Unsigned Conductor Programs

Ernest Ansermet conducts Berlin Philharmonic. Philharmonie Berlin, 1 February 1942. Mozart, Liszt, Klose, Kodaly, Weber. Rare program of the BPO during WWII, 5.75 x 8, excellent condition, 8 pages plus covers

Group of 5 programs and 1 concert series announcement, with Ernest Ansermet as conductor. Years range from 1927 through 1952. Sizes are 5.75 x 8.5 inches for the 1927 and 1943 programs, and 7 x 7 for the ones from 1951 and 1952. See scans.

Group of 5 programs for opera performances at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, all in 1931. Full programs, with all pages and covers, different operas, each performance with famous conductor Ernest Ansermet at the podium. Each program is 8 x 11.25 inches, in very good condition. See cans.

Program for a concert featuring the Austrian composer performing the world premiere his piano concerto under the baton of Felix Weingartner. The program included other pieces by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Smetana, and Brahms. Size is 5.4 x 7.8 inches, full program, in very good condition.  

Full program for a concert on tour at Teatro Colon, 1963, with the London Philharmonic. Program includes 3 concerts, on August 24, 25 and 27th, 1963. Size is 9 x 12 inches, in excellent condition.

Fine set of 5 concert programs of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli at Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1938. Size is 6 x 9 inches each, 8 pages each, in excellent condition.

Edinburgh Festival 1949. Full festival program with complete performance details. Thomas Beecham, John Barbirolli, Ernst Bloch conducting own works, Ernest Ansermet, Rafael Kubelik, Adolf Busch, Rudolf Serkin, Bruno Walter and Kathleen Ferrier (Mahler Kindertotenlieder), André Cluytens and Ginette Neveu, Monique de la Bruchollerie, Busch Quartet,  recital by Ginette Neveu and Jean Neveu, recital by Kathleen Ferrier and Bruno Walter at the piano. Opera performances conducted by Vitorio Gui with Ljuba Welitsch, Suzanne Danco, Sena Jurinac

Group of 6 full programs for opera performances at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Thomas Beecham conducting, all from 1958. Full programs, with all pages and covers, each one is 6 x 9 inches, in very good condition.

Herbert Janssen, Elisabeth Rethberg, Charles Kullmann, Paul Schoeffler, Alexander Kipnis in a performance of Prince Igor (Borodin) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, 13 June 1935. Conductor : Thomas Beecham

Unsigned program with many articles, information and photographs for a performance of Bernstein's Mass at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., on September 8th, 1971, conducted by the composer himself. Size is 8.3 x 11 inches, 128 pages including covers, in excellent condition. This was as well the Kennedy Center inauguration night.

Unsigned program for a performance of works by Beethoven, Mahler, Copland, and Vaughan Williams by the New York Philharmonic at the inauguration of the Philharmonic Hall, New York, on September 23rd, 1962, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Size is 8 x 11 inches, 96 pages including covers, some water damage over the upper-right corner, in very good condition.

Set of 2 programs, Berlin 1917 and 1920, with Leo Blech as conductor. Jan 31st, 1917 is a program for a concert with music by Schubert, Reznicek, Fuchs, Smetana and Beethoven. Jan 9th, 1920 is a program with music by Beethoven, Brahms and Reznicek. Each program is complete with all pages and covers, 5.5 x 8.6 inches, in very good condition.

Vienna Musikverein, May 26th, 1946 Wiener Philharmoniker - Cond: Arthur Bliss & Josef Krips, Soloist: Shulamith Shafir - Bliss: Scenes from Ballet "Checkmate", Bliss: Concerto for piano and orchestra Beethoven: Symphony Nr 7, Program, 6 pages, 20,5 x 15 cm. excellent condition

Playbill announcing the upcoming concerts of the British pianist performing Brahms' Piano Concerto No.2 and other music by Beethoven in Vienna, on October 15th & 16th, 1947, under the baton of the celebrated Austrian conductor conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.  Size is 5.75 x 8.3 inches, 1 sheet, in excellent condition.

Full program with all pages and covers, plus 2 ticket stubs, for a performance of Don Giovanni with the Vienna State Opera on tour in London, conducted by Karl Bohm. Size is 7.3 x 9.4 inches, 28 pages, in excellent condition.

A fantastic, truly unique collection of clips from programs for performances of opera, music and theater, Boston, period 1879 through 1889. All clips are mounted on album pages numbered 2 through 93 (page 1 was blank and is missing).  A total of 92 pages full of original clips from programs, some from contemporary newspapers with comments about performances or the passing away of artists. Program clips from many different venues, including very early performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (founded in 1891, clips start just a month after the Orchestra´s debut concert in October 1881). Many important soloists and founder Georg Henschel as conductor in many concerts. Each page is 10.5 x 14.2 inches, in excellent condition.  This is a fantastic window in time to the cultural scene in Boston during the period 1879-1889.

A wonderful collection of clips from programs for performances of opera, music and theater, Boston, period 1884 through 1890. All clips are mounted on album pages numbered 1 through 98. A total of 98 pages full of original clips from programs, and from contemporary newspapers with comments about performances or the passing away of artists. Program clips from many different venues, including very early performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (founded in 1891, clips start just a month after the Orchestra´s debut concert in October 1881). Many important soloists and founder Georg Henschel as conductor in many concerts. Each page is 10.5 x 14.2 inches, in excellent condition.  This is a fantastic window in time to the cultural scene in Boston during the period 1884-1890.

Large lot of over 90 unsigned programs for concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including a few with choral societies, all at the Symphony Hall in Boston, between 1924 and 1931. Most programs are conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Mostly orchestral music, with some works for soloists (names listed in programs) for voice (Matzenauer, Frijsh, Crooks, Cahier, etc) and for instruments (harp, organ, viola, clarinet, cello, violin and piano). Programs also include some world premiere of works by composers such as Fairchild, Sessions, Gilbert, Roussel, Dukelski, Steinert and Lazar. Also included are quite a few Boston premieres of works and a few premieres in America as well. Most programs are missing the covers, were originally bound together and show residues of binding material in the spine, in various conditions, but all overall good, with no rust or stains. Each one is 5.75 x 8.25 inches in size.

Group of 15 full programs for performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, season 1950-51, conducted by Charles Munch, some with Serge Koussevitzky, Pierre Monteux, Richard Burgin.  A few with soloists, including violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Ruth Posselt, cellist Pierre Fournier, and vocal soloists. Each one is complete with all pages and covers, 5.6 x 8.6 inches, storage holes, otherwise in excellent condition. Sold as a lot only - not sold separately.

Program for a concert conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Queens Hall, London, Nov 4th, 1937. Full program with all pages and covers, 5.25 x 8.25 inches, loose covers, in very good condition.

Program for a concert in Saxony (Germany) on January 8th, 1932, of music by Weber, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky, conducted by the famed German conductor.  Size is 5.9 x 8.75 inches, 16 pages (no covers), ink markings on verso, in very good condition.

Program for a concert of works by Reger, Weber, and Brahms performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of the celebrated German conductor in Vienna, March 15, 1925. Size is 6 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Two playbills for performances under conductor Fritz Busch at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1- Parsifal with Martial Singher, Lauritz Melchior, Rose Pauly - The Magic Flute with Giacomo Vaghi and Herbert Janssen. Each one is 6 x 13 inches, in very good condition.

Group of 21 full programs for performances mostly of opera, some orchestral, with Fritz Busch conducting at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1933-1945 (most are from 1943-44). Each program is complete with all pages and covers, 6.25 x 9 inches in size, in very good condition. Sold as a lot only, not sold separately. 

Full program for a performance of Richard Strauss´ opera Der Rosenkavalier, Dresden, 1927, with Fritz Busch conducting. Size is 6.25 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Set of 3 programs for a series of performances at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 15th, 27th, and May 3rd, 1941, conducted by the German conductor.  Each one's size is 6.25 x 9.1 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Group of 13 programs for opera performances at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 1935 and 1945. Full programs, with all pages and covers, different operas, each performance with famous conductor Fritz Busch at the podium. Different sizes, with most programs being 6.25 x 9 inches in size, in very good condition. See cans.

Set of 2 programs from 1928 performances, Fritz Busch conducting the Dresden State Opera orchestra. March 8th, 1928: music by Suk, Verdi and Draeseke. Feb 17th, 1928: music by Cherubini, Prokofiev (with Eduard Steuermann performing the 3rd piano concerto), Schmidt. Each one is 6 x 9 inches, in very good condition.

Italian conductor and violinist (1859-1939), lot of 7 programs for concerts at La Scala, Milan, including music by various composers. Colored paper programs (4 items) are 1 page, 8.25 x 11.75 inches, white paper programs (3 items) are 4 pages, 7 x 9.75 inches. All in very good condition.

Program for a performance of Verdi's Requiem with the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York Orchestra at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 1955, conducted by the young Italian conductor Guido Cantelli.  Size is 7.5 x 10 inches, 18 pages including covers, in very good condition.

Full luxurious program for the celebration of the centennial of Carnegie Hall in 1991. 72 pages, color and black & white photographs, size is 8.5 x 11 inches. ALSO INCLUDED is the hand program, 56 pages, with interesting notes, size is 5.25 x 8.75 inches plus a 4-pages cardboard insert with music performances, size is 6 x 10,25 inches, for a total of 3 pieces in excellent condition.

Group of 3 full Casals Festival guides for the years 1975, 1976 and 1977, with all the performances listed. Many famous artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Eugene Istomin, Rudolf Serkin, Beverly Sills, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Alexander Schneider, Henryk Szeryng, Byron Janis, Peter Maag, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Rafael Kubelik, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mstislav Rostropovich, etc. Each one is 6.5 x 9.5 inches, 72 pages, in excellent condition.

Concert program for a performance conducted by the celebrated French conductor in Vienna on November 4, 1901, with the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Charpentier, Wagner, Lalo, and Berlioz. Size is 5.9 x 9.25 inches, 4 pages, central fold, in very good condition.

Salzburger Festspiele, Mozarteum Salzburg, Wiener Philharmoniker. Mozart: Sinfonie in Es-dur, nr. 543, Beethoven: Symphonie 6, Weber: Ouverture zur oper "Euryanthe" 24 x 11 cm, 4 pages folder.

Lot of 14 concert playbills, 13 of them are one-sheet printed on both sides, 1 has 4 pages, announcing concerts of famous conductors and orchestras. Artists include Loorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Eugen Ormandy (4 pages), Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Herbert Blomstedt, Yevgueni Mravinski and others. Various sizes ranging from 6 x 9 inches to 6.5 x 10.5 inches, all in excellent condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT.

Luxurious unsigned booklet with 48 pages, full of photos and articles published for the "Completely Copland Festival" by the New York Philharmonic between November 20th to December 12th, 1999. Size is 8.4 x 8.3 inches, soft covers, in excellent condition.

Group of 4 playbills/announcements for Carnegie Hall, New York, concerts, Walter Damrosch conducting, season 1908-09 (1), 1924-25 (1), 1925-26 (1) and one with Serge Koussevitzky conducting, season 1924-25 (1). Each one is 4 pages, sizes range from 7.25 x 6.25 inches to 7 x 10 inches, all 4 in excellent condition.

Paul von Dessau. World premiere of Symphony n° 2. Franz Konwitschny conducts. Dresden 1962. Franz Konwitschny. Staatskapelle Dresden, June 1st, 1962. Paul Dessau Symphony n° 2 (world premiere), Beethoven Symphony n° 4, Brahms Symphony n° 2.

Ferenc Fricsay conducts the rehearsal for the world premiere of Dantons Tod, opera by Gottfried von Einem. Salzburger Festspiele, August 5th, 1947 at Salzburg Festival. INCLUDES TICKET STUB

24 x 17 cm. Paperback, 12 pages.  Luxurious program, cover with Nazi-symbols. Berlin, Staatsoper, 30. April 1939. Kapelle der Staatsoper. Conductor: Karl Elmendorff. Jaro Prohaska, Baritone. Hilde Scheppan, Sopran. Oboussier: Suite fur kleines Orchester. Rasch: Vier Gesange fur Bariton und Orchester. Przechowski: Sinfon. Vorspiel fur grosses Orchester - world premiere, von Borck: Zwei Duette aus "Napoleon" world premiere, Kusterer: Sinfonietta Nr. 1 world premiere.

Karl Elmendorff conducts at Saxon Opera House Dresden, 1943. 3 rare playbills of the Opera House of Dresden during WWII. Large size: 8.5 x 15 inches

Karl Elmendorff conducting a special concert dedicated to Peter Cornelius. Staatskapelle Berlin, December 10th, 1939. Soloists: Tiana Lemnitz, K. Heidersbach, Hilde Scheppan, Otto Hosch. Full program, 6.6 x 9.5 inches, good condition, with some newspaper clips about this concert attached inside.

Program for an all-Wagner concert by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of the celebrated Romanian composer and conductor at Carnegie Hall, on January 29, 1938. Size is 6 x 9 inches, 4 pages plus soft covers, in very good condition.

Edwin Fischer, piano. Max Fiedler conducts the City Orchestra of Essen, november 8th 1925. Size is 5.75 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 3 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper between 1935 and 1941, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Wilhelm Furtwangler, either opera or orchestral concert. Large size playbills, each one being 33.25 x 11.75 inches, in fragile paper, some show minor cracks or problems, in overall very good to excellent condition.

Program for a performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" conducted by W. Furtwangler to celebrate a Nazi holiday -the Reich Party Day, at the Nuremberg Opera House on September 5, 1938. Size is 9.7 x 13.75 inches, 1 page printed only on the front, central fold, otherwise in excellent condition.

Playbill announcement for a performance of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Teatro La Scala, Milan, on March 9th, 1952, conducted by the celebrated German conductor.  Size is 10.4 x 14.9 inches, minor damage over upper border, otherwise in very good condition.