BPO Classics Repertoire 2014-2015
13 September 2014
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, Op.9
Mozart – Nehmt meinen Danke, K.383
Wagner – Wesendonck Lieder: Traume
Dvorak – Songs My Mother Taught Me
Korngold – Frag mich oft
Debussy/Ravel – Tarantelle styrienne
Cantaloube – Chants d’Auvergne: Malurous; Baiero
Delibes – Les Filles de Cadix
Refice – Ombra di Nube
Zandonai – Conchita: Della Fabbrica a Triana
Puccini – Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino
Puccini – Preludio Sinfonico
Morricone – Cinema Paradiso: Se
Morricone – C’era una volta
Gershwin – Fascinatin’ Rhythm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
1 October 2014
Bartok – Bluebeard’s Castle
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Judith
Charles Robert Austin, Bluebeard
10, 11 October 2014
Rachmaninoff – The Sea and the Seagulls
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.40
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Fabio Bidini, piano
18, 19 October 2014
Rachmaninoff – The Isle of the Dead, Op.29
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor, Op.1
Rachmaninoff – The Bells, Op.35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Gabriella Martinez, piano
Rebecca Nash, soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Darren Stokes, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
14, 15 November 2014
Ginastera – Pampeana No.3, Op.24
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Franck – Symphony i D minor
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Tai Murray, violin
6, 7 December 2014
Sibelius – The Bard, Op.64
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor “Scottish”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin
Anna Mattix, English horn
12, 13 December 2014
Praetorius – In Dulci Jubilo
Amundson – Rejoice
Wendel – Classical Christmas Suite
Amundson – Joy to the World
Reger – Maria Wiegenlied, Op.76
Adam/Dragon – O Holy Night
Delius – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Handel – Messiah
Erin Freeman, conductor
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano
Jessica Renfro, alto
Matthew Anderson, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
24, 25 January 2015
Mozart – Divertimento in D major, K.136
Mozart – Concerto for Harp and Flute in C major, K.297
Mozart – Symphony No.38 in D major, K.504 “Prague”
David Allen Miller, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Demarre McGill, flute
7, 8 February 2015
Gallagher – Diversions Overture
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 “Little Russian”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
21, 22 February 2015
Schmitt – The Haunted Palace, Op.49
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Amit Peled, cello
7, 8 March 2015
Schmitt – Antony and Cleopatra, Op.69, Suite No.1
Schmitt – Antony and Cleopatra, Op.69, Suite No.2
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alain Lefevre, piano
21, 22 March 2015
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 “Choral”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sari Gruber, soprano
Ann McMahon Quinterro, mezzo soprano
Robert Breault, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
27, 28 March 2015
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 “Emperor”
Beethoven – Egmont, Op.84, Incidental Music
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Norman Kreiger, piano
Emily Tworek-Helenbrook, soprano
Matthew Witten, narrator
11, 12 April 2015
Ives/Schuman – Variations on America
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Ives/Adams – Five Songs: Thoreau; Down East; Cradle Song; At the River; Serenity
Ives/Brant – Concord Symphony: The Alcotts
Ives – Symphony No.2
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
William Sharp, baritone
24, 25 April 2015
Karlowicz – The White Dove, Op.6, Symphonic Prelude
Penderecki – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, “Winterreisse”
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jacek Muzyk, French horn
Yoonie Han, piano
9, 10 May 2015
Rossini – William Tell: Overture
Wagner – Gotterdammerung: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.19
Shostakovich – Symphony No.15 in B major, Op.141
Leon Botstein, conductor
Rachel Lee Priday, violin
29, 30 May 2015
Bernstein – Serenade: Plato’s Symposium
Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D major “Titan”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tim Fain, violin