World Premieres: The 1900s
Rubin Goldmark's Overture to
Hiawatha, Frederick Converse's Endymion's Narrative, Romance for
Orchestra, Op. 10, and Horation Parker's Concerto for Organ in
E-flat, Op. 55 all made their debut at the turn of the
century.
World Premieres: 1900
| Composer | Title of Work | First Performance | |
| Goldmark, Rubin | Overture to Hiawatha | January 12, 1900 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Chadwick, George W. | Adonais, Elegiac Overture | January 12, 1930 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Paine, John Knowles | Azara, Three Moorish Dances | March 9, 1900 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Beach, Amy | Concerto for Piano in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 | April 6, 1900 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | The Festival of Pan, Romance for Orchestra, Op.9 | December 21, 1900 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Brockway, Howard | Sylvan Suite | April 5, 1901 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 17 | April 19, 1901 Gustav Strube, conductor |
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| Loeffler, Charles M. | Two Poems for Orchestra | April 11, 1902 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Parker, Horatio | Concerto for Organ in E-flat, Op. 55 | December 26, 1902 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Endymion's Narrative, Romance for Orchestra, Op. 10 | October 23, 1903 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Arbos, E. Fernandez | Tango, Morceau de Concert, Op. 6, No. 3 | October 23, 1903 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Fantastic Overture for Orchestra, Op. 20 | March 11, 1904 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Chadwick, George W. | Euterpe | April 22, 1904 George W. Chadwick, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Two Poems, Night and Day, for Piano and Orchestra | January 20, 1905 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Symphonic Poem, Longing, for Viola and Orchestra | April 20, 1905 Wilhelm Gericke, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Concerto for Violin in F sharp | December 22, 1905 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Hadley, Henry | Salome, Op. 55 (after Oscar Wilde) | April 12, 1907 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Bendix, Victor | Symphony No. 4, Op. 30 in D minor | April 26, 1907 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Loeffler, Charles M. | Pagan Poem After Virgil, Op. 14 | November 22, 1907 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Bischoff, Hermann | Symphony in E major, Op. 16 | January 3, 1908 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Chadwick, George W. | Symphonic Sketches: Suite for Orchestra | February 7, 1908 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| MacDowell, Edward | Lamia, Symphonic Poem After Keats, Op. 29 |
October 23, 1908 |
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| Paderewski, Ignacy Jan | Symphony in B minor, Polonia Op. 24 | February 12, 1909 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Symphony in B minor | April 2, 1909 Gustav Strube, conductor |
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| Foote, Arthur | Suite for String Orchestra in E, Op. 63 | April 16, 1909 Max Fiedler, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Concerto for Cello in E minor | October 29, 1909 Max Fiedler, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1910
| Strube, Gustav | Comedy Overture, Puck | March 18, 1910 Max Fiedler, conductor |
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| Curry, Arthur Mansfield | Atala, Symphonic Poem (after Chateaubriand) | April 21, 1911 Arthur M. Curry, conductor |
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| Reger, Max | A Comedy Overture, Op. 120 | October 6, 1911 Max Fiedler, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Two Symphonic Poems: Narcissus and Echo; Die Loreley | January 24, 1913 Gustav Strube, conductor |
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| Urack, Otto | Symphony in E, No. 1, Op. 14 | March 6, 1914 Otto Urack, conductor |
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| Goldmark, Rubin | Samson (Tone Poem) | March 13, 1914 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Clapp, Philip Greeley | Symphony in E minor | April 10, 1914 Philip G. Clapp, conductor |
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| Schelling, Ernest | Symphonic Variations for Orchestra and Piano | December 31, 1914 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Variations on an Original Theme | February 26, 1916 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Ballantine, Edward | The Eve of St. Agnes | January 19, 1917 Karl Muck, conductor |
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| Clapp, Philip Greeley | Symphony in E flat | April 6, 1917 Philip G. Clapp, conductor |
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| Davison, Archibald T. | Tragic Overture | April 26, 1917 Ernst Schmidt, conductor |
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| Laparra, Raoul | Une Dimanche Basque | April 18, 1919 Henri Rabaud, conductor |
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| Griffes, Charles T. | The Pleasure Dome of
Kubla Khan Pierre Monteux, conductor |
November 28, 1919 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1920
| Converse, Frederick | Symphony in C minor | January 30, 1920 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | The Fall of the House of Usher | October 29, 1920 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Strube, Gustav | Four Preludes | November 12, 1920 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Bingham, Seth | Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 10 | January 21, 1921 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Gilbert, Henry Franklin | Indian Sketches | March 4, 1921 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Mason, Stuart | Rhapsody on a Persian Air for Orchestra with Pianoforte Obligato | April 22, 1921 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Franck, Cesar | Organ Chorale No.2 in B minor (arr. Wallace Goodrich) | October 21, 1921 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Smith, David Stanley | A Poem of Youth, Op. 47 | November 11, 1921 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Waltzes for Orchestra | February 24, 1922 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Loeffler, Charles M. | Irish Fantasies for Voice and Orchestra, Nos. 2,3 & 5 | March 10, 1922 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Symphony No. 2 in E | April 21, 1922 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Ballantine, Edward | From the Garden of Hellas, Suite for Orchestra | February 9, 1923 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Leginska, Ethel | Two Short Pieces for Orchestra | February 29, 1924 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Stevensoniana, Suite No. 2 | March 21, 1924 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Song of the Sea, Tone Poem | April 18, 1924 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Bliss, Arthur | Concerto for Two Pianos | December 19, 1924 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Scherzo for Two Pianos | December 19, 1924 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Mason, Stuart | Bergerie | December 21, 1924 Stuart Mason, conductor |
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| Borchard, Adolphe | L'Elan | March 20, 1925 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Eichheim, Henry | A Chinese Legend (About 600 AD) | April 3, 1925 Henry Eichheim, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Music for the Theatre | November 20, 1925 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Galliard, John Ernest | Sonata in G (trans. Maximilian Steinberg) |
December 11, 1925 |
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| Gilbert, Henry Franklin | Symphonic Piece | February 26, 1926 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tailleferre, Germaine | Jeux de Plein Air | March 5, 1926 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Spelman, Timothy Mather | Assisi, The Great Pardon of St. Francis | March 26, 1926 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Ibert, Jacques | Chat de Folie | April 23, 1926 Mitropoulos, conductor |
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| Steinert, Alexander | Southern Night, Poem for Orchestra | October 15, 1926 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lazar, Filip | Tziganes | October 29, 1926 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Roussel, Albert | Suite in F | January 21, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Concerto for Piano (In One Movement) | January 28, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Respighi, Otterino | Vetrate di Chiesa | February 25, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tansman, Alexandre | Symphony in A minor | March 18, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Flivver Ten Million, A Joyous Epic; Fantasy for orchestra | April 15, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Sessions, Roger | Symphony in E minor | April 22, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Suite from the Ballet, Zephyr et Flore | April 29, 1927 Serge Prokofiev, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Lilacs, Poem for Orchestra, Op. 33 | March 31, 1927 Serge Prokofiev, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | La Bagarre, Allegro for Orchestra | November 18, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tansman, Alexandre | Concerto for Piano, No. 2 | December 29, 1927 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Symphonic Piece | March 23, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lazar, Filip | Music for Orchestra | March 23, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Symphony in B fl, Op. 34 | March 30, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | California, Tone Poem | April 6, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lorenziti, Luigi | Venetian Symphony for Quinton, Viola d'Amore and Harpsichord | April 20, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lopatnikov, Nikolai | Scherzo, Op. 10 | April 27, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Jacobi, Frederick | Indian Dances | November 8, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | La Symphonie | December 14, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Two Pieces for String Orchestra | December 14, 1928 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Josten, Werner | Jungle, Symphonic Poem | October 25, 1929 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Fairchild, Blair | Chants Negres | December 6, 1929 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Bax, Arnold | Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C | December 13, 1929 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tournier, Marcel Lucien | Feerie, Prelude and Dance for Harp and Orchestra | December 20, 1929 Serge Prokofiev, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1930
| Lazar, Filip | Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Orchestra in the Old Style | February 21, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Suite for Orchestra | March 28, 1930 Walter Piston, conductor |
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| Gardner, Samuel | Broadway | April 18, 1930 Samuel Gardner, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Symphony No. 2 in D flat | April 25, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | An Ode (For the 50th Anniversary of the BSO) | October 17, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Bach/Pick-Mangiagall | Two Preludes (arr. for String Orchestra by Pick-Mangiagalli) | October 17, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Roussel, Albert | Symphony in G minor, Op. 42 | October 24, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Koussevitzky, Serge | Overture | October 31, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Respighi, Otterino | Metamorphoseon, Modi XII (Theme and Variations) | November 7, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Prokofiev, Serge | Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 | November 14, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hanson, Howard | Symphony No. 2, Romantic | November 28, 1930 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Honegger, Arthur | Symphony | February 13, 1931 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Symphony No. 2 in C | February 27, 1931 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hindemith, Paul | Konzertmusik for String and Brass Instruments | April 3, 1931 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Morris, Harold | Concerto for Piano | October 23, 1931 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Rachmaninoff/Respighi | Five Picture Studies (arr. for orchestra by Respighi) | November 13, 1931 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tcherepnin, Nikolai | Eight Miniatures (After a Russian Illustrated Alphabet) | November 27, 1931 Nikolai Tcherepnin, conductor |
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| Tcherepnin, Nikolai | Prelude, In Memory of Rimsky-Korsakov, | November 27, 1931 Nikolai Tcherepnin, conductor |
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| Gershwin, George | Rhapsody No. 2 for Orchestra and Piano | January 29, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Gruenberg, Louis | Symphony No. 1, Op. 17 | February 10, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Symphonic Ode | February 19, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Epitaph for Chorus, Soprano and Orchestra |
April 15, 1932 |
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| Carpenter, John Alden | Patterns, for Orchestra and Piano | October 21, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Schmitt, Florent | Symphonie Concertante for Orchestra and Piano, Op. 82 | November 25, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Prophecy, Tone Poem for Soprano and Orchestra | December 16, 1932 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Symphony: 1933 | January 26, 1933 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Tcherepnin, Nikolai | Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 59 | October 13, 1933 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Whithorne, Emerson | Moon Trail, Suite for Symphonic Orchestra, Op. 53 | December 15, 1933 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Berezowsky, Nicolai | Symphony No. 2, Op. 18 | February 16, 1934 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Concerto for Orchestra | March 8, 1934 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Koussevitzky, Serge | Passacaglia (On a Russian Theme) | October 12, 1934 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Toch, Ernst | Big Ben, Variation Fantasy on the Westminster Chimes | December 21, 1934 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Steinert, Alexander | Concerto Sinfonico for Piano and Orchestra | February 8, 1935 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | American Sketches, Symphonic Suite | February 8, 1935 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Berezowsky, Nicolai | Concerto Lirico for Violoncello and Orchestra | February 22, 1935 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Smith, David Stanley | Epic Poem, Op. 55 | April 12, 1935 David S. Smith, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Symphony No. 2 | February 28, 1936 Richard Burgin, conductor |
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| Chavez, Carlos | Sinfonia India | April 10, 1936 Carlos Chavez, conductor |
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| Josten, Werner | Symphony in F | November 13, 1936 Werner Josten, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Symphony No. 3 in G, Op. 41 | December 3, 1937 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Starokadomsky, Michael | Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 14 | December 17, 1937 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Symphony No. 1 | April 8, 1938 Walter Piston, conductor |
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| Hartmann, Thomas de | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 57 | April 14, 1938 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Sowerby, Leo | Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, in C | April 22, 1938 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Berezowsky, Nicolai | Toccata, Variations and Finale for String Quartet and Orchestra | October 21, 1938 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Concerto for Violin, Op. 38 | November 11, 1938 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Dedicaces, for Piano and Orchestra with Soprano obbligato | December 16, 1938 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Symphony No. 3 | February 24, 1939 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Smith, David Stanley | Symphony No. 4, Op. 78 | April 14, 1939 David S. Smith, conductor |
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| Hanson, Howard | Symphony No. 3 | November 3, 1939 Howard Hanson, conductor |
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| Lopatnikov, Nikolai | Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 24 | December 22, 1939 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1940
| Foote, George | In Praise of Winter | January 5, 1940 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Concertino for String Orchestra, Op. 46 | April 19, 1940 Samuel Gardner, conductor |
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| Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M | Cipressi | October 25, 1940 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hindemith, Paul | Concerto for Cello | February 7, 1941 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Bach, J.S. | Prelude & Fugue in C (trans. for winds by Koussevitzky) | March 21, 1941 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Concerto Grosso for Chamber Orchestra | November 14, 1941 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lourie, Arthur | Symphony No. 2, Kormtchaia | November 7, 1941 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | Symphony No. 3 | October 17, 1941 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lopatnikov, Nikolai | Concerto for Violin, Op. 26 | April 17, 1942 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Symphony No. 5 | February 26, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | A Free Song, Secular Cantata No. 2 for Chorus and Orchestra | March 26, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Concerto for Violin in G minor | March 19, 1943 Richard Burgin, conductor |
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| Stravinsky, Igor | Ode, in Three Parts | October 8, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Foss, Lukas | The Prairie | October 15, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Berezowsky, Nicolai | Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 | October 22, 1943 N. Berezowsky, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Symphony No. 1 | November 13, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | Symphony for Strings | November 12, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Read, Gardner | Symphony No. 2, Op. 45 | November 26, 1943 Gardner Read, conductor |
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| Hanson, Howard | Symphony No. 4, Op. 34, The Requiem | December 3, 1943 Howard Hanson, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Concerto for Violin | December 31, 1943 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Stravinsky, Igor | Four Norwegian Moods |
January 14, 1944 |
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| Gretchaninoff, Alexander | Missa Oecumenica, Op. 142 (Ecumenical Mass) | February 25, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Barber, Samuel | Second Symphony | March 3, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Symphony No. 6, Op. 60 | April 14, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Diamond, David | Symphony No. 2 | October 13, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Schoenberg, Arnold | Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 43B | October 20, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Bartók, Bela | Concerto for Orchestra | December 1, 1944 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Lourie, Arthur | The Feast During the Plague | January 5, 1945 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Choros No. 12 | February 23, 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos, conductor |
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| Lopatnikov, Nikolai | Concertino for Orchetra, Op. 30 | March 2, 1945 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hill, Edward Burlingame | Music for English Horn and Orchestra, Op. 50 | March 2, 1945 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Thompson, Randall | The Testament of Freedom | April 6, 1945 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Symphony No. 3 | October 12, 1945 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Menotti, Gian-Carlo | Concerto for Piano in F | November 2, 1945 Richard Burgin, conductor |
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| Gretchaninoff, Alexander | Elegy, Op. 175 | March 29, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Concerto for Cello | January 4, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Cowell, Henry | Hymn and Fuguing Tune | March 29, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Barber, Samuel | Concerto for Cello, Op. 22 | April 5, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Symphony No. 3 | October 18, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Harris, Roy | Celebration, Variations on a Theme by Howard Hanson | October 25, 1946 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Milhaud, Darius | Symphony No. 2 | December 20, 1946 Walter Piston, conductor |
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| Foss, Lukas | The Song of Songs, 2nd Biblical solo Cantata for Soprano | March 7, 1947 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Cowell, Henry | Short Symphony (No. 4) | October 24, 1947 Darius Milhaud, conductor |
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| Barber, Samuel | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 | April 9, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Guarnieri, Camargo | Prologo e Fuga | December 26, 1947 Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor |
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| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Madona, Symphonic Poem | December 26, 1947 Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor |
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| Diamond, David | Symphony No. 4 | January 23, 1948 Leonard Bernstein, conductor |
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| Nabokov, Nicolas | The Return of Pushkin | January 2, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Symphony No. 3 | January 9, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Shapero, Harold | Symphony (for Classical Orchestra) | January 30, 1948 Leonard Bernstein, conductor |
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| Malipiero, Gian Francesco | Symphony No. 4 | February 27, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Fine, Irving | Toccata Concertante | October 22, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Hanson, Howard | Concerto for Piano in G, Op. 36 | December 31, 1948 Hanson, Howard |
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| Foss, Lukas | Recordare | December 31, 1948 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Sowerby, Leo | Symphony No. 4 | January 7, 1949 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Stravinsky, Igor | Orpheus, Ballet in Three Scenes | February 11, 1949 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Fernandez, Oscar Lorenzo | Symphony in B | February 25, 1949 Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor |
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| Bernstein, Leonard | The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) | April 8, 1949 Serge Koussevitzky, conductor |
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| Messiaen, Oliver | Turangalila Symphony | December 2, 1949 Leonard Bernstein, conductor |
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| Wagenaar, Bernard | Symphony No. 4 | December 16, 1949 Richard Burgin, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1950
| Poulenc, Francis | Concerto for Piano | January 6, 1950 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | Concerto for Violin | February 10, 1950 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Milhaud, Darius | Concerto for Piano No. 4 | March 3, 1950 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Foss, Lukas | Song of Anguish, 1st Biblical solo Cantata for Baritone | March 10, 1950 Lukas Foss, conductor |
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| Diamond, David | Symphony No. 3 | November 3, 1950 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Nabokov, Nicolas | La Vita Nuova | March 2, 1951 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Honegger, Arthur | Symphony No. 5 | March 9, 1951 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Haieff, Alexei | Concerto for Piano | October 31, 1952 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Bach/Munch | Chorale Prelude and Chorale, The Old Year is Past | January 2, 1953 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Smit, Leo | Overture: The Parcae | October 16, 1953 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Fantasy for Solo English Horn with Strings and Harp | January 1, 1954 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Barber, Samuel | Prayers of Kierkegaard | December 3, 1954 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Fantaisies Symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) | January 7, 1955 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Milhaud, Darius | Symphony No. 6 | October 7, 1955 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Symphony No. 6 | November 25, 1955 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Petrassi, Goffredo | Concerto for Orchestra No. 5 | December 2, 1955 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Hanson, Howard | Elegy to the Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Op. 44 | January 20, 1956 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Copland, Aaron | Symphonic Ode | February 3, 1956 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Symphony No. 11 | March 2, 1956 Heitor Villa-Lobos, conductor |
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| Walton, William | Concerto for Cello | January 25, 1957 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Smit, Leo | Symphony No. 1 in E flat | February 1, 1957 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Diamond, David | Symphony No. 6 |
March 8, 1957 |
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| Kornsand, Emil | Metamorphosis | April 5, 1957 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Einem, Gottfried von | Symphonic Scenes, Op. 22 | October 11, 1957 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Sessions, Roger | Symphony No. 3 | December 6, 1957 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Concerto for Viola | March 7, 1958 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Barraud, Henry | Symphony No. 3 | March 7, 1958 Haieff, Alexei |
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| Blackwood, Easley | Symphony No. 1 | April 18, 1958 Richard Burgin, conductor |
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| Tcherepnin, Alexander | Symphony No. 4 in E, Op. 91 | December 5, 1958 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | The Parables | February 13, 1959 Charles Munch, conducto |
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| Dutilleux, Henri | Symphony No. 2 for Large Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra | December 11, 1959 Charles Munch, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1960
| Moevs, Robert | Attis, for Orchstra with Chorus and Tenor Solo | February 12, 1960 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Martinon, Jean | Prelude and Toccata, Op. 50 | April 22, 1960 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | Symphony No. 7 | October 21, 1960 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Barber, Samuel | Nie Natali, Chorale Preludes for Christmas | December 22, 1960 Lukas Foss, conductor |
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| Poulenc, Francis | Gloria | January 20, 1961 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Fine, Irving | Symphony (1962) | March 23, 1962 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Ibert, Jacques | Mouvement Symphonique, Bostoniana | January 25, 1963 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Lees, Benjamin | Concerto for Violin | February 8, 1963 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Sydeman, William | Study for Orchestra No. 2 | November 22, 1963 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Toch, Ernst | Symphony No. 5 | March 13, 1964 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Huggler, John | Sculptures, Op. 39 | November 13, 1964 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Symphony No. 8 | March 5, 1965 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Martinu, Bohuslav | Fantaisies Symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) | January 7, 1955 Charles Munch, conductor |
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| Sydeman, William | Study No. 3 for Orchestra | October 15, 1965 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Sessions, Roger | Psalm 140, for Soprano and Orchestra | February 11, 1966 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Sydeman, William | In Memoriam John F. Kennedy | November 4, 1966 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Carter, Elliot | Concerto for Piano | January 6, 1967 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Moevs, Robert | Et Occidentem Illustra | February 24, 1967 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Schuller, Gunther | Diptych for Brass Quintet and Orchestra | March 31, 1967 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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| Lees, Benjamin | Concerto for Piano No. 2 | March 15, 1968 Erich Leinsdorf, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1970
| Schuller, Gunther | Museum Piece | December 11, 1970 William Steinberg, conductor |
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| Piston, Walter | Concerto for Flute | September 22, 1970 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor |
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| Knussen, Oliver | Symphony No. 3 | January 24, 1974 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor |
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| Schuman, William | Concerto on Old English Rounds for Viola, Women's Chorus | November 29, 1974 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor |
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| Harbison, John | Diotima | March 10, 1977 Joseph Silverstein, conductor |
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| Cage, John | Renga with Apartment House 1776 | September 30, 1976 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Tippett, Sir Michael | Symphony No. 3 | February 15, 1974 Sir. Colin Davis, conductor |
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| Sallinen, Aulis | Sinfonia | Okko Kamu, conductor February 28, 1974 |
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World Premieres: 1980
| Bernstein, Leonard | Divertimento for Orchestra | September 25, 1980 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Chihara, Paul Seiko | Concerto for Saxophone | January 29, 1981 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Davies, Peter Maxwell | Symphony No. 2 | February 26, 1981 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Starer, Robert | Concerto for Violin | October 15, 1981 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Sessions, Roger | Concerto for Orchestra | October 23, 1981 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Panufnik, Andrzej | Symphony No. 8 (Sinfonia Votiva) | January 28, 1982 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Lieberson, Peter | Concerto for Piano | April 21, 1983 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Tippett, Sir Michael | The Mask of Time, for voices and instruments | April 5, 1984 Sir Colin Davis, conductor |
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| Harbison, John | Symphony No. 1 | March 22, 1984 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Wilson, Olly | Sinfonia | October 12, 1984 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Lieberson, Peter | Drala | October 9, 1986 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Martino, Donald | The White Island, for mixed chorus & chamber orchestra | April 8, 1987 John Oliver, conductor |
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| Cage, John | 101 | April 6, 1989 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Rands, Bernard | ...body and shadow... | February 23, 1989 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Antoniou, Theodore | Paean | October 26, 1989 Carl St. Clair, conductor |
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| Tsang, Richard | Prelude for Orchestra | November 22, 1989 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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World Premieres: 1990
| Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe | Concerto for Flute | April 26, 1990 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Rorem, Ned | words and Plowshares, for 4 solo voices and orchestra | November 14, 1991 Hugh Wolff, conductor |
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| Cerchio, Bruno | Krishna, Suite from Act I | November 12, 1992 Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor |
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| Goehr, Alexander | Colossos or Panic, Symphonic Fragment after Goya, Op.55 | April 15, 1993 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Henze, Hans Werner | Symphony No. 8 | October 1, 1993 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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Wright, Maurice |
Concertpiece, for marimaba and orchestra | April 15, 1994 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Tippett, Sir Michael | The Rose Lake | October 12, 1995 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Walker, George | Lilacs, for voice and orchestra | February 1, 1996 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Previn, André | Miss Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid | March 21, 1996 André Previn, conductor |
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| Previn, André | Vocalise | March 10, 1922 Pierre Monteux, conductor |
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| Converse, Frederick | Symphony No. 2 in E | March 21, 1996 André Previn, conductor |
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| Rands, Bernard | Concerto for Cello No. 1 | April 3, 1997 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Thomas, Augusta Read | Chanson, for cello and orchestra | April 3, 1997 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Kirchner, Leon | Of Things Exactly as They Are | September 26, 1997 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Dutilleux, Henri | The Shadows of Time, five episodes for orchestra | October 9, 1997 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Weir, Judith | Natural History, for soprano and orchestra | January 14, 1999 Sir Simon Rattle, conductor |
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| Williams, John | For Seiji! | April 22, 1999 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| Lieberson, Peter | Red Garuda, for piano and orchestra | October 14, 1999 Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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