4
SCHUBERT                                         Funeral March (orch. Liszt)
GRÄDENER                                        Capriccio for Orchestra
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 88
 


Subscription Concert 8
30 March 1873
Otto Dessoff
Ludwig Breitner, piano Gustav Walter, tenor

SPOHR                                              Jessonda, overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Serenade and Allegro Giocoso for Piano and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      ‘An die ferne Geliebte’, Liederkreis
LISZT                                                 Mephisto Waltz
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1873 – 1874
15th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
2 November 1873
Otto Dessoff, Johannes Brahms*

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
BRAHMS                                            Variations on a Theme by Haydn *
SCHUBERT                                         Alfonso e Estrella, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 2
16 November 1873
Otto Dessoff
Annette Essipoff, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      The Consecration of the House, Overture
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
RHEINBERGER                                    Wallenstein’s Camp
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 3
30 November 1873
Otto Dessoff
Josef Staudigl, bass

SPOHR                                              Faust, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Serenade No. 2
HANDEL                                            ‘O Ruddier than the Cherry’ from Acis and Galatea
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5    
 


Subscription Concert 4
21 December 1873
Otto Dessoff
Josef Wieniawski, piano

WEBER                                              Preziosa, Overture
WIENIAWSKI                                     Piano Concerto
MOZART                                           Variations for Strings and Horn, K334
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 





Subscription Concert 5
4 January 1874
Otto Dessoff

ALBERT DIETRICH                              Normannenfahrt, Overture
HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor
VOLKMANN                                       Richard III, overture
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
 


Subscription Concert 6
18 January 1874
Otto Dessoff

BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival, Overture
RAFF                                                  Piano Concerto in C minor
FRANCESCO ROSSI                             “Ah! Rendimi quell core” from Mitrane (arr. Grutsch)
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 92 in G major, ‘Oxford’
 


Subscription Concert 7
1 March 1874
Otto Dessoff
Johann Lauterbach, violin

CHERUBINI                                        The Water Carrier, Overture
SPOHR                                              Violin Concerto No. 8, ‘Gesangszene’
BERLIOZ                                            Three Movements from Romeo and Juliet
MENDELSSOHN                                  Ruy Blas, Overture
 


Subscription Concert 8
22 March 1874
Otto Dessoff
Ignaz Brüll, piano

GRÄDENER                                        Tragedy Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
SPOHR                                              Larghetto from Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 






Wiener Philharmoniker
1874 – 1875
16th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
15 November 1874
Otto Dessoff

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
ROBERT FUCHS                                  Serenade for Strings No. 1
MENDELSSOHN                                  The Bride of Messina, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
29 November 1874
Otto Dessoff
Johannes Brahms, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore, Overture No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 


Subscription Concert 3
20 December 1874
Otto Dessoff
Jakob Grün, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
 


Subscription Concert 4
3 January 1875
Otto Dessoff
Anne Mehlig, piano

LEO GRILL                                          Concert Overture
RUBINSTEIN                                       Piano Concerto No. 4
BACH                                                Prelude and Fugue (orch. Abert)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 





 


Subscription Concert 5
17 January 1875
Otto Dessoff
Joseph Joachim, violin, Amalie Joachim, soprano

WEBER                                              Euryanthe, Overture
SPOHR                                              Violin Concerto No. 7
HANDEL                                            ‘Wo flieh ich hin’ aria from Hercules
JOSEF JOACHIM                                  Nocturne for Violin
SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
 


Subscription Concert 6
21 February 1875
Otto Dessoff
Gabriele Joël, piano

SPOHR                                              The Alchemist, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Piano Concerto No. 2
HERBECK                                           Dance Moments
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
 


Subscription Concert 7
7 March 1875
Otto Dessoff
Heinrich Röver, cello

ZELLNER                                            Symphony in E major
VOLKMANN                                       Serenade No. 3 for Strings
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’

 


Subscription Concert 8
4 April 1875
Otto Dessoff
Karoline Bettelheim, soprano

CHERUBINI                                        Anacreon, Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Pictures from the East (orch. Reinecke)
HANDEL                                            Aria from The Messiah
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 



Wiener Philharmoniker
1875 – 1876
17th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
7 November 1875
Hans Richter

WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (orch. Hellmesberger)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 


Subscription Concert 2
28 November 1875
Hans Richter Johann Herbeck*
Martha Proházka, soprano

LISZT                                                 The Battle of the Huns
WEBER                                              ‘Ocean, du Ungeheuer’ aria from Oberon
HERBECK*                                         Symphonic Variations
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
 


Subscription Concert 3
12 December 1875
Hans Richter
Raphael Joseffy, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1875
Hans Richter
Friedrich Grützmacher, cello, Josef Hellmesberger, viola

BEETHOVEN                                      The Consecration of the House, Overture
RAFF                                                  Cello Concerto in D minor
BERLIOZ                                            Harold in Italy
 





Subscription Concert 5
9 January 1876
Hans Richter
Dragomir Krancsevics, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
VIOTTI                                               Violin Concerto No. 22
WEBER                                              Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 


Subscription Concert 6
23 January 1876
Hans Richter
Annette Essipoff, piano

HEINRICH HOFMANN                        Frithjof Symphony
GLUCK                                              Iphigenie in Aulis, Overture (Wagner ending)
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
WEBER                                              Der Beherrscher der Geister, Overture
 


Subscription Concert 7
5 March 1876
Hans Richter
Julius Epstein, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan, Overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 26, ‘Coronation’
GOLDMARK                                       Rustic Wedding Symphony
 


Subscription Concert 8
26 March 1876
Hans Richter

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 97
VOLKMANN                                       Serenade No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1876 - 1877
18th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
12 November 1876
Hans Richter

WEBER                                              Euryanthe, Overture
BACH                                                Chaconne for Violin (orch. Raff)
BOCCHERINI                                      Minuet from String Quintet Op. 12 No. 5
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
26 November 1876
Hans Richter Johannes Brahms*
Henri Wieniawski, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Romeo and Juliet, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
BRAHMS*                                           Variations on a Theme by Haydn
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 3
10 December 1876
Hans Richter
Jules de Swert, cello

GADE                                                Nachtklänge zu Ossian, Overture
DE SWERT                                         Cello Concerto No. 1 in D minor
FUCHS                                               Serenade No. 2
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1876
Hans Richter
Vera Timanoff, piano

MÉHUL                                              Horatius Cocles, Overture
RUBINSTEIN                                       Piano Concerto No. 3 in G major
MOZART                                           Variations for String Orchestra and Horns, K334
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
 





 


Subscription Concert 5
7 January 1877
Hans Richter Johann Herbeck*
Louis Brassin, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival, Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
HERBECK*                                         Künstlerfahrt
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
 


Subscription Concert 6
18 February 1877
Hans Richter
Pablo de Sarasate, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Egmont, Overture
BARGIEL                                            Three German Dances
BRUCH                                              Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 7
4 March 1877
Hans Richter
Reinhold Hummer, cello

SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale
VOLKMANN                                       Serenade No. 3 in D minor
MENDELSSOHN                                  Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 


Subscription Concert 8
25 March 1877
Hans Richter
Max Pinner, piano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1877 – 1878
19th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
11 November 1877
Hans Richter

SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, Overture
BACH                                                Violin Sonata in E minor (arr. for strings Hellmesberger)
WAGNER                                          Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 


Subscription Concert 2
25 November 1877
Hans Richter
Julius Zarembski, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
LITOLFF                                             Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor
HERBECK                                           Symphony No. 4, ‘Organ’
 


Subscription Concert 3
9 December 1877
Hans Richter
Julius Epstein, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore, Overture No. 1
HUGO REINHOLD                              Suite for Piano and String Orchestra
Lieder with piano accompaniment (Brahms)
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
 


Subscription Concert 4
30 December 1877
Hans Richter

MENDELSSOHN                                  Ruy Blas, Overture
MOZART                                           Three Movements from The Wind Serenade, K361
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2 (world premiere)
BACH                                                Prelude and Fugue (orch. Abert)
 





Subscription Concert 5
13 January 1878
Hans Richter
Adolphe Fischer, cello

GOLDMARK                                       Sakuntala, Overture
GLUCK                                              Ballet Music from Paris and Helena (arr. Reinecke)
LALO                                                 Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
 


Subscription Concert 6
27 January 1878
Hans Richter
Toni Raab, piano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 96
HENSELT                                           Piano Concerto in F minor
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’

 


Subscription Concert 7
10 March 1878
Hans Richter

CHERUBINI                                        Medea, Overture
FUCHS                                               Serenade No. 1 in D major
WAGNER                                          Siegfried Idyll
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 


Subscription Concert 8
24 March 1878
Hans Richter

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore, Overture No. 2
MOZART                                           Adagio from String Quintet in G minor, K516
BACH                                                Organ Toccata in F major (orch. Esser)
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie Fantastique
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1878 - 1879
19th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
3 November 1878
Hans Richter

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 101
BACH                                                Prelude, Andante and Gavotte (arr. for strings Bachrich)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 


Subscription Concert 2
17 November 1878
Hans Richter
Ernst de Munck, cello

SCHUBERT                                         Funeral March in E flat major (orch. Liszt)
HUGO REINHOLD                              Prelude, Minuet and Fugue for Strings
BERNHARD MOLIQUE                        Cello Concerto in D major
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
 


Subscription Concert 3
1 December 1878
Hans Richter
Marie Benois, piano

VOLKMANN                                       Richard III, Overture
HERMANN GRÄDENER                       Capriccio
RUBINSTEIN                                       Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 4
15 December 1878
Hans Richter
Willi and Louis Thern, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Athalia, Overture
MOZART                                           Double Piano Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
26 January 1879
Hans Richter

BERLIOZ                                            Roman Carnival, Overture
FUCHS                                               Serenade No. 3
LISZT                                                 Les Préludes
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
 


Subscription Concert 6
2 March 1879
Hans Richter
Alfred Grünfeld, piano

KLEINECKE                                        Two Character Pieces
GRÄDENER                                        Piano Concerto in D minor
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
 


Subscription Concert 7
23 March 1879
Hans Richter

ESSER                                                Suite No. 1
CHERUBINI                                        Anacreon, Overture
MOZART                                           Prelude and Fugue for Strings, K546
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 5, ‘Reformation’
 


Subscription Concert 8
6 April 1879
Hans Richter
Pauline Lucca, soprano

SCHUMANN                                       Manfred, Overture
LISZT                                                 ‘Mignon’ and ‘Loreley’, Lieder
SCHUBERT                                         Entr’acte No. 2 and Ballet Music from Rosamunde
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 





Wiener Philharmoniker
1879 - 1880
20th Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
16 November 1879
Hans Richter

BEETHOVEN                                      The Consecration of the House, Overture
DVORAK                                           Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3
BACH                                                Passcaglia in C minor (orch. Esser)
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 2
30 November 1879
Hans Richter
Emma Nevada, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
MOZART                                           ‘Martern aller Arten’ from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
SCHUMANN                                       Pictures from the East (orch. Reinecke)
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
 


Subscription Concert 3
14 December 1879
Hans Richter
Xaver Scharwenka, piano

WAGNER                                          A Faust Overture
SCHARWENKA                                  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
 


Subscription Concert 4
28 December 1879
Hans Richter
David Popper, cello

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 84
DAVID POPPER                                  Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2
 




 


Subscription Concert 5
15 February 1880
Hans Richter
Clementine Schuch-Proska, soprano

MOZART                                           Movements 1, 5 and 7 from Serenade in D major, K320
BACH                                                ‘Mein gläubiges Herze, frohlocke’, Aria from Cantata No. 68
HANDEL                                            ‘Let the bright Seraphim’ aria from Samson
RAFF                                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Im Walde’
 


Subscription Concert 6
7 March 1880
Hans Richter

BERLIOZ                                            Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
HEUBERGER                                       Variations on a Theme by Schubert
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 7
 


Subscription Concert 7
21 March 1880
Hans Richter
Theodor Leschetitzky, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  The Fair Melusine, Overture
SAINT-SAËNS                                     Piano Concerto No. 4
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
 


Subscription Concert 8
4 April 1880
Hans Richter
Anna d’Angeri, soprano

WAGNER                                          Prelude to Die Meistersinger
MENDELSSOHN                                  ‘Infelice’, concert aria
BEETHOVEN                                      Incidental Music from Egmont
 



Wiener Philharmoniker
1880 – 1881
21st Season
 


Subscription Concert 1
7 November 1880
Hans Richter

WEBER                                              Oberon, Overture
BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
 


Subscription Concert 2
21 November 1880
Hans Richter
Carolina Montigny-Remaury, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Les francs-juges, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
 


Subscription Concert 3
5 December 1880
Hans Richter
Emil Smietanski, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Fidelio, Overture
FUCHS                                               Piano Concerto in B flat minor
GOLDMARK                                       Penthesilea, Overture
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 31
 


Subscription Concert 4
26 December 1880
Hans Richter
Rosa Bernstein, contralto

WAGNER                                          Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
HANDEL                                            ‘Wach auf! Saturnia’, aria from Semele
BRAHMS                                            Tragic Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
 



 


Subscription Concert 5
6 January 1881
Hans Richter

SCHUMANN                                       Julius Caesar, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Minuet and Fugue from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59/3
MENDELSSOHN                                  Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Overture
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
 


Subscription Concert 6
6 March 1881
Hans Richter
Carl Heymann, piano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 87
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2
 


Subscription Concert 7
20 March 1881
Hans Richter
Ovide Musin, violin

SPOHR                                              Jessonda, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Academic Festival Overture
VOLKMANN                                       Symphony No. 1
 


Subscription Concert 8
3 April 1881
Hans Richter
Bianca Bianchi, soprano

MENDELSSOHN                                  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
MOZART                                           ‘Martern allen Arten’, from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
HERBECK                                           Dance Moments
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
 








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