BPO Classics Repertoire 1999-2000

BPO Classics Repertoire 1999-2000

18 September 1999
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Sandoval – Trumpet Concerto
Sandoval/Legrand – To Diz With Love
Sandoval/Martinez – A Mis Abuelos
Gillespie/Legrand – Groovin’ High
Sandoval – Rhythm of our World
Ritchie/McNeill – All Night Long
Orff – Carmina Burana
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Richard Kaufman, guest conductor
Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter
Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
Michael Schrey, tenor
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir,
Dale Adelmann, director


1, 2 October 1999
Adams – The Chairman Dances
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, op.26
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun
Strauss, R. – Der Rosenkavalier
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
André-Michel Schub, pianist


23, 24 October 1999
Enesco – Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, op.11
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tomohiro Okumura, violinist


12, 13 November 1999
Haydn – Symphony No.31 in D major “Horn Signal”
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Alexander Tselyakov, pianist


3 December 1999
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist


4, 5 December 1999
Handel – Messiah
Yaacov Bergman, guest conductor
Aline Kutan, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Theodore Baerg, bass/baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director


15, 16 January 2000
Mozart – Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
Matthias Kuntzsch, guest conductor
Awadagin Pratt, pianist


4, 5 February 2000
Mahler – Symphony No.6 in A minor “Tragic”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor


18, 19 February 2000
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”
Gorecki – Symphony No.3, op.36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Alessandro Siciliani, guest conductor
Anne-Lise Berntsen, soprano


4, 5 March 2000
Rossini – Italian in Algiers: Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
Respighi – Trittico Botticelliano
Respighi – Pines of Rome
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, pianist


17, 18 March 2000
Argento – The Dream of Valentino: Dance Suite
Barber – Cello Concerto, op.22
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Theo Alcántara, guest conductor
Paul Tobias, cellist


1, 2 April 2000
Strauss, R. – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Amram – Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.17 “Little Russian”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist


14, 15 April 2000
Bridge – The Sea, Suite for Orchestra
Britten – King Arthur
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jubilant Sykes, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director


6, 7 May 2000
Roussel – Bacchus et Ariane: Suite No.2
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op.43
Schönberg – Pelleas and Melisande
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
John Browning, pianist


19, 20 May 2000
Martinu – Frescos of Piero della Francesca
Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Lara St. John, violinist


3, 4 June 2000
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky, op.78
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director