▁music ▁to ▁main stream ▁classical ▁works , ▁with ▁Sch ub ert ' s ▁Un fin ished ▁Sym phony ▁and ▁further ▁ex cer pts ▁from ▁Wagner ▁oper as . ▁Among ▁the ▁other ▁sym phon ies ▁Wood ▁conducted ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁season ▁were ▁Sch ub ert ' s ▁Great ▁C ▁Major , ▁M end els so hn ' s ▁Italian ▁and ▁Sch umann ' s ▁Four th . ▁ ▁The ▁concert os ▁included ▁M end els so hn ' s ▁Vi olin ▁Con cer to ▁and ▁Sch umann ' s ▁P iano ▁Con cer to . ▁During ▁the ▁season ▁Wood ▁presented ▁ 2 3   nov elt ies , ▁including ▁the ▁London ▁premier es ▁of ▁pieces ▁by ▁Richard ▁Stra uss , ▁T cha ik ov sky , ▁Gla z un ov , ▁Mass en et ▁and ▁R im sky - K ors akov . ▁New man ▁and ▁Wood ▁soon ▁felt ▁able ▁to ▁dev ote ▁every ▁Monday ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁princip ally ▁to ▁Wagner ▁and ▁every ▁Friday ▁night ▁to ▁Be eth oven , ▁a ▁pattern ▁that ▁end ured ▁for ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁The ▁income ▁from ▁the ▁concert s ▁did ▁not ▁permit ▁gener ous ▁re he ars al ▁time . ▁Wood ▁had ▁nine ▁hours ▁to ▁re he arse ▁all ▁the ▁music ▁for ▁each ▁week ' s ▁six ▁concert s . ▁To ▁gain ▁the ▁best ▁results ▁on ▁so ▁little ▁re he ars al , ▁Wood ▁developed ▁two ▁fac ets ▁of ▁his ▁conduct ing ▁that ▁remained ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁throughout ▁his ▁career . ▁First , ▁he