A partial list of concerts presented by Aaron Richmond prior to the founding of the Celebrity Series 1924-25 Season Abbie Conley Rice, contralto Alberto Sciarretti, piano Alexander Brailowsky, piano (3 performances) Alfredo Oswald, piano (Benefit for South End Music School) Betty Gray, contralto Cyrus Ullian, pianist Elena Gerhardt, mezzo-soprano (Betsy Culp, piano accomp.) Ernest Lamoureaux, baritone (Arthur Fiedler, piano accomp.) Felix Salmond, violin ("Frank Sheridan, at the piano") Fox-Burgin-Bedetti Trio, (Felix Fox, piano, Richard Burgin, violin, Jen Bedetti, cello) George Smith, piano (head of music dept. at Syracuse University) Grace Cronin, piano ("billed as "child pianist") Guiomar Novaes, piano (Boston prem. Szanto's "Etude Orientale") Harold Morris, piano Harrison Potter, piano Harry Farbman, violin Hyman Rovinsky, piano (2 performances) Joseph Coleman, violin (Arthur Fiedler, accomp.) Katherine Palmer, soprano (Meta Schumann, "at the piano") Kathleen McAlister, soprano Kibalchich Russian Symphonic Choir Laura Littlefield, soprano (Mrs Dudley Fitts, piano accomp.) Mildred Cobb, soprano (Jessie Fleming Vose, piano accomp.) Moriz Rosenthal, pianist Parish Williams, baritone Paul Cherkassky, violinist (Arthur Fiedler, piano accomp.) Rose Zulalian, contralto (Margaret Kent Hubbard, piano accomp.) Suzanne Dabney, soprano (Sam Charles, piano accomp.) The Roman Choir Wellington Smith, baritone (Ellmer Zoller, piano accomp.) William Richardson, baritone (Mrs. Maud Cuney Hare, "pianiste") 1925-26 Season Albert Spalding, violin Cecile Leweaux, contralto (Boston debut) Cecilia Hansen, violin (Brochure: 'Looks like an Angel, plays like a man') Clarita Sanchez, soprano (Lois Townsley, piano accomp.) Cleveland Orchestra, Nikolai Sokoloff, conductor Denoe Leedy, piano (Boston prem. Copland's 'Passaglia') Denoe Leedy, piano Dorothy Diamond, soprano (Jean Bedetti, cello, P. Bregor and Arthur Fiedler, pianists) Dorothy George, mezzo-soprano Durrell String Quartet with Augustus Zanzig, commentator - children's concert Edward Johnson, tenor Ellen Ballon, pianist F. Motte-Lacroix, piano Harold Samuel, piano (3 recitals, 2 all-J.S. Bach) Heinrich Gebhard, pianist & Harrison Keller, viola and violin Hildegarde Donaldson, violin (Ralph Linsley, piano accomp.) Hulda Lashanska, soprano (Canceled, soprano Florence Austral in her place) Irene Scharrer, piano John Rosamond Johnson & Taylor Gordon (2 performances) Jean Bedetti, cello (of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, piano accomp.) Jean MacDonald, soprano (Ernest Harrison, piano accomp.) John Corigliano, violin (Carl Lamson, pianist) John Festyn Jenkins, bass-baritone (Jessie Fleming Vose, piano accomp.) Josef Hoffman, piano Joseph Lautner, tenor Julius Risman, violin (Samuel Goldberg, pianist) London String Quartet Margaret Matzenauer, contralto (from Metropolitan Opera Company) Maria Kurenko,soprano Marie Antoinette-Comeau, soprano Marion Kingsbury, soprano ('Mrs. Fitts, accompanist') Mischa Elman, violin People's Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Mason, conductor, Felix Fox, piano soloist Reinald Werrenrath, baritone (Herbert Carrick, piano accomp.) Richard Burgin, violin (Jesus Maria Sanroma, piano accomp.) Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano Shura Cherkassky, piano ('phenomenal boy pianist') The Dayton Westminster Choir Winifred Byrd, piano ("America's Pianist") Youry Bilstin, cello (Carroll Hollister, piano accomp.) Zlatko Balokovic, violin (Miriam Allen, piano, Boston debut) 1926-27 Season Alfred Blumen, piano Dorothy George, mezzo-soprano (Reginald Boardman, accomp.) George Liebling, piano Harrison Potter, piano John Rosamond Johnson & Taylor Gordon (2 performances, Book of American Negro Spirituals tour) Mischa Levitsky, piano Reginald Boardman, piano Russian Symphonic Choir Ursula Greville, soprano Willard Amison, tenor 1927-1928 Season Povla Frijsh, soprano Lucilla de Vescovi, voice James R. Houghton, baritone Irma Dubova, soprano Josef Hormann, piano Dorothy George, mezzo-soprano Frederic Tillotson, piano Albert Spalding, violin Virginia Gardiner, soprano Irene Scharrer, piano Reinald Werrenrath, baritone Baldassare Ferlazzo, violin Leo Podolsky, piano Russian Symphonic Choir Anca Seidlova, piano Paul Bregor, piano Karl Neumann, tenor Florence Judith Levy, piano Harold Samuel, piano 1928-1929 Season Joseph Lautner, tenor Russian Symphonic Choir London String Quartet Durrell String Quartet Fox-Burgin-Bedetti Trio Boston Sinfonietta Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, cond. Jean Bedetti, cello Richard Burgin, violin Guy Maier & Lee Pattison, piano duo Mischa Levitsky, piano Felix Fox, piano Reinald Werrenrath, baritone Fisk University Jubilee Singers Royal Dadmun, baritone Albert Spalding, violin Tudor Davies, tenor Margaret Matzenauer, contralto Dorothy George, mezzo-soprano Isabel Richardson Molter, soprano Mary Lewis, soprano Claudine Leeve, soprano Ethel Hayden, soprano Povla Frijsh, soprano Maria Conde, coloratura Theatre Guild Earl Spicer, baritone Dorothy Gordon, soprano Nina Tarasova (Russian folk singer) Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano John Rosamond Johnson & Taylor Gordon, piano and vocals (spirituals) Daisy Jean, cello/soprano 1933-34 Season Col. de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (Les Sylphides, Les Presages, Cotillon) 1937-1938 Season Marian Anderson, contralto (Kosti Vehanen, piano) Kirsten Flagstad, soprano Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor, Jan Smeterlin, piano soloist Alexandre Tcherepnine, piano Uday Shan-kar & Company of Dancers & Musicians Michael Strange (theater) Don Cossacks       Return to Mission and History   Return to Aaron Richmond page           back to top