Leopold Stokowski Concerts -

[1921]

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61 (1806)

- Fritz Kreisler violin

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899): Symphony in B-flat opus 20

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Concerning this composition, Mr. Stokowski made a few remarks... Chausson, he told his hearers, was a melancholy man who was disposed to brood over the shortness of life and the vanity of earthly things, and whose sadness was reflected in the music they were about to hear." ¹³⁴

intermission

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (1919) in four movements

- Marcel Tabuteau plays the solo in this piece for the first time. ¹²³

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A opus 129 (1850)

- Michel Penha cello

intermission

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

Margaret Matzenauer soprano sings arias:

- Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis: 2. "La Chevelure"

- Henri Duparc (1848-1933): Extase (1884)

- Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle opus 37

The Washington Herald wrote: "Mme. Matzenauer chose three rather mournful songs for the first of her program. There was too much sameness in her songs and left the audience rather cold. However, she redeemed herself later... she sang the Brunhilde in the finale of the "Twilight of the Gods" most dramatically and effectively and shows what she can do when she lets her voice out." ¹³³

intermission

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

- Margaret Matzenauer soprano as Brünnhilde

Margaret Matzenauer soprano sings arias:

- Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis: 2. "La Chevelure"

- Henri Duparc (1848-1933): Extase (1884)

- Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle opus 37

intermission

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

- Margaret Matzenauer soprano as Brünnhilde

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Mme. Matzenauer is fitted, both physically and vocally to express the superhuman heroic idea of the role of Brunhilde." ¹³⁵

intermission

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A opus 129 (1850)

- Michel Penha cello

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

intermission

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor, opus 22 (1868)

- Mischa Levitzki piano

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's final scene

"The first of three supplementary programs to accomodate the many who have been unable to gain admission to the subscription series"

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

- Ernest Williams trumpet (Stokowski's recording had the trumpet playing an octive lower rather than at the "clarino" tessitura of the score; perhaps Williams so played)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 3, opus 37 (1800)

- Mischa Levitzki piano

Mischa Levitzki (1898-1941) in 1919

"Levitzki died suddenly of a heart attack aged 42 in 1941, at his home in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey"

intermission

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

- Florence Hinkle soprano

- Reinald Werrenrath baritone

- Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus directed by Stephen Townsend ¹²¹

- Florence Hinkle soprano

- Reinald Werrenrath baritone

- Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus directed by Stephen Townsend

Musical America wrote: "Mr. Stokowski made two cuts in the score, surprising since the concert was over by ten o'clock and might well have continued a few minutes longer. There was reason for gratitude that he contrived to prevent applause except at the intermission and again at the end." ¹²⁸

intermission

David Bispham (1857-1921) baritone sings:

- Mozart: "Per questa bella mano" K 612 concert aria - with double bass obligato by Anton Torello

"Mr. Torello played the difficult obbligato without his notes and brought a beauty of tone and a facility of execution which resembled the cello."

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande opus 5 (1905)

The Philadelphia Ledger wrote: "Before playing the composition Mr. Stokowski besought the hearers to listen to the composition with an open mind and not to be disturbed by the modern tendencies of the composer harmonically" ¹¹¹

David Bispham sings and narrates:

- Max von Schillings (1868-1933): Das Hexenlied (The Witch-Song) opus 15 (1902)

- Margaret Sittig violin

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in Eb, K 364/320d

- Thaddeus Rich violin

- Romain Verney viola

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Roger Quilter (1877-1953): A Children's Overture (1920)

an English composer, known particularly for his songs

Wagner: Parsifal: Act I Transformation music and Act III Good Friday Spell - as arranged by Stokowski

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949): La Procesion del Rocío opus 9 (1912)

&Eacutedouard Lalo (1823-1892): Symphonie espagnole opus 21 (1874)

- Jacques Thibaud violin

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

The New York Tribune critic wrote: "The conductor was well-justified in showing off the collective and individual merits of his band in the '1812 Overture', which made an effective ending for this visiting orchestra's season." ¹³⁷

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

"The tremendous orchestral effects were hightened by the aid of bells and cannon and brasses in the upper tier of boxes."

The short overture was likely placed to allow the late-comers to gain their seats prior to the Beethoven symphony.

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, opus 125 (1824) "Choral"

Inez Barbour (1885-1971) soprano (wife of the conductor Henry Hadley)

Marle Alcock (1883-1975) contralto

George Meader (1888-1963) tenor

Royal Dadmun (1884-1964)

"200 Pittsburgh voices" directed by Charles Heinroth

Jacob Arcadelt (1507-1568): "Ave Maria" (1842) - Mendelssohn Choir a capella

Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Surge illuminare Jerusalem motet - Mendelssohn Choir a capella

Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): "A Sea Symphony" - Symphony no 1 (1909)

- Florence Hinkle soprano

- Reinald Werrenrath baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

- Peter Henkelman (1882-1949) Philadelphia Orchestra English horn 1901-1905

"After the Sibelius, the audience recalled Mr. Stokowski four times." ¹⁴⁰

Sir Ernest MacMillan: England - Canadian premiere ¹³⁹

- Florence Hinkle soprano

- Royal Dadmun baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir

Debussy: La damoiselle élue (1889, revised 1902)

- Florence Hinkle soprano

- Royal Dadmun baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir women's chorus

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Songs of the Sea opus 91 (1904)

- Royal Dadmun baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir Men's voices ¹⁴⁰

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) (1843): "Spinning Chorus" of sailors

- Mendelssohn Choir Men's voices

Eaton Fanning (1850-1927): "Fanning How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps" - a capella song set to Shakespeare's text

Eaton Fanning was an English composer who also taught at the Royal Academy of Music

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

The 1812 Overture was supplemented by sixteen Toronto brass players ¹⁴⁰

- Mendelssohn mixed choir

Brahms: "Schicksalslied" (Song of Fate) opus 54 for mixed choir and orchestra: "Can You Tell Me"

- Mendelssohn mixed choir

A. M. Storch: "Night Witchery"

- Mendelssohn Choir male chorus

Sibelius: Hymn opus 21 (1896) "Natus in Curas"

- Mendelssohn Choir male chorus

Spanish traditional: "El paño" (The silversmith)

- Mendelssohn Choir

Gustav Holst: "Ave Maria" (1900)

- Mendelssohn Choir female chorus

Kurt Schindler (1882-1935): "The Miracle of St. Raymond"

- Mendelssohn Choir ¹⁴⁰

Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): "A Sea Symphony" - Symphony no 1 (1909): Scherzo "The Waves" with chorus

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in c sharp minor (orchestrated by Karl Müller-Berghaus)

intermission

Henri Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no 2 in D minor, opus 22

- Carlton Cooley violin

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Symphony no 5 "Prometheus, Le poeme du feu" opus 60

The Brooklyn Eagle wrote: "Like the 'Devine Poem' and the 'Poem of Extasy', this composition speaks an important message."

intermission

Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E-flat K 543

Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

The Pottsville review enthused: "A criticism of the concert is absolutely superfluous. It was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful." ¹³⁶

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: 'Invocation of Alberich'

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

intermission

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: The Rhine Journey, Funeral March and Brünnhilde's final scene

intermission

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor opus 54 (1845)

- Olga Samaroff piano

William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916): Symphonic Poem in G (1910)

Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973): Ditirambo tragico (1917)

"The Ditirambo tragico's distraught, searing dissonances are among the most extreme Malipiero ever composed"

May Peterson soprano

Marle Alcock contalto

The Public Ledger wrote: "Special mention should be made of the work of the first and second trumpets, Ernest Williams and S. G. Cohen, and the first horn Anton Horner who had a remarkably high and difficult ensemble part with solo passages demanding his beautiful tone, and the first trombone Gardell Simons who played his exacting part with a variety of tone and a degree of musicianship rarely heard in this difficult instrument." ¹³⁸

Opening concert of the 1921-1922 season

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

intermission

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations opus 36 (1899)

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D Major, opus 73

intermission

Walter Braunfels (1882-1954): Fantastic Variations of a Theme by Hector Berlioz opus 25 (1917)

&Eacutedouard Lalo (1823-1892): Symphonie espagnole opus 21 (1874)

- Emil Telmanyi violin

Emil Telmanyi (1892-1988) advocate of Carl Nielsen, married to Nielsen's daughter

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

The New York Herald wrote: "Ita was a noble orchestra Mr. Stokowski confronted when he lifted his baton to begin the Brahms symphony... an orchestra increased on the foundation of ten basses instead of eight as last season, and woodwinds doubled and all the players seated in a new distribution." ¹¹⁴

intermission

+++ Walter Braunfels (1882-1954): Fantastic Variations of a Theme by Hector Berlioz opus 25 (1917)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

+++ Sibelius: Symphony no 5 opus 82 (several versions 1916-1919) -

the score of this recent work was also published in 1921 and brought back from Stokowski's European trip, summer 1921, as well as bringing the score of Vaughan William's 'A London Symphony' revised in 1918. ¹¹³ This was said to be the American premiere of the symphony

intermission

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini opus 32 (1876)

Alfredo Casella (1883-1947): Pagine di Guerra ("Pages of War") (1915)

- 'In Belgium', 'In France', 'In Russia', 'In Alsace'

- Alfredo Casella piano

intermission

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 20 in D minor, K 466

- Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) piano

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Alfredo Casella (1883-1947): A Notte Alta ("At Midnight") opus 30 (1917)

- Alfredo Casella piano

intermission

César Franck: Variations symphoniques (1885) for piano and orchestra

- Alfredo Casella piano

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Ernest Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1920)

Louis Bailly viola

Louis Bailly (1882-1974) viola of the Flonzaley Quartet

intermission

Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D opus 77

- Efrem Zimbalist violin

intermission

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

- Kathleen Parlow violin

Kathleen Parlow (1890-1963)

intermission

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

intermission

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

intermission

Helen Stanley soprano arias:

- Debussy: L'enfant prodigue (1908): 'Lia's Aria'

- Riccardo Zandonai (1883-1944): Conchita Act I: "Ier dalla fabbrica a Triana"

Helen Stanley (1889-1969)

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): preludes to Act I and to Act III

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

intermission

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

In the 25 Novermber Friday afternoon concert, before the final number, Stokowski "delivered a little lecture in which he reproached the people who move about during the performance and leave before it is over, and adjured his listeners to come in a soulful, meditative and receptive frame of mind." ¹²²

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

The New York Tribune critic Henry E. Krehbiel (1854-1923) wrote: "...We say that the audience was too decorous because the composition - we suppose it is that, no matter what else it may be - ought to have been received with unmistakable signs of protest... This is 'progress'. Let us be progressive even if progress leads us into the deep, dark, dank and noisome abysses of hell" ¹¹² The headline of this review was "A Travesty On Harmony."

Richard Aldrich of the New York Times, usually more reserved than the acerbic Krehbiel wrote: "Now we know the worst... there is littel to say about these five pieces, except they are worse than the reputation whic preceded them."

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Liszt: Les Préludes (1854)

intermission

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61 (1806)

- Arrigo Serato violin

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "this served to introduce this new violinist, and it must be said that he was something of a disappointment. His tone, although clear and sweet, is extremely small and his intonation is uncertain... After all, the Beethoven concerto is not for all talents, only for the greatest." ¹¹⁰

"There was a new arrangement of the strings, the cellos were moved to the right, and the second violins and the violas were massed behind the first violins, the reason for which was apparent in the first number, the prelude from Lohengrin." ¹⁰⁹

Liszt: Piano Concerto no 2 in A (1861)

- Yolanda Mero piano

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23

- Ernest Hutcheson piano

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Rubinstein: Piano Concerto no 4 in D minor, opus 70

- Leo Ornstein piano

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act III

Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 16 (1909 version)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Georges Bizet: Carmen: 'March' from the Suite no 2

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

Demonstration of the differences between the violin (Thaddeus Rich), the viola (Romain Verney), cello (Michel Penha) and bass (Anton Torello)

- Ernest Williams trumpet (Stokowski's recording had the trumpet playing an octive lower rather than at the 'clarino' tessitura of the score; perhaps Williams so played)

Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047

- Ernest Williams trumpet (as in the Philadelphia concerts of 16, 17 December 1921, Stokowski likely had Ernest Williams playing trumpet an octive lower rather than at the 'clarino' pitch of the score which may have been considered technically out of range.)

Haydn: Symphony no 100 in G major "Military"

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

[1922]

intermission

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Stokowski apparently arranged the Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Bartaletto for these instruments

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - Marcel Tabuteau (with the orchestra 1915-1954) oboe

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Mr. Stokowski assured his audience that if they listened closely they could hear the goblins chasing Peer Gynt, and the king giving him a resounding smack" ¹¹⁷

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 14 in C# minor "Moonlight" opus 27, no 2: movement 1 - orchestrated by Stokowski with Lewis Raho (with the orchestra 1918-1924) oboe d'amore

Guy Ropartz (1864-1955): Pastorale et danses - Marcel Tabuteau oboe

Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: "The Swan" - Peter Henkelman (with the orchestra 1901-1925) English horn

M. Bartaletto: Il Sogno (The Dream) - Edward Raho (with the orchestra 1913-1930) bass oboe, which Stokowski referred to as a "hecklephone" ¹²³

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act III

"Mr. Stokowski explained the story of 'Lohengrin' prior to the prelude"

Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 6 in D major - orchestrated by Albert Parlow

"After all was over, Mr. Stokowski stood shaking hands with many of the children"

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor (1851)

intermission

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d minor opus 47 (1905)

- Ferenc Vecsey violin

Ferenc Vecsey (1893-1935) violin - Vecsey was a champion of this Sibelius concerto, performing it often, beginning when he was 13 ¹¹⁹

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor (1851)

intermission

Maria Ivogun soprano arias:

- Mozart: "Mia speranza adorata" aria K 416

- Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos opus 60 (version 1916): 'Zerbinetta's Aria'

Maria Ivogun, Hungarian soprano (1891-1987)

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

this seems to have been Stokowski's first performance of his transcription, which he played many times later

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription with "Stokowski playing the clavicembalo"

"For the Handel Concerto, Mr. Stokowski uses an edition of the score made by himself... the clavicembalo is represented by a modern instrument [in fact a Steinway grand piano] devised to approximate the tone of an eighteenth century clavichord" ¹¹⁸

intermission

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

intermission

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription with "Stokowski playing the clavicembalo"

described as: 'Concerto for flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, with Stokowski playing the clavicembalo'

["clavicembalo: a transformed Steinway grand that has an attachment to give the tone of the ancient instrument" ¹¹⁶].

The Washington Times: "Fresh tempo, delicious duos with piano and first violin with Thaddeus Rich adding quaintness in the quality of his tone and the vivacity of its playing" ¹¹⁶

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

intermission

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription with "Stokowski playing the clavicembalo"

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

The Baltimore Sun: "Especially noticable is the concluding Bach fugue, into which is poured such a tremendous volume of song as to make the hall vibrate..."

intermission

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription with "Stokowski playing the clavicembalo"

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

The Harrisburg Telegraph wrote: "The Beethoven number was to have been played last, but almost at the last minute, Stokowski, who has a way of changing programs reversed the sequence playing the Bach number last." ¹¹⁵

intermission

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription

"The three movements were directed by Mr. Stokowski from the clavicembalo."

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

The Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Gustav Holst: Festival Te Deum (1919)

Schubert: Moment Musical no 3 in F minor D 780 - transcription by Stokowski

J. S. Bach: "Sing Ye To The Lord" motet BWV 2325

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Hubert Parry (1848-1918): "Blest Pair of Sirens" (1887)

The Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Herbert A. Fricker with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (1846)

- Florence Hinkle (1885-1933) soprano - Marguerite

- Thomas Burke (1890-1969) tenor - Faust

- John Barclay baritone - Mephistopheles

- Walter S. Clapperton (1892-1944) bass - Brander

- The Mendelssohn Choir as peasants, sylphs, soldiers and celestial spirits

The Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Herbert A. Fricker with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb opus 3 no 1 - Stokowski transcription

- it was directed by Mr. Stokowski from the clavicembalo.

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

The Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Herbert A. Fricker with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act III

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A Sea Symphony" (1909) for chorus and orchestra: parts 2 and 3 ¹²⁰

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): Five Characteristic Pictures opus 18 for female chorus and orchestra: "The Fairy"

Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967) "The Wreck of the Julie Plante" (1921 song by this Canadian composer)

Gustav Ferrari (1872-1948): "Old King Cole" - four part song for women's voices

Somervelle arrangement of the traditional "Men of Harlech"

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in Eb, K 364/320d

- Thaddeus Rich violin

- Romain Verney viola

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

"Three Symphony Orchestras with five conductors will take part in the fund raising concert"

Josef Stransky conducts the New York Philharmonic:

- Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act I

- Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Arthur Bodanzky conducts the New York Philharmonic:

- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

- Berlioz: La damnation de Faust opus 24: "Rakoczy March"

Albert Coates conducts the New York Symphony:

- Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, opus 68

Willem Mengelberg conducts the New York Symphony:

- Liszt: Les Préludes S 97 (1865)

Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra:

- Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

"To commemorate the service of Walter Damrosch to American Music and to mark the establishment of a perpetual fellowship in the American Academy in Rome" ¹²⁴

intermission

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951): A Pilgrim Vision (1920) - a short piece to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage to America.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 in Eb major opus 73 "Emperor"

- Josef Hofmann piano

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932): Cello Concerto opus 20 (1899)

- Hans Kindler cello

"Mr. Stokowski addressed the audience prior to the work to say that the composer had undertaken to express the reactions of nature, not on the cultivated and sophisticated intelligence, but on the minds of a primitive people."

Ernest Schelling (1876-1939): Suite Fantastique opus 7 (1906)

intermission

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: The Rhine Journey, Funeral March and Brünnhilde's final scene

Charles-Marie Widor: Suite opus 34 (1877): "Romance" - William Kincaid flute

August Damm: "Concert Polka" - John Fischer piccolo

Joseph La Monaca: "Primavera" - 'written for this concer' for alto flute, played by the composer

Joseph La Monaca played flute with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1910-1940

Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens opus 113: "Turkish March"

Schubert: Moment Musical no 3 in F minor D 780 - transcription by Stokowskit

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): Caucasian Sketches Suite no 1 opus 10 (1894): "Procession of the Sardar"

"Mr. Stokowski explained the the wild country in which this composer lived and the savage character of the people"

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): L'Arlésienne (1872): Suite no 1:

- Prelude,

- Allegro deciso

- Minuet

- Adagietto

- Carillon

also, the children sang "Auld Lang Syne" and "America" ¹²⁶

intermission

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951): A Pilgrim Vision (1920) - a short piece to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage to America.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 in Eb major opus 73 "Emperor"

- Josef Hofmann piano

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: The Rhine Journey, Funeral March and Brünnhilde's final scene

intermission

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2 in B-flat Major, opus 83

- Ossip Gabrilowitsch piano

"Mr. Stokowski was in thorough accord with the soloist. A transcendental reading was the answer." ¹²⁶

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951): A Pilgrim Vision (1920) - a short piece to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage to America.

"The composition is weak, if also bombastic"

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "How admirably it was played, with what eloquence of expression, brilliancy of execution, and lucidity of exposition, with what clear sense of its values and sympathetic appreciation of its significance, those who know from experience how brightly Mr. Stokowski shines as an interpreter of Brahms can readily imagine." ¹²⁷

intermission

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in b minor opus 104 (1895)

- Michel Penha cello (Principal cello fo the Philadelphia Orchestra 1920-1925)

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, opus 56, Scottish

intermission

Maria Ivogun, Hungarian soprano (1891-1987) sings arias:

- Mozart: "Mia speranza adorata" concert aria K 416

- Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos opus 60 (1909): Zerbinetta's aria "So war es mit Pagliazzo"

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Mozart: Concerto for two pianos in E-flat K 365/316a

- Josef and Rosina Lhevinne duo-pianists

intermission

Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in Eb, opus 11

- Josef Lhevinne piano

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, opus 56, Scottish

intermission

Nina Koshetz soprano sings arias:

- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Tatyana's Letter scene

- Mussorgsky: The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880): Rêverie and dance

- Prokofiev: one of the Melodies opus 35 for soprano and orchestra

Nina Koshetz (1891-1965) "Known for her overly-extravagant life style, her vocal powers declined in the 1930s and in 1940s"

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, opus 56, Scottish

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Dull and hardly interesting enough to force itself to attention save as a curiosity." ¹²⁹

intermission

Marguerite d'Alvarez (1883-1953) contralto sings arias:

- Gluck (1714-1784): Alceste (1776) Act II: "Divinités du styx"

- Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis: 2. "La Chevelure"

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn opus 56 (1873)

Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E-flat K 543

intermission

Richard Strauss: Burleske in d minor (1886)

- Harold Bauer piano

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

- Peter Henkelman (1882-1949) Philadelphia Orchestra English horn 1901-1905

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Symphony no 5 "Prometheus, Le poeme du feu" opus 60

"this tone poem, with its weird discords and its sky-scraping ascents was assisted in the piano part of the Scryabin by Mr. Harold Bauer."

"The Society had engaged the full personnel of the Philadelphia Orchestra for the occasion, conducted by the efficient Josef Pasternack, and present as a guest conductor Leopold Stokowski, under whose guidance the orchestra performed Strauss's tone poem Tod und Verklärung. ¹³⁰

Pablo Casals cello and John Barclay baritone with the Mendelssohn Choir (Toronto) also performed.

Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E-flat K 543

intermission

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Otto Mueller (Germany 1870-1960) violin and his brother Herman Mueller (Germany 1872-1937) viola were both long-time musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in Eb, opus 11

- Edward Lane piano - he won a Stokowski performance competition in 1921, but had a short career

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act III

Schubert: Moment Musical no 3 in F minor D 780 - transcription by Stokowski

Boccherini: String Quintet No 1 in E opus 11 no 5 G 275 - 3rd movement Minuetto - Stokowski transcription

Georges Bizet: Carmen Act II: Spanish dance

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

"The orchestra was met at the station by Pottsville's Third Brigade Band. Bandmaster C. P Hoffman handed the baton to Mr. Stokowski, who led the band in a stirring march." ¹³²

intermission

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Debussy: Le martyre de saint Sébastien: 1. 'La Cour des lys'

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote about the concert marking 10 seasons of Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orhcestra: "Mrs. Francis Wister on behalf of the four women's committees congratulated Mr. Stokowski with a silver plate. In acknowledging this gift, Mr. Stokowski made a little speach in which he said that the four cardinal points of orchestral excellence were ensemble, tone, flexibility and balance. He thought that these had so far attained as to render further progress difficult, but that no effort would be spared." ¹³¹

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in Bb opus 60

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Mr. Stokowski was inclined to rather exagerate than minimize the sentimentality which is one of the weakness of this score [Beethoven Symphony no 4] and in his delivery of the melodious adagio he actually accomplished what might have been thought the impossible feat of making Beethoven sound like Jules Massenet." ¹⁶⁵

intermission

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - as arranged by Stokowski

with William Kincaid flute

Debussy: Le martyre de saint Sébastien: 1. 'La Cour des lys'

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse in d minor (1920)

Claire Dux soprano aria:

- Fromental Halévy (1799-1862): Jaguarita l'Indienne (1855): aria of Jaguarita with flute obligato by William Kincaid

Schubert: from "16 German Dances" opus 33: Tyrolean Dance - Stokowski arrangement

intermission

Claire Dux soprano arias:

- Fromental Hal évy (1799-1862): Jaguarita l'Indienne 'Jagarita aria'

- Erich Korngold: Liebesbriefchen (Little Love Letter) (1918)

- Erich Korngold: Summer (1918)

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben opus 43 (1898)

Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in Bb opus 60

W. J. Henderson wrote: "...he took the finale at a speed high enought to tax the virtuosity of his orchestra."

intermission

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben opus 43 (1898)

"All the tickets for the Philadelphia Orchestra season here [New York City] have been sold out, that premiums are paid for subscription pasteboards not being used by their owners." ⁷⁸

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

intermission

Rossini: William Tell: overture

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

played in memory of Charles A. Braun, one of the directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association

Schubert: Rosamunde D797 (1823): Overture

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C opus61 (1845)

intermission

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

Ernest Bloch: Schelomo Hebrew rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1913)

- Hans Kindler cello

Stravinsky: Fireworks opus 4 (1908)

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C opus 61 (1845)

intermission

Sigrid Onegin soprano arias:

- Max Bruch (1838-1920): Achilleus oratorio opus 50 (1885): "Andromache's Lament"

- Richard Strauss: Lieder opus 33 no 4 "Hymnus"

- Richard Strauss: Lieder opus 43 no 2 "Muttertändelei"

The Musical Courier wrote: "She chose three uninteresting things for her first appearance in America: the long, dull, declamatory "Andromache's Lament" by Bruch and two Strauss songs, Hymnus" and Muttertändelei, neither of which are among his best" ⁷⁸

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow Riverki

"One hears that Stokowski himself reorchestrated the work, reducing Rimsky-Korsakov's more brilliant arrangement to Mussorgsky's darker accents" ⁷⁸

Stravinsky: Fireworks opus 4 (1908)

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23

- Olga Samaroff piano

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

intermission

'Mme. Charles Cahier' mezzo-soprano arias:

- Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète Act IV: 'O Prêtres de Baal'

- Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orléans Act I: "Adieu forôts"

'Mme. Charles Cahier' (born Sara Jane Layton Walker 1870-1951)

Rossini: William Tell: overture

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

Stravinsky: Fireworks opus 4 (1908)

The Washington Star wrote: "A new arrangement of the players, sending the second violins to the rear and bringing the cello contingent to the front on the right, with the brasses and woodwinds in the background seems a wonderful improvement" ¹⁰⁸

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Rossini: William Tell: overture

"Mr. Stokowski took the finale at amazing speed."

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, opus 16

- Olga Samaroff-Stokowski piano

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

Stravinsky: Fireworks opus 4 (1908)

(Rimsky-Korsakov "Dance of the Tumblers" had been announced but was not played)

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Rossini: William Tell: overture

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Rossini: William Tell: overture

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

"Will Earhart, director of music in the Pittsburgh schools before each number interpreted the theme of the composer" ¹⁰⁵

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act I

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream opus 61 (1826): Scherzo and Wedding March

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): L'Arlésienne (1872) Suite no 2

Schubert: Moment Musicale no 3 in F Minor - Stokowski arrangement

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

intermission

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61 (1806)

- Bronislaw Huberman violin

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

intermission

+++ Elgar: Cello Concerto in e minor opus 85 - "played for the first time in America"

- Jean Gerardy cello

The Musical Courier wrote: "About the Elgar there was no dissenting opinion. It is a long work, and it ambles on and on and on, utterly without distinction, utterly without inspiration." ⁹⁶

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

intermission

Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre opus 40

Emmanuel Chabrier: España Rhapsody (1883)

Musical America wrote about the 24 November 1922 concert: "Between the symphony and the group, Mr. Stokowski gave a little talk to say that he had chosen the French group to show the joy that is such a part of the French people, and that the Debussy work the greatest example of sheer joy and happiness that had ever been composed." ⁹⁵

intermission

Camille W. Zeckwer (1875-1924): Jade Butterflies (1897)

Zeckwer was a Philadelphia-based composer who taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy. This composition won first prize at a competition which took place in Evanston, Illinois in July 1922 ⁹⁷

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050

- Alexander Siloti piano

- Thaddeus Rich violin

- William Kincaid flute

Liszt: Totentanz (1864) for piano and orchestra

- Alexander Siloti piano

Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Rhine Journey and 'Brünnhilde final scene'

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 in Eb major opus 73 "Emperor"

- Ernest Schelling piano (1876-1936)

intermission

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Rhine Journey and 'Brünnhilde final scene'

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2 in B-flat Major, opus 83

- Artur Rubinstein piano

intermission

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Rhine Journey and 'Brünnhilde final scene'

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

two arias sung by Eva Gauthier mezzo-soprano:

- Ravel: 2 Mélodies hébraïques (1914)

Ernest Chausson: Poème opus 25 (1896)

Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 5 in G minor, Hungarian Dance no 6 in D major - orchestrated by Albert Parlow

two arias sung by Eva Gauthier mezzo-soprano:

- Maurice Delage (1879-1961): Four Hindu Poems (1912): "Madras" (with viola obligator played by Romain Verney), "Lahore"

- Stravinsky: Three Japanese Songes (1913): "Akahito", "Mazatsumi", "Tsaraiuki"

The Public Ledger wrote of the Stravinsky songs: "Mme Gauthier's ability to sing in the key, amid such a mass of dissonant tone speaks well for her feeling for pitch." ⁹⁹

Eva Gauthier (1885-1958) mezzo-soprano performed many contemporary compositions in the 1920s

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

- Olga Samaroff piano

Debussy: Le martyre de saint Sébastien: 1. 'La Cour des lys'

Richard Aldrich in the New York Times wrote: "There is the suggestion of mystery... determined by the preponderating use of woodwinds, by the succession of fifths in the harmonies and by other archaic traits. The music has little of the aspect that is familiarly associated with Debussy... it has a grave, sweet beauty suggestive of other worldly things... the effect was fully represented by the remarkably fine and euphonious performance of the orchestra." ⁹⁸

intermission

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899): Symphony in B-flat opus 20 (1890)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: The Rhine Journey, Funeral March and Brünnhilde's final scene

Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 - no 10 Sinfonia - Pastorale "Shepherd's Christmas Music" - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R (adapted by Bach from the Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058)

- Jacques Thibaud violin

intermission

&Eacutedouard Lalo (1823-1892): Symphonie espagnole opus 21 (1874)

- Jacques Thibaud violin

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

César Franck: 3 Chorals for Organ (1890): 2. Choral in B minor

orchestrated by Wallace Goodrich played by Marcel Dupré with orchestra

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): Organ Symphony no 5 opus 42 no 1

orchestratd by Frank Stewart Adams played by Marcel Dupré with orchestra

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): Organ Symphony no 6 opus 42 no 2

orchestratd by Widor played by Charles Courboin with orchestra

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

other organ-only works were played by Marcel Dupré and Charles Courboin ⁷⁷

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - as arranged by Stokowski

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Jean Baptiste Lully: suite of Stokowski transcriptions:

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

"Arranged by a group of well-known society women lead by Mrs. Charles S. Guggenheimer"

Probably a good means for the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians to earn a generous extra fee.

"Stokowski took the last movement, the allegro con brio, at a tremendous pace, but he knew that he could safely do so, and a speed which with a less competent and well-trained body of instrumentalist might not have been successfully sustained was splendidly effective." ¹⁰⁶

intermission

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor, opus 22 (1868)

- Alfred Cortot piano

Richard Strauss: Don Juan opus 20

[1923]

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico opus 3 no 1: Concerto no 1 in D major - as arranged by Stokowski

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Alfred Buchatti in Le Matin wrote: "The pages of Lully and Vivaldi were a success and their interpretation merits my sincere praise. But what to say of the Passacaglia of good old Bach. We could not admit such fantasy." ¹⁰¹

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

Robert Brussel in Le Figaro wrote: "His interpretation of the 7th symphony of Beethoven could surprise. We are accustomed to more mystery than he put it in his determined, biting, and urgent execution. But with what sensitivity did he conduct the fragments of Lully and the Concerto of Vivaldi." ¹⁰³

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

Raymond Charpentier in the music review Comoedia wrote: "He seems to belong to that race of born conductors and could now compete with, despite his relative youth, the most renown cappelmeisters of the old continent... Mr. Stokowski conducted this extensive programme without any score... Mr. Stokowski did not omit to underline any interesting line, nor neglect the slightest departure of any importance. If there was, in this way of presenting himself to us, a tiny bit of affectation, Mr. Stokowski demonstrated, however, to what extent he knows his scores and how much his brain is essentially musical." ¹⁰⁰

concert by what is often called the "Augusteo Orchestra" after its hall

Jean Baptiste Lully: suite of Stokowski transcriptions:

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico opus 3 no 1: Concerto no 1 in D major - as arranged by Stokowski

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Finale

The New York Times wrote: "An agreement has been made between the Royal Academy of Santa Cicilia and the Municipality of Rome for the next five years regarding the use of the Augusteo Theater for concert performances. This will allow the Roman Academy of Music to draw up a concert programme. It is this arrangement that has resulted in the summoning of Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra to conduct in Rome. ²⁶

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, opus 68

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, opus 68

New York critic William Humiston wrote: "The program began with Brahms First Symphony, which was played with much spirit and fire. But intensity could be achieved without so much forcing of the tone - the way the brass played their forte and fortissimo throughout the whole evening was positively brutal." Humiston like the remainder of the concert.

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Tannhäuser (1845): Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Parsifal: Act I Transformation music and Act III Good Friday Spell - as arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

&Eacutedouard Lalo (1823-1892): Cello Concerto in d minor (1877)

- Hans Kindler cello

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Striking was the performance of the Vorspiel and Liebestod as merged for orchestral production. Less than a fortnight ago the German Opera, in the same hall, gave a splendid performance of the music-drama. Unaided by the tremendous voices of such a production, Stokowski takes the two great orchestral passages and makes them glow as brightly as did the full operatic production." ¹⁶⁶

Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from Cantata BWV140) - Stokowski transcription

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, opus 68

Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda opus 26 - Mendelssohn Choir with orchestra

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Brahms: German Requiem (Ein deutsches Requiem) opus 45

- Marie Tiffany soprano

- John Barkley baritone ("Barkley twice entered too soon which detracted from his work")

Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581) - Mendelssohn Choir

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): "Thou Knowest, Lord" from Funeral Anthem for Queen Mary - Mendelssohn Choir

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): part songs opus 119 no 3 "The Blue Bird" - Mendelssohn Choir

Jean Baptiste Lully: suite of Stokowski transcriptions:

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 5 in G minor - orchestrated by Albert Parlow

Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto with the Philadelphia Orchestra

"All-Wagner Concert"

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Tannhäuser (1845): Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Parsifal: Act I Transformation music and Act III Good Friday Spell - as arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Act III: Funeral March

Rossini: William Tell: overture

Boccherini: String Quintet No 1 in E opus 11 no 5 G 275 - 3rd movement Minuetto - Stokowski transcription

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt: "Anitra's Dance"

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

Stokowski discusses the clarinet family: the standard Bb clarinet, smaller Eb clarinet and bass clarinet

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937): Canzonetta, opus 19 for clarinet and orchestra

- Georges Grisez clarinet

Ernesto Cavallini (1807-1874): Andante Tarantelle

- Jules Serpentini Eb clarinet

Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Élégie

- Paul Alemann bass clarinet

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

intermission

Ernest Schelling (1876-1939): A Victory Ball fantasy for orchestra opus 7

the composer was present at the performance

Ruth Montague mezzo-soprano sings arias:

- Debussy: L'enfant prodigue (1908): 'Lia's Aria'

- Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orléans Act I: "Adieu forôts"

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "These were somewhat ambitious numbers for a debutante to choose, and it were too much to say that Miss Montague's rendering of them was entirely satisfying."

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust opus 24: "Rakoczy March" (or "Hungarian March") as arranged by Stokowski

Jean Baptiste Lully: suite of Stokowski transcriptions:

- Alceste (1674): Prelude

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche des sacrificateurs

- Le Triomphe de l'Amour (1681): Nocturne

- Temple de la paix (1685): Menuet

- Thèsèe (1675): Marche

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): L'estro armonico opus 3 no 1: Concerto no 1 in D major - as arranged by Stokowski

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945): Piano Concerto opus 30 in C sharp minor (1907)

- Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

"At the conclusion of the 9 March [matinee] concert, the entire orchesta, along with its platform and instruments will be transferred to the Forrest Theater." ¹⁰²

"the program will consist of the Rossini William Tell overture"

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Intermission

Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C, K 551 "Jupiter"

The New York Critic William Humiston wrote: "Not a melodic idea worth mentioning in the whole work, no orchestral color that has beauty; nothing but a series of noises which was painful in varying degree."

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Intermission

Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C, K 551 "Jupiter"

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 in d minor opus 15

- Artur Schnabel piano

The Philadelphia Inquirer critic was not impressed with Artur Schnabel's debut: "The concerto choice was not the wisest selection. There is not much for the piano in this concerto, and Mr. Schnabel was not especially successful. As far as can be judged from a single hearing, Mr. Schnabel is a competent technicial, and that is about all." ¹⁶⁸

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Ferdinand Möhring (1816-1887): "Forest Song"

Charles Gounod: Faust: Act II scene 1: "Kermesse Scene" - waltz

Rossini: William Tell: overture

Saint-Saëns: Romance opus 36 (1874) for horn and orchestra

- Anton Horner horn

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (Carnaval des animaux) (1886)

Liszt: Faust Symphony (1854, revised 1861)

- Arthur Hackett tenor

- Philadelphia Orchestra men's chorus

"All-Wagner Program"

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Alberic's curse and the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

"The Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski played last night for the first time in a motion picture house at popular prices." ¹⁶⁷

"The concert lasted two hours and included music from "Das Rheingold", "Die Walkure", "Siegfried", and "Gotterdammerung".

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

intermission

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

intermission

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

- Peter Henkelman (1882-1949) Philadelphia Orchestra English horn who went to the New York Philharmonic in 1925

"The playing by Mr. Hendelman was simply exquisite."

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien opus 45

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - as arranged by Stokowski

with William Kincaid flute

intermission

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

Haydn: Symphony 95 in c minor - seems to be Stokowski's first performance of this work

intermission

+++ Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightengale) (1917) - US premiere

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "During intermission, Mr. Stokowski explained and illustrated... he was kind enough to indicate, with illustrations from the orchestra, where their enjoyment should be found." ¹⁶⁹

Musical America wrote: "The audience received it [Nightengale] with decorum, which was shattered at a passage which sounded like the braying of a donkey which provoked general laughter." ¹⁷⁰

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

intermission

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture

intermission

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) (1843): Overture

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh (1904): "Prelude", "The Battle of Kershenetz"

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

The Monday 5 November 1923 concert was also featured half-price for University of Pennsylvania students.

Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch (1865) march for wind band arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Siegfried Act III: Siegfried passes through the ring of fire, emerging on Brünnhilde's rock

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch (1865) march for wind band arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Siegfried Act III: Siegfried passes through the ring of fire, emerging on Brünnhilde's rock

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

Emmanuel Chabrier: España Rhapsody (1883)

brass: the trumpet and trombone are introduced:

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889): Fantaisie brillante

- Saul Caston (born Solomon Gusikoff Cohen 1901-1970) trumpet

(announced had been: Gardell Simons (1878-1945): "Atlantic Zephyrs" played by the composer Gardell Simons Principal trombone 1915-1930 but who became ill)

Henri Kling (1842-1918): "The Elephant and the Mosquito"

- Philip Donatelli tuba (Philadelphia Orchestra 1923-1948)

- John Fischer piccolo (Philadelphia Orchestra 1909-1950)

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker suite opus 71a

Handel: Concerto in B-flat major opus 4 no 2 for harpsichord and orchestra

- Wanda Landowska harpsichord - her US debut

Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 971 for keyboard and orchestra

- Wanda Landowska harpsichord solo

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 22 in E flat K 482

- Wanda Landowska piano

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

this seems to be the US premiere of this work ¹⁷⁹

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ("Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks") opus 28 (1894)

intermission

Max Bruch (1838-1920): Violin Concerto no 2 in D minor, opus 44

- Thaddeus Rich violin

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Invitation to the Dance opus 65 - Berlioz orchestration

Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912): "Gitana" Caprice for Harp Opus 21

- Vincent Fanelli, Jr. harp (Philadelphia Orchestra 1913-1930)

Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738): "Fantasy on Irish Airs"

- Frank Nicoletta Irish harp (Philadelphia Orchestra 1923-1931)

"Oscar Schwar's solo is distinguished by the longest title ever seen on orchestra programmes: 'Concerto Grosso for Timpani, snare drums, big drum, small drum, triangle, tam-tam, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Tambourine, Bells, Castanets, Turkish Cymbols, Chinese Cymbols, German Pauken, and Orchestra'" ¹⁷¹

Edvard Järnefelt (1869-1958): "Praeludium" (1900)

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): Caucasian Sketches Suite no 1 opus 10 (1894): "In the Village"

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (1881): "Dance of the Tumblers"

Vincent Fanelli Jr. (1881-1966)

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - as arranged by Stokowski, including 'Air on the G string'

- Thaddeus Rich violin

intermission

Elizabeth Bonner contralto sings arias:

- Handel: Tolomeo, re d'Egitto (1729): Elisa's aria "Stille Amare"

- Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: 'Erd's Warning': "Weiche, Wotan, weiche!"

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

The Stravinsky work was conducted by Stokowski. Also on the programme was Claudio Arrau playing piano pieces by Bartok, Arthur Lourié (1892-1966) and Hindemith, and Schoenberg's Herzgewächse conducted by E. Robert Schmitz ¹

Stravinsky: Renard (1916) "Burlesque Tale"

30 members of the Philadelphia Orchestra plus two tenors and two bassos. Whether the April 1924 Philadelphia performers: Jose Delaquerriere tenor, Harold Hansen tenor, John Barclay bass, Hubert Linscott bass were also the performers here is not recorded. Probably they were, given the extensive rehearsals Stokowski prepared for the performance.

This was the US premiere of Renard ¹⁸⁰. Although written in 1916, the world premiere was not until Summer 1922 in Paris. Although Stokowski rarely gave encores, in this case he consented to play Renard a second time.

the Vanderbilt Theater in the Broadway theater district of NYC

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "The Gluck overture was presented in a manner that suggested a touch of the modern thought, the scoring being fuller than the traditional scoring of Gluck. Nevertheless, the work made an interesting introduction to the Beethoven." ¹⁷³

Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, opus 36 (1801)

intermission

Elizabeth Bonner contralto sings arias:

- Handel: Tolomeo, re d'Egitto (1729): Elisa's aria "Stille Amare"

- Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: 'Erd's Warning': "Weiche, Wotan, weiche!"

"In no way was her presentation or her interpretation authoritative."

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ("Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks") opus 28 (1894)

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "So splendid was the orchestra's work in tone-color, shading, and precision that one felt the individual members of the organization under Stokowski entered completely into the different moods depicted in the music."

At the Washington concert: "Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the president attended in her box, along with Mrs. Herbert Hoover." ¹⁷⁴

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Der Freischütz (1821): Overture

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 in Eb major opus 73 "Emperor"

- Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) piano

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

"The concert opened with an explanation of the tone poem 'Finlandia' by Sibelius."

"Mr. Stokowski then spoke of the history of the oboe"

Handel: Oboe Concerto in G minor (1705)

- Marcel Tabuteau oboe

"Then presented were two works needing no explanation":

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - as arranged by Stokowski, including 'Air on the G string'

- Thaddeus Rich violin

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique": second movement

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550

intermission

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61 (1806)

- Carl Flesch who later taught at the Curtis Institute during 1924-1928

the 15 December 1923 concert: "... during the rendition of the concerto, the violinist [Flesch] became mixed up in his notes and stopped abruptly. He lowered his instrument to his side and approached Leopold Stokowski who halted the orchestra. The soloist and the conductor conferred, examing the score; then the concerto was resumed and concluded without difficulty. It was explained that in the repetition of a passage which, when played a second time, is somewhat changed, the soloist went back to the original form, thus departing from the score, making continuance of the concerto impossible." ¹⁷⁵

Carl Flesch (1873-1944)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Romèo et Juliette (1839): Part 2: 'Scène d'amour (Love scene)', Queen Mab Scherzo

Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in a minor, opus 129 (1850)

- Michel Pehna cello

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

"There are Russian, Welsh, Italian, French, German, and American choirs in the chorus."

"The caroling began at 8:30 o'clock and traffic was diverted during the singing."

"Governor Pinchot will give an address on 'Better Schools'. The greater part of the Thursday program will be given over to a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra lead by Leopold Stokowski." ¹⁷²

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Ernest Bloch: 3 Jewish Poems (1913): '1. Dance'

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Romèo et Juliette (1839): Part 2: 'Scène d'amour (Love scene)', Queen Mab Scherzo

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

Josef Hofmann (1876-1957): Piano Concerto no 2 in A flat (1903) - played by the composer

Josef Hofmann: The Haunted Castle (1918)

intermission

solo piano works by Josef Hofmann played by the composer:

- Impression for Piano no 2: L'Orient et l'Occident (East and West) (1915)

- Impression for Piano no 3: Le Sanctuaire (The Sanctuary) (1915)

- Kaleidoscope opus 40 no 4

Chromaticon for Piano & Orchestra - Josef Hofmann piano

[1924]

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, opus 104

- Hans Kindler

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840): Violin Concerto no 4 in d minor

- Georges Enesco violin

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842): overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36

intermission

Nina Koshetz (1891-1965) soprano sings arias

- Mussorgsky: The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880): Rêverie and dance

- Rimsky-Korsakov: three arias

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (1881): "Dance of the Tumblers"

The Montreal Gazette wrote: "... playing without pause, Mr. Stokowski sought to maintain continuity... In the Mozart Symphony in G minor, the conductor was thwarted after the first and second movements, a portion of the audience insisting on applause, despite the warning baton, but succeed passing from the trio to the finale." ¹⁷⁸

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1911 Suite

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre opus 40

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (1881): "Dance of the Tumblers"

"The cancellation of the Philadelphia Orchestra concert on account of the teriffic snow storm of last Wednesday has been a topic of conversation. The people flocked to the Russell Theater through snowstorm and snow drifts to partially fill the theater." ¹⁷⁷

"The special train bearing the Philadelphia Orchestra and consisting of five sleepers and two baggage cars was due in Ottawa at 11:45 Wednesday morning, arrived Thursday morning at 6:30 and left for Toronto at 7:15. The members of the orchestra had a rather trying time. They had made no provision for meals. Fortunately, they had a supply of sardines and sodas with them."

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, opus 125 'Choral'

- Marie Tiffany soprano

- Elizabeth Bonner contralto

- Charles Stratton tenor

- John Barclay bass

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

Mendelssohn Choir directed by Frederick A. Fricker sings a capella:

- Bach: motet "Come, Jesus, come" BWV 229 (1732)

- Brahms: 4 Songs opus 17 - Mendelssohn Choir Ladies' Voices

Brahms: Song of Destiny opus 54 - Mendelssohn Choir and Philadelphia Orchestra

Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - four excerpts

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

Mendelssohn Choir directed by Frederick A. Fricker sings a capella:

- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): part songs opus 119 no 3 "The Blue Bird" - Mendelssohn Choir

- other part songs

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro: Overture

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550

Richard Strauss: Don Juan opus 20

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1911 Suite

Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1872): scenes sung by chorus with orchestra

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): scenes sung by chorus with orchestra

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 2 in G major, opus 44 (1880) (the Liszt Concerto had been announced)

- Yolanda Mero (1887-1963) piano

Yolanda Mero had performed this lesser-known Tchaikovsky concert with Stokowski and the Cincinnati Symphony in December 1910.

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

- Mabel Garrison soprano

- Merle Alcock contralto

- Paul Althouse tenor

- Royal Dadmun baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

Mendelssohn Choir directed by Frederick A. Fricker sings a capella:

- Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581)

- Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): "Exultate Deo"

- William Byrd (1540-1623): "Ave Verum Corpus" (1605)

- Bach: motet "Come, Jesus, come" BWV 229 (1732)

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

Mendelssohn Choir directed by Frederick A. Fricker sings a capella:

- Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Surge illuminare Jerusalem"

- Henry Purcell (1659-1695): "Nymphs and Shepherds"

- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): 3 Chansons: "Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis" in A minor

- Mabel Garrison soprano

- Merle Alcock contralto

- Paul Althouse tenor

- Royal Dadmun baritone

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

Mendelssohn Choir directed by Frederick A. Fricker sings a capella:

- Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581)

- Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): "Exultate Deo"

- William Byrd (1540-1623): "Ave Verum Corpus" (1605)

- Bach: motet "Come, Jesus, come" BWV 229 (1732)

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842): overture

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936): Violin Concerto in a minor opus 82 (1904)

- Grisha Monasevitch violin

Grisha "Harry" Monasevitch was a Philadelphia prodigy who joined the Philadelphia Orchestra 1927-1936, then moved to Hollywood as a studio musician.

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (1881): "Dance of the Tumblers"

17 March 1924 was Saint Patrick's Day

Victor Herbert: Irish Rhapsody (1892)

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924): Irish Rhapsody no 1 in D minor opus 78

intermission

Mme. Huida Lashanska soprano sings arias:

- Mozart: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) K 620: 'Pamina's aria'

- Gustave Charpentier: Louise Act III: "Depuis le jour"

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892): Le roi d'Ys (1888): overture

- "Dedication"

- "In the Garden of Live Flowers"

- "Jabberwocky"

- "Looking Glass Insects"

- "The White Knight"

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1911 Suite

intermission

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

- "Dedication"

- "In the Garden of Live Flowers"

- "Jabberwocky"

- "Looking Glass Insects"

- "The White Knight"

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1911 Suite

intermission

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Bach: Chorale prelude "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich" BWV 745 - Stokowski transcription

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 4 in G major opus 58

- Frederic Lamond piano

intermission

Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D Major, opus 73

Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954): Nocturne de printemps (1918)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

intermission

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Preludes to Act I and Act III

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

another work by Hans Krasa: Marche was announced but not played.

Rossini: William Tell: overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36: movement 3 'Pizzicato'

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

"winners of the musical 'hide and seek' game devised by Mr. Stokowski"

Stravinsky: Renard (1916) "Burlesque Tale"

- Jose Delaquerriere tenor - the fox

- Harold Hansen tenor - the rooster

- John Barclay bass - the goat

- Hubert Linscott bass - the cat

- Carlos Salzedo piano (which plays an important part)

Stokowski conducted the US premiere of Renard in NYC at an International Composers' Guild concert 2 December 1923. ¹⁸⁰. Although written in 1916, the world premiere was not until Summer 1922 in Paris.

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

intermission

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor (1851)

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

+ Stravinksy: Renard (1916) "Burlesque Tale"

- Jose Delaquerriere tenor - the fox

- Harold Hansen tenor - the rooster

- John Barclay bass - the goat

- Hubert Linscott bass - the cat

- Carlos Salzedo piano (which plays an important part)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

intermission

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor (1851)

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Wagner: Parsifal: Act I Transformation music and Act III Good Friday Spell - as arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Intermission

Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C, K 551 "Jupiter"

- Guy Maier piano

- Lee Pattison piano

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "... the "Ballade" allowed the ensemble pianists to exhibit their skills, but the work itself was no more or less than an infliction upon the hearer's musical sensibilities. Not a single musical thought was expressed, nothing but harsh, strange, and wierd sounds." ¹⁷⁸

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture opus 36 (20 April 1924 was Easter Sunday)

Mozart: Concerto for two pianos in E-flat major, K 365

- Guy Maier piano

- Lee Pattison piano

intermission

Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor (1851)

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Euryanthe (1823): Overture

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

intermission

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): L'Arlésienne (1872): Suite no 1:

- Prelude,

- Allegro deciso

- Minuet

- Adagietto

- Carillon

Alfredo Casella (1883-1947): Elegia eroica opus 29

Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture

later touring concerts: New York, Washington, Baltimore, Toronto, Buffalo, Princeton

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92: movement 2. Allegretto

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

David Sokolove (later spelled 'Sokoloff' 1911-1956), 12 year old pianist ¹⁸¹ played selections:

- Rachmaninoff: "Humoresque" in G opus 10 no 4

- Mendelssohn: "Doux Souvenir (Sweet Remembrance)" opus 19 no 1

- Edward MacDowell: "Witch's Dance" opus 17 no 2

the children sing

intermission

Stravinsky: Feu d'artifice (Fireworks) opus 4 (1909)

Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen as arranged by Stravinsky from the Russian song in 1917 for woodwind, brass and percussion

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1919 Suite

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "The 'Firebird' was wonderfully played under Mr. Stokowski's direction, and seems far easier to listen to now than it did some years ago. The Philadelphia Orchestra's playing of the work heretofore has also served to familiarize the public with this music." ¹⁸²

Stravinsky: Feu d'artifice (Fireworks) opus 4 (1909)

Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen (1917)

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1919 Suite

review by famous British comentator Ernst Newman "I am sorry we have no orchestra in England at present that can compare in quality of material and discipline with the Philadelphia Orchestra... Of the first Brahms symphony, Mr. Stokovsky gave us a highly personal and extremely interesting reading. The reading on which I was brought up, that of Hans Richter, was as the poles asunder from Mr. Stokovsky's. Richter made the symphony sound as if it were made from granite. It never indulged in the slightest rubato (that was always Richter's abhorrance) but with its steady tempo bore down on us like a mighty, irresistable army. Mr. Stokovski's Brahms is more nervous, and more romantic, but in its way equally convincing." ²⁷

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 35 (1878)

- Michael Press violin

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E-flat K 543

intermission

+++ Nikolai Medtner (1880 - 1951): Piano Concerto in c minor no 1, opus 33 (1918) - American premiere

- Nikolai Medtner piano

"a scholarly piece in one movement"

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935): A Pagan Poem (1906)

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

+ Edgar Varèse (1883-1965): Hyperprism (1923)

The North American Review wrote: "More than 50 persons rose from their seats and walked out of the Academy of Music when Leopold Stokowski began a performance of Edgar Varese's 'Hyperprism'. Hereafter, Mr. Stokowski intends to place all new music last, so that the conservatives can leave without missing the remainder of the concert."

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn opus 56 (1873)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

"...with a beautiful flute obbligato by William Kincaid."

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B-flat major, opus 60

intermission

+ Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Nusch-Nuschi Dances

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B-flat major, opus 60

intermission

+ Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Nusch-Nuschi Dances

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) (1843): Overture

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act I

Wagner: Tannhäuser (1845): Preludes to Act I and Act III

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major "Surprise"

intermission

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Violin Concerto no 1 opus 35 (1916)

- Paul Kochanski violin

Anatoli Liadov (1855-1914): Dance of the Amazon opus 65 (1905)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Der Freischütz (1821): Overture

Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major "Surprise"

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major "Surprise"

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Violin Concerto no 1 opus 35 (1916)

- Paul Kochanski violin

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

intermission

Debussy: Three Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

- Sirènes

Philadelphia Orchestra chorus

Richard Strauss: Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra

- Horace Alwyne piano (who was Director of Music at Bryn Mawr College César Franck: Variations symphoniques (1885) for piano and orchestra

- Horace Alwyne piano

Chopin: Polonaise in A opus 40 no 1 "Military" as arranged by Stokowski

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique": second movement

Mozart: Violin Concerto no 5 in A K.219: first movement

- teenage violinist Oscar Shumsky introduced by Stokowski

children sing "Auld Lang Syne"

"Stokowski then introduced three scales: the major, one of the minor, and the whole-tone scale. The Steven Foster song "Oh Suzanna" was then harmonized with each of these three scales."

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust opus 24: "Rakoczy March" (or "Hungarian March") as arranged by Stokowski

intermission

Bernhard Sekles (1872-1934): Gesichst (Visage or Face) miniatures for small orchestra, opus 29 (1923)

Bernhard Sekles (1872-1934) was professor at the Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt teaching Paul Hindemith

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

intermission

+ Edgar Varèse (1883-1965): Hyperprism (1923)

The Chronicle wrote of this concert: "The work has stirred New York critics to link Hyperprism to strange sounds, and one of their number has made the discovery that it resembles a fire alarm in a zoo."

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: dance episodes arranged by Stokowski:

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

"The caroling will be concluded by the singing ot the 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's 'Messiah'."

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto no 5 in F minor BWV 1056

- Wanda Landowska harpsichord

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March ("A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription

attributed, wrongly, to Henry Purcell (1659-1695) by Stokowski and others until later scholarship extablished Jermiah Clarke's composition

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 20 in d minor K 466

- Wanda Landowska piano, who wrote her own cadenzas for the performance

Romanus Hoffstetter (attributed to Franz Josef Haydn): String Quartet in F major opus 3 no 5, Hob III-17 mvmt 2: Andante cantabile (sometimes called "Haydn's Serenade") - Stokowski transcription

Beethoven: Egmont opus 84 (1810): Overture

[1925]

"Commemorating the centenary of his birth"

This was the only performance of a Brucker symphony during Stokowski's career other than the Symphony no 4 with the Philadelphia Orchestra on 30, 31 October 1914. Regarding Bruckner, in an interview, which I remember, but cannot locate, Stokowski mentions that Bruckner is a composer whom he recognizes as great, but whom he cannot appreciate (he qualified it as being "up to now").

intermission

Henry P. Joslyn (1884-1931): Native Movement suite: "War Dance"

Joslyn was little-known and died age 46 of an infection, but his works were performed by the New York Philharmonic under Erich Kleiber and Albert Coates, and the Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock.

Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Japanese Nocturne (1922)

Stokowski also tried to record Japanese Nocturne with the Philadelphia Orchestra acoustically in May, 1923, but the recording was not successful.

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937): Paysages franciscains opus 43: "Sur la route de Poggio Bustone"

What a concert! Can you imagine such a programme given by a major symphony orchestra today ?

intermission

Brahms: Serenade no 1 opus 11: Minuet in G major and Minuet in g minor

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

Carl Flesch violin soloist had been announced but was ill.

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro: Overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique": second movement

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished": first movement

Johann Strauss Senior (1804-1849): Radetzky March opus 228

children sing traditional Scottish song "Charlie is my Darling"

Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude to Act I, Act I Transformation music and Act III Good Friday Spell - as arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: 'Invocation of Alberich'

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried Act II: 'Waldweben' (Forest Murmurs)

Wagner: Siegfried Act III: Siegfried passes through the ring of fire, emerging on Brünnhilde's rock

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

intermission

+ Leo Ornstein (1893-2002): Piano Concerto in 3 movements (1921)

- Leo Ornstein piano

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

Lazare Saminsky (1882-1959): opera "The Gagliada of a Merry Plague" (1924)

"fully staged chamber opera with soloists orchestra, ballet"

- Richard Hale baritone

- Patricia O'Connell soprano

- Paul Oscard dancer

"chorus which will speak and sing directed by Estelle Liebling"

Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Malay Mosaics (1922)

also conducted by Howard Barlow were Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire and Louis Gruenberg The Daniel Jazz

+ Prokofiev: Scythian Suite opus 20 (1915)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975): Mêlée Fantastique (1921)

Richard Strauss: Don Juan opus 20

called by Stokowski "Purcell Trumpet prelude" when this was thought to be by Henry Purcell (1659-1695).

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Mr. Stokowski discovered the manuscript for this composition in the British Museum last summer [1924]." ¹⁸³

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649): Sonata for Cello and Piano no 10 in E - orchestrated for cello and orchestra

- Hans Kindler cello

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Schelomo (1916) for cello and orchestra

- Hans Kindler cello

Richard Strauss: Don Juan opus 20

called by Stokowski "Purcell Trumpet prelude" when this was thought to be by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Mr. Stokowski discovered the manuscript for this composition in the British Museum last summer [1924]." ¹⁸³

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Ballet Suite from Gluck operas - arranged by Felix Mottl (1856-1911):

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - as arranged by Stokowski

- with William Kincaid flute

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

called by Stokowski "Purcell Trumpet prelude" when this was thought to be by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Buffalo Courier wrote: "Stokowski found the manuscript for the prelude last summer in the British Museum and arranged for its orchestration. It is scored for three trumpets, two oboes, two bassoons, and strings. It opens with a solo for first trumpet and is played antiphonally."

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Ballet Suite from Gluck operas - arranged by Felix Mottl (1856-1911):

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

The Buffalo Courier wrote: "This music was designed for something other than the modern orchstra being essentially organ music."

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Canadian national anthem

Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) opus 54

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto

Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in b minor, BWV 1067

- with flute obbligato by William Kincaid

Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto sings a capella:

- Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): In exitu Israel for a capella voices

- Healey Willan (1880-1968): "How They So Softly Rest"

- Peter Cornelius (1824-1874): "The Surrender of the Soul" opus 18

Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232: "Cum Sancto spiritu"

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto

Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried, Rhine Journey, and final scene

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Act III finale

- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto

"There were about 250 choristers"

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934): The Dream of Gerontius opus 38 (1900)

- Nevada Vander Veer (Miller) (1884-1958) contralto (the Angel)

- Richard Crooks tenor (Gerontius)

- Walter Clapperton bass (Priest, Angel of Agony)

- the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto directed by Frederick A. Fricker

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

intermission

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Ballet Suite from Gluck operas - arranged by Felix Mottl (1856-1911):

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March ("A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription

The Mendelssohn Choir sings:

- Handel: coronation anthem "Zadok the Priest" (1727)

- Berlioz: La damnation de Faust opus 24 Part II Scene 4: "Easter Hymn"

The Mendelssohn Choir mens' voices sing:

- Thomas Dunhill (1877-1946): "It Was a Lover and His Lass"

- Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954): "On Some Lines From Virgil"

The Mendelssohn Choir women' voices sing:

- Gustav Holst: Ave Maria opus 9b

The Mendelssohn Choir sings:

- 'Ukranian Folk Melodies"

- Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes opus 52

- Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900): The Golden Legend (1886)

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 1: 'Song of the Rhine Maidens' - orchestra with Mendelssohn Choir women' voices

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March ("A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription

Julius Weissenborn (1837-1888): Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra (1883)

Weissenborn was Principal bassoon of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1857-1887.

- Walter Guetter bassoon (Principal bassoon of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1922-1937)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899): Symphony in B-flat opus 20 (1890)

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor opus 54 (1845)

- Alfred Cortot piano

intermission

+ Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983): Concerto for piano and orchestra (1923) - a short 12 minute piece

- Alfred Cortot piano

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "The concertino by Tailleferre, for so it seemed after the wonderful Schumann music, is in the customary three parts. The first is a kind of moto perpetuo of short duration, the second in quiet mood, having a certain suspense of interest, and the finale, an allegro, is not unlike the first part in general feeling. After the performance, M. Cortot graciously shared the complimentary applause with the composer, who was present." ¹⁸⁴

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March ("A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Ballet Suite from Gluck operas - arranged by Felix Mottl (1856-1911):

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

intermission

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 4 opus 44 in c minor (1875)

- Leonora Cortez piano - daughter of Philadelphia Orchestra English horn Peter Henkelman

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Presented to Dr. Charles Custis Harrison (1844-1929) former Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided incidental music

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March ("A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Euryanthe (1823): Overture

Schumann: Abendlied (Evening Song) opus 85 for string orchestra

Bizet: symphonic suite Roma in C in four movements: Scherzo

Mozart: Violin Concerto no 4 in D, K.218

- Carl Flesch violin

intermission

+ Josef Suk (1874-1935): Fantasie for violin and orchestra opus 24 (1903)

- Carl Flesch violin

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in c sharp minor (orchestrated by Karl Müller-Berghaus)

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 4 opus 44 in c minor (1875)

- Alfred Cortot piano

intermission

+ Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983): Concerto for piano and orchestra (1923) - a short 12 minute piece

- Alfred Cortot piano

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

intermission

+ Arthur Bliss: Concerto for Two Pianos, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion (1924)

- Guy Maier and Lee Pattison dual pianists

this work which had been premiere by the Boston Symphony in 1924 was reworked by Bliss in 1929 and 1950

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) in 1922

+ Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960): Jazz Study Number 1 (1924) for two pianos

- Guy Maier and Lee Pattison dual pianists

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act I

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 1 in C sharp minor (1853) - orchestrated by Stokowski

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

Saint-Saëns: Romance for horn opus 36

- Anton Horner (horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1902-1946)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

flute obbligato by William Kincaid

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture opus 36

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910): Islamey opus 18 (1869) orchestrated by Alfredo Casella and Stokowski

Rachmaninoff: symphonic poem Isle of the Dead opus 29

intermission

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

Bach: Passacaglia in c minor BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (from Cantata BWV 80) - Stokowski transcription (not Wagner but appropriate for Easter)

Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch (1865) march for wind band arranged by Stokowski

Wagner: A Faust Overture for orchestra in D minor (1855)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

intermission

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Preludes to Act I and Act III

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act I, Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen as arranged by Stravinsky from the Russian song in 1917 for woodwind, brass and percussion

Joseph La Monaca: "Scherzo Caprice" for four flutes - "Mr. Stokowski stated that this was the first time that a composition for four flutes had been played anywhere in the world."

Joseph La Monaca played flute with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1910-1940

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished": second movement

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

concert concluced with the children singing

- Prelude,

- Allegro deciso

- Minuet

- Adagietto

- Carillon

Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale opus 31

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique": second movement

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889): Fantaisie brillante

- Saul Caston (born Solomon Gusikoff Cohen 1901-1970, trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1923-1945)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Opening concert of the 1925-1926 Philadelphia Orchestra season

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

intermission

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream opus 61 (1826):

Overture

Scherzo

Nocturne

Wedding March

in previous performances of incidental music from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stokowski had not included the Wedding March.

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

"Mr. Stokowski's reading of the Brahms F major symphony was meticulous and reserved."

intermission

Chopin: Piano Sonata no 2 in Bb minor opus 35: movement 3 'Funeral March' orchestrated by Stokowski

this music was played in memory of Mrs. Alexander J. Dallas Dixon, a founding member of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

+ Gustav Holst (1874-1934): Japanese Suite opus 33 (1915)

Liszt: Les Préludes (1854)

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

Edward Cushing in the Eagle wrote: "I like the statement of the great theme with which the F major symphony opens to have a boisterous, careless enthusiasm that Mr. Stokowski's precise genius never permits him to achieve. The second and last movements he did superbly."

intermission

+ Gustav Holst (1874-1934): Japanese Suite opus 33 (1915)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act III and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Bach: Chorale prelude (Clavier-Übung III): "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" BWV 680 - Stokowski transcription

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream opus 61 (1826):

Overture

Scherzo

Nocturne

Wedding March

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

Haydn: Cello Concerto no 1 in C

- Hanns Pick cello - he was Principal cello for one season 1925-1926

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

played to honor the centenary of the birth of Johann Strauss II

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

intermission

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 23 in A K. 488

- Olga Samaroff piano

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the Nocturnes (1899):

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 2 in C minor, opus 18 (1901)

- Lester Donahue (1892-1964) piano - a California born musician, but not successful developing a solo career

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "A surprising new pianoforte invented by John Hays Hammond Jr. can make a note that was struck seem to increase in volume and can change tonal color at will was introduced at this concert. Mr. Stokowski spoke briefly of the piano, its sustaining power, its capability of a crescendo on a held chord, and its color combinations."

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

- "Menuet des Follets"

- "Danse des Sylphes"

- "Marche hongroise"

Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935): Death of Tintagiles opus 6 (1900)

- viola d'amore played by Thaddeus Rich

Linton Martin of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "This novelty was excessively long, but seemed infinitely longer than that. There were times when one's only hope was the consciousness that everything must come to an end sometime. Loeffler's music is robustly scored, and has ample diversity of development. But the net result is that it is downright dull." ¹⁸⁵

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915): Im Frühling,(In the Spring) Overture opus 36 (1889)

- a 10 minute concert overture conducted by Thaddeus Rich, Concertmaster

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23

- Ossip Gabrilowitsch piano

Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878-1936) had perfored this same work during the first Philadelphia Orchestra concert of 16 November 1900 under conductor Fritz Scheel

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Invitation to the Dance opus 65 - Berlioz orchestration

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D opus 77

- Thaddeus Rich violin

intermission Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961): The Enchanted Isle

- Salzedo taught harp at the Curtis Institute

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "This work seems to have no communicable message of beauty with its egregious grotesqueries."

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1919 Suite

Sibelius: Symphony no 5 opus 82 (several versions 1916-1919)

- Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra had given the American premier on 21 October 1921

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

Tadeusz Jarecki (1889-1955): Chimere symphonic poem opus 26

intermission

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration) opus 24 (1889)

the national anthems of France (La Marseillaise) and Japan (the Kimigayo) were played.

"Leopold Stokowski rubbed Aladdin's magic lamp and suddenly a large France flag dropped down, with the playing of the Maraeillaise, followed by a large Japanese flag dropping with the playing of the Japanese national hymn."

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): prelude to Act III

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor: second movement

young Eleanore Josephine Nicoletta played three harp solos.

the children sang the French folk song "Au clair de la lune"

Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances (1868): Hungarian Dance Number 1 in G minor - orchestrated by Stokowski

Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1919 Suite

the second performance of this work this season

intermission

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61 (1806)

- Joseph Szigeti violin in his US debut

Joseph Szigeti near the time of his debut

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

*** Vassily Leps: Loretto from a suite of four 'portraits'

Leps born Wilhelm Leps 1870-1942 in Russia and was a little-known Philadelphia based musician

William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916): Symphonic Poem in G (1910)

Gilchrist founded the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia in 1874 and taught composition

Schubert: from "16 German Dances" opus 33 - Stokowski arrangement

Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods opus 325

this was the centenary of the birth of Johann Strauss II

Woodwind instruments were featured

Handel: Oboe Concerto no 3 in G minor

- Marcel Tabuteau oboe who was Principal oboe of the orchestra 1915-1954

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): Suite opus 34 no 2: "Romance and Scherzo for Flute"

- William Kincaid flute who was Principal flute of the orchestra 1921-1960

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36: movement three 'Pizzicato'

the children sang

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

"More than 1000 singers rang out in celebration of the natal day of Christ in Independence Square under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. Promptly at 5:15 PM, the electric bulbs of the 40 foot cedar tree were illuminated, and the combined bands and orchestra were the accompaniment of the celebration of the spirit of "Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men" ¹⁸⁶

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550

Roland Hayes tenor sings:

- Mozart: concert aria "Si mostra la sorte" K. 209

Handel: Messiah: 'Pastoral Symphony'

Roland Hayes tenor sings:

"three negro spirituals sung by the colored tenor"

- "Wade in die Water"

- "Lit'l David, Play yo Harp"

- "It's Me Oh Lord"

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve suite from the opera (1903): 'Christmas Night' (the introduction to the opera)

[1926]

played with the accompaniment of a color organ, a "clavilux".

intermission

Povia Frijsh Danish soprano sings arias.

Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski transcription

Debussy: Children's Corner suite orchestrated by André Caplet

saxophone duet played by Samuel Belov and Victor Geoffrion

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K550: 3rd movement menuetto

soloists:

- Madame Charles Cahier

- Margaret Ringo

- Colin O'More

- Richard Hall

4 pianos played by:

- Alfredo Casella

- George Enesco

- Carlos Salzedo

- Germaine Taillefer

- Harold Samuel piano

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- Lester Donahue piano playing the Hammond piano

John Hays Hammond was the developer of a piano with reflectors which would emphasize certain octives of the piano.

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

note: the Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950): Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 18 (1919) had been announced.

- Lester Donahue piano playing the Hammond piano

John Hays Hammond was the developer of a piano with reflectors which would emphasize certain octives of the piano.

The Dayton Herald wrote: "...there were times when, even with the increased volume of th Hammond piano, the orchestra was overpowering so that the piano was scarcely heard..."

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- Lester Donahue piano playing the Hammond piano

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- Lester Donahue piano playing the Hammond piano

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- John Hays Hammond piano

Hammond was the developer of a piano with reflectors which would emphasize certain octives of the piano.

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- John Hays Hammond piano

Hammond was the developer of a piano with reflectors which would emphasize certain octives of the piano.

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, opus 71a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Brahms: "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" opus 56a

Schubert: 16 German Dances opus 33: Tyrolean Dances - Stokowski arrangement

encore: Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods opus 325

- Joseph Szigeti violin

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 (1915-1919)

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 in d minor opus 15

- Harold Bauer piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in A minor

- Sascha Jacobson (1895-1972) violin

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream opus 61 (1826):

Overture

Scherzo

Nocturne

Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 in d minor opus 15

- Harold Bauer piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36

although composed in 1921, this was the world premiere of Amériques

Edgar Varese was in the audience

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

Georges Hüe (1858-1948: Theme And Variations (1907)

- Samuel Lifschey viola

Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C, K 551 "Jupiter"

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

- Wilhelm Bachaus piano

Edgar Varese (1883-1965): Amériques

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2

Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C, K 551 "Jupiter"

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Stokowski and Thaddeus Rich conduct the Curtis Symphony Orchestra

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre opus 40

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

other works conducted by Thaddeus Rich, including Beethoven Symphony no 7

Shura Cherkassky as a Curtis student played Anton Rubinstein Piano Concerto in D minor: Moderato Assai

final concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1925-1926 season

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Preludes to Act I and Act III

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in Eb opus 49

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

in these concerts, Stokowski had the stage lights darkened with a spotlight on his hands. He observed: "...the lights had led patrons to protest that their eyes were injured by the bright lights..." ¹⁸⁷

first concert of the 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition

Convention Hall: 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition

Leopold Stokowski led the Philadelphia Orchestra in 4 concerts in September 1926 at the 'Sesqui' as the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition was referred to. In June and July, guest conductors lead the Philadelphia Orchestra concerts at the Sesqui: Willem van Hoogstraten (1884-1965), Nicolai Sokoloff, Henry Hadley, Alexander Smallens, Walter Rothwell, Arthur Rodzinski, Frederick Stock; all lesser conductors except for Rodzinski and Stock. ¹⁸⁸ These concerts had the added plus that they gave the musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra a full summer of employment.

interesting to note that the prior concerts featured free admission, while Stokowski's concerts had an admission charge. "Leopold Stokowski attracted an audience of nearly 4000 paid admissions..."

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Roman Carnival Overture opus 9

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

concert of the 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Ballet Suite from Gluck operas - arranged by Felix Mottl (1856-1911):

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

concert of the 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Linton Martin wrote: "Despite the barnlike aspect of the huge hall, the most delicate nuances were easily audible and of a silken smoothness, while the fortissimos lost nothing in power, and their beautiful tone balance throughout." ¹⁸⁹

final concert of the 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

encore: J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

first concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1926-1927 season

+ Mozart: Overture in B-flat major K311

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92

++ William Schroeder (1892-1974): orchestral rhapsody "Pan"

played in the presence of the composer

Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)

Young Person's Concert

Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Andante

- Michel Gusikoff violin

everyone sings "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite opus 20

Anton Webern (1883-1945): 5 Pieces for Orchestra opus 10 (1913)

Helen Traubel (1899-1972) soprano at the beginning of her career sings:

- Paul Dukas: L'Invitation au voyage

- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Shéhérazade (1903)

Helen Traubel in 1930s

+ César Franck (1822–1890): Prelude, Fugue & Variation, opus 18

Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia On A Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910)

Ernest Pingoud (1887-1942): Le prophète opus 21

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68

The Washington Star wrote: "With the opening notes of the first movement the audience was launched into a wonderland of musicial magic."

- Hans Kindler cello

Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) (1883-1950): Fantasie Espagnole

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Schelomo (1916)

- Hans Kindler cello

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

The Washington Star wrote: "It is doubtful if Mr. Stokowski has ever given this work a finer interpretation."

Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Andante

- Michel Gusikoff violin

everyone sings "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster

[1927]

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"

- Wanda Landowska piano

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Harpsichord Concerto (1926) dedicated to Wanda Landowska

- Wanda Landowska harpsichord

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Stokowski Transcription

Bach: a Brandenberg Concerto

All-Beethoven Programme

Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major opus 36

Beethoven: Equali for 4 trombones (1812)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, opus 61

- Fritz Kreisler violin

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

the composer was present during the performance

Anton Webern: Passacaglia opus 1 (1922)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Julian Carrillo (1875-1965): Concertino for violin, cello, guitar in 4ths, horn and harp in 16ths-of-tone

the composer was present during the performance

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludeà l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

All-Swedish Programme

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927): Midwinter - Symphonic Rhapsody (1907)

the composer died of a stroke some months later 20 November 1927 at 56 years of age

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942): Symphony no 3 in F minor "Lappland Symphony" (1913-1915)

Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974): Symphony no 4 in G minor "Little Symphony" (1918)

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960): Midsummer Vigil (1903)

- Sergei Rachmaninoff piano

the world premiere of Rachmaninoff's fourth piano concerto

Rachmaninoff songs:

+ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): "Oh, My Johnny!" (1926)

+ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): "Powder and Paint" (1925)

+ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): "The Duck and the Drake"

songs sung by the Mendelssohn Club Choir of Philadelphia

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano Concerto no 4 in G minor opus 40 (1926)

the concerto had been premiered in Philadelphia on 18 March 1927 - it was later revised in 1928 and 1941

All-Beethoven Programme

Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E-flat major, opus 55 "Eroica"

Beethoven: Egmont opus 84 (1810): Overture

Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93

Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano Concerto no 4 in G minor opus 40 (1926)

the concerto had been premiered in Philadelphia on 18 March 1927 - it was later revised in 1928 and 1941

conducted by the composer, violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Kammermusik no 2 opus 36 no 1

Walter Gieseking piano

Walter Gieseking

Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973): "On The Stream Of Time"

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Nights in the Gardens of Spain, opus 36

Walter Gieseking piano

Linton Martin wrote: "Mr. Gieseking is a musician of unusual endowments. He gave a dazzling display of virtuosity in the Spanish suite, and orchestral emphasis in both pieces."

+ Edgar Varese (1883-1965): Arcana 1927 - New York premiere

the composer was present during the performance

Handel: Water Music Suite (1717)

Bach: Prelude in B minor BWV 869 from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Prelude in E flat BWV 869 from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" - Stokowski transcription

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Easter Programme

Wagner: Parsifal as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude to Act I

- "transformation music" to Scene 2

- "Good Friday Spell"

+ Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959): Symphonic Scherzo

+ André Illiashenko (1884-1954): Antique Dances

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36

conducted by both Artur Rodzinski and Leopold Stokowski

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture ("Fingal's Cave") opus 26

conducted by Rodzinski

remainder of the concert conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Chopin: Piano Concerto no 1 in E minor, opus 11

- Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) piano

Moriz Rosenthal circa 1920s

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra (1910)

- Frédéric Parme played this on the Saxophone

John Parsons Beach (1877-1953): Orleans Alley: "New Orleans Street Cries At Dawn"

the composer was present at the concert

Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): 'Oriental Impressions' Suite: Burma

the concert was broadcast from the Academy of Music on WIP radio Philadelphia, and in New York City by WGBS.

Request Programme

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

the Meistersinger Prelude was conducted by Rodzinski, and the others by Stokowski

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Stokowski conducted his these last concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1926 - 1927 season before departing on a one year absence.

Leopold Stokowski did not conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra at all for the 1927 - 1928 season, although he did record very extensively during the calendar year 1927. To read about these famous 1927 recordings click here for the 1927 recordings.

[1928]

Opening programme of the 1928-1929 season

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Albert Roussel (1869-1937): Evocations (1911)

Albert Roussel

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Albert Roussel (1869-1937): Concert pour petit orchestre opus 37

Albert Roussel

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Opening concert of the Monday evening series - similar to 28, 29 September, but with a different French work

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Albert Febvre-Longeray (1886-1942): Stèle pour le Pêcheur de lune (1928)

Albert Febvre-Longeray

Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)

Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90

Edward Cushing in the Eagle wrote: "Stokowski's Bach and Brahms were alike remarkable not only for the virtuosity of execution but as well for the artistic strength and integrity."

Lev Knipper (1898-1974): Fairy tale of a gypsy god opus 1

Lev Knipper wrote 21 symphonies, mostly forgotten today

Lev Knipper

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Nina Koshetz soprano sings:

- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956): "Over the Steppe"

- Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): "Cradle Song of Death"

- Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): "Hopak"

Rachmaninoff with Nina Koshetz

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): "La vida breve" (1905): Interlude and Dance

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Bach: Brandenberg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 for trumpet and orchestra

rather than the high Clarino trumpet, Stokowski had Sol Casten play trumpet one octive lower

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

++ Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony no 1 in F minor opus 10

US premiere of this work, given under the name 'Szostakowicz'

Bach: Brandenberg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 for trumpet and orchestra

rather than the high Clarino trumpet, Stokowski had Sol Casten play trumpet one octive lower

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

Nina Koshetz soprano sings:

- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956): "Over the Steppe"

- Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): "Cradle Song of Death"

- Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): "Hopak"

+ Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony no 1 in F minor opus 10

New York premiere

All-Wagner Concert

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I, Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

intermission

Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,

Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski transcription

Linton Martin wrote: "Stokowski was superb in the Rhine Journey and the Immolation Scene. It is such music that outmodes the ultra-modern so rapidly."

Stokowski for the first time closed the doors at the start of the concert and they were not opened until intermission.

All-Wagner Concert

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I, Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,

Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski transcription

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude

Georges Elbert Migot (1891-1976): "Le Paravent de Laque aux 5 Images" (1917)

Georges Migot

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24

Monday evening concert which began by Stokowski's speach in praise of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) on the 100th anniversary of his death.

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in b minor "Unfinished"

Yves de la Casinière (1897-1971): Hercule et les Centaures (1920)

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude

Georges Elbert Migot (1891-1976): "Le Paravent de Laque aux 5 Images" (1917)

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): "Três danças características (africanas e indígenas)"

a young Villa-Lobos

J. S. Bach: Suite in B Minor for Flute and Strings BWV 1067 as arranged by Stokowski

Bach: Prelude in E flat BWV 869 from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Prelude in E flat BWV 869 from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" - Stokowski transcription

Yves de la Casinière (1897-1971): Hercule et les Centaures (1920)

Yves de la Casinière

encore: Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

the dedication of Goodhart Hall, donated to Bryn Mawr College by Howard L. Goodhart of New York City

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

G565

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in E-flat major (1856)

- Horace Alwyn piano - director of the music department of Bryn Mawr College

choruses from Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

- Bryn Mawr College Glee Club

encore: Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Orchestra Hall Detroit

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68

throughout his career, the Brahms first symphony was one of the works Stokowski performed when he wished a certain success.

the symphony was played without pauses between movements.

encore: Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

[1929]

Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium in the 1920s

Stokowski's first concert in the West.

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,

Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski transcription

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "What would it mean to have a man of such imagination, courage, power and magnetism to conduct in Los Angeles more often? It would mean a sudden confligration of enthusiasm for the symphony concerts and financial support."

Stokowski returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra after an absence of 4 months. He conducts all of April 1929 until season end.

Sandor Harmati (1892-1936): "Prelude to a Drama" (or 'Melodrama' - 1928)

Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961): "Study in Sonority for 40 Violins"

also entitled "Study in Sonority, for Ten Violins (or any multiple thereof)" (1928)

Wallingford Riegger in the 1920s

Frederick Jacobi (1891-1952): "Indian Dances" (1928)

Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K.550

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880) excerpts as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude

- Dawn over the Moscow River

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"

Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943):

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): "Três danças características (africanas e indígenas)"

intermission

Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Stokowski Transcription

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880): entre'acte

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

Edward Cushing wrote: "The playing of the Polowetzki Dances, the entre'acte from 'Khowantschina' and the 'Oiseau de Feu' superbly illustrated the virtuosity of the Philadelphia Orchestra and it's indespensible conductor."

Stravinsky: "Les Noces" ballet

Claudio Monteverdi: "Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda"

Nina Koshetz soprano

Sophie Braslau contralto

concluding concerts of the 1928-1929 Philadelphia Orchestra season

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, opus 67

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

opening concerts of the 1929-1930 Philadelphia Orchestra season

Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III introduction: "Ride of the Valkyries"

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,

Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski transcription

1 hour broadcast 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM eastern time on the NBC Red Network - the widest USA coverage radio network with 52 stations in 1929.

Programmes were:

October 6, 1929:

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

November 3, 1929:

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913): 1. Adoration 2. Human Sacrifice

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36

December 8, 1929:

All French Programme

Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: "Marche hongroise"

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes

Concert sponsored by the Coolidge Chamber Music Festival given at the Library of Congress

J. S. Bach: "The Art of the Fugue" BWV 1080 - 14 fugues and 4 canons in D minor

this performance version was prepared by Wolfgang Graeser (1906-1928) who published the first modern analysis of the work and who prepared a realisation and orchestration performed in several European locations in 1927.

the performance was by Lewis Richards (1881-1940) harpsichord and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra conduced by Leopold Stokowski in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress.

intermission

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Introduction, Variations, and Fugue opus 31

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

Edward Cushing wrote of the Schoenberg: "The design of the score is impressive, its contents interesting and it indicates the clarification and stabilization of Schoenberg's thought and style."

Sonia Friedman-Gramatté (1902-1974) of France and Germany perform three of her compositions, with her as violin and piano soloist.

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Roman Carnival Overture opus 9

Sonia Friedman-Gramatté (1902-1974): Elegie and Caprice no 8 for violin and orchestra

- Sonia Friedman-Gramatté violin

Sonia Friedman-Gramatté (1902-1974): Piano Concerto

- Sonia Friedman-Gramatté piano

Sonia Friedman-Gramatté (1902-1974): Konzertstück for piano or violin and orchestra

- Sonia Friedman-Gramatté violin

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement

Philadelphia Orchestra Pension Fund Concert

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube opus 314

Emmanuel Chabrier: España Rhapsody (1883)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes

Mozart: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) K 620: Overture

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): music from Gluck's operas - Stokowski transciptions:

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription

Deems Taylor (1885-1966): Jürgen

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations opus 36 (1899)

Edward Cushing wrote: "Mr. Stokowski chose to present the 'man' of the Eroica as a man rather than the 60 foot Olympian that has so often been represented."

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

Bach-Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor BWV 979

- Denyse Molié (1903-1995) piano

Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1919)

- Denyse Molié piano

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition

- Ravel's Orchestration commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): lento

- Orfeo ed Euridice (1762): "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

- Armide (1777): musette

- Iphigénie en Aulide (1774): air gai

- Armide (1777): sicilienne

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

Bach-Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor BWV 979

intermission

Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'

the Brahms second symphony was less performed by Stokowski during his career than the other Brahms symphonies.

intermission

J. S. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto no 6 in B flat major BWV 1051

encore: Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Edward Cushing wrote: "The second symphony of Brahms differs from the other in that its form is essentially lyrical, while the others are dramatic. Perhaps for this reason Mr. Toscanini found it less and Mr. Stokowski found it more difficult of mastery than the other."

final concert of the 1929-1930 concert conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture

Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski arrangement

encore: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Boléro

[1930]

All-Russian Programme

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya (1848) - a work based on the traditional Russian dance

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina (1880): entre'acte

Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement

intermission

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Overture in B-Flat Major opus 42

Aleksandr Krein (1883-1951): Threnody in Memory of Lenin (1925)

Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881-1950): Symphony no 10 in F minor opus 30 (1927)

Edward Cushing wrote: "...neither Prokofiev's Overture, Krein's Ode, nor the Miaskowsky symphony merit the benefit of the doubt. They exemplify modern music nearly at its worst."

+ Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Die glückliche Hand (The Hand of Fate) opus 18 (1913)

presented as a drama with actors on the stage (Ivan Ivantzoff, Olin Howland, Doris Humphries, Charles Weidman on stage)

North American premiere of this music and drama production

intermission

+ Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913) presented as a ballet

North American premier of 'Le Sacre' in ballet production.

+ Albert Roussel (1869-1937): Psalm 80 opus 37 (1928)

- with Mendelssohn Club choir

J. S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

- Grisha Monasevitch violin (Jasha Simkin violin on Monday)

- Alexander Zenker violin (Herman Weinberg violin on Monday)

intermission

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription

Wagner: Parsifal as arranged by Stokowski:

- Prelude to Act I

- "transformation music" to Scene 2

- "Good Friday Spell"

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Die glückliche Hand (The Hand of Fate) opus 18 (1913)

presented as a drama with actors on the stage

Edward Cushing wrote: "the score represents of cours, the practice of Schoenberg's harmonic theories; its texture is atonal and achieves in its design that ultimate incoherence of which only a relentless logician is capable."

intermission

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913) presented as a ballet

Edward Cushing wrote: "the designs for the setting and the costumes for the production were made by Nicholas Roerich who in 1913 created the original 'Sacre'... His 'Sacre' setting was nothing more than a landscape, crude in design and color." ¹⁹⁰

Request Programme

César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor

intermission

Piero Coppola (1888-1971): Burlesque

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Boléro

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I

All Russian Program

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Symphony no 5 "Prometheus, Le poeme du feu" opus 60

- Harold Bauer piano

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) as adapted by Stokowski

intermission

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64

Spanish and French modern compositions

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): El Amor Brujo (1916)

- Rose Bampton contralto soloist, still a student at the Curtis Institute

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Nights in the Gardens of Spain, opus 36

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sacred and Profane Dances (1904)

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Boléro

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

played without pause between movements

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 2 Nocturnes (1899)

- Nuages

- Fêtes

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Piero Coppola (1888-1971): Burlesque

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 26 in D Major K537

- Ossip Gabrilowitsch piano

intermission

Brahms: Symphony no 4 in e minor, opus 98

1 hour broadcast 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM eastern time on the NBC Red Network.

Programmes were:

October 12. 1930:

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Iberia: 'Fête-dieu à Seville' (1908) - Stokowski orchestration

Falla: El Amor Brujo (1916) - without mezzo-soprano soloist

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pràludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski transcription

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Boléro

November 16, 1930:

All-Wagner Programme

Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: the Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla

Wagner: Die Walküre Act III: 'Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music'

Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"

Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,

December 25, 1930

traditional Christmas songs:

"What Child Is This?"

"Noel"

"Stille Nacht"

"Adeste Fidelis"

Handel: Messiah: 'Pastoral Symphony'

Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Shepherd's Christmas Music

Bach: Prelude in E flat BWV 869 from Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)

intermission

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913)

- Rose Bampton contralto soloist, still a student at the Curtis Institute

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Nights in the Gardens of Spain, opus 36

- George Copland (1882-1971) piano

intermission

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sacred and Profane Dances (1904)

- George Copland (1882-1971) piano

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Images pour orchestre: Ibéria (1908)

intermission

J. S. Bach: "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription

Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription

Edward Cushing in the Eagle wrote: "Never in the experience of the writer has this orchestra played as badly as it did last evening. Its irresolute and frayed attack, the inaccuracies in which the wind players indulged themselves with what seemed deliberate intent, the coarseness of brass, the thin and rasping tone of the cellos, the lack of balance...these offenses were shocking to us who have known the Philharmonic-Symphony as an ensemble of fine quality and great skill."

Harold Strickland wrote: "the Academic Festival Overture under Stokowski; here the obstreperous orchestra refused to follow a skillful and experienced musician." ¹⁹⁰