Typical Programs of Concerts for Children and Concerts for Young People
Given by
The New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch, Conductor
Concerts for Children
I
1. Suite from "Carmen".....Bizet
2. Andante from "Surprise" Symphony.....Haydn
3. Children's Corner.....Debussy
4. Turkish March.....Mozart
II
1. Overture, "Fingal's Cave".....Mendelssohn
2. Andante from Fifth Symphony.....Beethoven
3. March from "Lenore" Symphony.....Raff
4. Dances from "Nutcracker" Suite.....Tschaikowsky
III
1. Overture to "Mignon".....Thomas
2. Andante from "Jupiter" Symphony.....Mozart
3. Polka-Mazurka, "The Dragon Fly".....Johann Strauss
4. Triumphal March from "Aida".....Verdi
IV
1. Overture to "William Tell".....Rossini
2. "Unfinished" Symphony, Movement 1.....Schubert
3. a. Evensong.....Schumann
(Orchestrated by Saint-Saens)
b. Entrance of the Little Fauns from the Ballet "Cydalise".....Pierne
4. March from "Tannhauser".....Wagner
V
1. Overture to "Der Freischutz".....Weber
2. Scherzo from Seventh Symphony.....Beethoven
3. Suite No. 1, from "Peer Gynt".....Grieg
4. Waltz, "Roses from the South".....Johann Strauss
Concerts for Young People
I
1. Symphony in D (with Hunting-horn Call).....Haydn
2. Concerto in D, for Violin with Orchestra.....Mozart
3. a. St. Francis Preaching to the Birds.....Liszt
b. Sounds of the Forest, from "Siegfried".....Wagner
II
1. Symphony No. 2, in D.....Beethoven
2. Berceuse Heroique.....Debussy
3. Concerto in A, for Piano with Orchestra.....Liszt
4. French Military March, from "Algerian Scenes".....Saint-Saens
III
Christmas Programme
1. Andante and Finale from Symphony No. 9 in C.....Schubert
2. Medieval French and English Christmas Songs:
a. Entre le Boeuf et l'Ane Gris (17th Century)
Noel du Pays de Beaune (17th Century)
c. King Herod and the Cock (Worchestershire)
d. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank (Worcestershire)
3. Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio.....J. S. Bach
4. Folk Songs:
a. La Belle Jalouse (Chanson Vosgienne)
b. La Femme Embarrassee (Chanson Bretonne)
c. Lord Lovel (18th Century)
d. The Dumb Wife Cured (18th Century)
5. Christmas Hymns
6. Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
IV
1. Symphony No. 4 ("Italian").....Mendelssohn
2. Concerto in E-flat, for Two Pianos with Orchestra.....Mozart
3. Overture to "Tannhauser".....Wagner
V
Part I
1. Prelude to Act III, "Lohengrin".....Wagner
2. Second and Third Movements from Symphony No. 6 ("Pathetique").....Tschaikowsky
Part II
1. Carnival.....Schumann
2.Humoresque.....Tschaikowsky
3.Papillon.....Grieg
4.Pavane.....Faure
5. Puss in Boots.....Tschaikowsky
6.Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5.....Rachmaninoff
7.Dream of Love.....Liszt
8.Spanish Dance.....Albeniz
9. The White Peacock.....Griffes
10. Valse, Op. 34, No. 1.....Chopin
11. Assyrian Dance.....Maloof
12. Hopak.....Moussorgsky