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Centennial Series I

 
 Program No. 1 - January 4, 1967
Classical Symphony - Sergei Prokofiev
Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar

Interviews: Don Gillis (composer - producer)
 Program No. 2 - January 11, 1967
Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin - Richard Wagner
Prelude to Parsifal - Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner

Interview: Friedelind Wagner (granddaughter of Richard Wagner)
 Program No. 3  - January 18, 1967
Arturo Toscanini - In Memoriam (1867-1957)
Mass in C minor - Luigi Cherubini

Interview: Cardinal Spellman (Archbishop of New York)
 Program No. 4 - January 25, 1967
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 1 for Bassoon and Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Interview: Ray Crissara (trumpet)
 Program No. 5 - February 1, 1967
Leonore Overture No. III - Ludwig van Beethoven
Festa Romane - Ottorino Respighi

Interview: Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
 Program No. 6 - February 8, 1967
Highlights from La Boheme - Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina se la lasci riscaldar
Mi chiamo Mili, il pershe non so
O soave fanciulla
Musetta's Waltz
Mimi's Adagio and Quartet
Colline's Aria
Death of Mimi

Cast Includes: Ann McKnight, Nicola Moscona, Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese

Interview: Madame Fosca Crespi (step-daughter of Giacomo Puccini)
 Program No. 7 - February 15, 1967
Overture to William Tell - Gioachino Rossini
Skater's Waltz - Emile Waldteufel
Ballabile and Triumphal March from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy
Dance of the Hours from La Giocanda - Amilcare Ponchielli

Interviews: Jerome Hines (bass), Eugene Ormandy (conductor),
Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), etc.
 Program No. 8 - February 22, 1967
All-American Program

An American in Paris - George Gershwin
On the Trail from The Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofe
Symphony No. 5 1/2 for Fun  - Don Gillis

Feature: Maestro and the American Composer
 Program No. 9 - March 1, 1967
Kindersinfonie or "Toy Symphony" - Leopold Mozart
Symphony No. 1 - Dmitri Shostakovich

Interview: Peter Delheim (RCA recording director)
 Program No. 10 - March 8, 1967
Fete from Nocturnes - Claude Debussy
Pohjola's Daughter - Jean Sibelius
Symphony Concertante - Joseph Haydn

Interview: Walter Hendl (conductor)
 Program No. 11 - March 15, 1967
Finlandia - Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major - Jean Sibelius

Interviews: Howard Taubman (music critic), Massimo Freccia (conductor)
 Program No. 12 - March 22, 1967
Overture to La Forza del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi
Symphony No. 9, final movement - Ludwig van Beethoven

Feature: Arturo Toscanni - Portrait of a Century
 Program No. 13 - March 29, 1967
Egmont Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven
Invitation to the Dance - Carl Maria von Weber
Symphony No. 99 in E flat - Joseph Haydn

Interview: Hugh Ross (conductor)
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