Unsigned Conductor Programs

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.

German conductor (1886-1954), widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century and a major influence for many later conductors. Original concert programs (unsigned) for performances conducted by the star German conductor in different sizes and conditions (for more details please check individual descriptions). Scroll down to see all the programs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

German conductor (1886-1954), widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century and a major influence for many later conductors. Original concert programs (unsigned) for performances conducted by the star German conductor in different sizes and conditions (for more details please check individual descriptions). Scroll down to see all the programs and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Amsterdam. Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. 28. September 1924. Conductor : Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Weber - Schumann - Gliere - Mussorgsky - Srciabine Symphony n? 3. 1 page

Playbill announcing an upcoming concert in Charkow (Ukraine) on July 1942 at the Stadt-theater during the German occupation during World War II, of works by Tchaikovsky, Laló, and Beethoven, performed by the Germans.  Artists include soloists local cellist Soja Polewskaja, pianist Marika Jeschtschenko, and conductors Gustav Gruber and Albert Brinkhoff. Size is 7.3 x 10.9 inches, 1 page, folds, minor stains, in overall very good condition.  A very rare and important document witness of tragic times!

Program with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - Season 1952/53 - Tel Aviv, Ohel-Shem Hall, April 13th, 1953. Musical Direction: Paul Klecki (Kletzki). Jascha Heifetz, Violin. Bach: Brandenburg Concert Nr. 6. Mozart: Violin concerto KV 219. Scriabin: Le Poeme de l´Extase, Prokofieff: Violin concerto Nr. 2. Size is 6 x 9.25 inches, 12 pages.

George Henschel & Arthur Nikisch - Boston Symphony Program 1892 Boston Symphony Orchestra program, April 14th and 16th, 1892. Arthur Nikisch. Soloist : Mrs Georg Henschel - D´Albert: Symphony 4 (first time in America), Handel: Aria "Alessandro" - Henschel: Suite Hamlet op. 50 (conducted by the composer!) - Massenet - Weber. Arthur Nikisch. 36 pages, full program with all pages and covers, excellent condition, many illustrations

Gerd Albrecht conducts Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 4th April 1967. Hans Werner Henze; Telemanniana (world premiere, dedicated to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Brahms and Sibelius. Size is 6.5 x 9.5 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition

World premiere of König Hirschof Hans Werner Henze at the City Opera Berlin, 23d September 1956. Conductor: Hermann Scherchen, size is 6 x 9 inches, complete but with loose pages, otherwise in excellent condition

Program for a performance of works by Carl Maria von Weber at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, 1954, conducted by the famous German composer and conductor.  Size is 6.25 x 8.75 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Program for a performance of some of his works and other works by Cherubini and Reger in Vienna on November 10, 1963, conducted by Hindemith himself. Size is 5.6 x 7.7 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition.

Complete program for the 1948 Edinburgh International Festival of Music, with all-star guests including conductors such as Wilhelm Furtwangler and Charles Munch, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, violinist Gioconda de Vito, pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, among other classical music stars of the day.  Size is 7.5 x 10.4 inches, 64 pages + covers, some wear on covers, in good condition.

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Victor de Sabata, Fritz Busch, John Barbirolli, Guido Cantelli, Ferenc Fricsay, and others. Soloists:  cellist Pierre Fournier, pianist Claudio Arrau, pianist Robert Casadesus, contralto Kathleen Ferrier, violinist Nathan Milstein, violinist William Primrose, pianist Clifford Curzon, Le Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, tenor Peter Pears violinist Emil Telmanyi, soprano Victoria de los  Angeles, composer Benjamin Britten, and others.  53 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

Full program for this festival, with all pages and covers. Performers include conductors Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Adrian Boult, Walter Susskind, John Barbirolli, Fritz Busch and others. Soloists:  violinist Ida Haendel, oboist Leon Goosens, pianist Myra Hess, cellist Leonard Rose, violinist Zino Francescatti, pianist Robert Casadesus, pianist Solomon, pianist Rudolf Serkin, violinist Gioconda de Vito, soprano Victoria de los Angeles, contralto Kathleen Ferrier, violist George Alexander, The Sadler´s Wells Ballet and others. 57 numbered pages plus extras, covers, 7.3 x 10.1 inches, in very good condition. See scans of the most important pages.

19,5 x 12,5 cm. Paperback, 84 pages, full of portraits of artists, many full page and illustrations in color. Internationales Musikfest Frankfurt en Main 15. - June 1939. Frankfurt, Grosser Saal des Saalbaues, June 20th, 1939. Conductors: Franz Konwitschny. Yvonne Lefebvre, Klavier Maass: Feiermusik für Orchester. Sutermeister: Divertimento. Ravel: Klavierkonzert. Petridis: Sinfonie 1. Frankfurt, Grosser Saal des Saalbaues, 23. Juni 1939. Musikalische Leitung: Franz Konwitschny. Yvonne Lefebvre, Klavier. Evangelatos: Vorspiel. David: Partita für Orchester. Weismann: Violinkonzert. Holenia: Ständchen. Lualdi: Samnium. Frankfurt, Opernhaus, 24. Juni 1939. Musikalische Leitung: Franz Konwitschny. Daphne (Strauss).

Group of 15 programs from 1911 through 1919, for concerts in Bologna and Rome, with important conductors, mostly Italians, including Gino Marinuzzi (5), Bernardino Molinari (4), Rodolfo Ferrari (2), Leon Jehin (who was actually Belgian), Luigi Mancinelli and Guido Carlo Visconti (2). Various sizes, from 5.75 x 9.25 inches for the 1-page programs, to 7.75 x 11 inches for the program with Visconti. All in very good condition with some age toning. Sold as a lot only - not sold separately.

Set of 3 playbill announcements for concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York, performances by famous conductors: Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony and Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra - from the late 1970s/early 1980s. First 2 playbills are 7 x 10.25 inches, the Ormandy playbill is 6 x 9 inches, all in excellent condition.

Set of 2 programs for concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, 1954 and 1955 at Titania-Palast, Berlin. Sep 23rd, 1954: music by Mozart, Bartok and Brahms with pianist Geza Anda as soloist. April 4th and 5th, 1955: music by Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Brahms. Full programs with all pages and covers, 6.5 x 7 inches, very good condition.

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1941-42, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, 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.

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1941-44, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, 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.

Group of 8 playbills from the Berlin Staats-Oper, 1942, each one includes an announcement for an upcoming performance with Herbert von Karajan, 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.

Karajan conducts Bach, Mozart, Beethoven - full program. Size is 6x9 inches

Program (not signed) for a performance of the star Austrian conductor conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on April 3rd, 1965. Size is 7.3 x 9.7 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition.

Group of 10 programs for performances with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Symphoniker, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, between 1952 and 1953. Each one is 4 pages, 5.9 x 8.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Lot of 10 full programs, Karajan conducting Wiener Symphoniker. 15-16 Jan 1949: Missa Solemnis (Beethoven) with Seefried, Hongen, Patzak, Schoffler as soloists, Walter Schneiderhan as violin solo. 21-22 March 1951: Mass in B-Minor (Bach). 15-16 Dec 1951: Wagner concert with highlights from Der Ring, soloists: Rysanek, Goltz, Treptow and L. Hofmann. 27-28 Oct 1951: music by Bartok, Smetana and Brahms, with Paul Baumgartner as a piano soloist. 18-19 Oct 1952: all-Beethoven program, with Walter Schneiderhan as violin soloist. 8-9 Nov 1952: all-Beethoven program. 6-7 Jun 1953: Fidelio (Beethoven) in concert performance. 28-29 Nov 1953: Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky). 3-4 Jun 1953: music by Bartok, Mozart and Rachmaninoff, with Friedrich Wuhrer as piano soloist. All full programs, 6 x 8.25 inches in size.

Group of 7 programs for performances with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Symphoniker (6) and Berlin Philharmonic (1), Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, between 1954 and 1956. Each one is 4 pages, 5.9 x 8.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 4 programs for concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic at the Titania-Palast Steglitz. Each one is complete, with all pages and covers, 6.6 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 5 programs for concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic at the Titania-Palast Steglitz. Each one is complete, with all pages and covers, 6.6 x 7 inches (the Berliner Festwochen 1960 program is 9.5 x 6 inches), all in excellent condition.

Group of 3 programs for opera performances at the Salzburg Festival, 1958 and 1959, with Herbert von Karajan conducting. The 1959 program includes a ticket stub. Each one is 5.75 x 8.25 inches, full program, in very good condition.

Full program for a concert celebrating the music of Richard Strauss, Vienna Opera Ball, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, 1959. A fund raiser concert for cancer research, with Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. A total of 12 pages plus covers, 9 x 11.8 inches, in excellent condition.

German conductor specialized in opera (1908-1968), signed program of a performance a Berlin Philharmonic Concert, in 1954, playing music by Mozart, R. Strauss and Beethoven. Size is 6.5 x 7 inches, two pages, with two small perforations, otherwise in good condition.

Program for a performance of his opera "Der Evangelimann" in Vienna on January 17, 1927, conducted by him. Size is 5.75 x 7.8 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Group of 10 full programs for performances mostly of opera, some orchestral, with Erich Kleiber conducting at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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. 

Group of 4 programs for the Berlin State Opera, 1931-1934, with Erich Kleiber conducting opera, various casts, all complete 6 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Group of 3 programs from Staatstheater, Berlin, 1930-1932, with Erich Kleiber conducting symphonic music. This is just before he fled Germany to Argentina. Full programs, with all pages and covers, 6.5 x 9 inches, excellent condition. See scans.

Group of 24 programs for opera  and concert performances, mostly at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 1927 and 1952. Full programs, with all pages and covers, all different music but all performances with famous conductor Erich Kleiber at the podium. Each program is 6.25 x 9 inches in size, in very good condition. See cans.

An unsigned program for a concert of music by Stravinsky, Vivaldi, and Beethoven at Teatro La Scala, on November 8th, 1947, conducted by Otto Klemperer.   Size is 5.9 x 8 inches, full program with all pages and covers, ink-marking on the front, otherwise in excellent condition.

Set of 2 complete programs plus 2 program pages for performances conducted by the celebrated German conductor Otto Klemperer between 1933 and 1968 in Vienna and London.  Various Sizes, in very good condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Program for a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic performing works by Beethoven, Schmidt, and Mozart (featuring violinist Willy Boskovsky) in Vienna, on December 5, 1943. Size is 5.5 x 8.3 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Full program for a performance of Elektra at Teatro Dell´Opera, Rome, 1951. Size is 6 x 8.5 inches, in excellent condition. Also in the same program is a performance of La Leggenda di Giuseppe, by Richard Strauss - conducted by Robert Heger. ALSO INCLUDED is a large poster/playbill announcing this concert, size is 27 x 13 inches, has folds, otherwise in very good condition. See scans.

Lot of 20 complete programs plus 4 program pages for performances between 1937 and 1949 conducted by the celebrated German conductor in Vienna, for 24 items in total. Programs' sizes range between 5.5 x 7.8 inches to 6 x 8.2 inches, in good condition or better. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.  

Playbill announcing the performance of A. Wieldner's "Walzer aus Wien" featuring music by Johann Strauss II in Vienna, on November 19, 1930, under the baton of Erich W. Korngold. Size is 6.1 x 7.6 inches, 1 sheet, in excellent condition.

Full program for a concert on April 15th, 1927 by the Boston Symphony Orch. under Serge Koussevitzky, in Boston, including the world premiere of a very singular piece: "Flivver Ten Million, A Joyous Epic - Fantasy for Orchestra". A piece of music by American composer Frederick Converse (1871-1940), "Flivver..." celebrates the production of the 10th million Ford car!. Converse also wrote 6 symphonies and many songs. In the same program, but for the concert on April 22nd, we find the world premiere of Roger Session´s First Symphony in E minor. See scans. Size is 5.6 x 8.5 inches, full program with all pages and covers, some ink markings on cover, very good condition.

Program for the world premiere of his work "Music for the Theatre", concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Symphony Hall, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, Nov 20th, 1925. Program has no covers, size is 5.4 x 8.1 inches, in very good condition.

Program for a concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky, world premiere of Paul Hindemith´s "Konzertmusik for String and Brass Instruments" and other pieces. Size is 5.4 x 8.1 inches, no covers, in very good condition.

Program for a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky, Nov 8th 1930. World premiere of Ottorino Respighi´s "Metamorphoseon, Modi XII", a work created for the 50th Anninversary of this orchestra. Program has no covers, is 5.4 x 8.1 inches, in very good condition.

Trifold program for a concert of Strauss works in Salzburg in 1924 on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the German composer, conducted by Clemens Krauss.  Size is 6 x 9.6 inches, 6 pages, folds, in very good condition

Program for a concert of works by Mendelssohn and Mahler performed by the Wiener Tonkunstler-Orchester conducted by the Austrian conductor in Vienna, on January 14th, 1926.  Size is 5.5 x 8 inches, in excellent condition.