Concerts Reviewed

(asterisk indicates premiere)

October 29, 1921

Fidelio, op. 72b, “Overture: Leonore no. 3,” Ludwig van Beethoven

Siegfried, WWV. 86c, no. 25b: “Forest Murmurs,” Richard Wagner

Pour une fête de printemps, op. 22, Albert Roussel*

“Deux Nocturnes,” Claude Debussy

Symphonie fantastique, op. 14, Hector Berlioz

Kartinki s vïstavki [Pictures at an Exhibition], Modest Moussorgsky

October 30, 1921

Tannhäuser, WWV. 70, “Overture,” Richard Wagner

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Prelude to Act III, Prelude to Act I, no. 19: “Prelude und Liebestod,” Richard Wagner

Parsifal, WWV 111, Prelude, “Flowergirl scene,” “Great scene of Act II, and “No. 36: Good Friday,” Richard Wagner

Die Walküre, WWV 86b, no. 45: “Ride of the Valkyries,” Richard Wagner

November 5, 1921

Suite in D major, Johann Sebastian Bach

LIncoronazione di Poppea, Claudio Monteverdi

Schwanengesang, D. 957, no. 13: “Der Doppelganger,” Franz Schubert

Serenata notturna, K. 239, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fantaisie, Vincent d’Indy

Chansons populaires grecques

Kaprichchio na ispanskiye temï [Spanish Capriccio], op. 34, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

November 12, 1921

Symphony no. 7, A major, op. 92, Ludwig van Beethoven

Sarabande, “Poème symphonique,” Jean Roger-Ducasse

Pavane, op. 50, Gabriel Fauré

La Valse, Maurice Ravel

Deux danses, “I: Danse sacrée,” “II: Danse profane,” Claude Debussy

Le Roi malgré lui, “Fête polonaise,” Emmanuel Chabrier

November 13, 1921

Rédemption, Part II, no. 5: “Morceau symphonique,” César Franck

Le Conciliabule des fleurs, Dynam-Victor Fumet

Symphony no. 6, “Pastoral,” F major, op. 68, Ludwig van Beethoven

Sarabande, “Poème symphonique,” Jean Roger-Ducasse

Pavane, op. 50, Gabriel Fauré

Concertstück, op. 39, Gabriel Pierné

Kaprichchio na ispanskiye temï [Spanish Capriccio], op. 34, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

November 19, 1921

Impressions pastorales, Ernest Fanelli

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Claude Debussy

Paysages franciscains, op. 43, Gabriel Pierné

Symphony no. 6, “Pastoral,” F major, op. 68, Ludwig van Beethoven

November 20, 1921

Der Freischütz, J. 277, op. 77, “Overture,” Carl Maria von Weber

Symphony no. 2, C major, op. 61, Robert Schumann

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Claude Debussy

Les Heures dolentes, Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

Le Roi malgré lui, “Fête polonaise,” Emmanuel Chabrier

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