Boston Symphony Broadcasts for the Year 1945
1/6/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Valentina Vishnevska (s), Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
Mozart: Divertimento Nº 15 in B flat, K. 287
Lourie: The Feast during the Plague (Vishnevska, Harvard-Radcliffe
Choruses)
1/13/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Hunter College, NY)
Berlioz: Carnaval romain, Overture
Sibelius: Symphony Nº 2
1/20/1945 Conductor: George Szell (Symphony Hall)
Ruth Posselt (vl)
Still: In memoriam: The Colored Soldiers who died for Democracy
Smetana: Má Vlast--From Bohemia's meadows and forests
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole (Posselt)
1/27/1945 Conductor: George Szell (Symphony Hall)
Haydn: Symphony Nº 97
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
2/3/1945 Conductor: Richard Burgin (Symphony Hall)
Witold Malcuzynski (pf)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Chopin: Piano Concerto Nº 2 (Malcuzynski)
2/10/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nº 6
2/17/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Hunter College, NY)
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina--Prelude
Brahms: Symphony Nº 1
2/24/1945 Conductor: Heitor Villa-Lobos (Symphony Hall)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 7--2 movts
Villa-Lobos: Choros Nº 12 {World Premiere}
3/3/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Louis Speyer (eh), Robert Casadesus (pf)
Lopatnikoff: Concertino for Orchestra, Op. 30 {World Premiere}
Hill: Music for English Horn and Orchestra (Speyer) {World
Premiere}
Mozart: Piano Concerto Nº 26 (Casadesus)
3/10/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Georges Mager (tr), Louis Speyer (eh)
Copland: Quiet City (Mager, Speyer)
Hanson: Symphony Nº 3
3/17/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Hunter College, NY)
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide--Overture
Beethoven: Symphony Nº 7
3/24/1945 Conductor: Richard Burgin (Symphony Hall)
Mona Paulee (s)
Mahler: Symphony Nº 4 (Paulee)
3/31/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
4/7/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Harvard Glee Club
Thompson: Testament for freedom (Harvard Glee Club)
Shostakovich: Symphony Nº 8--Movt 1
4/14/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Hunter College, NY)
Beethoven: Symphony Nº 3
4/21/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
E. Power Biggs (or)
Piston: Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings (Biggs)
D'Indy: Symphonic Variations "Istar", Op. 42
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite--Prelude,
Fileuse
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
4/28/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Valentina Vishnevska (s), Jean Watson (ms), William
Hain (t), Robert Collins (bs),
Harvard-Radcliffe Choruses
Beethoven: Symphony Nº 9--Movements 2, 3, 4 (Vishnevska, J.
Watson, Hain, Collins, Harvard-Radcliffe Choruses)
7/28/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Tanglewood)
Alexander Brailowsky (pf)
Bach: Suite Nº 4
Mozart: Piano Concerto Nº 23 (Brailowsky)
8/4/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Tanglewood)
Alexander Borovsky (pf)
Mozart: Divertimento Nº 15 in B flat, K. 287
Bach: Piano Concerto Nº 1 in d (Borovsky)
8/11/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Tanglewood)
William Kroll (vl), Jascha Veissi (va)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto Nº 4
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K. 364 (W. Kroll, Veissi)
10/6/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Beethoven: Symphony Nº 3
10/13/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevalá--The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Symphony Nº 1
10/20/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
10/27/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Alexander Brailowsky (pf)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nº 2 (Brailowsky)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
11/3/1945 Conductor: Richard Burgin (Symphony Hall)
Gould: Spirituals for String Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nº 2
11/10/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in c, K. 546
Brahms: Symphony Nº 2
11/17/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Hunter College, NY)
Prokofiev: Symphony Nº 1
Prokofiev: Symphony Nº 5
11/24/1945 Conductor: Paul Paray (Symphony Hall)
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite–Prelude,
Fileuse, Sicilienne
Ravel: La valse
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier
12/1/1945 Conductor: Paul Paray (Symphony Hall)
Mischa Elman (vl)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Elman)
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Chabrier-Mottl: Bourrée
12/8/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Milwaukee)
Sibelius: Finlandia
Sibelius: Symphony Nº 2
12/15/1945 Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky (Symphony Hall)
Alexander Borovsky (pf)
Beethoven: Coriolan--Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nº 5 (Borovsky)
12/22/1945 Conductor: Fritz Reiner (Symphony Hall)
Strauss: Salome--Dance of the seven veils
Strauss: Symphonia domestica
12/29/1945 Conductor: Richard Burgin (Symphony Hall)
Yehudi Menuhin (vl)
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Milhaud: Saudades do Brasil
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Menuhin)