Concerts of the Los Angeles Music Festival, 1947-1966
(including 1960 Santa Catalina Festival of the Arts)

 

Table 1: Chronological listing

 

The table below provides the programs for all concerts of the Festival series, from 1947 to 1966. In the headings, "#" indicates placement in the concert program for that day. "Notes" include soloists for concertos and some major vocal works. Titles of compositions are given as they appear in the program, with the exception of a few minor changes to aid sorting.

 

The conductor for all ensemble performances is Waxman unless another person is named in the "Notes" column.

 

Abbreviations:

WP = World Premiere

AP = American Premiere

WCP = West Coast Premiere

RWC = Roger Wagner Chorale

BHHS = Beverly Hills High School

BHMF = Beverly Hills Music Festival

Royce = Royce Hall, UCLA

Schoenberg = Schoenberg Hall, UCLA

Chamber = Chamber Music Hall, UCLA

 

Date

Venue

#

Composer

Composition

Notes

5/16/47

BHHS

1

Mozart

Marriage of Figaro -- Overture

BHMF

5/16/47

BHHS

2

Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4

BHMF

5/16/47

BHHS

3

Brahms

Wie bist du, meine Koenigen

BHMF

5/16/47

BHHS

4

Schubert

Die junge Nonne

BHMF

5/16/47

BHHS

5

Strauss, R.

Morgen

BHMF -- Lotte Lehman -- last concert performance

5/16/47

BHHS

6

Strauss, R.

Metamorphosis

BHMF -- First Performance in Southern California

5/16/47

BHHS

7

Strauss, R.

Rosenkavalier, Der -- Act 1 excerpt

BHMF -- Lotte Lehman

5/9/47

BHHS

1

Prokofiev

Symphony No. 5

BHMF -- First performance in Southern California

5/9/47

BHHS

2

Brahms

Violin Concerto

BHMF -- Szigeti

5/9/47

BHHS

3

Beethoven

Coriolanus Overture

BHMF

5/23/47

BHHS

1

Brahms

Symphony No. 2

BHMF

5/23/47

BHHS

2

Mendelssohn

Piano Concerto No. 2

BHMF -- Dorfmann

5/23/47

BHHS

3

Walton

Spitfire Fugue (from the film "The First of the Few")

BHMF - WCP

5/23/47

BHHS

4

Khatchaturian

Gayne Ballet Suite

BHMF

6/4/48

Royce

1

Schumann

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

BHMF -- Pressler

6/4/48

Royce

2

Bach

Cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott" -- Sinfonia

BHMF

6/4/48

Royce

3

Mozart

Symphony No 40

BHMF

6/4/48

Royce

4

De Falla

El Amor Brujo ÒLove, the MagicianÓ

BHMF

6/4/48

Royce

5

Waxman

Elegy for Strings -- in memoriam Leo Forbstein

BHMF; WCP

 

6/11/48

Royce

1

Honegger

Joan of Arc at the Stake

 

 

BHMF -- Zorina, Wanamaker, Nixon.

American Premiere in English; Repeated at Hollywood Bowl 6/12/48

6/9/49

Royce

1

Mozart

Marriage of Figaro

LA Music Festival -- cond. Richard Lert

6/16/49

Royce

?

Stravinsky

L'Histoire du Soldat

 

 

LA Music Festival -- Stravinsky conducting. West Coast Premiere.

Directed by Henry Schnitzler & Harry Horner. Repeated 6/20/49 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium

6/16/49

Royce

?

Bach

Concerto in C Major for 2 harpsichords

LA Music Festival -- S. Stravinsky & Alice Ehlers. Repeated 6/20/49 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium

4/14/50

Royce

1

Mozart

Symphony No. 39

 

4/14/50

Royce

2

Schubert

Mass in Eb Major

Cond. Roger Wagner

4/21/50

Royce

1

Smetana

Bartered Bride, The

Cond. Jan Popper

4/28/50

Royce

1

Mahler

Symphony No. 9

West Coast Premiere

4/28/50

Royce

2

Bach

Piano Concerto No. 2

W. Kapell

5/29/51

Royce

1

Verdi

La Traviata, -- Prelude to Act III

 

5/29/51

Royce

2

Verdi

La Forza del Destino "Madre, pietosa vergine"

Herva Nelli sub. for Stella Roman

5/29/51

Royce

3

Verdi

Requiem

 

6/5/51

Royce

1

Prokofiev

Classical Symphony