This is a listing of concerts of the great Leopold Stokowski which seeks to
cover the period from 1933 beginning with the Philadelphia Orchestra until
1949 after which Leopold Stokowski ended his tenure as conductor of the New
York Philharmonic.
This site also has listings of the concerts of Leopold Stokowski beginning with his first
12 May 1909 concerts with the Orchestre Colonne in Paris until
Leopold Stokowski's final public concert with the New Philharmonia Orchestra in the
Royal Albert Hall on 14 May 1974.
Frederick Fellers Research of the Leopold Stokowski Concerts 1933-1940
This listing 1933-1940 has greatly benefitted from the research of Frederick Fellers,
supplemented by my own files and research. Fred is an active musicologist and orchestral
historian, who did extensive and careful research of the original Stokowski programmes to
produce an updated and improved concert listing.
I have also added to this from programmes and publications contemporaneous with the
concerts. As well as newspapers the New York publications "Musical America"
and "Musical Courier".The Kislak Center archives of the Libraries of the
University of Pennsylvania and the archives of the Free Library of
Philadelphia were most valuable. Also the archives of the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.
A valuable aid in the verification of certain information on Stokowski
concerts and especially their context within Stokowski's career is the
carefully researched and detailed biography of Oliver Daniel: Stokowski:
A Counterpoint of View1.
I want to thank all those who have provided additions and corrects to this
listing, and in particular two Stokowski experts and musicologists: Theo van
der Burg and Edward Johnson for their aid in this and other Stokowski
projects.
These sources have been invaluable; however, the errors and probable omissions in the
concert listing below are solely my own.
Corrections, additions and comments on this material will be welcome by
contacting me.
The Concerts of Leopold Stokowski 1933-1949 listed Chronologically
key: + Orchestra premiere +++ national premiere ***
world premiere
[1933]
1933
1 January
"Roxy Theater Mammouth Symphony"
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
a sketch of Stokowski circa 1933
An unusual radio broadcast by Stokowski was scheduled for Sunday afternoon 1
January 1933 from the new Radio City Music Hall which had opened 27 December
1932. The Radio City Music Hall was a project of Rockefeller Center development
and Sam Roxy (Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel, 1882-1936), a movie theater tycoon.
For this concert, the "Roxy Theater Mammouth Symphony" was said to be 225
musicians. The concert was cancelled at the last minute due to "lack of
rehearsal".
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868): Prelude to Act I
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski transcription
this concert was to have been broadcast over the NBC Radio network, but a studio
concert under Fritz Reiner was substituted at the last minute.
1933
6, 7 January
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stokowski's opening Philadelphia Orchestra concert of 1933 was conservative,
including no "new" music, perhaps due to criticism from the Board which thought
the inclusion of "new" music to reduce audience size during this period - the
depth of the Depression.
César Franck: Symphony in D minor (1888)
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
the 7 January 1933 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1933
10 January
Philadelphia Orchestra
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, Ohio
Concert to mark the opening of two new wings of the Toledo Museum of Art
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski transcription
1933
11 January
Philadelphia Orchestra
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, Ohio
Concert to mark the opening of two new wings of the Toledo Museum of Art
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D Minor
Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" - Stokowski
transcription
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
1933
23 February
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A concert to benefit unemployed musicians
The first 2 items were conducted by Alexander Smallens:
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b
Richard Strauss: Don Juan opus 20
Stokowski then conducted with Vladimir Horowitz:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Piano Concerto no 1 in E-flat major (1854) - Vladimir
Horowitz piano
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867): Prelude to Act I (1867)
as arranged by Stokowski
this benefit concert was reported to have had a smaller audience than hoped.
1933
3, 4 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wagner - "Symphonic Synthesis" of Das Rheingold - Stokowski arrangement and
transcription
The Rheingold Synthesis consists of the Prelude, then Alberich with the
Rhinemaidens, the descent of Wotan and Loge into Nibelheim, then transitions to
Erda's warning (Stokowski gives Erda's music in a 5 minute English horn solo
played by Robert Bloom). Then the 'Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla'. In this
conclusion, Stokowski used the edition prepared for concert use by Hermann Zumpe
(1850-1903), further enriching the brass and percussion for vivid effect.
*** Abram Chasins (1903-1987): Piano Concerto no 2 (1933) in F sharp minor -
world permiere
Abram Chasins, piano - who was teaching at the Curtis Institute and who was
aided by Serge Rachmaninoff
the 3 March 1933 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1933
9 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b
Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645 - Stokowski
transcription
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Debussy: from Three Nocturnes: Fêtes
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
Two choral encores sung a capella by the Temple University chorus:
- "Zion Hears Her Watchmen's Voices"
-"Glory Now to Thee Be Given"
Audience sings together "Dixie" as a finale
1933
10, 11 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98
Bach: Chaconne in D minor - from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Chorale Prelude "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 718 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
the 10 March 1933 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1933
14 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98
+ Bach: Chaconne in D minor - from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004 - Stokowski
transcription
Edward Cushing of the Eagle wrote: "Mr. Stokowski's orchestral version from Bach's
D minor violin partita is less a transcription than a paraphrase of the celebrated
original. Most of Mr. Stokowski's Bach transcriptions adhere closely to the organ and
clavier originals. Not so this one. One striking characteristics of Bach's scores is
in their continuity of design. However, in this transcription, the attention of the
listener is directed not to the essential unity of Bach's structure but to the diversity
of its parts. The result is interesting as a curiosity. Bach is made to sound now
like Beethoven, now like Brahms, now like Debussy, now like Sibelius. Mr. Stokowski's
very slow tempo and treatment of individual episodes last night removed this
transcription of the Chaconne further from its original." 154
Bach: Chorale Prelude "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 718 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
1933
17, 18 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina arranged by Stokowski: Act IV, scene 2
Entr'acte
Joseph La Monaca: Festival of Gauri opera: dances (La Monaca was
flutist with the Philadelpha Orchestra 1910-1940)
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead opus 29
Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Death of Siegfried
and Immolation Scene - as arranged by Stokowski
Agnes Davis soprano as Brünnhilde
the 17 March 1933 concert was broadcast in a 1 1/2 hour programme over the
Columbia Radio network
1933
31 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wagner: Parsifal Prelude and Act I - as arranged by Stokowski
Robert Steel - Parsifal
Rose Bampton - Kundry
Nelson Eddy - Gurnemanz (baritone singing this bass part)
Dudley Warwick - Klingsor
Alexis Tcherkassy - Amfortas
Leonard Treash - Titurel
Agnes Davis - first esquire
Edwina Eustis - second esquire
Daniel Healy - first knight and third esquire
Benjamin de Laroche - second knight
Eugene Lowenthal - fourth esquire
supporting cast from the Curtis Institute: Irene Beamer, Marie Buddy, Ruth
Carhart, Paceli Diamond, Ruth Gordon, Henrietta Horle, Irra Petina, Irene
Singer, Cecelia Thompson, Helen Watlington
The choruses were selected from the Princeton University Glee Club, Fortnightly
Club, Bach Society of Delaware County, Haverford College, St. Joseph's College,
Bryn Mawr College, Reading Choral Society
Prior to the performance, Stokowski explained the key themes which were
illustrated by the orchestra.
This Friday afternoon concert was broadcast in a 1 1/2 hour programme over the
Columbia Radio network. This was probably the first broadcast of the full
Parsifal anywhere in the world.
1933
1 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wagner: Parsifal Act II and Act III scene 2 (the conclusion of the opera) - as
arranged by Stokowski
Robert Steel - Parsifal
Rose Bampton - Kundry
Nelson Eddy - Gurnemanz (baritone singing this bass part)
Dudley Warwick - Klingsor
Alexis Tcherkassy - Amfortas
Leonard Treash - Titurel
Agnes Davis - first esquire
Edwina Eustis - second esquire
Daniel Healy - first knight and third esquire
Benjamin de Laroche - second knight
Eugene Lowenthal - fourth esquire
supporting cast from the Curtis Institute: Irene Beamer, Marie Buddy, Ruth
Carhart, Paceli Diamond, Ruth Gordon, Henrietta Horle, Irra Petina, Irene
Singer, Cecelia Thompson, Helen Watlington
The choruses were selected from the Princeton University Glee Club, Fortnightly
Club, Bach Society of Delaware County, Haverford College, St. Joseph's College,
Bryn Mawr College, Reading Choral Society
this Saturday evening concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1933
3 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wagner: Parsifal Act III complete - as arranged by Stokowski
Robert Steel - Parsifal
Rose Bampton - Kundry
Nelson Eddy - Gurnemanz (baritone singing this bass part)
Dudley Warwick - Klingsor
Alexis Tcherkassy - Amfortas
Leonard Treash - Titurel
Agnes Davis - first esquire
Edwina Eustis - second esquire
Daniel Healy - first knight and third esquire
Benjamin de Laroche - second knight
Eugene Lowenthal - fourth esquire
supporting cast from the Curtis Institute: Irene Beamer, Marie Buddy, Ruth
Carhart, Paceli Diamond, Ruth Gordon, Henrietta Horle, Irra Petina, Irene
Singer, Cecelia Thompson, Helen Watlington
The choruses were selected from the Princeton University Glee Club, Fortnightly
Club, Bach Society of Delaware County, Haverford College, St. Joseph's College,
Bryn Mawr College, Reading Choral Society
The concerts of Parsifal included the Prelude and Act I on Friday
afternoon 31 March 1933, and Act II and the conclusion of Act III on Saturday
evening 1 April 1933. In this Monday 3 April 1933 concert, the complete Act III
was presented. However, it was not broadcast.
1933
7, 8 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op 47 (1905)
Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985) who taught at and later directed the Curtis
Institute of Music
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913 version)
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "...As played by Mr. Zimbalist, this concerto
irresistably suggested that it had a definite if undisclosed story to tell...his
playing of the long and quite unconventional cadenza in the first movement was
richly evocative in atmosphere..." 143
the 7 April 1933 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1933
16 April
members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Town Hall, Civic Center, New York City
League of Composers Concert
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire opus 21 (consists of three groups of
seven poems)
Minna Hager soprano (the singer delivers the poems in the 'Sprechstimme' style)
"...the curtains parted to reveal Mr. Stokowski, and instrumental ensemble and
Minna Hager, vocalist, in a Pierrot costume, grouped and illuminated according
to the specifications of Robert Edmond Jones..." 144
1933
20 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude, with opening
Act I St. Catherine's Church chorale and final "Wacht auf" chorus of Act III
choruses sung by the Whittington Chorus of boys and girls from Bryn Athyn
(suburban Philadelphia)
this was followed by a 'tour of the orchestra' with each section playing to
illustrate its sound.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
Mozart: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) K 620: "Queen of night" aria from Act
II - "sung by 13 year old Russell Palmer"
Ernest Brooks (1903- ): Three Units (a Chicago-based composer)
*** Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Bali symphonic variations (1931) -
world premiere
A Sketch of Henry Eichheim by Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1871-1946)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Boléro (1928)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor opus 74 "Pathetique": third movement:
Allegro molto vivace
1933
21, 22 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor opus 74 "Pathetique": March
the 21 April 1933 afternoon concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio
network. A conservative programme after the series of modern/innovative music of
the previous two months.
1933
28, 29 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Concluding concert of the 1932-1933 Philadelphia Orchestra subscription series
Concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Brahms
Brahms: "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" opus 56a
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody opus 53 for alto and male chorus
Rose Bampton, contralto and the Mendelssohn male chorus performed
Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) opus 54
Mendelssohn male chorus
Wagner: Die Walküre: 'Symphonic Synthesis' - as arranged by Stokowski -
first performance
The Stokowski Die Walküre arrangement begins with an orchestral
introduction leading up to Act II Scene 4, called the 'Death Prediction' or
'Todesverkundigung' scene. It then leads directly into the 'Ride of the
Valkyries' music from the beginning of Act III, followed by Brünnhilde's defense
with Wotan and her plea, leading up to the dramatic 'Magic Fire Music'.
the 28 April 1933 afternoon concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio
network.
1933
29 May
Royal College of Music orchestra
Royal College of Music
London, England
and impromtu performance by Stokowski during rapid visit to his school: the
Royal College of Music
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude
1933
20 July
Philadelphia Orchestra
Robin Hood Dell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung: funeral march
(In Memorium Alexander Van Rensselear, 1851-1933)
This summer concert in the Philadelphia Orchestra Robin Hood Dell series was conducted by
Alexander Smollens, which Leopold Stokowski joined to conduct this funeral march excerpt
to honor Alexander Van Rensselear, of whom Stokowski said "He was a brother to us all.
He gave all and never asked anything in return."
Opening concerts of the 1933-1934 season of Philadelphia Orchestra
1933
6, 7, 9 October
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Opening concerts of the 1933-1934 Philadelphia Orchestra season
Handel: Saul Oratorio HWV 53: Funeral March - Stokowski transcription
(In Memorium Alexander Van Rensselear, 1851-1933)
Alexander Van Rensselear, long-time patron of the Philadelphia Orchestra and
President of the Orchestra Association
Bach: Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great"
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold: Excerpts
Encore: Richard Wagner: Parsifal: Act I Excerpts
Encore: Bach: Chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (from Cantata BWV 80) -
Stokowski transcription based on the Luther theme
1933
12 October
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in
D minor - Stokowski transcription
Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'
Frances McCollin (1892-1960): Adagio for string orchestra (1927) - a
Philadelphia composer blind from birth
Frances McCollin (1892-1960)
Ione Pickhardt (1900-1943): Two sonnets for orchestra: "Mountains" (1932)
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Excerpts
1933
6 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor opus 74 "Pathetique"
Frances McCollin (1892-1960): Adagio for string orchestra (1927) - a
Philadelphia composer blind from birth
Ione Pickhardt (1900-1943): Two sonnets for orchestra: "Mountains" (1932)
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Excerpts
Encore: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
1933
9 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
Werner Josten (1885-1963): "Jungle" symphonic poem (1928)
Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Marcel Tabuteau, oboe
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Robert Bloom, English horn
All Sing: Soldiers Chorus from Faust
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Maurice Ravel
Encore: Bach: Adagio in C from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 - Stokowski
transcription
Encore: Bizet: Carmen (1875): Act I: Prelude
Encore: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Boléro (1928)
1933
10, 11 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914): Eight Russian Folk Songs opus 58 Stokowski arrangement
- Religious Chant
- Christmas Carol - Kolyada
- Plaintive Melody
- Humorous Song 'I Danced With The Gnat'
- Legend of the Birds
- Cradle Song
- Round Dance
- Village Dance Song
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya (1848)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Maurice Ravel
1933
14 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914): Eight Russian Folk Songs opus 58 Stokowski arrangement
- Religious Chant
- Christmas Carol - Kolyada
- Plaintive Melody
- Humorous Song 'I Danced With The Gnat'
- Legend of the Birds
- Cradle Song
- Round Dance
- Village Dance Song
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya (1848)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Maurice Ravel
1933
24, 25, 27 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Roman Carnival Overture opus 9
César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor (1888)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no 2
Encore: Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Festival of the Workers: First and Third
Movements
1934
28 November - 30 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Radio studios of WCAU, Philadelphia
Fifteen Minute Radio Broadcasts
Stokowski and the 15 minute evening Philadelphia Orchestra concerts sponsored by
Chesterfield cigarettes
From 28 November to 30 December 1933, and for the first three months of 1934,
Columbia Radio broadcast a 15 short concert each evening of the Philadelphia
Orchestra originating from the studios of WCAU, the Philadelphia CBS station. It
was sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes. Stokowski conducted the broadcast
concerts 28 November - 30 December 1933, 1 January 1934 to 27 January 1934 and 6
March 1934 to 24 March 1934. Featured were short pieces such as George Enescu's
Rumanian Rhapsody no 1 and Karl Goldmark "In Springtime", playing each movement
of the Brahms Symphony no 1 on successive nights and of movements of other
symphonies were featured. Reviews were mixed due to the very short duration of
the performances.
It seems likely that these 15 broadcasts were of transcription recordings of the
orchestra made on 16 inch (40 cm) 33 1/3 RPM transcription discs for broadcast
later, but this has not (yet) been documented, and none are known to have
survived.
"Leopold Stokowski's nightly 15 minute concerts by the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra are to begin the night of Tuesday November 18...the distinguished
broadcast will be presented every evening except Sunday" 147
The 1933 broadcasts were:
- 28 November 1933 - Wagner: Parsifal
- 28 November 1933 - Bach: 'Siciliano' from Sonata for Violin and Clavier BWV
1017
and Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcriptions
- 30 November 1933 - Bizet: Carmen excerpts
- 1 December 1933 - Borodin: Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski
arrangement and
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches opus 10 (1894): 'Procession of the
Sardar'
- 2 December 1933 - Sibelius: Karelia Suite opus 11 (1893): Intermezzo
(one of the very few performances of this work by Stokowski),
and Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D Major opus 43 - movement 1
- 4 December 1933 - Bach: Chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (from Cantata
BWV 80) - Stokowski transcription,
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F Major, opus 90 - movement 3
- 5 December 1933 - a studio orchestra conducted by Sylvan Levin
- 6 December 1933 - Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914): Eight Russian Folk Songs
opus 58 Stokowski arrangement
- 7 December 1933 - "music of Richard Wagner"
- 8 December 1933 - Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and
Satie: one of the Gymnopedies as orchestrated by Debussy
- 9 December 1933 - Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 - Stokowski transcription
- 11 December 1933 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 2 in C minor opus
18: allegro moderato - Sylvan Levin piano
- 12 December 1933 - Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67 - movement 1
- 13 December 1933 - Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67 - movement 2
- 14 December 1933 - Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67 - movements 3,
4
- 15 December 1933 - Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan-Flight of the
Bumble-Bee and
Weber: Invitation to the Dance opus 65 - Stokowski transcription
- 16 December 1933 - the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Sylvan Levin
- 18 December 1933 - Henry Eichheim: Bali symphonic variations (1931)
- 19 December 1933 - Humperdinck: opera Hänsel & Gretel: Overture and
Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune: overture
- 20 December 1933 - Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" -
movement 1
- 21 December 1933 - Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia on Christmas Carols
(1912) and
Handel: Messiah: Christmas music
- 22 December 1933 - Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" -
movement 2
- 25 December 1933 - Handel: Messiah: Christmas music
- 26 December 1933 - Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K 314 - as edited by Stokowski
- Marcel Tabuteau oboe
- 27 December 1933 - Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major opus 61 - movement 3
- 28 December 1933 - a studio orchestra conducted by Sylvan Levin performed
- 29 December 1933 - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
(1910)
- 30 December 1933 - Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A Major, opus 11, no 1
1933
1, 2 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet Suite of movements from Gluck operas:
Don Juan, Iphigénie en Aulide Orfeo ed Euridice and Armide as arranged by Felix
Mottl (1856-1911) - (Stokowski later made his own arrangement and transcription
of movements from Gluck operas)
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550
Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Bali symphonic variations (1931)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
1933
5 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet Suite of movements from Gluck operas:
Don Juan, Iphigénie en Aulide Orfeo ed Euridice and Armide as arranged by Felix
Mottl (1856-1911)
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550
Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Bali symphonic variations (1931)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
Edward Cushing in the Eagle wrote: "The new Tristan arrangement combined the Prelude, the love duet,
and the concluding measures of the second act."
1933
15, 16 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+ Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
After the Moscow premier of this symphony in 1911, the US premiere was given by
Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony in 1918, but this 1934 concert
performance was of Stokowski's massively edited version in which about 26
minutes of music was cut. Stokowski later made further revised performing
editions during his career.
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (1881): "Dance of the Tumblers"
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1899): Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement
1933
19 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet Suite of movements from Gluck operas:
Don Juan, Iphigénie en Aulide Orfeo ed Euridice and Armide as arranged by Felix
Mottl (1856-1911)
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Bali symphonic variations (1931)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
Unknown Composer: Russian Carol "In a Manger" - as transcribed by Stokowski
(labeled by Stokowski in his arrangement as "Unknown Composer", but actually by
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov)
1933
20 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore Maryland
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
Henry Eichheim (1870-1942): Bali symphonic variations (1931)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
Unknown Composer: Russian Carol "In a Manger" - as transcribed by Stokowski
(labeled by Stokowski in his arrangement as "Unknown Composer", but actually by
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov)
1933
22, 23 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christmas Concert
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Trumpet Prelude in D major - Stokowski transcription
Stokowski and the 15 minute evening Philadelphia Orchestra concerts sponsored by
Chesterfield cigarettes
In November and December 1933, and for the first three months of 1934, Columbia
Radio broadcast a 15 short concert each evening of the Philadelphia Orchestra
originating from WCAU, the Columbia Radio station in Philadelphia. It was
sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes. Stokowski conducted the broadcast concerts
1 January 1934 to 27 January 1934 and 6 March 1934 to 24 March 1934. Featured
were short pieces such as George Enescu's Rumanian Rhapsody no 1 and Karl
Goldmark "In Springtime", playing each movement of the Brahms Symphony no 1 on
successive nights and of movements of other symphonies were featured. Reviews
were mixed due to the very short duration of the performances. Andre Kostelanetz
and his orchestra succeed this series in April, 1934.
For the 6, 10, 17 March 1934 15 minute broadcast, it was announced that
Stokowski would conduct movements from Tchaikovsky's Symphony no 3 in D major.
This would seem to be the only performance of this Tchaikovsky Symphony no 3
during Stokowski's concert career.
It seems likely that these 15 broadcasts were of transcription recordings of the
orchestra made on 16 inch (40 cm) 33 1/3 RPM transcription discs for broadcast
later, but this has not (yet) been documented, and none are known to have
survived. The 1934 broadcasts were:
- 1 January 1934 - introduced by Stokowski
- 2 January 1934 - Liszt's Mephisto Waltz conducted by Sylvan Levin
- 3 January 1934 - Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550 - movement 1
- 4 January 1934 - Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550 - movement 2
- 5 January 1934 - Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550 - movement 3
- 6 January 1934 - Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K 550 - movement 4
- 8 January 1934 - Franck Le Chasseur maudit (1882)
introduced by Stokowski as 'The Wild Huntsman' - perhaps Stokowski's only
concert performance of this work.
- 15 January 1934
- 16 January 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68 - movement 1
- 17 January 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68 - movement 2
- 18 January 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68 - movement 3
- 19 January 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68 - movement 4
- 20 January 1934
- 22 January 1934 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888):
excerpts
- 23 January 1934 - Liszt: Polonaise no 2 in E major orchestrated by Karl
Müller-Berghaus and Stokowski,
Lalo: Symphony in G minor: andante
- 24 January 1934 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888): Tale
of Prince Kalender
- 25 January 1934 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888): Young
Prince and Young Princess
- 26 January 1934 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888):
Festival at Bagdad
- 27 January 1934 - Ravel La Valse
- 28 January 1934 - the 15 minute Philadelphia Orchestra broadcasts continue
under Sylvan Levin.
Stokowski traveled to Hollywood at the end of January 1934.
- 5 March 1934 - Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra 15 minute broadcasts resume
after Stokowski returns from Hollywood.
The Monday 5 March 1935 broadcast featured music from Wagner's Parsifal
- 6 March 1934 - Tchaikovsky's Symphony no 3 in D major - movement 1
- 7 March 1934 - Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: 'beginning' - probably the
Prelude to Act I
- 8, 9 March 1934 - Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht
from Act II (broadcast different days regionally)
- 9 March 1934 - Beethoven: Violin Concerto excerpt with Y. Menuhin - (Menuhin was then age 17)
- 10, 12 March 1934 - Tchaikovsky's Symphony no 3 in D major - movements 2, 3,
and 4 (broadcast different days regionally)
- 13 March 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F Major, opus 90 - movement 1
- 14 March 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F Major, opus 90 - movement 2
- 15 March 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F Major, opus 90 - movement 3
- 16 March 1934 - Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F Major, opus 90 - movement 4
- 17 March 1934 - Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 3 in D major - movement 5 Finale
- this seems to have been Stokowski's only concert performance of the
Tchaikovsky Symphony no 3, Tchaikovsky's only symphony in 5 movements.
- 19 March 1934 - Wagner: Das Rheingold: Scene 3: Invocation of Alberich to the
Nibelungen,
followed by Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"
- 20 March 1934 - Liszt: Sposalizio - transcribed by Stokowski (? not later performed by him)
- 21 March 1934 Sibelius: Valse triste opus 44 no 1 - one of the few
Stokowski concert performances of this work, followed by
Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)
- 22 March 1934 - "Playing music of Johann Strauss"
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
the 16 March concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1934
20 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
+ Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
This Parsifal Act III Synthesis is a regular feature of Stokowski concerts.
In Leopold Stokowski Transcriptions, Maestro Serebrier explained:"Stokowski's Symphonic Synthesis of Act III includes the transformation
music from the conclusion of the final scene and the final moments when Parsifal
heals Amfortas's wound by touching it with his spear. Stokowski excluded the
'Good Friday Spell' music from his version because Wagner himself had already
made a concert version of it"
1934
22 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Debussy (1862-1918): Three Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes
César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor
Gertrude Gerrish Dance Group: Three Dances (Burlesca; Prayer of the Faithful; A
Robust Dance)
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto no 1 in E-flat Major, opus 11
Arthur I. Berv, horn
Audience sing-along: "The Internationale" followed by "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)
Encore: Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 1 in G minor - as arranged by Stokowski
1934
31 March, 2 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach-Beethoven Cycle Third Program
Beethoven: Egmont opus 84 (1910): Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 in E-Flat Major, opus 73 "Emperor"
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Florence Frantz, piano; William Kincaid, flute; Yasha Kayaloff, violin
Bach: Adagio in C major from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: 'Siciliano' from Sonata for Violin and Clavier BWV 1017 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Stokowski transcription
Encore: Richard Wagner: Parsifal: Act III: 'Good Friday Spell'
1934
6,7 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach-Beethoven Cycle Fourth Program
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67
Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Pianos, BWV 1065
Jeanne Behrend, Florence Vanucci-Adimari, Arthur Reginald, Sylvan Levin, pianos
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Encore:
Bach: "Sarabande" - from Partita no 1 in B minor BWV 1002 - Stokowski
transcription
1934
10 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67
New York reviews of this concert were not favorable, particularly regarding the
Beethoven: "...Mr. Stokowski adopted for this performance...a method exemplified
by the people who write letters in which, least the obvious point be lost on
one, every word is underscored 3 or 4 times and every sentence ends with a row
of exclamation points..." 148
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor opus 74 "Pathetique"
Ernest Chausson: Poème for violin and orchestra (1896)
Helen Berlin, violin
(from Helen Berlin scrapbook: "In 1934 Helen Berlin won an orchestral debut with
the Philadelphia Orchestra through a violinists' contest conducted by the
Concerts for Youth Committee.)
All Sing: America, the Beautiful; Austrian National Anthem
Henri Büsser (1872-1973): Andante et Scherzo in C for trumpet opus 44 (originally trumpet and piano in 1911)
Saul Cohen Caston, trumpet
Henri Büsser in the 1930s
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894): "España" rhapsody for orchestra (1883) - one of
Stokowski's rare performances of this very popular work
Encore: Dvorak: Slavonic Dance no 2
1934
20, 21, 23 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Second Request Program" (Chosen by Public Vote)
Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E-flat Major, opus 55 "Eroica"
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E Minor, opus 98
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D Minor
Beethoven: Drei Equali for Four Trombones
Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Debussy: Rapsodie for Saxophone
Lucien Cailliet, saxophone
***Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Festival of the Workers (later revised as Symphony
no 4 in 1935)
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Evening Star
Charles Gusikoff, trombone
All Sing: Marseillaise; Land of Hope and Glory; Dixie
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebesnacht from Act II
1934
27, 28 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach-Beethoven Cycle Fifth Program
Bach: Chaconne in D minor - from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004 - Stokowski
transcription
short intermission -
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D Minor, opus 125 "Choral"
Agnes Davis, soprano; Rose Bampton, contralto; Robert Betts, tenor; Eugene
Loewenthal, bass with Bach Society of Delaware County, Choral Society of the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus "After the Concert"
This symphony was recorded by Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra with
these soloists on Monday 30 April 1934 for Victor on 17 78 RPM sides, all first
takes, so essentially a 'live' recording. The nine Victor 12 inch Red Seal disks
in were issued in Victor Musical Masterpiece album M-236 (imagine the weight of
this set).
Richard Strauss: Deutsche Motette for four solo voices and sixteen part chorus a
cappella will be sung.
This was postponed from earlier in the season because the chorus parts arrived
too late from Europe"
Songs: 1. Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhäuser. 2. Song of Youth.
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
Encore: Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581)
- Stokowski transcription
1934
26, 27 October
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Handel: Water Music - as arranged by Stokowski
Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D Minor
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
After the concert Stokowski announced 'a short public rehearsal': Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594):
Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581) - Stokowski transcription
1934
30 October
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Handel: Water Music - as arranged by Stokowski
Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D Minor
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
1934
2, 3, 6 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)
*** Mary Howe (1882-1964): "Sand" (1928)
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
After the concert a short public rehearsal:
+++ Michal Kondracki (1902-1984): Soldiers Marching (1932) - Kondracki was a Polish composer.
+++ Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924): Sunset (1911) - Merikanto was a Finnish composer.
1934
7 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
Mary Howe (1882-1964): "Sand" (1928)
*** Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini opus 43 (1934)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (world premiere performance)
Bach: Choral prelude "Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: St. John's Passion BWV 245 - "Es ist vollbracht" - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
1934
7, 8, 11 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Sibelius: Tapiola, opus 112
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death
the 7 December 1934 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1934
12 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1
Axel Frederiksen (1894-1951): The Saga of Leif Eriksson - Frederiksen
was a Danish composer
Ruth Wood Carnwath, diseuse (i.e. reciter)
***Ann Wyeth: A Christmas Fantasy - premiere
Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915-2005) was daughter of artist N. C. Wyeth and sister of
artist Andrew Wyeth
Ann Wyeth McCoy in the 1950s
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, opus 71a
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no 1, opus 35
Eugene List, piano
Songs: Philadelphia Youth Song; Marseillaise; Schubert's Serenade; Dixie
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation
Encore: Stravinsky: Pastorale
Encore: Debussy: Syrinx
William M. Kincaid, flute
this 12 December 1934 youth concert was broadcast locally in Philadelphia over
WLIT (as the station was then known)
1934
13 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ
Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 as edited by Leopold Stokowski
LoRean Hodapp, soprano; Rose Bampton, contralto & second soprano; Dan Gridley,
tenor; Frans Hoffman, bass with the Westminster Choir of Princeton
1934
14,15 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 as edited by Leopold Stokowski
LoRean Hodapp, soprano; Rose Bampton, contralto & second soprano; Dan Gridley,
tenor; Frans Hoffman, bass with the Westminster Choir of Princeton
the 14 December 1934 concert was broadcast locally in Philadelphia over WLIT (as
the station was then known)
1934
18 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232 as edited by Leopold Stokowski
LoRean Hodapp, soprano; Rose Bampton, contralto & second soprano; Dan Gridley,
tenor; John Gaius Baumgartner, bass with the Westminster Choir of Princeton
"...persons of musical intelligence and taste must have been offended by nearly
every aspect of this performance...Mr. Stokowski should have equipped himself
with a more reliable body of singers. Mr. Gridley has authority but little
remaining voice, Miss Bampton has voice but lacks authority, of Miss Hodapp and
Mr. Baumbartner it will be kinder to say nothing..." Edward Cushing The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 19 Dec 1934, Wed page 13
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Love Music (Liebesnacht) from Act II
1935
8, 9 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, opus 77
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Fritz Kreisler in the 1930s
Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581) -
Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A Major, opus 92
Aaron Avshalomov (1894-1965): Hutongs of Peking Hutongs are Chinese narrow streets - Avshalomov lived in China 1918-1947
1935
12, 15 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
with the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe
Frederick Chopin orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov: Les Sylphides with
choreography by Michel Fokine.
Brahms: Symphony no 4: "Choreartium" ballet by Leonide Massine danced to Brahm's
music
Stravinsky: Petrushka complete 1911 ballet with ballet choreographed by
Michel Fokine
1935
14 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
with the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe
Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos with ballet choreographed by Leonide
Massine
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888) with ballet choreographed
by Michel Fokine
Carl Maria von Weber: Le Spectre de la Rose - a ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine with music based
on Weber's Invitation to the Dance
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement with
ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine
1935
16 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
with the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe
Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos with ballet choreographed by Leonide
Massine
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888) with ballet choreographed
by Michel Fokine
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement with
ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine
1935
17 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
radio concert: Magic Key broadcast sponsored by RCA over NBC radio
network with Stokowski introducing the music
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): The Red Poppy Act 1: Russian Sailor's
Dance (Yablochko) - Stokowski arrangement
Leopold Stokowski introduces RCA's RCA's Library of Recorded Music
other works conducted by Frank Black
1935
19 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581) -
Stokowski transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, opus 77
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Hidemaro Konoye (1898-1973): Etanraku - Japanese Ceremonial Prelude
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Symphony no 2 "The Rhumba Symphony"
1935
28 November
Orchestra
New York City
Radio concert "To Arms For Peace" with baritone Nelson Eddy broadcast on the
Columbia Radio network, Stokowski conducting a "65 piece" radio orchestra. Eddy
performed songs including Tchaikovsky's "Pilgrim Song".
1935
29, 30 November, 3 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
William Harms, piano (a student at the Curtis Institute); Alexander Hilsberg,
violin; William M. Kincaid, flute
Bach: Adagio in C major from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 - Stokowski
transcription
J. S. Bach: Concerto for Three Pianos no 1 in D Minor, BWV 1063
Janette Weinstein, Martin Gabowitz, Elinor Buten, pianos
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Excerpts (1. Siegmunde and Sieglinde. II. The Ride
of the Valkyries. III. Calm after the Storm at Twilight - Wotan and Brünnhilde
alone. IV. Wotan's Farewell from Brünnhilde - The Magic Fire Music
DUBENSKY: Tom Sawyer Overture (commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mark
Twain's birth)
1935
5 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Symphony no 2 "The Rhumba Symphony"
Folk Songs by the University of Pennsylvania Varsity Glee Club: Away to Rio; One
of These Days; Deep River; Hanging Johnny; The Sleigh
Four Spanish Dances: Fandanguillo Gitano; Farruca Divina; Del Sacro Monte;
Alegrias
Carola Gitana dancer
Alexander Schreiner (1901-1987): The Worried Drummer
Anna Mae Brogan, percussionist
Songs: Youth Song; Massa Dear; An Irish Love Song; Row, Row, Row Your Boat
(Round)
Liszt: Les préludes
Encore: Schubert-Stokowski: Moment Musicale no 3 in F Minor
1935
6, 7 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Violin Concerto no 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish"
Joseph Knitzer, violin
Joseph Knitzer as soloist; later Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra 1945-1946 before being dismissed by George Szell.
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3
Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in A Minor, opus 63 (Audience asked not to applaud after
the Symphony because of the nature of the music)
the 7 December 1935 concert was broadcast locally on WFIL
1935
8 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
radio concert: Magic Key broadcast sponsored by RCA over NBC radio
network with Stokowski introducing the music
Wagner: Lohengrin: prelude to the Act 3
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite no 1: Farandole
Debussy (1862-1918): Three Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Symphony no 2 "The Rhumba Symphony": Rhumba movement
RCA advertisement spoken by Charles O'Connell, RCA producer: RCA's Library of
Recorded Music
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act
III Liebestod conclusion
1935
10 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Violin Concerto no 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish"
Joseph Knitzer, violin
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3
Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in A Minor, opus 63
1935
13, 14 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): In the Steppes of Central Asia
(this opening work conducted by Sol Caston because of Stokowski back pains
139)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini opus 43 (1934)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1935
17 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
radio concert: Magic Key broadcast sponsored by RCA over NBC radio
network with Stokowski introducing the music
Albert Spalding, violin
1935
18 December - Baltimore
19 December - Washington
Philadelphia Orchestra
Alexander Smallens conducting
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Stokowski was scheduled to perform with Fritz Kreisler, violin, but he had
'injured has back', so Alexander Smallens substituted 138. Programme
included:
Gluck: Alceste Overture
Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61
the Gluck and Schumann were substituted by Smallens for a series of
Bach-Stokowski transcriptions previously scheduled.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major opus 77
Fritz Kreisler, violin
1935
21 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Christmas Concert for Children"
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Symphony no 2 "The Rhumba Symphony": Rhumba Movement
Mozart: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major-Allegro Movement
Margaret Ros, piano (Ros was a 10 year old piano student at the Curtis Institute
140)
Carols: Adeste Fidelis; Noel; Jingle Bells; Silent Night
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Bumble Bee - Pantomime and Dance
Dance Group directed by Mary Binney Montgomery
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (Carnaval des animaux) (1886)
Elaine Gold, Herschel Brown, pianos (11 year old pianists 140)
1935
27, 28 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor - first US performance
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine, pianos (they are wife and husband)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Albéniz: "Fête-Dieu à Séville" from Iberia - Stokowski transcription
Liturgical melodies: Veni Creator Spiritus and Veni Emmanuel - freely
transcribed by Stokowski
Encore: Shostakovich: Prelude in E-flat Minor - transcribed by
Stokowski
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Encore: Bach: 'Siciliano' from Sonata for Violin and Clavier BWV 1017 -
Stokowski transcription
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Love Music (Liebesnacht) from Act II
Encore: Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Motet "Adoramus te, Christe" (1581)
- Stokowski transcription
Encore: Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1936
10 May
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Philadelphia Orchestra 1936 Tour
Four conductors: Sol Caston, left, Leopold Stokowski, and Charles O'Connell,
right, inspect tickets representing 11,113 miles of travel during the
Philadelphia Orchestra 1936 tour
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Aria "Air on the G-String" (from Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068) -
Stokowski transcription
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68
*** Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Concerto for Two Pianos - world premiere
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine, pianos (they are wife and husband)
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
the 2 April 1937 concert was broadcast over the Columbia Radio network
1937
2 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In April, Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra broadcast a series of 30
minute concerts, presumably recorded on 16 inch (40 cm) 33 1/3 RPM transcription
discs for broadcast later.
Bach: "Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh" BWV 487 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 1 in G minor as arranged by Stokowski
Tchaikovsky: song Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski
transcription called by him "Solitude"
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune -
Stokowski transcription
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust opus 24: "Rakoczy March" (or "Hungarian
March") as arranged by Stokowski
This was one of the rare performances of the Rakocsy March by Stokowski
this concert was introduced by Stokowski and broadcast over the Columbia Radio
network
1937
6 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Concerto for Two Pianos
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine, pianos
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1937
7 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland
Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C Minor, opus 68
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Concerto for Two Pianos
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine, pianos
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1937
9, 10 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+ Carlos Chavez (1899-1978): Symphony no 2 "Sinfonía India" (1936)
Clarence Cameron White (1880-1960)
Five Short American Compositions:
- *** Robert Hall Elmore (1913-1985): Valley Forge 1777
- *** David Raksin (1912-2004): All Nations Montage - Raskin wrote the
incidental music for Stokowski's film "100 Men And A Girl" 145
- *** Clarence Cameron White (1880-1960): "Bandanna Sketches" opus 12: "Negro
Chant"
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Joaquín Turina: Five Gypsy Dances: "Sacromonte" orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1: Canope (1913) orhestrated by Charles
O'Connell (Stokowski's producer at RCA Victor)
Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1937
9 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In April, Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra broadcast a series of 30
minute concerts, presumably recorded on 16 inch (40 cm) 33 1/3 RPM transcription
discs for broadcast later.
"Descriptive music by modern composers will be featured"
this concert was introduced by Stokowski and broadcast over the Columbia Radio
network
1937
13 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in CMinor, opus 68
Harl McDonald (1899-1955): Concerto for Two Pianos
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine, pianos
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1937
16, 17, 19 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Byrd (1543-1623): The Earl Of Salisbury Pavane and Gigue - "as freely
transcribed by Stokowski" in Stokowski's first concert perfomance of this
transcription.
Bach: Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: St. John's Passion BWV 245 - "Es ist vollbracht" - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
mid-concert encore: Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244-63: "O Haupt voll
Blut und Wunden" in Stokowski's first concert perfomance of this transcription.
Stokowski gives the solo voice to the bassoon.
mid-concert encore: Bach: "Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh" BWV 487 - Stokowski
transcription in Stokowski's first concert perfomance of this transcription.
Stravinsky: Petrushka complete 1911 ballet
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Love Music (Liebesnacht) from Act II -
Stokowski uses the Liebestod music which ends the opera at the conclusion of
this arrangement.
1937
16 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In April, Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra broadcast a series of 30
minute concerts, presumably recorded on 16 inch (40 cm) 33 1/3 RPM transcription
discs for broadcast later.
"A Bach and Borodin Program"
this concert was introduced by Stokowski and broadcast over the Columbia Radio
network
"the noted conductor will return to Hollywood after his April 19 concert..."
1937
18 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Magic Key broadcast: "four world-famous conductors - Leopold
Stokowski, Jose Iturbi, Eugene Ormandy and Charles O'Connell - will lead the
Philadelphia Orchestra in an hour concert on the "Magic Key" program Sunday over
the NBC Blue network" 146.
"A Prelude to the 1937 Philadelphia Orchestra Tour"
- Spoken introduction by Milton Cross
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in F minor - orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet - conducted
by Eugene Ormandy
Debussy (1862-1918): Three Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes - conducted by Jose Iturbi
- Ben Grauer speaks about RCA Victor which is sponsoring the 1937 tour "11,000
miles". "RCA finest fidelity records and radio-phonographs".
Bizet: Carmen - Act 1 Prelude - conducted by Charles O'Connell in a
fast performance (O'Connell was an RCA Victor producer)
César Franck (1822–1890): Grand pièce symphonique in f sharp minor opus 17: as arranged
and conducted by Charles O'Connell "first performancy anywhere"
- Ben Grauer speaks about the Philadelphia Orchestra's tour, and the many years
of the exclusive relationship between RCA and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Stokowski speaks about the future of sound reproduction and the Bach and
Debussy transcriptions he will conduct.
Bach: "Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh" BWV 487 from the Schemelli Gesangbuch -
transcribed by Stokowski
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune -
Stokowski transcription
Verdi: Don Carlo Act IV: "O don fatale" - Marian Anderson contralto
with Eugene Ormandy conducting
Chopin: "Valse brillante" opus 34 no 1 in A flat major - played in a lightweight
interpretation by Jose Iturbi, piano
Wagner: Die Walküre: Act III "Ride of the Valkyries" - conducted by Eugene
Ormandy
- Ben Grauer and Milton Cross conclude the program speaking of RCA Victor and
the "24 cities" of the tour.
this one hour concert with an audience of 3000 invited persons was broadcast
over the NBC (Blue) Radio network
Andrew Rose has made a restoration this early broadcast recording available at
Pristine Classical on PASC214.
1937
4, 5 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
1937
9 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
1937
11, 12, 16 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E Minor, opus 98
John Conway Hefti (1914-1986): Mystic Pool - an obscure musician born
in Nebraska, lived most of his career in Virginia
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, opus 32
1937
18, 19 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Albéniz: "Fête-Dieu à Séville" from Iberia - Stokowski transcription
Satie: Gymnopedies (1. Lent et grave. II. Lent et douloureux) orchestrated by
Debussy
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in D major opus 40 (1874)
Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune - Stokowski
transcription
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier) (1897)
Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in A Minor, opus 63
Encore: Chopin: Mazurka in A minor opus 17 no 4 - Stokowski transcription -
first performance
1937
23 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Albéniz: "Fête-Dieu à Séville" from Iberia - Stokowski transcription
Eric Satie: Gymnopédie nos 1 and 3 - orchestrated by Debussy and Stokowski
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in D major opus 40 (1874)
Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune - Stokowski
transcription
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier) (1897)
Sibelius: Symphony no 4 in A Minor, opus 63 26,
1937
27 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach: Prelude for Organ and Orchestra based on the Cantata "Wir müssen durch
viel Trübsal" BWV 146 - Stokowski trancription
Fernando Germani, Hammond Electric Organ
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C Minor, opus 67
+Alban Berg (1885-1935): Violin Concerto (1935)
Louis Krasner, violin
Stravinsky: Petrushka from the complete 1911 ballet: Excerpts
1937
30 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Stravinsky: Petrushka from the complete 1911 ballet: The Festival of
Mardi Gras
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
Alban Berg (1885-1935): Violin Concerto (1935)
Louis Krasner, violin
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
1937
1 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore
Stravinsky: Petrushka from complete 1911 ballet: The Festival of Mardi
Gras
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor (1925)
+ Alban Berg (1885-1935): Violin Concerto (1935)
Louis Krasner, violin who commissioned the work and gave its premiere
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
Encore: Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune -
Stokowski transcription
1937
3, 4, 7 December
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857-1944): The Defeat of Macbeth incidental
music to the play
Stokowski also recorded "The Red Queen's Banquet" from Kelley's 'Alice in
Wonderland' Suite
in 1924 acoustically, not released, but now available in a fine restoration from
Pristine Classical:
During the year 1938, Leopold Stokowski did not conduct any concerts, nor issue
any recordings. He was pursuing a Hollywood career with the film "100 Men and a
Girl" and developing a collaboration with Walt Disney which would eventually
produce the film Fantasia
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" opus 56a
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music - as arranged by Stokowski
Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor opus 47 (1937)
Encore on 18 March only: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain -
Stokowski transcription
Stokowski in 1939
1939
21 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, opus 56a
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music - Stokowski arrangement
Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor opus 47 (1937)
Encore: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
1939
21 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, opus 56a
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music - Stokowski arrangement
Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor opus 47 (1937)
Encore: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
1939
24, 25 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F Major, opus 68 "Pastorale"
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription
Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune - Stokowski
transcription
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
Encore on 25 March only: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible):
Act III Prelude
1939
28 March
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, opus 56a
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music - Stokowski arrangement
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor opus 47 (1937)
1939
31 March, 1 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible): Act III: Prelude
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (1913 version)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation
1939
4 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible): Act III Prelude
Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor opus 47 (1937)
+ Leo Ornstein (1893-2002): Tribal Dance
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation
1939
5 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible): Act III Prelude
*** Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956): Symphony no 5 in G-minor opus 153 (1936)
Alexander Gretchaninov
Knudage Riisager (1897-1974): Fastelavn (Shrovetide) opus 20
Songs: Ein' Feste Burg; Ave Maria (Schubert); Philadelphia Youth Song; Serenade
(Schubert)
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Johann Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Encore: Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1939
25 May
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stockholm, Sweden
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godounov: excerpts - as arranged and
transcribed by Stokowski
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
The New York Times wrote: "...King Gustav V and several other members of royalty
attended the concert which drew full attendance despite heavily increased prices
and a broadcast of the program. 'Good musician, but greater virtuoso. He
succeeded best with Mussorgsky, whereas his Brahms C minor symphony was a
disappointment..." 142
1939
21 June
Orchestra
Le palais de Chaillot
Paris, France
Paris Concert for the benefit of the American Aid Society
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski transcription
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Roland Miniot, the Paris correspondent of Le Devoir of Montréal wrote: "Above all, one cannot tolerate
modifications and alterations to Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
To modify Debussy, what sacrilege! The scores which he has left us cannot be touched by the
hands of even the most pious without redicule and harm." 153
1939
6 September
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California
a benefit concert including children musicians: Lorin Maazel age 9 conducting
and pianist Lewis Izumi age 7
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 23 in A major K 488 - fourth movement - Lewis Izumi
piano, Stokowski conducting
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31 - Lorin Maazel conducted
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36 - fourth movement Stokowski
conducting
"Stokowski attracted a crowd of more than 10,000 persons"
1939
23 September
San Francisco Symphony
California Coloseum
Treasure Island, San Francisco
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition world's fare concert
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godunov: Coronation of Boris - Stokowski
transcription
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I (1867)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski
transcription
"more than 10,000 persons were in attendance"
1939
19 October
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Philharmonic Auditorium
Los Angeles
Polish benefit concert
Chopin : Polonaise opus 40 no 1 in A major "Military" - orchestrated by Herman
Hand
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder: "Song of the Wood Dove: - Rose Bampton,
soprano with Stokowski
Dalies Frantz, as piano soloist played:
- Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: "Funérailles" (1849)
- Chopin: Prelude opus 28 no 15 "Raindrop" in D flat major
- Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53
Rose Bampton, soprano with piano, sang:
- Richard Hageman: "Songs I Have Heard with You"
- Puccini: Madame Butterfly: "Un bel di"
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod - Stokowski
transcription
Debussy: Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune - Stokowski transcription
Nelson Eddy, baritone with piano, sang:
Paladilhe: "Pauvre martyr obscur"
Thomas: Mignon: "Si tu veux"
R. Coningsby Clarke: "The Blind Ploughman"
Frederick Keel: "Tomorrow"
Rose Bampton, soprano, encores:
- Puccini: Tosca Act 2: "Vissi d'arte"
- Bizet: Carmen: Seguidilla
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
"more than 10,000 persons were in attendance"
1939
10, 11, 13 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor, opus 74 "Pathetique"
Stokowski circa 1939
1939
15 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Concert for Youth"
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
this was not the premiere of Stokowski's transcription of "Pictures" - it
included only three sections: 'Catacombs', 'Baba-Yaga's Hut on Fowl's Legs',
'The Great Gate of Kiev'.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B Minor, opus 74 "Pathetique"
*** Paul Taylor White (1895-1973): Voyage of the Mayflower
with chorus from 7 Philadelphia Senior High School groups directed by Dr. George
Lindsay
Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune - Stokowski
transcription
audience singes: 'Youth Song' to the music of Finlandia, Schubert 'Serenade',
Tannhäuser 'Pilgrim's Chorus'
Encore: Debussy: Nocturnes: Fêtes
Encore: Dvorak: Slavonic Dance no 10 in E minor opus 72 - Stokowski
transcription
Encore: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition:
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks - Stokowski transcription
1939
17, 18 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E Minor, opus 98
Debussy: Three Nocturnes (1899): - Nuages, - Fêtes, - Sirènes
with Women's Glee Club of the University of Pennsylvania
this seems to have been Stokowski's first concert performance of "Sirènes",
longer and perhaps weaker than Nuages and Fêtes.
*** Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition -
Stokowski transcription - premiere
the "pictures" included in Stokowski's transcription were:
Promenade
- Gnomus (The Gnome)
Promenade
- 'Il vecchio castello' (The Old Castle)
- Bydlo (the heavy Polish cart)
Promenade
- Ballet des poussins dans leur coque (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks)
- Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
- Catacombae, Cum mortuis in lingua mortua (Catacombs)
- 'La cabane sur des pattes de poule' ('Baba Yaga's Hut on Fowls' Legs')
- 'La grande porte de Kiev' ('The Great Gate of Kiev')
Two of Mussorgsky's "pictures" were not included in Stokowski's transcription:
'Les Tuileries' and 'Limoges, le marché'. Stokowski apparently felt they were
'too French' and perhaps to have been added by Rimsky-Korsakov who arranged the
music after Mussorgsky's death.
1939
21 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Debussy: Three Nocturnes (1899): - Nuages, - Fêtes, - Sirènes
with Women's Glee Club of the University of Pennsylvania
+ Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
1939
24, 25 November
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Adagio in C from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Trio Sonata no 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525: Allegro - Stokowski
transcription - premiere performance
Henri Switten cembalo; Georges Couvreur organ, the Westminster Choir School,
John Finley Williamson director
note: It seems unfortunate that this last Stokowski subscription concert of his
Philadelphia tenure should feature singers of such a lack of stature that it is
difficult in research to ascertain their professional identities.
the Baltimore Sun wrote of the soloists: "There were soloists, but perhaps
it is as well not to mention them at all. The singing sometimes came from the
throat alone, however, and not always from a deep reservoir of spiritual insight
into the music."91
About the Carnegie Hall performance, John Alan Haughton wrote: "Mr. Stokowski
did some strange things, such as having members of the Westminster Choir, which
was the chorus of the occasion, sing the solo parts. It was not an eminently
successful experiment." 114.
the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "the Matthew Passion in its entirety would
occupy about 4 hours. Mr. Stokowski has revised it to an hour and a half, more
or less 131.
1941
3 April
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stokowski's Final Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra during his
tenure 1912-1941
Concert for Children
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Prelude and Fugue in c minor BWV 847: Fugue -
Stokowski transcription
The Story of Noah's Ark.
Stravinsky: Petrushka Suite from 1911 ballet: Russian Dance
This Children's Concert is a low-key ending to three decades of Stokowski
service with the Philadelphia Orchestra
1941
11 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Atlantic City Convention Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Stokowski's Initial Concert of the 1941 trans-continental tour of his
new All-American Youth Orchestra
the Associated Press wrote: "The All-American Youth Orchestra has been
organized by Leopold Stokowski, one of the most brilliant and colorful figures
in the musical world as a means of discovering and developing outstanding young
talent between the ages of 16 and 27 for orchestral and instrumental work... The
orchestra will make a tour of cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States
starting in May and ending in the middle of July."
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Tales of Our Countryside (1941) - Henry
Cowell piano (who joined the United States tour of the AAYO):
Deep Tides
Exultation
The Harp of Life
Country Reel
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1941
13 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Lyric Theater, Baltimore, Maryland
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Ancient Desert Drone (1940)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
encore: Chopin: Mazurka in A minor opus 17 no 4 - Stokowski
transcription
encore: Tchaikovsky: Humoresque in G major, opus 10 no 2 -
Stokowski transcription
the Baltimore Sun wrote: "The tone of the orchestra was flashy, crystal cut
rather than suave; insistant rather than beguiling; powerful, clear."
112
1941
16 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Bach: "Little" Fugue in g minor BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Ancient Desert Drone (1940)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Olin Downes in the New York Times wrote: "...At its best - indeed on average -
this orchestra is irrefutable testimony to and confirmation of Stokowski's
realization that in America today there is an immense and growing number of
young orchestral players, exceptionally gifted, superbly trained and so
accomplished that they anc be assembled and in the space of two weeks rehearsing
by their present leader made into a flexible, sensitively fused musical
ensemble..."
1941
18 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Victor Young (1900-1956): Charm: a ballet: " Shadows and Sunshine"
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
This Tristan und Isolde Synthesis is a regular feature of Stokowski concerts.
In Leopold Stokowski Transcriptions, Maestro Serebrier explained:"Stokowski's "symphonic synthesis" consists of Wagner's own concert version
of the Prelude and Liebestod, interpolating between them music of the
Liebesnacht from the second act. His intention was not to create a suite, but an
extended symphonic poem, with the several sections moving seamlessly from one to
the next, harmonically and thematically. Stokowski did not alter Wagner's
scoring but limited his input to replacing the vocal lines with instruments,
such as the cellos performing Tristan's lines at the start of Liebesnacht and
the violins taking up Isolde's. At other times, Stokowski leaves Wagner's
orchestral music alone, without the vocal lines, as Wagner himself had done in
his own orchestral versions of scenes from his operas."
concert in the outdoor stadium of Rutgers University with an audience of 5,000.
1941
20 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Tales of Our Countryside (1941) - Henry
Cowell piano:
- Deep Tides
- Exultation
- The Harp of Life
- Country Reel
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
concert attended by 10,000 according to newspaper reviews
C.W.D. in the Boston Globe wrote:"Henry Cowell was assisting pianist in his
'Tales of Our Countryside'...the piano portion, including long solo passages,
was something to watch as well as hear. Mr. Cowell still employs the 'tone
clusters' he originated, consisting of several notes struck at the same time by
elbow, forearm, or fist."76
1941
21 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Providence, Rhode Island
concert
Olin Downes in the New York Times wrote:"At its best - indeed on its average
- this orchestra is irrefutable testimony to and confirmation of Stokowski's
realization, which he came to well in advance of his critics, that in America
today there is an immense and growing number of young orchestral players,
exceptionally gifted and superbly trained and so accomplished that they can be
assembled and in the space of two weeks of rehearsing by their present leader
made into a flexible, sensitively fused instrumental ensemble."76
1941
22 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Albany, New York
concert
1941
23 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Springfield, Massachusetts
concert included as an encore:
Roy Harris (1898-1979): Folksong Symphony: one of the Interludes (1940)
1941
24 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Kleinhands Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
Paul Creston early in his career
concert included:
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Symphony no 1 opus 20 (1940): Scherzo movement
1941
26 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Toronto, Canada
concert
1941
27 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Ancient Desert Drone (1940)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Encore: Weber: Invitation to the Dance opus 65 - Stokowski
transcription
During the intermission, relayed into the hall speakers was President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's radio address announcing an unlimited US national emergency in
response to Germany's European conquests.
Pittsburgh critic David Steinfirst wrote: "...the tone of the woodwinds is warm,
that of the strings brilliant because of Stokowski's unusual seating
arrangement..."
1941
28 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
Zoological Park Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio
The Zoological Park Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio site of the 28 May 1941 outdoor
concert
An outdoor concert at the Amphitheater of the Zoo of Toledo, Ohio, with proceeds
going to the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Association
1941
29 May
All-American Youth Orchestra
State Fair Colluseum, Detroit, Michican
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Charles Miller: Appalachian mountains: an American folk rhapsody (1939)
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1941
2 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois
concert for the benefit of the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind 69
1941
4 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Natalie Bender (1919-1988?): San Louis Rey (Natalie Bender was later a
long-time personal assistant to Stokowski including until his death in England in 1977)
Encores: Bach, Tchaikovsky and Johann Strauss
4,000 persons attended the Concert. The Milwaukee Journal wrote
"The glorious climax of the Bach Fugue was all but breathtaking in its power
and beauty."99
1941
5 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Henry Cowell, composer and pianist would produce note clusters on the keyboard
by using elbow and fist, and create pizzicato effects by picking the piano's
strings
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Wagner: Die Walküre: "Ride of the Valkyries"
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Ancient Desert Drone (1940)
1941
6 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, Omaha, Nebraska
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Victor Young (1900-1956): Charm: a ballet: " Shadows and Sunshine"
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Natalie Bender (1919-1988?): San Louis Rey (Natalie Bender was later a long-time personal
assistant to Stokowski including until his death in England in 1977)
1941
9 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Preludio in E - from Partita no 3 in E major BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
Charles Miller: Appalachian mountains : an American folk rhapsody
(1939)
encore: "Star Spangled Banner" with audience singing
Service men in uniform were admitted free of charge
Stokowski wrote to Gould: "I like the music immensely. We are playing your
Guaracho and Rhumba and I think it is wonderful how you have caught the spirit
of this music and yet expressed it through our kind of orchestra..." 23.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
This Tristan und Isolde Synthesis is a regular feature of Stokowski concerts.
In Leopold Stokowski Transcriptions, Maestro Serebrier explained:"Stokowski's "symphonic synthesis" consists of Wagner's own concert version
of the Prelude and Liebestod, interpolating between them music of the
Liebesnacht from the second act. His intention was not to create a suite, but an
extended symphonic poem, with the several sections moving seamlessly from one to
the next, harmonically and thematically. Stokowski did not alter Wagner's
scoring but limited his input to replacing the vocal lines with instruments,
such as the cellos performing Tristan's lines at the start of Liebesnacht and
the violins taking up Isolde's. At other times, Stokowski leaves Wagner's
orchestral music alone, without the vocal lines, as Wagner himself had done in
his own orchestral versions of scenes from his operas."
Encore: John Stafford Smith: Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Bach: Aria "Air on the G-String" (from Orchestral Suite no 3,
BWV 1068 - Stokowski transcription
Encore: Weber: Invitation to the Dance opus 65 - Stokowski
transcription
1941
14 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee
The Ellis Auditorium in Memphis with a capacity of 12,000 in 1941. Elvis made
one of his earliest sold-out concerts there only 14 years after Stokowski's
concert
Bach: Passacaglia in c minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24
1941
16 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Symphony no 1 opus 20 (1940): Scherzo movement
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
8000 attended the concert sponsored by the Kansas City Junior Chamber of
Commerce
1941
17 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Wichita, Kansas
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Natalie Bender (1919-1988?): San Louis Rey (Natalie Bender was later a long-time personal
assistant to Stokowski including until his death in England in 1977)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Encore: John Stafford Smith: Star Spangled Banner
Encore: Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1941
19 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Roger Sessions composing syle was primarily tonal and chromatic
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Roy Harris (1898-1979): Folksong Symphony: one of the Interludes (1940)
Roger Sessions (1896-1985): Violin Concerto (1935): Largo
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24
1941
20 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Denver, Colorado
Henry Brant in his compositions used spatial effects with multiple, separate
musical ensembles simultaneously playing together. He also experimented with
controlled improvisation, and large instrumental groups, such as 80 trombones or
75 guitars.
City Portrait is a ballet for full orchestra and percussion
concert included Henry Brant (1913-2008): City Portrait ballet:
"Decisions"
1941
21 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Salt Lake City, Utah
concert sponsored by Latter Day Saints Choir
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24
1941
23 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Seattle, Washington
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Nocturnes (1899): Fêtes
César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D Minor (1888)
Natalie Bender (1919-1988?): San Louis Rey (Natalie Bender was later a long-time personal
assistant to Stokowski including until his death in England in 1977)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Encores: Bach, Tchaikovsky and Johann Strauss
1941
24 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Portland, Oregon
concert included:
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
1941
26 June
All-American Youth Orchestra
Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California
Morton Gould (1913-1996): pianist, conductor, success on TV, prolific composer, Morton Gould
was an amazing, mostly self-taught talent, championed by Stokowski throughout
his career
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
"Placement of an acoustic reflector was selected by Maestro Stokowski, creating
a 'bowl within a bowl' and restricting the audience to 15,000 persons..." 9
Recording sessions with the All-American Youth Orchestra followed at the
Republic film studios in Hollywood 3 to 20 July 1941 by Columbia Records
including a dozen of the Bach-Stokowski transcriptions, Mussorgsky-Stokowski
Pictures at an Exhibition, Brahms Symphony no 1, Mendelssohn's A Midsummer
Night's Dream Scherzo, Falla "Ritual Fire Dance" from "El Amor Brujo", the
Mussorgsky-Stokowski Boris Godunov: "Symphonic Synthesis", Cowell's
Tales of our Countryside, Paul Creston Symphony no 1 Scherzo, and the
Ritual Fire Dance from Falla's El Amor Brujo
and others. Visit
Leopold Stokowski Discography 1941-1959 to read about these recordings.
1941
9, 10 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Henry Cowell was also an accomplished pianist
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: movement 3: Andante sostenuto
- Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Tales of Our Countryside (1941) - Henry
Cowell piano:
Deep Tides
Exultation
The Harp of Life
Country Reel
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1941
11, 12 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Bach: Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: movement 3: Andante sostenuto
- Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Roy Harris (1898-1979): Folk Song Symphony: Dance Tunes for Strings and
Percussion
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1941
16, 17 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Bach: Chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (from Cantata BWV 80) - Stokowski
transcription 115
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68 in the 16 October concert 115
César Franck (1822–1890): Symphony in D minor in the 17 October concert 115
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Symphony no 1 opus 20 (1940): Scherzo movement
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
1941
4 November
NBC Symphony
Cosmopolitan Opera House, New York
First broadcast of the NBC Symphony under Stokowski's direction
Broadcast from the Cosmopolitan Opera House while Studio 8-H was being
changed acoustically at Stokowski's insistance
Bach: Prelude in E-flat minor, BWV 853 (Prelude no 8 from book I of the Well
Tempered Clavier) - Stokowski transcription
*** Philip Warner (1901-1982 Chicago composer): Sinfonietta (1940) - first
movement.
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
"Stokowski is Engaged for Broadcast Series (10 September 1941): Niles
Trammel, President of the National Broadcasting Company annouced today that
Leopold Stokowski had been engaged to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a
series of Tuesday night radio broadcasts during the 1941-1942 season. Arturo
Toscanini, who conducted the orchestra for four seasons, completed his contract
and wanted a rest, Trammel said, adding that he hoped Toscanini would decide to
conduct the orchestra later."90
The decision by NBC to appoint Stokowski as conductor of the NBC Symphony not
only solved the dilemma of Toscanini withdrawing from the orchestra, but also
brought Stokowski back to recording for RCA Victor after he had moved to
Columbia Records at the time of his All-American Youth Orchestra.
It is interesting when Stokowski moved the NBC Symphony concerts temporarily
to another venue, the hall selected was at that time called the 'Cosmopolitan
Opera House'. This was the same hall in which Stokowski was later to perform his
concerts with the New York City Symphony. The hall had been built by the
Shriners fraternal order and originally called by them the 'Mecca Temple'. When
the owners failed to pay the taxes on the building during the depression, the
City of New York took possession and Mayor La Guardia had the idea that it could
be a center for symphony, opera and ballet. It was then renamed 'City Center'
and became Stokowski and the New York City Symphony's home
1941
11 November
NBC Symphony
Cosmopolitan Opera House, New York
Broadcast from the Cosmopolitan Opera House while Studio 8-H was being
changed acoustically
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op 125
Anne Wiggins Brown soprano, Winifred Heidt contralto, William Horne tenor,
Lawrence Whisonant baritone
Westminster Choir
the first three movements of the symphony were not broadcast, since the first
half of the programme was given to the Red Cross for fund raising.
it was perhaps a sign of the era that the Baltimore Sun gave particular coverage
to the race of the soloists: "The soprano soloist was Anne Brown, colored,
of Baltimore who has accomplished a great deal and who created the role of
'Bess' in 'Porgy and Bess'. The other soloists are Vinifred Heidt contralto,
William Horne tenor and Lawrence Whisonant, colored, baritone."92
1941
18 November
NBC Symphony
Cosmopolitan Opera House, New York
Robert Kelly Adirondack Suite Sunset Reflections on Guild Historical
GHCD2361
Broadcast from the Cosmopolitan Opera House while Studio 8-H was being
changed acoustically
Prokofiev: music from the opera Love for Three Oranges (1930):
Stokowski selection:
Infernal Dance
The Prince and the Princess
March
Robert Kelly (1916-2007): Adirondack Suite: Sunset Reflections
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E Minor, Opus 98
1941
25 November
NBC Symphony
Cosmopolitan Opera House, New York
Broadcast from the Cosmopolitan Opera House while Studio 8-H was being
changed acoustically
Bach: Arioso - Largo from Concerto for harpsichord and strings BWV 1056 -
Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
*** Herbert Haufrecht (1910-1998): Two Fantastic Marches
While working in the field for the Department of Agriculture in West Virginia,
Haufrecht collected folk melodies, which he used in developing his compositions.
Performed in the renovated NBC Studio 8-H, modified according to Stokowski's
recommendations
Carleton Cooley: Eastbourne Sketches: Promenade
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
1942
31 March
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244: concluding chorus
Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw director
Wagner: Parsifal - Stokowski Synthesis of music from Act III plus Good Friday
Music
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture opus 36
1942
7 April
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Frances Nash in the 1920s when she first performed with Stokowski
"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - Stokowski transcription from the traditional
Martin Luther hymn
note: in most other concerts of which we have been able to verify, Stokowski
performed his transcription of Bach's Chorale of this Martin Luther theme, such
as from Bach's Cantata BWV 80
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto no 2, opus 23 - Frances Nash
Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959): A Negro Parade - a North Carolina based composer
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
1942
14 April
Studio 8-H, New York City
New York City
William Grant Still
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Saudades do Brasil opus 67: 4 movements selected by
Stokowski:
3 - Botafogo
5 - Copacabana
6 - Ipanema
7 - Gavea
+ William Grant Still (1895-1978) : "And They Lynched Him On A Tree" (1940)
Louise Burge contralto, Lawrence Whisonant Winters bass-baritone
"Negro Chorus": Eva Jessye Choir, "White Chorus": Collegiate Choir, Robert Shaw
director
(note: although the score called for "Negro Chorus" and "White Chorus", the
Collegiate Choir under Robert Shaw was racially integrated from its inception in
1941 70)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godunov: excerpts - Stokowski transcription
Outside the Novodievichi Monastery
Coronation of Boris
Monks Chanting In The Monastery Of Choudov
Siege of Kazan
Outside the Church of Saint Basil; the starving people and the Idiot
foretells the fate of Russia
Death of Boris
1942
3, 9 May
New York WPA Symphony Orchestra
New York City
Concerts to Promote Sale of War Bonds and War Stamps
Stokowski conducted 5 WPA concerts 16
a concert included:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1942
13, 14 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony - Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Stokowski's first appearance at the Hollywood Bowl
"Leopold Stokowski conducted the opening of the 1942 season, beginning a close
relationship with the Bowl..." 11
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes opus 34 (1933): 14: Prelude in E-flat minor -
Stokowski transcription
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1942
9 October
"110 musicians from Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood studios" 149
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
"...the symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski was preceded by speeches,
presentation of heros of the United Nations, the Internationale and
singing of the Star-Spangled Banner..." 149
Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 "Leningrad" opus 60
given to an audience of 5,000 149
1942
9 October
"110 musicians from Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood studios" 149
Camp Young Army Camp, Indio, California 150
Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 "Leningrad" opus 60
Nelson Eddy singing "Song for United Nations"
- This was actually the song "United Nations on the March" with lyrics by Harold
Rome (1908-1993) and music by Shostakovich. Harold Rome had taken Shostakovich's
Song of the Counterplan from the 1932 film score of The Counterplan
and set it to patriotic words.
151
This concert was given to 3,000 Army troups at Camp Young which was World War
II's command headquarters for General George S. Patton's center from training of
troops in desert warfare. "The boys got busy and found a ravine nearby which
formed a perfect amphitheater similar to the Hollywood Bowl. They then
constructed a stage and bleachers from lumber on hand." 150
1942
15 November
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Harold Triggs (1900-1984): The Bright Land
As well as a composer, Harold Triggs was a successful concert pianist, a student
of Josef Lhevinne
Morton Gould (1913-1996): Spirituals for Orchestra
Richard Strauss: Eight Poems: "Zueignung" - Dorothy Maynor soprano
singing in English
Bach: Aria "Air on the G-String" (from Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068 -
Stokowski transcription
1942
22 November
NBC Symphony
New York City
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1942
29 November
NBC Symphony
New York City
Tchaikovsky: Drama of Ostrovsky (Tchaikovsky's 1864 overture to
Ostrovsky's play 'The Storm')
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1942
6 December
NBC Symphony
Studio 8H, New York City
Hovhaness Symphony no 1 on Guild Historical GHCD 2347
Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Adagio in C from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 - Stokowski
transcription
*** Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000): Symphony no 1, opus 17, no 2, "Exile Symphony"
reissued available on Guild Historical GHCD 2347
*** Paul Lavalle (1908-1997): "Symphonic Rhumba"
Paul Lavalle was a member of the NBC Symphony's clarinet section
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1870)
1942
13 December
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Programme of the Shostakovich Symphony no 7 concert
Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 "Leningrad" opus 60
Frequently written about has been the 1942 disagreement about whether Toscanini
(not particularly a Shostakovich advocate) or Stokowski (who premiered many
Shostakovich works and championed the composer throughout his career) would give
the premiere performance outside the Soviet Union of the Shostakovich Symphony
no 7 "Leningrad". With World War 2 at its hight and the German Army at the gates
of Leningrad, this was a much awaited work. Toscanini gave the premiere with the
NBC Symphony on 19 July 1942 12, and Stokowski performed it with the
NBC Symphony five months later. He had performed the Shostakovich Symphony no 7
several times in October 1942
1942
23 December
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Childrens Concert with student Kenneth Gordon as violin soloist
Paul Taylor White (1895-1973): Five Miniatures for Orchestra opus 7:
Caravan Song
Handel: opera Siroe, re di Persia: "While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night"
"The young audience will sing Christas carols and will be permitted a
question-and-answer period during which Stokowski will answer their queries"
17
Stokowski in 1943 (photograph by Philippe Halsman)
1943
8 January
San Francisco Symphony
Civic Auditorium, San Franciso, California
San Francisco Art Commission Municipal Concert
Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 "Leningrad" opus 60
followed by and encore
1943
21, 22 January
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, California
John Stafford Smith: Star Spangled Banner
Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 - Stokowski
transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
+ Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000): Symphony no 1, opus 17, no 2, "Exile Symphony"
(Stokowski gave the premiere the previous December with the NBC Symphony)
1943
25, 26, 30 January
Los Angeles Philharmonic
25-Municipal Auditorium, Pasadena
26-Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles
30-Russ Auditorium, San Diego
John Stafford Smith: Star Spangled Banner
Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 - Stokowski
transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé - Suite no 2
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
1943
30 January
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Camp Elliott US Fleet Marine Force Training Center, Miramar, San Diego,
California
9 PM evening concert on the 61st birthday of President Roosevelt at the Fleet
Marine Force Training Center, Miramar, and was broadcast on CBS radio 13.
This was an evening concert following the 30 January 1943 San Diego Russ
Auditorium matinee concert.
John Stafford Smith: Star Spangled Banner
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
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 by
Stokowski "Haydn Eighteenth Century Dance" or "Haydn's Serenade") - Stokowski
transcription
Boccherini: String Quintet No 1 in E opus 11 no 5 G 275 - 3rd movement Minuetto
- Stokowski transcription
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Rapsodie for Orchestra and Saxophone (1911)
soloist not identified
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé - Suite no 2
1943
14 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Holst: The Planets on Cala CACD 0526
Gustav Holst (1874-1934): The Planets opus 32 (1916) - available on
Cala CACD 0526
Women's Chorus
The Planets was the only work on the programme
1943
21 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Concert in honor of France with French soldiers present
Stravinsky: Symphony in C (1940)
Stravinsky: Circus Polka (1942)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé - Suite no 2
encore: 'La Marseillaise'
1943
28 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Symphony in E flat
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1943
7 March
NBC Symphony
New York City
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest fantasy overture, opus 18
+++ Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky opus 78 - Jennie Tourel mezzo-soprano
1943
14 March
NBC Symphony
New York City
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 4 on Cala CACD 0528
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Symphony No 4 in F minor (note: available on Cala
CACD 0528)
Morton Gould (1913-1996): New China March opus 78, Red Cavalry
March arranged by Morton Gould
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1943
17 March
NBC Symphony
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 "Leningrad" opus 60: Movements 1 and 4
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III
Liebestod conclusion
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
Johann Strauss Jr.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Audience sing-along
1943
21 March
NBC Symphony
New York City
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Symphony no 1, opus 210
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
1943
28 March
NBC Symphony
New York City
Bach: St. John's Passion BWV 245 - "Es ist vollbracht" - Stokowski transcription
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): music from Le Martyre de saint Sébastien
(1911)
Wagner: Parsifal - Act I Prelude and Act III Prelude
1943
9 April
"an orchestra of students from the Juilliard School, Columbia University, and
the High School of Music and Art" 97
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
presented as "A Miracle Play", this was a staged version of a greatly cut
St. Matthew Passion, Robert Edmond Jones designer and George Balanchine
choreographer
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Eleanor Steber soprano
Jennie Tourel mezzo-soprano
Charles Darwin tenor
Lucius Metz tenor (Evangelist)
Gerhard Pechner bass-baritone (Pilate, Judas, Peter)
Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw director, Lillian Gish in non-singing role of
Mary Magdalene, and 40 persons miming the action.
"Concert for the benefit of the world's children"
Oscar Thompson of the Christian Science Monitor wrote:"It was well, perhaps,
that that this was specified as a miracle play 'based on' the 'St. Matthew
Passion' for the music had been cut with a ruthlessness that reduced to about an
hour and a quarter the time consumed for the unfolding of a score which, in its
complete form, requires about three hours... much of the time, the sound was
that of the Bach Stokowski transcriptions rather than plain Bach. The reverent
was converted to the sensuous."97
1943
12 December
NBC Symphony
New York City
Stokowski with (from left) Deems Taylor, Paul Creston, Aaron Copland and William
Schuman in 1943
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major BWV 1047 - Stokowski transcription
+ Bach: Chorale Prelude "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 718 - Stokowski
transcription
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
William Schuman (1910-1992): Prayer in Time of War, 1943
1943
19 December
NBC Symphony
Studio 8-H, New York City
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): "In the Manger" described in the programme
as "Russian Christmas Music" - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Stokowski's "Second Symphonic Synthesis" of Tristan und Isolde: In April, 1932
Stokowski recorded with the Philadelphia Orchestra excerpts from Tristan und
Isolde Act II, concluding with the Love Music (Liebesnacht) from Act II.
Reception to this version regretted the missing Liebestod from Act III. Then in
his 1935 recording of his second "Symphonic Synthesis" arrangement, Stokowski
expanded the music from Acts 2 and 3, concluding the transcription with a
transition from the Act II music to the concluding finale of the opera, the
Liebestod in which Isolde sings over the body of Tristan. Stokowski retains the
protagonist's interplay having cellos play Tristan's music and violins play
Isolde's music.
Howard Hanson (1896-1981): Symphony no 4 opus 34, "Requiem" (1943)
1944
9 January
NBC Symphony
Studio 8H, New York City
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri described as "a distinguished figure of the Brazilian
national school", and an active conductor and composer
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1: Fête-dieu à Seville
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897-1948): Reisado do pastoreio: Batuque
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993): Three Dances for Orchestra (1941):
Brazilian dance
Flower of Tremembé
Savage Dance
Copland: Symphony no 2 "Short Symphony"
1944
16 January
NBC Symphony
New York City
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement
Charles Sanford Skilton (1868-1941): Sunrise Song
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite from
the film music
Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985): American Rhapsody
1944
23 January
NBC Symphony
New York City
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Wagner: Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Nobilissima Visione ballet (1938)
1944
30 January
NBC Symphony
New York City
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes opus 34 (1933): 14: Prelude in E-flat minor -
Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"
1944
6 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Eduard Steuermann performed a wide range of Schoenberg and other works. He and
Stokowski prepared the Schoenberg Piano Concerto premiere for several weeks with
subsequent praise from Schoenberg (often difficult to please)
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): "Tu mancavi a tormentarmi" - Stokowski transcription
Schubert: Symphony in B minor, D759, "Unfinished"
Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile opus 5 no 4 - Stokowski transcription
*** Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, opus 42 (1942) - Eduard Steuermann - World
Premiere
1944
13 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Butterworth and Antheil on Cala CACD 0528 (Debussy on Cala CACD 0526)
George Butterworth (1885-1916): "A Shropshire Lad" (1914)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" -
Stokowski transcription
George Antheil: Symphony no 4 "1942"
1944
20 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio Espagnol" opus 34
Tchaikovsky: Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski
transcription
Stravinsky: Petrushka Suite from 1911 ballet
Daniele Amfitheatrof (1901-1983): De Profundis Clamavi for orchestra (1944)
1944
27 February
NBC Symphony
New York City
Final Stokowski concert as co-conductor of the NBC Symphony, with his
contract not being renewed 14,15
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Bach: Passacaglia in c minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
1944
6, 7 March
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
First Concert of Stokowski and the newly formed New York City Symphony
Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Plow that Broke the Plains (1936)
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) as adapted by Stokowski
'Stokowski to Head New York City Symphony' (AP 19 January 1944): "Leopold
Stokowski announced today that he has accepted an invitation to act as
unsalaried musical director of the New York City Symphony Orchestra at the
invitation of New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. Stokowski said that
auditions for the 80 positions of the new orchestra would begin Monday."
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a review: "A capacity crowd of music lovers, many in uniform paid a top
price of $1 last night to fill the city center of music and drama. Stokowski
lead the 80 piece orchestra in a program including the 'Little' G minor Fugue of
Bach, Beethoven's 7th symphony, the Virgil Thomson suite 'The Prow that Broke
the Plains, and Stravinsky's Firebird suite "62
1944
13, 14 March
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Rimsky Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (1872) listed by Stokowski as "Ivan
the Terrible" (the title which had later been used by Diaghilev): Prelude to Act
III 'Hunt and Storm' - Stokowski transcription
Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 54
Dai-Keong Lee (1915-2005): Pacific Prayer (1943) - Lee was a Hawaiian born
Chinese-American who studied at Juilliard
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1944
14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 April
Orquesta Sinfónica de México
Mexico City, Mexico
three pairs of concerts which included:
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1: Fête-dieu à Seville in F# minor - Stokowski
transcription
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 54
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612): Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon quarti toni a
15, C185 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Parsifal: "Symphonic Synthesis" of Act III - Stokowski transcription
Stokowski transcriptions of Bach
press commentary: "Stokowski is going to Mexico City at the invitation of
the Mexican government...later he will visit Guatemala, El Salvador and other
Latin American republics"63
In fact, Stokowski did not visit other Latin American republics but rather
returned to California after an incident: 25 May 1944 press account: "Mr.
Stokowski arrived here [Mexico City] several weeks ago to conduct a series of
concerts...Among the scores in a scheduled broadcast was a composition by Ponce.
The composer failed to produce the orchestra arrangement of his piece explaining
to the conductor that he did not have it. Mr. Stokowski in what the newspaper
called 'a childish display of temper' berated the composer in rehearsals in
front of the musicians, who then walked out...In an open letter to President
Camacho Mr. Stokowski who left yesterday for California said that he could not
conduct a program without adequate rehearsals and that 'in behalf of the music
of Mexico, a country I love dearly, I present with sorrow this protest'."
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1944
9, 10 October
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Opening Concert of Stokowski and the New York City Symphony, 1944-1945
season
Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55 "Eroica"
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949): Danzas fantásticas opus 22
Franz Carl Bornschein (1879-1948): Moon over Taos : for solo flute, strings,
timpany, Indian drums, harp
"On a moonlit summer night in Taos, New Mexico in 1941, Franz Bornschein
listened intently to an Indian, silhouetted against an adobe building, playing
softly a bewitching melody on a primative flute. Bornschein went to his hotel
room and made a musical sketch of what he had just seen and heard."92
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no 2
"review by Olin Downes of the New York Times: The greatest interpretive feat
of the evening - his reading of the Beethoven 'Eroica' - was one that for formal
coherance and proportion would pass the most exigent tests."73
1944
23, 24 October
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op 65 - score extensively edited by
Stokowski
Scriabin: Prelude in C-sharp minor opus 2 no 1 - Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement
1944
6, 7 November
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Ricardo Castillo's works often make use of the early mythology of his native
Guatemala
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Violin Concerto, opus 14 (1939)
- Roman Totenberg (effectively Concertmaster of the New York City Symphony, but
with the official title 'solo violin' 65
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III
Liebestod conclusion
Ricardo Castillo (1894-1967): Cortège (1944)
1944
20, 21 November
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
10 December 1944 New York City Symphony recording of Death and
Transfiguration
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (Arioso) - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K550
Schubert: 16 German Dances opus 33: Tyrolean Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration opus 24
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no 2, opus 38 (1939)
1944
4, 5 December
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Rimsky Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (1872) listed by Stokowski as "Ivan
the Terrible" (the title which had later been used by Diaghilev): Prelude to Act
III 'Hunt and Storm' - Stokowski transcription
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74, Pathétique
Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto no 3 in D major - Henrietta Schumann piano
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, opus 60
1944
18, 19 December
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Nicolai Berezowsky, a violinist and conductor whose compositions were championed
by Koussevitzky and Stokowski, and whose early death may have cut short his
success
Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man (1942)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): "In the Manger" described in the programme
as "Russian Christmas Music" - Stokowski transcription
Felix Greissle (1894-1982 and son-in law of Arnold Schoenberg): Transcription of
Harold Bauer's theme and variations on a Siciliano of Purcell
Robert Shaw early in his career; one of Stokowski's favorite choral directors
Children's Christmas Story of the Birth of Christ
Birth of Christ performed in pantomime by 55 school children, with costumes,
choreography and animals from the Bronx Zoo (at least at rehearsals). Concert of
24 December concluded at Midnight Christmas eve with bells chiming 60
Between each scene, works of Bach as transcribed by Stokowski were played
72:
Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Part II no 10: Sinfonia
"Shepherd's Song"
Bach: "Sinfonia" from Cantata no 156: "Ich Steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe"
Bach: Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: movement 3: Andante
sostenuto
Bach: Chorale prelude "Ich ruf' zu dir" BWV 639
Bach: Cantata no 29 BWV 29: "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir (We
thank you, God, we thank you)": Sinfonia
Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Part I no 1: Chorus "Christians
be joyful"
Augustin Duncan, narrator, read a corresponding passage from the Gospels before
each scene. The producer of the pantomime was Robert Edmond Jones.
Concert of Christmas carols (included Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, First Noel,
Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, Jingle Bells)
The Collegiate Chorale, founded and directed by Robert Shaw 60
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1: Fête-dieu à Seville in F# minor - Stokowski
transcription
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Violin Concerto (1939) - Robert Arthur Gross violin
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
1945
18 January
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Student Concert
Bruch: Violin Concerto no 1, opus 26: third movement - twelve year old Carlo
Ferro
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 -
Stokowski transcription
Schubert: 16 German Dances opus 33: Tyrolean Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
Schubert: Schwanengesang D.957: "Serenade"
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Audience sing-along: traditional Welsh song 'Men of Harlech' and Foster: 'My
Old Kentucky Home'74
1945
29, 30 January
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Myaskovsky, left with Prokofiev
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950): Symphony no 21, opus 51 - Myaskovsky wrote 27
symphonies and is somewhat famous for the quote: "Never wait for inspiration"
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godunov: excerpts - Stokowski transcription
Outside the Novodievichi Monastery
Coronation of Boris
Monks Chanting In The Monastery Of Choudov
Siege of Kazan
Outside the Church of Saint Basil; the starving people and the Idiot
foretells the fate of Russia
Death of Boris
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade opus 35 (1888)
1945
12, 13 February
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Fanfare for the Forces of Our Latin-American Allies
(1944)
Bach: Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: movement 3: Andante sostenuto
- Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
Heitor Villa-Lobos was guest conductor in his own works
Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Uirapurú (1917)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras: no 5 (1938)
Olin Downes of the New York Times wrote: The performance [of the Beethoven
Pastorale] was one of much beauty and prevailingly fine proportions. There was
an occasional over-accentuation of phrasing too studied or a tempo a little
livelier than is customary. There were places that Mr. Stokowski gave uncommon
significance. Not the least of these was the thanksgiving after the storm
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1945
15 February
New York City Symphony
Lewisohn Stadium, City College of New York, New York City
Tommy Dorsey, Nathaniel Shilkret, and Leopold Stokowski
Popular and Student Concert broadcast on WNYC, the city radio station
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1: Fête-dieu à Seville in F# minor - Stokowski
transcription
Scriabin: Etude opus 2 no 1 in c-sharp minor - Stokowski transcription
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Boris Godunov: excerpts - Stokowski transcription
Outside the Novodievichi Monastery
Coronation of Boris
Monks Chanting In The Monastery Of Choudov
Siege of Kazan
Outside the Church of Saint Basil; the starving people and the Idiot
foretells the fate of Russia
Death of Boris
+++ William Schuman (1910-1992): Side Show (1944) later renamed "Circus
Overture"
*** Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1982): Trombone Concerto - Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey had commissioned this concerto from Shilkret, and this concert is
the premiere. New York City Mayor La Guardia attended this student concert.
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the concert concluded with three audience sing-along songs
1945
26, 27 February
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Anis Fuleihan (1900-1970): Fanfare for the Medical Corps (1944)
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580
- Roman Totenberg, Elsa Werth, Everett Lee, Joyce Flissler
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): Orontea: Arioso - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
This Parsifal Act III Synthesis is a regular feature of Stokowski concerts.
In Leopold Stokowski Transcriptions, Maestro Serebrier explained:"Stokowski's Symphonic Synthesis of Act III includes the transformation
music from the conclusion of the final scene and the final moments when Parsifal
heals Amfortas's wound by touching it with his spear. Stokowski excluded the
'Good Friday Spell' music from his version because Wagner himself had already
made a concert version of it"
1945
12, 13 March
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Fanfare for Paratroopers (1942) for brass and
percussion
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture opus 36
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
1945
15 March
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Student Concert
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
Thompson: Five Portraits (1940/1944)
Virgil Thompson conducted his own work
1945
19, 20 March
New York City Symphony
City Center - New York City
Roman Totenberg
Stokowski's final Concert with the New York City Symphony-
He was to be succeeded by Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein's first conducting post
which he held for three seasons. Bernstein also conducted without fee, as had
Stokowski
Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Barbara Troxell soprano
Jean Handslik contralto
Joseph Laderoute tenor (Evangelist)
Ralph Jusko baritone (Jesus)
Ralph Telasko bass
Carlos Alexander baritone
Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw director
Roman Totenberg violin solo
The New York Times wrote: "Because of time limitations, the work had to be
drastically cut and the program indicated 'Music from the Passion' "
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1945
10 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Charlie and Oona Chaplin at the Hollywood Bowl
First concert of what was to be Stokowski's 1945 and 1946 direction of
the 'Symphonies Under the Stars' series of Hollywood Bowl concerts
"Leopold Stokowski and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony inaugurated the 24th
season of 'Symphony under the Stars' with an audience of 11,000 and with
Stokowski's bride Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski in a front row box. The audience
included Lana Turner, Charles Chaplin and his wife Oona Chaplin and Mr. and Mrs.
Edward G. Robinson..." 4
the concert was introduced by three brief fanfares composed by George Antheil
(1900-1959), and Hollywood composers Alexander Steinert (1900-1982) and Walter
Scharf (1910-2003) 130
Bach: Passacaglia in c minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74, Pathétique
1945
15 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Grieg: Piano Concerto, opus 16 - Percy Grainger
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
INTERMISSION
George Antheil (1900-1959): Heroes of Today (1945) - premiere - later
reworked as the first movement of Antheil's Symphony no 6 of 1948.
Victor Herbert: Air de Ballet (1912)
Tchaikovsky: Humoresque opus 10 no 2 as arranged by Stokowski
Tchaikovsky: song "Again, as Before, Alone" opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski
transcription
there was also audience sing-along during the second part of the concert
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1945
17 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Stokowski 1945 programme
Eugene Zador (1894-1977): Fanfare - opened the concert
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Roman Carnival Overture opus 9
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1: Fête-dieu à Seville in F# minor - Stokowski
transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Isabel Morse Jones wrote: "...it is evident that the Hollywood Bowl Symphony is
settling down to its work. The different sections and even the varied solo
instruments stand out with clarity. This was particularly noticable in the
"Daphnis and Chloe" second suite..." 136
INTERMISSION
César Franck: Symphony in D minor (1888)
1945
22 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914): Eight Russian Folk Songs opus 58 Stokowski arrangement
- Religious Chant
- Christmas Carol - Kolyada
- Plaintive Melody
- Humorous Song 'I Danced With The Gnat'
- Legend of the Birds
- Cradle Song
- Round Dance
- Village Dance Song
Marina Schubert Kochetz soprano sang:
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride (1899) Act 2: "Marfa's aria"
Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Nightingale and the Rose" opus 2 no 2
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes opus 34 (1933): 14: Prelude in E-flat minor -
Stokowski transcription
Tommy Dorsey had commissioned this concerto from Shilkret, and the work was
given its premiere by Tommy Dorsey and Leopold Stokowski 15 February 1945
concert listed above.
Jacques Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann (1881) Act IV: "Barcarolle"
Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile opus 5 no 4
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor (S. 244/2) orchestrated by Liszt
and Franz Doppler, adapted by Leopold Stokowski
"...the audience was invited to sing 'Home On The Range'..." 137
1945
31 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Victor recorded the Symphony no 1 with the Hollywood Bowl on 1 August 1945
reissued on Cala CACD 0520
Gluck: Ballet Suite of 6 Interludes from Gluck operas - Stokowski transcription:
- Don Juan Wq 52: Air gai
- Iphigénie en Aulide Wq 40: Lento
- Iphigénie en Aulide Wq 40: Air gai
- Orfeo ed Euridice Wq 30: Dance of the Blessed
Spirits
- Armide Wq 45: Musette
- Armide Wq 45: Sicilienne
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580
"...It was an inspired idea to present four violinists from the orchestra in the
Vivaldi B minor concerto. Concertmaster Harold Ayres, violinists Maurice Warner,
Hyman Weinstein, and Ralph Schaeffer was a delight..." 133
Bach: Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in a BWV 1065 (1730)
8:15 PM - 8:45 PM Hollywood Bowl Symphony conducted by Stokowski in Hollywood
composers. Followed by Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, Claudette Colbert, Frances
Langford and Johnny Green with songs from Hollywood productions.
Franz Waxman (1906-1967): "The Horn Blows At Midnight" (1945): Athaniel the
Trumpeter comedy overture
Alfred Newman: (1901-1970): "Song of Bernadette" (1943): Vision Scene
Robert Emmett Dolan (1908-1972): "Lady in the Dark" (1944): waltz
Ernst Toch (1887-1964): "Ladies in Retirement" (1941): Scherzo
Max Steiner (1888-1971): "Now, Voyager" (1942): final scene
Conrad Salinger (1901-1962): "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944): Halloween Music
Frank Churchill (1901-1942) and Edward Plumb (1907-1958): "Bambi" excerpts with
narration by Claudette Colbert
Leo Shuken (1906-1976): "Our Wife" (1941): Trumpet Concerto - Sergeant Mannie
Klein trumpet
- Mannie Klein (1908-1994) was a long-time big band and Hollywood studio
musician who had studied with Max Schlossberg.
1945
5 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Roman Carnival Overture opus 9
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580
- Concertmaster Harold Ayres, violinists Maurice Warner, Hyman Weinstein, and
Ralph Schaeffer
Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March
(sometimes labelled: "A Trumpet Voluntary") - Stokowski transcription
Girolamo Frescobald: Gagliarda, Book 2 no 2 - Stokowski transcription
Bach: Concerto for 4 Pianos BWV 1065 - Dorothea Eustis, Margaretha Lehmann,
Helena Lewyn, Yi-an Rosita Chang
Gluck: Ballet Suite of 6 Interludes from Gluck operas - Stokowski transcription:
- Don Juan Wq 52: Air gai
- Iphigénie en Aulide Wq 40: Lento
- Iphigénie en Aulide Wq 40: Air gai
- Orfeo ed Euridice Wq 30: Dance of the Blessed
Spirits
- Armide Wq 45: Musette
- Armide Wq 45: Sicilienne
Brahms: Serenade no 1 in D-major, opus 11: two minuets arranged by Stokowski
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): "Tu mancavi a tormentarmi" - Stokowski transcription
encore - Chabrier: España (1883)
1945
7 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, opus 59: Waltzes
Jerome Kern (1885-1945): Mark Twain (Portrait For Orchestra)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
1945
9 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Boléro (1928)
Jeanette MacDonald soprano:
- Gounod - Faust "Song of the King of Thule"
- Gounod - Roméo et Juliette "Juliette's Waltz"
- Léo Delibes - The Maids of Cadiz
- Victor Herbert - Badinage (1908)
- Italian song I'll See You Again
- Schubert - Ave Maria D 839
- Rudolf Friml - Indian Love Call Wq 45: Sicilienne
- Rudolf Friml - Donkey Serenade
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture Fantasy - Stokowski arrangement
1945
12 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition - Stokowski
transcription
Dvorak: Carnival Overture, opus 92
Dvorak: Rondo for Cello in G minor, opus 94 - Kurt Reher cello
*** Steinert: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - Kalman Bloch clarinet
Encore - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): The Damnation of Faust opus 24:
Hungarian March
Encore - Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge (1876): Prelude
Encore - Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus (1874) : Prelude
Encore - 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
Encore - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé - Suite for
Orchestra no 2 (1912)
1945
14 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Stokowski rehearsing the Hollywood Bowl Symphony in 1945
A Wagner Concert
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Wagner: Das Rheingold: "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"
Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"
Wagner: Die Walküre: "Magic Fire Music" and "Ride of the Valkyries"
Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung: Death of Siegfried and Immolation Scene
1945
19 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Morton Gould (1913-1996): American Salute (1943)
Verdi: Don Carlo: "Ella giammai m'amò" - Nicola Moscona
Gounod: Faust: "Vous qui faites l'endormie" - Nicola Moscona
Bach: Passacaglia in c minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Schubert: Moment Musical in f minor opus 94 no 3 (D780-3) 'Air russe' -
Stokowski transcription
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936): Pines of Rome (1924)
1945
21 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
William Grant Still
William Grant Still (1895-1978): "Old California" (1941)
- Virgil Thomson's "The Plow that Broke the Plains" was scheduled for this
concert, but the score did not arrive in time. It was performed and recorded by
the Hollywood Bowl Symphony under Stokowski in August 1946
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 in c opus 60 "Leningrad" (1942)
Isabel Morse Jones of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "...The Hollywood Bowl
Symphony has been rearranged to give a better blending quality of the winds and
the brass. The cellos are in the middle and the basses at the back. The sound
effect is vastly improved. Leopold Stokowski's re-creation of this symphony is
not soon to be forgotten. It rings in the ears..." 134
1945
26 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Bach: Preludio in E - from Violin Partita no 3 in E major BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
Scriabin: Etude opus 2 no 1 in c-sharp minor - Stokowski transcription
Victor Young: Pearls On Velvet (1937) for piano
- Ray Turner, piano Southern California Young Artists Audition Winner
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro: Act III: "Dove sono" - Phyllis Moffat soprano
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci Ballatella - Phyllis Moffat soprano
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (1941) - James
Abato saxophone
Richard Strauss: Concert Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, opus 59
1945
28 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op 125
Anne Bollinger soprano, Robert Kidder tenor, Wauneva Bell mezzo-soprano, Tudor
Williams bass 3
Greater Los Angeles Chorus "A Chorus of 1000 Voices" 3
1945
2 September
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68: Movement 4
Victor Herbert: song "Indian Summer" (1919)
Schubert: one of the Marches militaires D. 733 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 14 in c sharp minor opus 27 no 2 "Moonlight":
Movement 1 - Stokowski transcription
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole opus 21 - Isaac Stern
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major opus 48: Movement 2
1945
18 December
New York Philharmonic
Madison Square Garden
"USA-USSR Welding the Peace"
USA Anthem: The Star Spangled Banner
USSR Anthem: "Unbreakable Union of Freeborn Republics"
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky: Cantata for Mezzo-Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra,
opus 78
Opening of the 1946 Hollywood Bowl season with Bizet's Carmen
Bizet: Carmen (1875) sung in English
Winifred Heidt mezzo-soprano (Carmen)
James Pease baritone (Escamillo)
Ramon Vinay tenor (Don José)
Marina Koshetz soprano (Micaëla)
Charles Ferguson bass (Zuniga)
Alice Lee soprano (Frasquita)
Barbara Patton mezzo-soprano (Mercédès)
Henry Reese baritone (Le Dancaïre)
Thomas McGranahan tenor (Le Remendado)
Hollywood Bowl Chorus directed by Hugo Strelitzer who was also choral director
of the San Francisco Opera
"19,000 persons flocked to the Hollywood Bowl last night to witness
'Carmen', opening production of the twenty-fifth summer season. Leopold
Stokowski conducted"10
1946
14 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Camilla Wicks (1928- ) a virtuoso, age 17 at this concert
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon opus 24: Overture
Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World': Largo
Mikhail Glinka: Jota aragonesa (1845) - perhaps the only Stokowski
career performances of Jota aragonesa
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no 2 in D minor, opus 22 - Camilla Wicks
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Peter Grimes (1945): Interlude from Act
II (Passacaglia)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Soirées musicales opus 24 (1936) - suite of 'Five
Movements from Rossini'
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Tzigane (1924) - Camilla Wicks
Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois opus 2 (1910)- arranged by Stokowski
Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923)
1946
16 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture opus 80
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Act III Prelude - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris version 1861): Overture and Venusberg Music
1946
21 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Percy Grainger
concert featuring Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys: Overture
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "The White Peacock" (1915)
Grainger: In a Nutshell (1916)
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960): From San Domingo (1945)
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker Op 71a - Stokowski selection:
- Marche
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Danse de la fée Dragée)
- Trepak - Danse russe
- Arabian Dance (Danse arabe)
- Chinese Dance (Danse chinoise)
- Waltz of the Flowers (Valse des fleurs)
Kodály: Danses de Galánta (1933)
Grainger: Danish Folk Song Suite - Percy Grainger piano
- The Power of Love
- Lord Peter's Stable Boy
- The Nightingale and The Two Sisters
- Jutish Medley
Cyril Scott (1879-1970): Hornpipe and Shanty (Percy Grainger was a good
friend of Scott - both were vegetarians who belived in apple cider and vinegar
for health)
1946
23 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina: Prelude - Dawn over the
Moscow River - arranged by Stokowski
Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor opus 10
+ Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead opus 29
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Fantasy after Dante, opus 32
the Los Angeles Times wrote: "...the Stokowski seating arrangement, bazaar in
Wagner or Brahms, is perfectly acceptable in Shostakovich. The wind instruments
are given many opportunities and should be out front. There were impish and
individual solos from the Concertmaster Alfred Lustgarten and from the cellist
Boris Blinder of San Franciscos..."
128
1946
28 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch (1887-1964): Pinocchio, A Merry Overture (1935)
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2
Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944): "Chère nuit" (1897) - Nadine Conner soprano
Jules Massenet: Manon (1884) Act III: Gavotte scene: "Obéissons quand
leur voix appelle" - Nadine Conner soprano
David Rose: Holiday For Strings (1942)
David Rose: As Kreutzer Spins (1940)
- David Rose (1910-1990) was a radio and TV orchestra leader married to Judy
Garland
Puccini: La bohème (1896): Act I "mi chiamano Mimi" - Nadine Conner
soprano
Puccini: La bohème (1896): Act II "Quando me'n vo'" - Musetta's Waltz -
Nadine Conner soprano
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Prince Igor (1887): Polovetsian Dances - Stokowski arrangement
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991): Western Suite (1945)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): Die tote Stadt (1920): "Marietta's
song"
- (Otto Klemperer conducted the opera's premiere in Cologne and his wife Johanna
Geisler sang Marietta.)
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"
Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus (1874): waltz
1946
30 July
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
José Iturbi
Mozart: Don Giovanni K. 527: Overture
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
*** Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952): Italia mia! Nulla fermerà il tuo canto
("My Italy! Nothing will silence your song")
- Montemezzi moved from Italy to California in 1939. This seems to have been a
world premiere 129
José Iturbi (1895-1980): "Soliloquy" (1943)
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949): Danzas fantásticas opus 22
1946
4 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Shura Cherkassky
Ambroise Thomas: Raymonda (1851): Overture
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): Tu mancavi a tormentarmi - Stokowski
transcription
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 2, opus 44: Movements 2 and 3 - Shura Cherkassky
piano
Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"
Delibes: Sylvia Ballet Suite (1880)
George Antheil (1900-1959): Over the Plains (1945)
Nikolay Peiko (1916-1995): From the Legends of Yakutia (1940) symphonic
suite
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Symphony in E flat major (1940) a 1940 commission by
the Chicago Symphony
Richard Strauss: Salome opus 54: Dance of the Seven veils
Copland: Incidental music to the play Quiet City (1940)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1946
11 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Doris Stockton marimba soloist
von Suppé: Beautiful Galatea Overture
Tchaikovsky: Valse Scherzo op 34 - played with Doris Stockton marimba
von Weber: Rondo for Harmonichord and Orchestra (1811) - Doris Stockton
marimba
Aldo Solito De Solis: Malaga (short 3 minute piece from "Moods of
Spain") - Doris Stockton marimba
Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile opus 5 no 4 - Doris Stockton marimba
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos: Suite arranged by Stokowski
Romanus Hoffstetter (attributed to Franz Josef Haydn): String Quartet in F
major, opus 3 no 5, Hob III-17 movement 2 Andante cantabile (which Stokowski in
performances and recordings sometimes called "Haydn EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DANCE") -
Stokowski transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, opus 60
- performed with Edward Arnold narrator to a new Kije script written by the
Hollywood Bowl Assistant Manager Douglas Field 132
Sibelius: Finlandia opus 26 (1899)
this is a concert of such unusual (even strange) mix of works that perhaps would
only be found in a Stokowski programme
1946
13 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Darius Milhaud
Rachmaninoff: Symphony no 2 in e opus 27
Falla: El Amor Brujo (1916) - Nan Merriman mezzo-soprano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Saudades do Brazil no 2: Botafogo
the Los Angeles Times wrote: "...it was a cool night in the Hollywood Bowl until
Stokowski's El Amor Brujo fired the blood"
1946
18 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Eric Zeisl
Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna (1909) Overture
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bachianas brasileiras no 2 (1930):
- Aria and Toccata ("The Little Train of the Caipira")
Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah: 'Bacchanale'
Joaquin Torina: Oración del torero opus 34 (1925)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major opus 35: Movements 2 and 3 - Roman
Totenberg
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1
Eric Zeisl (1905-1959): Job: Cossack Dance
*** George Frederick McKay (1899-1970): Evocation "From A Moonlit
Ceremony" - seems to have been the work's premiere
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole opus 21 (1874) - Roman Totenberg
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty ballet: Excerpts: Prelude, Pas
d'action, Danse-vertige, La Fuite des Quatre Princes, La Fée des lilas
variation, Sarabande, Apothéose
1946
20 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 -
Stokowski transcription
The Los Angeles Times wrote that this was "...authentic Vivaldi without
corrective treatment..."
Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K. 551
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
1946
25 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Concert featured winners of Southern California Young Artists Audition
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (1858)
Verdi: Simone Boccanegra: Fiesco: "Il lacerato spirito..." - John
Arnold Ford bass
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream opus 61 (1826): Scherzo
Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946): Daoma Suite from the opera
(1945):
- Spring Dance of the Willow Wands
- Dance of Sacrifice
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23: Movement 1
- Lillian Magadow (Brewer) piano
Lillian Magadow (Brewer) in the 1950s
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960): Swedish Rhapsody no 1 opus 19: "Midsommarvaka"
Scriabin: Prelude in C minor - Lester Donahue piano
Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 2 in C minor opus 18 - Lester
Donahue piano
1946
26 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
"Music for the Wounded" concert
Leopold Stokowski conducting:
Benjamin Britten: Soirées Musicales opus 9 (1936): March
Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus (1874): waltz
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave in B-flat minor, opus 31
Igor Stravinsky conducting: Firebird Suite (1945 version)
Sigmund Romberg conducting: medley of light opera selections by Victor
Herbert
Sigmund Romberg conducting: music from 'The Student Prince'
followed by: Robert Montgomery - reading
Bing Crosby - They Say It's Wonderful
Bing Crosby - Blue Skies
Bob Burns - Comedy Monologue
band - Lady Be Good
Lawrence Welk - Tea for Two
Freddy Martin - To Each His Own
Billy Butterfield - Star Dust
Charlie Barnet - Cherokee
Leonard Sues - Blue Prelude
Harry James - Ciribiribin
Carmen Cavalerro - Till The End of Time
Bob Burns - I Ain't Got Nobody
Phil Harris - Lady Be Good
Frank Sinatra - The Girl That I Marry
Frank Sinatra - Soliloquy - from 'Carousel'
1946
27 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
1946 Recording of The Plow that Broke the Plains
Handel: Chandos Anthem no 2 in d minor HWV 247 - Overture in D minor - Stokowski
transcription
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite from
the film music
This work was recorded by Stokowski and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony in a famous
recording on 30 August 1946 issued on Victor album M-1116 (78 RPM) later
re-issued on CD: RCA Victor Gold Seal: 09026-68163-2.
Elgar: Enigma Variations opus 36 (abridged by Stokowski)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1946
29 August
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
J. S. Bach: Saint Matthew Passion BWV 244 (1727)
Olive Mae Beach soprano
Clemence Gifford contralto
Joseph Sullivan tenor
Tudor Williams bass
Leopold Wintner bass
Hollywood Bowl Symphony and Greater Los Angeles Chorus "a chorus of 600 singers
formed from choruses of Southern California by J. Arthur Lewis" 127
1946
1 September
Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Dorothy Eustis
Concluding concert of Stokowski's 1945 and 1946 direction of the
'Symphonies Under the Stars' series of Hollywood Bowl concerts
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (1813): Overture - seem Stokowski's only
concert performance of this popular overture
Louis Castellucci: "Mi carita" - with the composer playing trombone; Castellucci
was also Principal trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Robert Emmett Dolan (1908-1972): waltz from the 1944 film Lady in the Dark
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Alborada del gracioso (1905)
Schumann: Piano Concerto opus 54: allegro affettuoso - Dorothy Eustis (1915-she
later disappeared in Italy in the 1950s)
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite no 1 plus Danse provençale from
Suite no 2 as arranged by Stokowski
Ernest Kanitz (1894–1978): Motion Picture Fantasies
- "Nightmare"
- "Love Scene"
- "Screen Ballet"
(Kanitz taught composition at University of Southern California after leaving
the Vienna Conservatory in 1938)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor opus 36
1946
26, 27 December
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite opus 22: "The Swan of Tuonela" opus 22 no 2 -
Michel Nazzi English Horn
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Frontiers opus 34 - inspired by the pioneer
migration to the American west
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1946
29 December
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Motet "Jesu, dulcis memoria" - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Intermission
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, opus 21 - Jacques Thibaud
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Saudades do Brasil opus 67
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1947
5 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Paul Hindemith at about the time of this concert
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Motet "Jesu, dulcis memoria" - Stokowski
transcription
Mozart: Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Symphony in E-flat for Large Orchestra
Intermission
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, opus 21 - Jacques Thibaud
Falla: El Amor Brujo - Nan Merriman
1947
9, 10 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon opus 24: Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor opus 74 "Pathétique"
Intermission
Shostakovich: Concerto no 1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings, opus 35
- Eugene List
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead opus 29
1947
11, 12 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Student Concert and Subscription same programme as January 9, 10
1947
16, 17 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047
John Wummer, Ferdinand Prior, William Vacchiano, John Corigliano
J. S. Bach: Chorale, "Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh", BWV 478 - Stokowski
transcription
J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III
Liebestod conclusion
1947
18 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Programme of 'Student' or 'Popular' concert of 18 January 1947
Student Concert
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047
John Wummer, Ferdinand Prior, William Vacchiano, John Corigliano
J. S. Bach: Chorale, "Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh", BWV 478 - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93
Intermission
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991): Prairie Legend
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
19 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude "Ich ruf' zu dir" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047
John Wummer, Ferdinand Prior, William Vacchiano, John Corigliano
J. S. Bach: Prelude from Partita no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
J. S. Bach: Chorale, "Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh", BWV 478 - Stokowski
transcription
J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Stokowski transcription
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
20, 21 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Intermission
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 19 in F major, K.459 - Hortense Monath
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
1947
22 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Student Concert
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23 - Jesus Maria Sanromá
Sibelius: Finlandia, opus 26, no 7
1947
23 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Khovanshchina arranged by Stokowski: Act
IV, scene 2 Entr'acte
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor, opus 23 - Jesus Maria Sanromá
Intermission
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Sibelius: Finlandia, opus 26, no 7
1947
4 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Chorale, "Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh", BWV 478 - Stokowski
transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Intermission
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Frontiers opus 34 Wagner: Tristan und
Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and
Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
10 March
New York Philharmonic
Plaza Hotel, New York
Heitor Villa-Lobos with Florent Schmitt in Paris in the 1920s
Special Concert for Orchestra Society Members
J. S. Bach: Prelude from Partita no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
J. S. Bach: Aria from the Schemelli Gesangbuch: "Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh"
BWV 487 - Stokowski transcription
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: Drei Equali for Four Trombones
Gordon Pulis, Allen Ostrander, Lewis Van Haney, William Bell
Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, opus 102
John Corigliano, Leonard Rose
Intermission
Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass,
Trumpet, and Piano, opus 65 - Excerpts
William Vacchiano trumpet, Walter Hendl piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Introduction and Allegro for Harp, accompanied by
String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet
Theodore Cella harp, John Wummer flute, Simeon Bellison clarinet
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958): Poem for Oboe and Strings - arranged by Hershey Kay
Harold Gomberg oboe
Striegler: Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra
Saul Goodman timpani
Turner: Fanfare, Chorale and Finale
James Chambers, William Vacchiano, Gordon Pulis, William Namen, Nathan Prager,
Lewis Van Haney, Mark Fischer, James Smith, Allen Ostrander, Robert Schulze,
William Bell
1947
13, 14 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Albéniz: "Fête-Dieu à Séville" from Iberia - Stokowski transcription
Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français - Robert Casadesus
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
*** Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Hymne au Saint Sacrement (1932,
reconstructed 1946)
César Franck (1822–1890): Variations symphoniques for Piano and Orchestra
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse
1947
16 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Albéniz: "Fête-Dieu à Séville" from Iberia - Stokowski transcription
Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français - Robert Casadesus
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Intermission
César Franck (1822–1890): Variations symphoniques for Piano and Orchestra
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Hymne au Saint Sacrement (1932,
reconstructed 1946)
1947
19 March
CBS Symphony Orchestra
CBS Studios, New York City
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (1945) first radio broadcast following
the Koussevitzky/BSO premiere of this work
1947
3, 4 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
+ J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 718 - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
Intermission
++ William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music, Act II
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
1947
5 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Young Peoples' Concert
Bizet: Carmen Act I: Prelude (Complete)
Beethoven: Incidental music for The Ruins of Athens, opus 113: "Turkish
March"
J. S. Bach: Prelude from Partita no 3 in E major, BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile opus 5 no 4 - Stokowski transcription
Everybody Sing: Traditional: "Three Blind Mice" and Gilmore: "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor opus 36: Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato:
Allegro
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the
Unhatched Chicks - Stokowski transcription
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras no 2 "Little
Train of the Caipira" - Tocata
1947
6 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 718 - Stokowski
transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
Intermission
Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music, Act II
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
++ William Grant Still: Festive Overture
1947
10, 11 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 54
Intermission
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
1947
12 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Pension Fund Concert
Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, opus 93
Intermission
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, opus 125
Charlotte Boerner Soprano, Nan Merriman Contralto, Donald Dame Tenor, Todd
Duncan Baritone,
Westminster Choir, Dr. John Finley Williamson Director
1947
13 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Last Subscription Concert 1946-1947
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857): Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid (Spanish
Overture no 2)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Night on Bare Mountain - Stokowski
transcription
Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 54
Tchaikovsky: Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski
transcription
Intermission
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite
1947
14 April
New York Philharmonic
Lyric Theater, Baltimore, Maryland
Lyric Theater from the outside: not beautiful, but opened in 1895 in a concert
of Dame Nellie Melba and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Emil Paur; it was
modeled after the great Leipzig Gewandhaus hall
On Tour: Lyric Theater, Baltimore
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) - John Wummer featured as
flute
encore: Tchaikovsky: song Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no
6 - Stokowski transcription
encore: Novacek: Perpetuum Mobile opus 5 no 4 - Stokowski
transcription
After the concert, the orchestra musicians were given vaccinations prior to
their southern tour since smallpox cases had been reported in New York City
116
1947
15 April
New York Philharmonic
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
On Tour: Old Dominion University, Norfolk
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Frontiers opus 34 Wagner: Tristan und
Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and
Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
16 April
New York Philharmonic
Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia
On Tour: Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon opus 24: Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
Intermission
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991): Prairie Legend
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Preludio in E - from Partita no 3 in E major BWV 1006 - Stokowski
transcription
1947
17 April
New York Philharmonic
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, North Carolina
On Tour: Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, North Carolina
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
1947
18 April
New York Philharmonic
Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham North Carolina
On Tour: Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham North Carolina
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Frontiers, opus 34 Wagner: Tristan und
Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and
Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
19 April
New York Philharmonic
Converse College Auditorium, Spartenberg, South Carolina
Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959) a North Carolina-based composer
On Tour: Converse College Auditorium, Spartenberg, South Carolina
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959): Mountain Song and Cripple Creek
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Tchaikovsky: song Again, as Before, Alone, opus 73, no 6 - Stokowski
transcription
1947
20 April
New York Philharmonic
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
On Tour: Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis:
Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1947
21 April
New York Philharmonic
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
On Tour: Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon opus 24: Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
Intermission
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991): Prairie Legend
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1947
22 April
New York Philharmonic
Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Knoxville, Tennessee
On Tour: Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Alumni Memorial
Auditorium (also the location of Rachmaninoff's last concert on 17 February
1943)
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Lamar Stringfield (1897-1959) a North Carolina composer: Mountain Song
and Cripple Creek
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1
Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1947
23 April
New York Philharmonic
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Elie Siegmeister
On Tour: Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
J. S. Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from Cantata BWV140) -
Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orcehstra, opus 19 - Robert Casadesus
+++ Robert Casadesus (1899-1972): Piano Concerto in E minor, opus 37 - Robert
Casadesus
Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey
1948
14 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
J. S. Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from Cantata BWV140) -
Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
Robert Casadesus (1899-1972): Piano Concerto in E minor, opus 37 - Robert
Casadesus
Stravinsky: Pastorale, for Violin with Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and
Bassoon
John Corigliano violin, Harold Gomberg oboe, Michel Nazzi English Horn, Simeon
Bellison clarinet, William Polisi bassoon
Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey
+++ Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008): Concert Music for Orchestra
(original title: "American Landscape")
1948
18, 19 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
William Schuman (1910-1992): American Festival Overture (1939), with a
large fugal development of American themes as its central section
Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'
Intermission
+++ Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947)
Falla: El amor brujo (1916) Suite - Nan Merriman mezzo-soprano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
1948
20 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Stokowski conducting the New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall in 1948
Pension Fund Concert
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty ballet: Excerpts: Prelude, Pas
d'action, Danse-vertige, La Fuite des Quatre Princes, La Fée des lilas
variation, Sarabande, Apothéose
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor opus 16 - Menahem Pressler
Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La damoiselle élue (1888)
Bidu Sayao soprano, Jane Hobson mezzo-soprano, Women's Chorus of the Westminster
Choir Bassoon
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Boléro (1928)
(note: critics did not appreciate this performance of Boléro, which speeded
up and slowed "like a roller-coaster" with amplification of the role of
woodwinds in a very fast-paced reading
1948
21 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Dvorak: Symphony no 9 in e minor opus 95 'From the New World'
Intermission
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947)
Falla: El amor brujo (1916) Suite - Nan Merriman soprano
Lorenzo Fernândez (1897-1948): opera Malazarte: "Batuque" Negro dance
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
1948
25, 26, 27 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b
Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K.551 Jupiter
Intermission
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
(1910)
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
1948
28 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Intermission
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
(1910)
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
Maestro Serebrier wrote: "Stokowski's Symphonic Synthesis of Act III
includes the transformation music from the conclusion of the final scene and the
final moments when Parsifal heals Amfortas's wound by touching it with his
spear. Stokowski excluded the 'Good Friday Spell' music from his version because
Wagner himself had already made a concert version of it"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36
+ Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, opus
50
1948
1, 2 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Khachaturian: Russian Fantasy (1944)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
Intermission
Sibelius: Four movements from Belshazzar's Feast, opus 51: Oriental
Procession, Solitude, Nocturne, Khadra's Dance - Stokowski arrangement
+++ Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Strings "Basle" (1946) Wagner: Tristan und
Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and
Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
3 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Students Concert
Khachaturian: Russian Fantasy (1944)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
Intermission
Sibelius: Four movements from Belshazzar's Feast, opus 51: Oriental
Procession, Solitude, Nocturne, Khadra's Dance - Stokowski arrangement
+ Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Medea ballet suite opus 23 Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
4 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
Intermission
Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Strings "Basle" (1946) Wagner: Tristan und
Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and
Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
6 April
New York Philharmonic
McCarter Theater, Princeton University, New Jersey
"Runout Concert"
J. S. Bach: Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from Cantata BWV140) -
Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Russian Fantasy (1944)
Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Strings "Basle" (1946)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) The Seine at Night (1947) Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
10 April
New York Philharmonic
McCarter Theater, Princeton University, New Jersey
"Young Peoples Concert"
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Ma Mère l'Oye (1910): excerpts: 5 -
Conversation of Beauty and the Beast, 6 - Interlude
Joachim Andersen (1847-1909): Scherzino opus 55 no 6 - John Wummer
Charles Jones (1910-1997): Cowboy Song - Harold Gomberg oboe solo
Carl Baermann (1810-1885): Adagio in D-flat major for Clarinet and String
Quartet, opus 23 - Simeon Bellison [note: incorrectly attributed to Wagner in
programme notes]
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, opus75 - William Polisi
Audience sing-along: Root: Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!, traditional: My Bonnie
Lies Over the Ocean
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Children's Corner orchestrated in 1910 by
André Caplet: "The Little Shepherd"
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Masquerade: Galop
1948
20 September
New York Philharmonic
Lincoln Theater, Syracuse, New York
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Ennio Porrino (1910-1959) - a Respighi disciple: Sinfonia per una fiaba
(Symphony for a Fable)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947)
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1948
21 September
New York Philharmonic
Cleveland Opera Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Fugue for Thirty-Four Violins (1948)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic
Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
22 September
New York Philharmonic
Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947) Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
23 September
New York Philharmonic
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
+Ennio Porrino (1910-1959) - a Respighi disciple:
Sinfonia per una fiaba (Symphony for a Fable)
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947) Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
24 September
New York Philharmonic
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
Stravinsky: Petrushka complete 1911 ballet
+ Messiaen: L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for orchestra
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
Intermission
Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Fugue for Thirty-Four Violins (1948)
+ Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Symphony no 2 in A minor "Symphony with Bells"
(1943)
1948
25 September
New York Philharmonic
Stock Pavilion, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - Stokowski transcription
+Copland: Billy The Kid ballet: "Prairie Night", "Celebration" Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
26 September
New York Philharmonic
Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
+Ennio Porrino (1910-1959) - a Respighi disciple: Sinfonia per una fiaba
(Symphony for a Fable)
+ Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947) Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II
Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod conclusion
1948
27 September
New York Philharmonic
Auditorium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
Stravinsky: Petrushka complete 1911 ballet
+ Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
Intermission
+Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Fugue for Thirty-Four Violins (1948)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
1948
28 September
New York Philharmonic
Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio
Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1946
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
+Copland: Billy The Kid ballet: "Prairie Night", "Celebration"
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1948
29 September
New York Philharmonic
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
Stravinsky: Petrushka complete 1911 ballet
+ Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription
Intermission
+Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Fugue for Thirty-Four Violins (1948)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, opus 36
1948
30 September
New York Philharmonic
Stanley Theater, Utica, New York
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
+ Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite bergamasque: Movement 3: Clair de Lune
- Stokowski transcription Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski
Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod
conclusion
1948
1 October
New York Philharmonic
Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
Olivier Messiaen at about the time of this concert
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, opus 92
Intermission
+ Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933)
+ Copland: Billy The Kid ballet: "Prairie Night", "Celebration"
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1948
2 October
New York Philharmonic
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 - Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
+ Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Seine at Night (1947)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): L'Ascension: Four Symphonic meditations for
orchestra (1933)
Wagner: Parsifal Act III Symphonic Synthesis - Stokowski transcription
1948
3 October
New York Philharmonic
City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine
"New York Philharmonic Autumn Tour"
Stravinsky: Petrushka music from the 1911 ballet: Danse Russe, Chez
Petrushka, Shrovetide Fair Toward Evening
+Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Fugue for Thirty-Four Violins (1948)
NY Philharmonic programme of 13 January 1949 listing as conductors:
Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Charles Munch and Leopold Stokowski
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (1843): Overture
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98
Intermission
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): "Philharmonic Concerto" (Variations for Orchestra)
(1932) named for the Berlin Philharmonic which gave its premiere in 1932 under
Wilhelm Furtwängler
+Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper (1926): Polka and Fugue "First performance by
the Society of the Revised Edition"
1949
15, 16 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Chorale, "Ich ruf' zu dir" BWV 639 - Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude "Nun Komm', der Heiden Heiland" BWV 659 - Stokowski
transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, opus 98
Intermission
Stravinsky: Petrushka music from the 1911 ballet: Danse Russe, Chez
Petrushka, Shrovetide Fair Toward Evening
+Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Island God opera (1942): Revealing the
Island, Struggle to Restore the Temple
Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper (1926): Polka and Fugue
1949
20, 21 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Vano Muradeli's career had its hights and depths depending on the musical
judgement of the Soviet Composers Congress, but is regarded by critics today as
"a minor talent"
Vano Muradeli (1908-1970): Georgian Symphonic Dance
(note: Muradeli was censured by the Communist Party Central Committee in 1948
for "Ideological deficiencies" concerning Georgian music)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Symphony no 2 in A minor "Symphony with Bells"
(1943)
Intermission
+++Menotti: Piano Concerto (1945) - Rudolf Firkusny
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
1949
22 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Griffes: The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, opus 8
+++ Henry Cowell (1897-1965): American Pipers (1943)
*** Maurice Baron (1889-1964): Ode to democracy : a setting of
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - world premiere - The Schola Cantorum of New York,
Hugh Ross director
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 2, opus 22 - Jean Graham
Intermission Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Symphony no 2 in A minor "Symphony
with Bells" (1943)
1949
23 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Griffes: The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan opus 8
*** Otto Luening (1900-1996): Pilgrim's Hymn "First Performance in This
Version"
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): American Pipers (1943)
Maurice Baron (1889-1964): Ode to democracy :a setting of Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address - world premiere - The Schola Cantorum of New York, Hugh Ross
director
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no 2, opus 22 - Jean Graham
Intermission Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Symphony no 2 in A minor "Symphony
with Bells" (1943)
1949
27, 28 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Vaughn William Symphony no 6 on Cala CACD0537
+Ernest John Moeran(1894-1950): In the Mountain Country
+Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Symphony no 6 in E minor 1947 version (was
further revised in 1950)
Intermission
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor (S. 244/2) orchestrated by Liszt
and Franz Doppler, adapted by Leopold Stokowski
1949
30 January
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+Thomas Jefferson Scott (1912-1961): From the Sacred Harp
Ernest John Moeran(1894-1950): In the Mountain Country
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Schelomo (1916)
- Leonard Rose cello
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): two of the three Nocturnes (1899)
Nuages
Fêtes
Intermission Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Symphony no 6 in E minor 1947 version
(was further revised in 1950)
1949
3, 4 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+++ Walton: film "The First of the Few": Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
(1942)
Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 in D minor, opus 15 - Dame Myra Hess
Intermission
Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major opus 61
1949
6 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande excerpts from the incidental music
(1905):
Mélisande
At the Seashore
Pastorale
Entr'acte
Death of Mélisande
+++ Walton: film "The First of the Few": Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
(1942)
Mozart: Piano concerto n. no 21 in C major, K.467 - Dame Myra Hess
Intermission
Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major opus 61
1949
10, 11 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+++ George Dyson (1883-1964): The Canterbury Pilgrims: Overture "At the
Tabard Inn": (Studied at the Royal College of Music at about the same time as
Stokowski)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" -
Stokowski transcription
+ Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975): The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74, Pathétique
1949
12 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Pension Fund Concert
Wagner: Das Rheingold: "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"
Eileen Farrell soprano, Molly Starkman soprano, Mary Davenport contralto
Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"
Wagner: Siegfried: Act I: Siegfried's Forging Song
"Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!" - Irwin Dillon tenor Wagner: Tristan
und Isolde Stokowski Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht
and Act III Liebestod conclusion - Eileen Farrell soprano - Stokowski
transcription
Intermission
Wagner: Die Walküre Act III scene 3: Wotan's Farewell and "Magic Fire Music" -
Michael Rhodes baritone
Wagner: Das Rheingold Scene 4: Erda's Warning "Wie alles war" Mary
Davenport contralto, Michael Rhodes baritone
Weinberger: Götterdämmerung Act III: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene
Eileen Farrell soprano
1949
13 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Quinto Maganini was second flute of the New York Philharmonic sitting next to
his teacher Georges Barrère, and was winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize in Music
+ Quinto Maganini (1897-1974): Three Early American Pieces (1940)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74, Pathétique
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes I, no 10 "La cathédrale engloutie" -
Stokowski transcription
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975): The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
1949
17, 18 February
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 -
Stokowski transcription
Mozart: Three German Dances, K.605 (1791) - Stokowski transcription
+ Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony no 53 in D "Imperial" Hob. I:53
Intermission
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor, opus 30 - William Kapell
George Enesco (1881-1955): Romanian Rhapsody no 1, opus 11 (1901)
1949
12 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Young People's Concert
Gounod: Faust (1859): Soldier's Chorus: "Gloire immortelle de nos
aïeux" - - Boy's Choirs
Stephen Foster: Tioga Waltz for Four Flutes - Stokowski transcription -
John Wummer, Amedeo Ghignatti, F. William Heim, Ben Gaskins
Pierné: March of the Lead Soldiers, opus 14, no 6
Traditional: "The Erie Canal"
Traditional: Las Chiapanecas (Mexican Dance) - Boy's Choirs
George Kleinsinger (1914-1982): "Tubby the Tuba"
audience Sing-Along: Marching Through Georgia, Home on the Range
+ Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991): Tragic Overture (1941)
+ Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon
(1948)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, opus 47 - John Corigliano
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh ballet Suite no 1, opus 53:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
Intermission
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
1949
26 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon (1948)
+ Howard Hanson (1896-1981): Serenade for flute, harp and strings, opus 35 -
John Wummer, Theodore Cella
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh from ballet Suite no 1, opus 53
and no 3, opus 55 Stokowski selections:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
Intermission
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
1949
27 March
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Wagner: Rienzi (1840): Overture
Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, opus 90
Intermission
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): "La soirée dans Grenade" (Night in Granada), from
Les estampes - Stokowski transcription
Howard Hanson (1896-1981): Serenade for flute, harp and strings, opus 35 - John
Wummer, Theodore Cella
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon (1948)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh ballet Suite no 1, opus 53:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
1949
31 March, 1, 3 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Suite selected and arranged by Stokowski
Trumpet Tune "The Cebell"
Echo Pastorale from The Fairy Queen
Hornpipe from The Fairy Queen
"When I am laid in earth" ('Dido's Lament') from "Dido and Aeneas")
Largo and Allegro from The Fairy Queen
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K550
Intermission
Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,
Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski
transcription
1949
2 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
*** Theodore F. Fitch (1900-1976): Terra Nova (1941) symphonic poem
about Newfoundland
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G Minor, K550
Intermission
Wagner: "Die Götterdämmerung" - Siegfried's Rhine Journey,
Siegfried's Death Music, Immolation Scene and Act III Finale - Stokowski
transcription
1949
9 April
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Arthur Kreutz (1906-1991) composer of the Paul Bunyan Suite
also conducted the New York Philharmonic in a 13 June 1946 Pops concert
Young Persons Concert
Mozart: Three German Dances, K.605 (1791): no 3 in C major "Sleighride" -
Stokowski transcription
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934)
Arthur Kreutz (1906-1991): Mosquito Serenade for string orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairly
Arcady Dubensky (1890-1966): Capriccio for Piccolo - Ben Gaskins
Audience Sing-Along "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
Deems Taylor (1885-1966): Circus Day, Eight Pictures from Memory opus
18:
The Lion's Cage
The Dog and Monkey Circus
Waltzing Elephants
Young Person's Prize Winning Competition is Performed:
Mary Lou Wesley (Krosnick) (1936- ): The Rains Came - orchestrated by
Stokowski
1949
18 April
New York Philharmonic
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini opus 32
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon (1948)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh from ballet Suite no 1, opus 53
and no 3, opus 55 Stokowski selections:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
1949
19 April
New York Philharmonic
The Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia
The Mosque Theater, Richmond
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini opus 32
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon (1948)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh from ballet Suite no 1, opus 53
and no 3, opus 55 Stokowski selections:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
1949
20 April
New York Philharmonic
Columbia Music Festival, Columbia, South Carolina
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
J. S. Bach: Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 -
Stokowski transcription
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini opus 32
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Three Pictures: Wheat Field at Noon (1948)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Gayaneh from ballet Suite no 1, opus 53
and no 3, opus 55 Stokowski selections:
Lezghinka
Lullaby
Dance of the Young Kurds
Adagio
Sabre Dance
1949
21 April
New York Philharmonic
Municipal Auditorium / Atlanta, Georgia
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): American Pipers (1943)
Wagner: Die Walküre Act III scene 3: Wotan's Farewell and "Magic Fire Music" -
Stokowski transcription
+Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Island God opera (1942): Revealing the
Island, Struggle to Restore the Temple
George Enesco (1881-1955): Romanian Rhapsody no 1, opus 11 (1901)
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"
1949
23 April
New York Philharmonic
Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Alumni Memorial Auditorium
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): American Pipers (1943)
Wagner: Die Walküre Act III scene 3: Wotan's Farewell and "Magic Fire Music" -
Stokowski transcription
+Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Island God opera (1942): Revealing the
Island, Struggle to Restore the Temple
George Enesco (1881-1955): Romanian Rhapsody no 1, opus 11 (1901)
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, opus 74 "Pathétique"
1949
24 April
New York Philharmonic
Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, Alabama
1949 New York Philharmonic Spring Tour
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
Wagner: Siegfried: Act II Scene 2: "Forest Murmurs"
Wagner: Das Rheingold: "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"
Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande excerpts from the incidental music
(1905):
Mélisande
At the Seashore
Pastorale
Entr'acte
Death of Mélisande
J. S. Bach-Stokowski: Chorale Preludes - Stokowski transcriptions:
"Nun Komm', der Heiden Heiland," BWV 659
"Ich ruf' zu dir" BWV 639
"Wir glauben al' an einen Gott" BWV 437
1949
13, 14 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Programme for the New York Philharmonic 1949-1950 season opening concert led by
Stokowski, with headmast stating: "Conductors: Leopold Stokowski, Dimitri
Mitropoulos"
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868): Prelude to Act I
+ Copland: The Red Pony (1949) suite from the film score:
"Morning on the Ranch"
"The Gift"
"Dream March and Circus Music"
"Walk to the Bunkhouse"
"Grandfather's Story"
"Happy Ending"
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Mer (L 109 - 1905)
Intermission
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
1949
16 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Rolf Liebermann at age 50, later head of the Paris Opera
Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999): Suite on Six Swiss Folk Songs (1947)
Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor opus 68
Intermission
+ Chopin: Mazurka in A minor opus 17 no 4 - Stokowski transcription
Copland: The Red Pony (1949) suite from the film score:
"Morning on the Ranch"
"The Gift"
"Dream March and Circus Music"
"Walk to the Bunkhouse"
"Grandfather's Story"
"Happy Ending"
1949
20, 21 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+++ Nikolai Miaskovski (1881-1950): Slavic Rhapsody in D minor opus71
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
Intermission
Mozart: Notturno in D major, K. 286/269a - Stokowski arrangement
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24
1949
23 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, opus 72b
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
Intermission
Mozart: Notturno in D major, K. 286/269a - Stokowski arrangement
Johann Strauss Jr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schönen, blauen
Donau), opus 314
Johann Strauss Jr: Tales from the Vienna Woods opus 325
1949
27, 28 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Wagner: Lohengrin (1850): Act I: Prelude
+ Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder: Song of the Wood Dove - Martha Lipton
+ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Uirapurú (The Magic Bird)
Intermission
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
1949
29 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
*** Richard Arnell (1917-2009): Black Mountain Prelude for orchestra
opus 46 - world premiere
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Symphony no 3 'Ilya Murometz' opus 42
(1911) - as edited and arranged by Stokowski
Intermission
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 - Eugene Istomin
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tranfiguration), opus 24
1949
30 October
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
J. S. Bach: Arioso "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe" from Cantata BWV 156 -
Stokowski transcription
J. S. Bach: Aria from the Schemelli Gesangbuch: "Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh"
BWV 487 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, opus 68, Pastoral
Intermission
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder: Song of the Wood Dove - Martha Lipton
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Uirapurú (The Magic Bird)
1949
3, 4 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
*** Arcady Dubensky: Concerto Grosso for Three Trombones and Tuba -
world premiere
+ David Diamond: Overture to the Tempest [of Shakespeare] (1946)
+ Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Two Interludes to Macbeth - Act I and Act III
(1919)
Intermission
Schumann: Cello Concerto: opus 129 - Pierre Fournier
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony no 101 in D major "The Clock"
1949
5 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+++ Ennio Porrino (1910-1959) - a Respighi disciple: I Shardana music
drama frequently revised and final version published in 1958
+ Jean Rivier (1896-1987): Rivier: Concertino for Viola and Orchestra
(1947) - William Lincer
+ Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Two Interludes to Macbeth - Act I and Act III
(1919)
Intermission
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 -
Stokowski transcription
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony no 101 in D major "The Clock"
1949
6 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - Concerto grosso opus 3 no 11 in d minor RV 565 -
Stokowski transcription
Schumann: Cello Concerto: opus 129 - Pierre Fournier
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony no 101 in D major "The Clock"
Intermission
+ David Diamond: Overture to the Tempest [of Shakespeare] (1946)
+ Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Two Interludes to Macbeth - Act I and Act III
(1919)
1949
10, 11 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
+ Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612): Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon quarti toni
a 15, C185 - Stokowski transcription
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, opus 19 - William Kapell
Intermission
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, opus 64
1949
12 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Pension Fund Concert
Wagner: Tannhäuser "Paris version": Venusberg Bacchanal Act I scene 1 -
Chorus of the Schola Cantorum Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Stokowski
Symphonic Synthesis: Act 1 Prelude, Act II Liebesnacht and Act III Liebestod
conclusion
- Mariquita Moll soprano, Robert Bernauer tenor, Virginia Paris contralto,
Intermission
Wagner: Siegfried Act III : "Mit zerfocht'ner Waffe wich mir der
Feige?", Siegfried climbing to Brünnhilde's rock "Was ruht dort schlummernd im
schattigen Tann?", Brünnhilde's Awakening (Heil dir, Sonne!) and Love Scene -
Stokowski arrangement
- Mariquita Moll soprano, Eugene Conley tenor
1949
13 November
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York
Nikolai Ivanov-Radkevich (1904-1962) - a student of Glière: Russian Overture
Walter Hendl: "The Little Brass Band" (Walter Hendl was the Assistant Conductor
of the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): Caucasian Sketches Suite no 1
opus 10 (1894): no 4 'Procession of the Sardar'
Encore: Haydn: Symphony no 101 in D major, The Clock: Movement 2
excerpt
Encore:Leon Jessel (1871-1942): Parade of Wooden Soldiers
In December, 1949, the New York Philharmonic Board announced that Dimitri
Mitropoulos would become Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in the
1950-1951 season. Following this Philharmonic decision, Stokowski cut his
relations with the orchestra for the following season and departed for Europe
during the Summer of 1950. To read about Stokowski's later concert career
1950-1974, please click on the link below.
If you have any comments or questions about this Leopold Stokowski site, please
e-mail me (Larry Huffman) at e-mail address:
leopold.stokowski@gmail.com
1 Daniel, Oliver. Stokowski A Counterpoint of
View. Dodd, Mead & Company New York 1982 ISBN 0-396-07936-9
3 page 8. Wauneva Bell to Sing in Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony. Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite. Ardmore, Oklahoma.
26 August 1945.
4 page 3. Inaugurate 24th Season 'Symphony under
the Stars. Dixon Evening Telegraph. Dixon, Illinois.
11 July 1945.
5 page 2. Week-End: Sunday April 27.
Cedar Rapids Tribune. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 24 April 1952.
6 page 551. Daniel, Oliver. Stokowski A
Counterpoint of View. op. cit.
7 page 552-553. Daniel, Oliver. Stokowski A
Counterpoint of View. op. cit.
8 page 18. Steinfirst, David. Stokowski
Ends Concert With Symphony. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1 December 1951
9 page 9. Local Men to Aid Rose Bowl Youth
Concert. San Marino Tribune. San Marino, California.
5 June 1941
10 page 8. 19,000 See Carman.
Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. 10 July 1946
11 "Hollywood Bowl History"
Symphonic Music by Decade. Hollywood Bowl website
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/ accessed 2014.
12 Frank, Mortimer H.
Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years. Amadeus Press.
Portland, Oregon. 2002. ISBN-13: 9781574670691
13 page 8. Salute for President.
Berkeley Daily Gazette. Berkeley, California. 30 January 1943.
14 pages 60-66. Frank, Mortimer H.
Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years. op. cit.
15 pages 467-469 Daniel, Oliver.
Stokowski A Counterpoint of View. op. cit.
16 page 23 Evening Programs Salt
Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah.
17 page 16. The World of Music.
Monessen Daily Independent. Monessen, Pennsylvania. 22 December
1942.
19 pages 584-587 Daniel, Oliver.
Stokowski A Counterpoint of View. op. cit.
20 page 14. All Not Lost. Yuma Daily
Sun. Yuma, Arizona. 28 January 1954.
21 page 25. USF Company will Premiere New Play.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 6 January 1954.
22 page 3. Beer, Bach, Batons Mark Music Festival.
Newark Advocate. Newark, Ohio. 3 May 1954.
23 page 134. Goodman, Peter W.
Morton Gould: American Salute Hal Leonard Corporation.
New York, New York. 2003. ISBN-13: 9781574670554
24 pages 160-166. Roussel, Hubert
The Houston Symphony Orchestra 1913-1971 University of
Texas Press. Austin, Texas. 2003. ISBN: 0-292-73000-4.
25 pages 654-658. Daniel, Oliver.
Stokowski A Counterpoint of View. op. cit.
27 Chang, Peter Chou Wen-Chung: the Life and
Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer Oxford, UK.
The Scarecrow Press. 2006.
28 page 7. Haydn to be Sung in Ellenville.
Middletown Times Herald. Middletown, New York. 24 April 1957.
29 Morss, Anthony Revealing Stokowski:
An Interview with Anthony Morss Oxford, UK. Koussevitzky
Recording Society Journal: Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring
1998.
30 Tidemann, Paul A. Minnesotan Rose to Opera and
Movie Stardom. Memorial to Frank Eugene Forest. July 2009.
31 page 12. Stokowski on Podium as Symphony
Season Opens. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
13 November 1953.
33 page 15. Stokowski Rehearses for Soviet
Concerts. Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. 4 June 1958.
34 Yuzefovich, Victor. Aram Khachaturyan.
Sphinx Press. New York, New York. 1985. ISBN
0-8236-8658-2.
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