Herbert Von Karajan - Concert Programmes

Summary by Orchestra (72)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (43)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1)

Philharmonia Orchestra (13)

Santa Cecilia Orchestra (2)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (10)

Vienna Symphony Orchestra (3)

Summary by Location (72)

Austria

Salzburg (2) : Vienna (6)

Canada

Montreal (1)

France

Paris (1)

Germany

Berlin (8) : Essen (1) : Hamburg (1): Hannover (2) : Karlsruhe (1)
Munich (4) : Nuremberg (1) : Wuppertal-Elberfeld (1)

Great Britain

Edinburgh (6) : London (31) : Oxford (1)

Italy

Rome (2)

U.S.A.

Boston (1) : New York (2)

Concert Programmes in Date Order (72)

1946 January 13th Vienna: Grosser Musikverein-Saal 11.00 AM
Hadyn Symphony No 104 V.P.O.
Richard Strauss Don Juan V.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 V.P.O.
Note: This concert nearly did not go ahead and, in fact, a repeat concert planned for January 19th
was cancelled at short notice by the Russian occupying powers in Vienna.

Note: The ticket is for the Generalprobe (public dress rehearsal) held the day before at 3.00PM

1948 May 2nd Rome: Teatro Argentina 5:30 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Brahms Symphony No 1 Santa Cecilia Orchestra

1949 October 29th Vienna: Grosser Musikverein-Saal 3:00 PM
1949 October 30th Vienna: Grosser Musikverein-Saal 11:00 AM
Haydn Die Schopfung V.S.O. (Guden,Jurinac,W.Ludwig,Braun,Hotter with Wiener Singverein)

1949 November 25th London: Royal Albert Hall 7:30 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 9 Philharmonia (Schwarzkopf,Watson,Schock,Christoff with BBC Chorus)

1950 December 3rd Rome: Teatro Argentina 5:00 PM
Beethoven Egmont Overture Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No 2 Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Santa Cecilia Orchestra

1952 May 9th London: Royal Festival Hall
Handel Water Music Suite (arr. Harty) Philharmonia
Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes-Ballet Philharmonia
Brahms Symphony No 1 Philharmonia

1952 October 3rd Munich: Deutsches Museum 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 29 V.S.O.
Blacher Paganini Variations V.S.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 V.S.O.

1953 June 22nd London: Royal Festival Hall
Mozart Symphony No 35 Philharmonia
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Philharmonia
Beethoven Symphony No 3 Philharmonia

1953 September 1st Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 7 Philharmonia
Britten Frank Bridge Variations Philharmonia
Debussy La Mer Philharmonia

1953 September 4th Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Divertimento No 15 Philharmonia
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Philharmonia
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 Philharmonia

1954 September 7th Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Egmont Overture Philharmonia
Beethoven Symphony No 3 Philharmonia
Beethoven Symphony No 4 Philharmonia

1954 September 8th Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 Philharmonia
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Philharmonia
Brahms Symphony No 1 Philharmonia

1955 April 1st New York: Carnegie Hall 8:45 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.

1955 May 1st London: Royal Festival Hall 7:30 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 Philharmonia
Sibelius Symphony No 4 Philharmonia
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 Philharmonia

1955 October 14th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Philharmonia
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Philharmonia
Sibelius Symphony No 5 Philharmonia

1955 October 18th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Walton (orchestrator) National Anthem Philharmonia
Note: First performance of this special orchestration for the Philharmonia's American Tour.
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Philharmonia
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Philharmonia
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Philharmonia

1956 January 4th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 8:30 PM
1956 January 5th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 8:30 PM
1956 January 6th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 8:30 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 B.P.O. (Fournier)
Richard Strauss Don Quixote B.P.O. (Fournier)

1956 January 9th Vienna: Grosser Musikverein-Saal 07:30 PM
1956 January 10th Vienna: Grosser Musikverein-Saal 7:30 PM
Mozart Symphony No 38 V.S.O.
Hindemith Cello Concerto V.S.O. (Mainardi)
Richard Strauss Don Quixote V.S.O. (Mainardi)

1956 April 27th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 8:30 PM
1956 April 28th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 8:30 PM
1956 April 29th Berlin: Titania-Palast Steglitz 11:00 AM
Handel Concerto Grosso op 6 No 12 B.P.O.
Honegger Symphony No 3 B.P.O.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 B.P.O.

1956 October 15th Montreal: Forum Amphitheatre
Cherubini Anacreon Overture B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 7 B.P.O.
Smetana Ma Vlast:Vltava B.P.O.
Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Overture B.P.O.

1958 January 12th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 Philharmonia
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn Philharmonia
Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Philharmonia

1958 February 28th Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Stadthalle 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel B.P.O.
Schumann Symphony No 4 B.P.O.

1958 March 4th Paris: Theatre Des Champs-Elysees
Beethoven Coriolan Overture B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 6 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 B.P.O.

1958 November 5th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Coriolan Overture B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 6 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 B.P.O.
Wagner Meistersinger Overture B.P.O. Note: Played as an encore

1958 November 6th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 B.P.O.
Wagner Tristan Prelude & Liebestod B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.
Wagner Tannhauser Overture B.P.O. Note: Played as an encore

1958 November 13th New York: Carnegie Hall 8:30 PM
1958 November 14th New York: Carnegie Hall 2:30 PM
1958 November 15th New York: Carnegie Hall 8:30 PM
1958 November 16th New York: Carnegie Hall 3:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 41 New York Philharmonic
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben New York Philharmonic
Webern Five Pieces New York Philharmonic

1959 March 7th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Dvorak Symphony No 9 Philharmonia
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe Philharmonia
Strauss [Richard] Don Juan Philharmonia

1960 April 1st London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 Philharmonia
Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration Philharmonia
Schumann Symphony No 4 Philharmonia

1960 July 26th Salzburg: Grosses Festspielhaus
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier V.P.O. (Della Casa,Jurinac,Guden,Zampieri,Edelmann,Kunz with the Vienna Opera Chorus)
Note: First opera performance in Grosses Festspielhaus

1961 April 14th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 1 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 7 B.P.O.

1961 April 15th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 2 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 B.P.O.

1961 April 16th London: Royal Festival Hall 7:30 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 5 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 6 B.P.O.

1961 April 17th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 8 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 9 B.P.O. (Lipp,Ludwig,Wunderlich,Crass with Philharmonia Chorus)

1961 August 25th Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.
Mozart Symphony No 39 B.P.O.
Webern Six Pieces B.P.O.

1961 August 26th Edinburgh: Usher Hall 8:00 PM
Bach Suite No 2 B.P.O.
Strauss [Richard] Ein Heldenleben B.P.O. (Schwalbe)
Stravinsky Symphony in C B.P.O.

1962 April 6th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 41 V.P.O.
Bruckner Symphony No7 V.P.O.

1962 April 7th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Locatelli Concerto grosso op 4 No 10 V.P.O.
Mozart Symphony No 40 V.P.O.
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra V.P.O.

1962 October 11th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 8:00 PM
1962 October 12th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 8:00 PM
1962 October 13th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 7:30 PM
Handel Concerto Grosso op 3 No 1 B.P.O.
Schoenberg Orchestral Variations B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 6 B.P.O.

1962 November 1st London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 3 B.P.O.
Brahms Tragic Overture B.P.O.

1962 November 2nd London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Bach Suite No 2 B.P.O.
Mozart Symphony No 29 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben B.P.O.

1962 November 4th Essen: Stadtischer Saalbau 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben B.P.O.

1962 November 12th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 8:00 PM
1962 November 13th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 8:00 PM
1962 November 14th Berlin: Konzertsaal der Hochschule fur Musik 7:30 PM
Brahms Tragic Overture B.P.O.
Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 B.P.O. (Demus)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 B.P.O.

1963 April 24th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 1 V.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 9 V.P.O. (Janowitz,Rossl-Majdan,Dermota,Wiener with Philharmonia Chorus)

1964 January 31st London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 B.P.O. (Anda)
Brahms Symphony No 4 B.P.O.

1964 April 30th Munich: Kongress-Saal des Deutschen Museums 8:00 PM
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 B.P.O.
Debussy La Mer B.P.O.
Note: This concert programme belonged to Auguste Seidl from Munich who died in 2003.
She was a great admirer of Karajan and had the honour of meeting him several times.

1964 June 20th Vienna: Musikverein 3:00 PM (Public Rehearsal)
1964 June 22nd Vienna: Musikverein 7:30 PM
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra V.P.O.
Richard Strauss Don Quixote (Brabec) V.P.O.
Note: Richard Strauss Centenary

1965 January 20th Boston: Symphony Hall
Beethoven Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben B.P.O.

1965 March 31st Hamburg: Musikhalle Grosser Saal 8:00 PM
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik V.P.O.
Schubert Symphony No 8 V.P.O.
Dvorak Symphony No 8 V.P.O.

1965 April 3rd London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 29 V.P.O.
Bruckner Symphony No 8 V.P.O.

1967 May 11th London: Royal Festival Hall
Mozart Divertimento No 15 B.P.O.
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique B.P.O.

1970 December 14th Berlin: Philharmonie 8:00PM
1970 December 15th Berlin: Philharmonie 8:00PM
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde B.P.O. (C.Ludwig,Spiess,Laubenthal)

1971 January 26th Hannover: Stadthalle 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 39 B.P.O.
Franck Symphony in D minor B.P.O.

1972 April 21st Karlsruhe: Stadthalle 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 39 B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.

1972 May 15th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Mozart Divertimento No 15 B.P.O.
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring B.P.O.

1972 May 16th London: Royal Festival Hall 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 6 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben 8 B.P.O.

1972 October 18th Hannover: Stadthalle 8:00 PM
Vivaldi The Four Seasons B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.

1975 April 17th Berlin: Philharmonie 8:00 PM
Schubert Symphony No 8 B.P.O.
Strauss Johann Jnr Der Zigeunerbaron Overture B.P.O.
Strauss Johann Jnr Kaiserwalzer B.P.O.
Strauss Johann Jnr Tritsch-Tratsch Polka B.P.O.
Strauss Johann Jnr Die Fledermaus Overture B.P.O.
Strauss Josef Delirien Waltz B.P.O.

1975 May 11th Nuremberg: Meistersingerhalle Grosser Saal 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 29 B.P.O.
Mozart Divertimento No 17 B.P.O.
Mozart Concerto for Three Pianos B.P.O. (Eschenbach,Frantz,Karajan)

1975 May 12th Munich: Herkules-Saal 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 35 B.P.O.
Mozart Divertimento No 15 B.P.O.
Mozart Concerto for Three Pianos B.P.O. (Eschenbach,Frantz,Karajan)
Note: This concert programme belonged to Auguste Seidl from Munich who died in 2003.
She was a great admirer of Karajan and had the honour of meeting him several times.

1977 June 13th London: Royal Festival Hall
Mahler Symphony No 6 B.P.O.

1979 June 18th London: Royal Festival Hall
Beethoven Triple Concerto B.P.O. (Zeltser,Mutter,Ma)
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra B.P.O.

1980 August 15th Salzburg: Grosses Festspielhaus 11:00 AM
Bruckner Symphony No 7 V.P.O.

1980 October 28th Munich: Herkules-Saal 8:00 PM
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 B.P.O.
Bruckner Symphony No 7 B.P.O.
Note: This concert programme belonged to Auguste Seidl from Munich who died in 2003.
She was a great admirer of Karajan and had the honour of meeting him several times.

1981 May 27th London: Royal Festival Hall
Bruckner Symphony No 5 B.P.O.

1981 May 28th Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 B.P.O.
Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 B.P.O. (Mutter)
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen B.P.O.

1982 April 30th Berlin: Philharmonie 8:00 PM
Mozart Symphony No 41 B.P.O.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 B.P.O.

1983 February 19th Berlin: Philharmonie 7:00 PM
1983 February 20th Berlin: Philharmonie 11:00 AM
Brahms Double Concerto B.P.O. (Mutter,Meneses)
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.

1983 May 3rd Vienna: Musikverein
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 3 B.P.O.
Note: Brahms 150th Anniversay

1984 September 23rd Vienna: Musikverein
Haydn Symphony No 104 V.P.O.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 V.P.O.
Note: TV Concert

1985 April 27th London: Royal Festival Hall
Beethoven Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben B.P.O.

1987 June 10th London: Royal Festival Hall
Brahms Symphony No 4 B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 2 B.P.O.

1988 October 6th London: Royal Festival Hall 7:30 PM
Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht B.P.O.
Brahms Symphony No 1 B.P.O.
Note: With grateful thanks to John Hooper and Heather