BPO Classics Repertoire 2019-2020

BPO Classics Repertoire 2019-2020

21 September 2019

ROSSINI  Overture to Semiramide
SAINT-SAENS  Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
LISZT  Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
DVORAK  Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tianwa Yang, violin
William Wolfram, piano


5, 6 October 2019

FELDER  Die Dämmerungen
KORNGOLD  Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
WEBER  Invitation to the Dance
STRAUSS, R.  Der Rosenkavalier: Suite, Op.59

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
James Ehnes, violin


18, 19 October 2019

ELFMAN  Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven”
STRAUSS, R.  Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
STRAUSS, R.  Salome: Dance of Seven Veils, Op.54

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sandy Cameron, violin


2, 3 November 2019

McTEE  Circuits
GRIEG  Piano Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.16
ELGAR  Symphony No.1 in A-flat major, Op.55

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
George Li, piano


15, 16 November 2019

WAGNER  Lohengrin: Prelude Act 1 // Prelude Act 3
LISZT  Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
SIBELIUS  Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, Op.82

Maximiano Valdés, conductor
Drew Petersen, piano


7, 8 December 2019

ROSSINI  La gazza ladra: Overture
FUCHS  Rush: Concerto for E-flat Alto Saxophone
GLAZUNOV  Concerto for Alto Saxophone
WALKER  Lyric for Strings
MENDELSSOHN  Symphony no.4 in A minor, “Italian”

Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophone


13, 14 December 2019

BASS  Fanfare: Joy to the World
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on Greensleeves
CORELLI  Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No. 8, “Christmas Concerto”
YON  Gesu Bambino
ADAM  O Holy Night
KELLY  Of Nights And Lights
BACH  Christmas Oratorio: “Jauchzet, frohlocket!”
BIZET  L’Arlésienne, Suite No.2: Farandole
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 1, Op.13 “Winter Dreams”: Movement 1
KORNGOLD  Der Schneeman (The Snowman): Prelude and Serenade
MASSENET  Thais: “Meditation”
TCHAIKOVSKY  Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Op. 71:
Pas de Deux; Valse Finale; Apotheosis
HANDEL  Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
ANDERSON  A Christmas Festival

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Rachel Mikol, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director


17, 18, 19 January 2020

MENDELSSOHN  Midsummer Night’s Dream
Overture, Op.21
Incidental Music, Op.61

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Irish Classical Theatre Company
Fortunato Pezzimenti, director
Karen D’Angelo, soprano
Maria Parker, mezzo-soprano


25, 26 January 2020

HAYDN  Cello Concerto C major
MOZART  Requiem in D minor

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Drew Cone, cello
Mary Hangley, soprano
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano
Gene Stenger, tenor
James Wright, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director


8, 9 February 2020

BENDIX-BALGLEY  Fiddle Fantazye: Klezmer Concerto
MAHLER  Symphony No. 10: I. Adagio
BERNSTEIN  Chichester Psalms

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director


22, 23 February 2020

HINDEMITH  Symphonic Metamorphosis
HIGDON  Concerto 4-3 
TCHAIKOVSKY  Francesca da Rimini

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Time for Three (string trio)


7, 8 March 2020

DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
SCHMITT  Legend
SCHMITT  Musique de plein air, Op.44
SCHMITT  Oriane and the Prince of Love
RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No.2

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Choi, violin
Konrad Skolarski, piano


21, 22 March 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

BACH-SCHOENBERG  St. Anne Prelude and Fugue
MOZART  Piano Concerto No.23
SCRIABIN  Divine Poem Symphony No.3


3, 4 April 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

GILL  Concerto dʼavorio (for piano four hands)
BRITTEN  Petr Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
ELGAR  Enigma Variations


18, 19 April 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

HOLLAND  Motorcity Remix
PIAZZOLLA  Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
PIAZZOLLA  Libertango
FALLA  Three Cornered Hat Suite 2
STRAVINSKY  Firebird Suite


1, 2 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

BEETHOVEN  Leonore No.3
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No.4
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.6


9, 10 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

BEETHOVEN  Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
BEETHOVEN  Romance No.2
BEETHOVEN  Triple Concerto
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No.7


30, 31 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic

BERLIOZ  Roman Carnival
TCHAIKOVSKY  Violin Concerto in D major
BRAHMS  Symphony No.4