Tune in each Tuesday from July 2 to September 3 for weekly BPO concert broadcasts, airing at 7:00pm on WNED Classical! Listen at 94.5 FM, wned.org/classical, the WNED Classical mobile app, or via smart speaker. See below for the upcoming broadcast schedule.
American Celebration
Tuesday, July 2
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
FOSS Three American Pieces (Nikki Chooi, violin)
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Piano Concerto No. 1 (Stewart Goodyear, piano)
COPLAND Rodeo: 4 Dance Episodes
From the Heart of Europe
Tuesday, July 9
RÓZSA Violin Concerto (Tianwa Yang, violin)
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
Rachmaninoff at 150
Tuesday, July 16
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Music of the Night
Tuesday, July 23
RAVEL Rapsodie Espagnol
NINA SHEKHAR Lumina
BRAHMS Serenade No. 2
The Sounds of Spain
Tuesday, July 30
DEBUSSY Ibéria
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote
The Eclipse
Tuesday, August 6
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS The Universe in Ecstatic Motion (Marina Piccinini, flute)
HOLST The Planets
Stars of the BPO
Tuesday, August 13
MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (Nikki Chooi, violin)
RAVEL Boléro
Ode to Joy
Tuesday, August 20
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Jaclyn Grossman, soprano
Hannah Shea, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Lester Lynch, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
SUNY Fredonia Beethoven 9 Chorus
Virtuoso Showcase
Tuesday, August 27
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 (Timothy Chooi, violin)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 (Natasha Paremski, piano)
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
Tuesday, September 3
MAHLER Symphony No. 2
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus