BPO Classics Repertoire 2018-2019
2018 September 15
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 in D minor, “Choral”, Op.125
MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn
COPLAND Old American Songs
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
2018 September 29, 30
TSONTAKIS May the River be Unbroken
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, Op.100
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Hye Jin Kim, piano
2018 October 12, 13
PATERSON Dark Mountains
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op.14
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Paul Huang, violin
2018 October 27, 28
NOWOWIEJSKI Quo Vadis: “Praetorian March”
PADEREWSKI Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.17
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.3, “Polish”, Op.29
Piotr Sulkowski, conductor
Lukasz Krupinski, piano
2018 November 10, 11
DVORAK Carnival Overture, Op.92
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.6
DVORAK Symphony No.6 in D major, Op.60
Hans Graf, conductor
Franciso Fullana, violin
2018 November 16, 17
TOWER For the Uncommon Woman
TOWER Tambor
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
MILLS / arr. Mallamud Concerto for Rock Band, Violin and String Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Bobby McDuffie, violin
Michael Mills, bass and keyboard
2018 December 1, 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 in C major, “The Great”, D.944
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Sara Buechner, piano
2018 December 7, 8
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Christmas Eve: Polonaise
WALDTEUFEL Skaters’ Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker, Op.71a (March , Trepak , Waltz of the Flowers)
RESPIGHI Trittico Botticelliano, II. L’Adorazione dei Magi
VIVALDI “L’inverno”, Concerto No.4 from The Four Seasons, R.297
HELY-HUTCHINSON A Carol Symphony: Adeste Fideles
BACH Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket
LUTOSŁAWSKI Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11
WARLOCK/LANE Bethlehem Down
PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60: Troika
HANDEL Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2019 January 26, 27
MOZART The lmpresario: Overture, K.486
MOZART Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.297b
MOZART Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Henry Ward, oboe
William Amel, clarinet
Jacek Muzyk, horn
Glenn Einschlag, bassoon
2019 February 2, 3
LI HUANZHI Spring Festival Overture
CHEN & HE Butterfly Lovers Concerto
STRAVINSKY Le chant du rossignol (Song of a Nightingale)
BORODIN Steppes of Central Asia
Ken Lam, conductor
Xu Ke, erhu
2019 February 15, 16
SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy, Op.54 (Symphony No.4)
HOLST The Planets
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Women’s Choir of Buffalo
Kathleen Bassett, director
2019 March 2, 3
TAILLEFERRE Overture
SCHMITT Musique sur l’eau, Op.33
SCHMITT The Tragedie of Salome, Op.50
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Women’s Choir of Buffalo
Kathleen Bassett, director
2019 March 8, 9
SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2 in C major, Op.61
Leon Botstein, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
2019 March 23, 24
BORODIN Overture to Prince Igor
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (selections)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Fabio Bidini, piano
2019 April 13, 14
DANIELPOUR The Passion of Yeshua
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Matthew Worth, Talmuda
Kenneth Overton, Yeshua
Hila Plitmann, Miriam Magdala
J’Nai Bridges, Miryam, mother of Yeshua
Timothy Fallon, Kefa/Pilate
Jams Bass, Kayafa / Director
UCLA Chamber Singers
James Bass, director
Buffalo Philarmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
2019 April 26, 27
DVORAK A Hero’s Song, Op.111
KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto
SMETANA From My Life
Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
Tanya Gabrielian, pianist
2019 May 11, 12
FALLA El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3, “Eroica”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Adam Golka, piano
2019 June 1, 2
BIZET Carmen
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tamara Gura, Carmen
Kyle van Schoonhoven, Don Jose
Alexandra Deshorties, Micaella
Michael J. Hawk, Escamillo
Valerian Ruminski
Lucia Helgren
Amanda Lynn Bottoms
James Judd
James Wright
Brandon Mecklenburg