Series I
June 5, 1963 - August 28, 1963
| Program No. 1 - June 5, 1963 |
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| Roman Carnival Overture - Hector Berlioz Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor - Peter Tchaikovsky
Interview: David Sarnoff (executive, RCA) |
| Program No. 2 - June 12, 1963 |
| Overture to La Forza del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi The Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda - Amilcare Ponchielli Festa Romane - Ottorino Respighi
Interview: Giovanni Martinelli (tenor) |
| Program No. 3 - June 19, 1963 |
| Overture to Der Freischutz - Carl Maria von Weber Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar
Interview: Eugene Ormandy (conductor) |
| Program No. 4 - June 26, 1963 |
| Act I, II, IV of Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
Interviews: Mrs. Eleanor Belmont (founder, Met Opera Guild) |
| Program No. 5 - July 3, 1963 |
| Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa American in Paris - George Gershwin Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofe
Interview: Don Gillis (producer, NBC Symphony) |
| Program No. 6 - July 10, 1963 |
| Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classical Symphony - Sergei Prokofiev
Interview: Howard Taubman (drama/music critic, NY Times) |
| Program No. 7 - July 17, 1963 |
| Leonore Overture No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
Interview: Mrs. Lionel Perera (patron) |
| Program No. 8 - July 24, 1963 |
| Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky Don Juan - Richard Strauss Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 - Maurice Ravel
Interview: Karl Glassman (tympani) |
| Program No. 9 - July 31, 1963 |
| Semirade Overture - Gioachino Rossini Symphony No. 3 - Robert Schumann
Interview: Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) |
| Program No. 10 - August 7, 1963 |
| Il Signor Bruschino - Gioachino Rossini Suite No. 1 from Carmen - Georges Bizet Moto Perpetuo - Niccolo Paganini Skaters' Waltz - Emile Waldteufel Invitation to the Dance - Carl Maria von Weber
Interview: Antonino Rocca (wrestler) |
| Program No. 11 - August 14, 1963 |
| Egmont Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Ludwig van Beethoven Interview: Richard Mohr (RCA Recording Director) |
| Program No. 12 - August 21, 1963 |
| Leonore Overture No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 88 in G Major - Joseph Hadyn
Interview: Albert Walker (Toscanini's bodyguard) |
| Program No. 13 - August 28, 1963 |
| Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin - Richard Wagner Dawn and Siegfried's Journey - Richard Wagner
Interview: James Dolan (librarian) |