George Szell's Guest Appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

16 Aug '40 Hollywood Bowl Smetana: "The Bartered Bride" Overture
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Weber (arr. Szell): Perpetuum mobile
Debussy: Fêtes from "Nocturne"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
23 Aug '40 Hollywood Bowl [Babin: Etude No. 3 (Vitya Vronsky, piano; Victor Babin, piano)]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: Double Piano Concerto (Vitya Vronsky, piano; Victor Babin, piano)
[Rachmaninov: "Vocalise" (Vitya Vronsky, piano; Victor Babin, piano)]
J. Strauß: "An der schönen blauen Donau" Waltz
[Milhaud: Brazileira from "Scaramouche" (Vitya Vronsky, piano; Victor Babin, piano)]
Weber (arr. Szell): Perpetuum mobile
[Rimsky-Korsakov: "Dance of the Buffoons" from "Sneguorchka" (Vitya Vronsky, piano; Victor Babin, piano)]
27 Mar '41 Philharmonic Auditorium Brahms: Violin Concerto (Joseph Szigeti, violin)
Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
28 Mar '41 Philharmonic Auditorium Brahms: Violin Concerto (Joseph Szigeti, violin)
Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
10 Jul '41 Hollywood Bowl Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Wagner: "O du mein holder Abendstern" from "Tannhäuser" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Prelude
Verdi: "Eri tu" from "Un ballo di maschera" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Gounod: "Le Veau d'Or" from "Faust" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Malotte: "David and Goliath" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Malotte: "Salute to Carrie Jacob Bond" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Hageman: "I Hear America Call" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
Russell: "Fulfillment" (John Charlie Thomas, bar)
J. Strauß: "Die Fledermaus" Overture
17 Jul '41 Hollywood Bowl Weber: "Oberon" Overture
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
[Chopin: Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)]
[Chopin: Polonaise Op. 53 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)]
[Chopin: Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)
12 Mar '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Berlioz: "Carnival romain" Overture
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
[Zador: Tarantelle (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)]
[Reddick: Espanharlem (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)]
Schumann: Cello Concerto (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)
13 Mar '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Berlioz: "Carnival romain" Overture
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
[Zador: Tarantelle (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)]
[Reddick: Espanharlem (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)]
Schumann: Cello Concerto (Maurice Eisenberg, cello)
17 Mar '42 GR Auditorium Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
Berlioz: "Carnival romain" Overture
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Scherzo
26 Mar '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Montemezzi: Lyric Poem for Orchestra "Paul and Virginia"
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Mozart: "Posthorn" Serenade
Handel: Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6 (Orig. for Organ) (Marcel Grandjany, harp)
Debussy: "Danse sacrée et danse profane" for Harp and Orchestra (Marcel Grandjany, harp)
27 Mar '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Montemezzi: Lyric Poem for Orchestra "Paul and Virginia"
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Mozart: "Posthorn" Serenade
Handel: Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6 (Orig. for Organ) (Marcel Grandjany, harp)
Debussy: "Danse sacrée et danse profane" for Harp and Orchestra (Marcel Grandjany, harp)
9 Apr '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Smetana: String Quartet "From My Life" arr. for orchestra by Szell
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
10 Apr '42 Philharmonic Auditorium Smetana: String Quartet "From My Life" arr. for orchestra by Szell
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
25 Aug '42 Hollywood Bowl Spontini: Aria from "La Vestale" (Dorothy Maynor, sop)
Mozart: "Ach ich fühl's, es ist entschwunden" from "Die Zauberflöte" (Dorothy Maynor, sop)
Charpentier: "Depuis le jour" from "Louise" (Dorothy Maynor, sop)
Weber: "Oberon" Overture
Schuman: "Newsreel"
Haydn: Symphonie No. 92 "Oxford"
Weber: "Leise, leise" from "Der Freischütz" (Dorothy Maynor, sop)
1 Sep '42 Hollywood Bowl Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto (Joseph Szigeti, violin)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
19 Aug '43 Hollywood Bowl Wagner: "Lohengrin" Prelude to Act 3
Strauss: Don Juan
Wagner: "Rienzi" Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: "Le nozze di Figaro" Overture
20 Aug '43 Hollywood Bowl Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Scherzo, Nocturne & Wedding March
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
21 Aug '43 Hollywood Bowl Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Scherzo, Nocturne & Wedding March
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Artur Rubinstein, piano)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
26 Aug '43 Hollywood Bowl Smetana: "The Bartered Bride" Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Smetana: String Quartet "From My Life" arr. for orchestra by Szell
Smetana: "The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast"
1 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Mussorgsky: Excerpts from "Boris Godunov" (Ezio Pinza, bas)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
3 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Prelude to Act 3, Dance of the Apprentices & Procession of the Masters
Still: "In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy"
Wagner: "Lohengrin" Prelude to Act 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde" Prelude and Liebestod
6 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Berlioz: "Carnival romain" Overture
Schubert: "Rosamunde" Entr'actes & Ballet Music
Dvorák: Slavonic Dances
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jesus Maria Sanroma, piano)
Strauss: Burleske (Jesus Maria Sanroma, piano)
8 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Joseph Szigeti, violin)
Beethoven: "Egmont" Overture
Bloch: "Baal Shem" Suite for Violin & Orchestra (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) (Joseph Szigeti, violin)
13 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Rossini: "Tarantella" (Vivian Della Chiesa, sop)
Weatherly: "Danny Boy" (Vivian Della Chiesa, sop)
Schubert: "Ave Maria" (Vivian Della Chiesa, sop)
Puccini: "Mi chiamano Mimi" from "La bohéme" (Vivian Della Chiesa, sop)
Weber: "Oberon" Overture
Verdi: "Ah, fors'e lui" from "La Traviata" (Vivian Della Chiesa, sop)
15 Aug '44 Hollywood Bowl Mozart: Serenade No. 13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Bizet: "L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1 & Farandole
J. Strauß: "Die Fledermaus" Overture
Mozart: "Il mio tesoro" from "Don Giovanni" (James Melton, ten)
Rachmaninov: "In the Silence of the Night" (James Melton, ten)
Dix: "Trumpeter" (James Melton, ten)
Massenet: "Ah, fuyez douce image" from "Manon" (James Melton, ten)
J. Strauß: "An der schönen blauen Donau" Waltz
Hageman: "Miranda" (James Melton, ten)
1 Mar '62 Philharmonic Auditorium Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Van Cliburn, piano)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2 Mar '62 Philharmonic Auditorium Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Van Cliburn, piano)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
8 Mar '62 Philharmonic Auditorium Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
9 Mar '62 Philharmonic Auditorium Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"

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