Philadelphia Orchestra
1919–1920
20th Season
Week 1
Friday 17 October 1919
Saturday 18 October 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Carl Maria von Weber Oberon Overture, J. 306 (1826)
Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts, Op. 61 (1842)
Edward Burlingame Hill Stevensoniana Suite, Op. 39 (1918)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808)
Week 2
Friday 24 October 1919
Saturday 25 October 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Samuel Gardner, violin
Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne, suite (1872)
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844)
Samuel Gardner New Russia, tone poem, Op. 12 (1918)
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, 'From the New World' (1893)
Week 3
Friday 31 October 1919
Saturday 1 November 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Olga Samaroff, piano
Philadelphia Chorus
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy, TH 22 (1869)
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 376 (1849)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 (1788)
Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op. 80 (1808)
Week 4
Friday 7 November 1919
Saturday 8 November 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz, Overture, J. 277 (1821)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (1812)
Dvorsky The Haunted Castle (c. 1890)
Richard Wagner Rienzi, Overture, WWV 49 (1840)
Week 5
Friday 14 November 1919
Saturday 15 November 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Margaret Matzenauer, soprano
Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture, Op. 43 (1801)
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88 (c. 1787)
Johannes Brahms Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (orch. Stokowski), Op. 105 No. 2 (1888)
Robert Schumann Two Brides Songs (orch. Stokowski), Op. 34 Nos. 1 & 2 (1840)
Franz Schubert Der Erlkönig (orch. Stokowski), D 328 (1815)
Gian Francesco Malipiero Sette espressioni sinfoniche (1918)
Richard Wagner Final Scene from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (1874)
Week 6
Friday 28 November 1919
Saturday 29 November 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Thaddeus Rich, violin Hans Kindler, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, Overture, K. 527 (1787)
Johannes Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (1887)
Edward MacDowell Dirge from Indian Suite, Op. 48 (1895)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
Week 7
Friday 5 December 1919
Saturday 6 December 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Harold Bauer, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (1806)
Charles Martin Loeffler A Pagan Poem, Op. 14 (1906)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (1786)
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759, 'Unfinished' (1822)
Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman, Overture, WWV 63 (1841)
Week 8
Friday 19 December 1919
Saturday 20 December 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (1734)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (1885)
Charles Griffes Roman Sketches, Op. 7 (1915)
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (orch. Müller-Berghaus), S. 244 (1847)
Week 9
Friday 26 December 1919
Saturday 27 December 1919
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Henry Hadley Othello, Overture, Op. 61 (1919)
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 376 (1849)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, 'Pastoral' (1808)
Week 10
Friday 2 January 1920
Saturday 3 January 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Alfred Cortot, piano
Bedřich Smetana Overture to The Bartered Bride (1866)
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1909)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Week 11
Friday 9 January 1920
Saturday 10 January 1920
Thaddeus Rich, conductor
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, Overture, Op. 72 (1814)
Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878)
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 (1846)
Week 12
Friday 23 January 1920
Saturday 24 January 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
Christoph Willibald Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide, Overture (1774)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, 'Jupiter' (1788)
Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! from Cantata No. 70, BWV 70 (1723)
Daniel Gregory Mason Five Russian Songs (c. 1919)
Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung, Funeral March, WWV 86D (1874)
Week 13
Friday 30 January 1920
Saturday 31 January 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Victor Herbert Prelude to Act 3 of Natoma (1911)
Henry F. Gilbert Prologue to Riders to the Sea (1914)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (1812)
Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 (1870)
Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture, WWV 96 (1862)
Week 14
Friday 6 February 1920
Saturday 7 February 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano Florence Hinkle, soprano
Arthur Hackett, tenor Fred Patton, baritone
Philadelphia Chorus
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1909)
Sergei Rachmaninov The Bells, choral symphony, Op. 35 (1913)
Week 15
Friday 13 February 1920
Saturday 14 February 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Sir Henry Walford Davies Solemn Melody (1909)
Sir Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (1899)
Ernest Chausson Le temps de lilas (1893)
Henri Duparc L'Invitation au voyage (1870)
Richard Wagner Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music, WWV 70 (1845)
Week 16
Friday 27 February 1920
Saturday 28 February 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Thaddeus Rich, viola d’amore Anton Torello, double bass
Carl Maria von Weber Oberon Overture, J. 306 (1826)
Henri Casadesus ("Lorenziti") Concerto for Viola d'amore, double bass and orchestra (c. 1909)
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, 'From the New World' (1893)
Week 17
Friday 5 March 1920
Saturday 6 March 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Thelma Given, violin
Franz Schubert Rosamunde, overture, Entr'acte No. 3 and ballet music No. 2, D 797 (1823)
Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor (1829)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1876)
Week 18
Friday 12 March 1920
Saturday 13 March 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Katherine Goodson, piano
César Franck Symphony in D minor, M. 48 (1888)
Sergey Lyapunov Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 38 (1909)
Richard Wagner Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1, WWV 75 (1848)
Richard Wagner Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla, WWV 86A (1854)
Richard Wagner Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries, WWV 86B (1856)
Week 19
Friday 26 March 1920
Saturday 27 March 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Emma Roberts, contralto
Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan, Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
Christoph Willibald Gluck Che faro senza euridice, aria from Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1788)
Sergei Rachmaninov Keep the Pain, song (c. 1919)
Nikolai Sachnovsky The Clock, song (c. 1919)
Louis Aubert Chanson Espagnole, song (c. 1919)
Henry Fourdrain Carnival, song (c. 1919)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 (1888)
Week 20
Saturday 3 April 1920
Monday 5 April 1920
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, conductor
Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz, Overture, J. 277 (1821)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1800)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy, TH 22 (1869)
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod, WWV 90 (1865)
Richard Wagner Tannhäuser, Overture, WWV 70 (1845)
Week 21
Friday 9 April 1920
Saturday 10 April 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Richard Krueger, bassoon
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (1877)
Carl Maria von Weber Bassoon Concertino in E-flat major, J. 191 (1811)
Auguste Maquarre Two Pieces for Orchestra (c. 1919)
Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust, three excerpts, H. 111 (1846)
Week 22
Friday 16 April 1920
Saturday 17 April 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Eddy Brown, violin
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (1825)
Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op. 46 (1880)
Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, WWV 86D (1874)
Week 23
Friday 23 April 1920
Saturday 24 April 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Rudolph Ganz, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1878)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103, 'Egyptian' (1896)
Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 (1895)
Week 24
Friday 30 April 1920
Saturday 1 May 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Estelle Hughes, soprano Marcel Tabuteau, oboe
Gioachino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville (1816)
Gioachino Rossini "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville (1816)
Gaetano Donizetti Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major (orch. Stokowski), K. 370 (1781)
Richard Wagner Siegfried, Forest Murmurs, WWV 86C (1871)
Richard Wagner Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music, WWV 86B (1870)
Week 25
Friday 7 May 1920
Saturday 8 May 1920
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Vahrah Hanbury, soprano Alice Fidler, contralto
Robert Quait, tenor J. Campbell McInnes, bass
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (1806)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, 'Choral' (1824)
