1948-1949
“CBS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA”
September 2, 1948 – October 9, 1949
“After one year leave of absence” — 1948
As of May 8, 1949, this was a regular weekly program simply titled “CBS Symphony Orchestra”. A note on the September 2 manuscript indicates that Herrmann resumed his activities after a one year leave of absence (during which he was composing his opera “Wuthering Heights”).
The list is assembled from program notes found in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which also holds recordings of many of these broadcasts.
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| Sept. 2 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Borodin, Alexander | Prince Igor: March and Dances | ||
| Liszt, Franz | A Faust Symphony with concert ending | ||
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| May 8 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Handel, George Frideric | Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Act 3, Sinfonia) | ||
| Schubert, Franz | Symphony, B Minor, “Unfinished” | ||
| Sibelius, Jean | En Saga | ||
| Elgar, Edward | Enigma Variations | ||
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| May 22 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Handel, George Frideric | Concerto Grosso, No. 6, G minor | ||
| Faure, Gabriel | Suite from Pelleas and Melisande | ||
| Brahms, Johannes | Serenade no. 1, D Major, op. 11 | ||
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| May 29 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Herrmann, Bernard | “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman (Music from Whitman Suite) | Norman Corwin, reader | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (arranged by Edward Elgar) |
Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 | ||
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (arranged by John Barbirolli) |
Sheep May Safely Graze | ||
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (arranged by Bernard Herrmann) |
Jesus Christus, Unser Heiland | ||
| Herrmann, Bernard | For the Fallen | ||
| Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony no. 9, E minor, “From the New World” | ||
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| June 5 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Respighi, Ottorino | The Birds | ||
| Schoenberg, Arnold | Kammersymphonie, no. 2 | ||
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony no. 41, C major, K. 551 | ||
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| June 12 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Adagio | |
| Handel, George Frideric | Overture to Acis and Galatea | ||
| Goetz, Hermann | Symphony in F | ||
| Khachaturian, Aram | Concerto, violin and orchestra | Louis Kaufman, violin | |
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| June 19 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Weber, Carl Maria von | Der Freischütz: overture | ||
| Weber, Carl Maria von | Der Freischütz: Leise, leise fromme Weise | ||
| Roger-Ducasse | The Garden of Marguerite | ||
| Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Die Tote Stadt: Mariettas Lied | Eileen Farrell, soprano | |
| Barber, Samuel | Knoxville, Summer of 1915 | Eileen Farrell, soprano | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolay | Le Coq d’Or: Suite | ||
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| June 26 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Incidental music to Egmont
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Eileen Farrell, soprano | |
| Liszt, Franz | A Faust Symphony | ||
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| July 3 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Herbert, Victor | Suite from Natoma
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| Rodgers, Richard (arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett) |
Suite from Oklahoma | ||
| Moross, Jerome | First Symphony | soloist in 2nd mvt: Sidney Raphael, piano | |
| Herrmann, Bernard | Welles Raises Kane | ||
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| July 17 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich | Excerpts from Eugen Onegin:
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Maria Kurenko, soprano (on 2) | |
| Sibelius, Jean | Symphony no. 2, D major | ||
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| July 24 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Incidental music from Ein Sommernachtstraum
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| Raff, Joachim | Leonore Symphony | ||
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| July 31 | Galuppi, Baldassare | Adagio | |
| Gluck, Christoph Willibald | Armide: Overture and Ballet suite | ||
| Poulenc, Francis | Concerto for two pianos and orchestra | Whittemore and Lowe, pianists | |
| Schubert, Franz | Symphony no. 3, D major | ||
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| August 7 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Theme: Adagio | |
| Scarlatti, Alessandro | Concerto grosso in F | ||
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony no. 34, C major, K. 338 | ||
| Strauss, Richard | Suite, “Le bourgeois gentilhomme”
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| August 14 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Theme: Adagio | |
| Bax, Arnold | Tintagel | ||
| Bizet, Georges | Carmen Suites 1 and 2 | ||
| Berezowsky, Nicolai | Symphony no. 4 | ||
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| August 28 | Handel, George Frideric (arranged by Thomas Beecham) |
The Faithful Shepherd | |
| Haydn, Joseph | Symphony, G Major, Hob. 92 | ||
| Stravinsky, Igor | Orpheus | Broadcast premiere | |
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| Sept. 4 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Theme: Adagio | |
| Scott, Tom | Johnny Appleseed | ||
| Copland, Aaron | John Henry | ||
| Bergsma, William | Paul Bunyon | ||
| Brahms, Johannes | Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra, op. 83 | Moura Lympany, piano | |
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| Sept. 11 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Theme: Adagio | |
| Strauss, Richard | Tod und Verklarung | ||
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | A London Symphony | ||
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| Oct. 2 | Corelli, Arcangelo | Theme:Adagio | |
| Blow, John | Suite from Venus and Adonis | ||
| Faure, Gabriel | Pavane | ||
| Dukelsky, Vladimir | Ode to the Milky Way | Radio Premiere | |
| Raff, Joachim | Im Walde | ||
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| Oct. 9 | Wagner, Richard | Tristan und Isolde: Excerpts
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Eileen Farrell, soprano (on c) |
| Wagner, Richard | Die Götterdämmerung
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Eileen Farrell, soprano (on d) | |