BPO Classics Repertoire 1998-1999
19, 20 September 1998
Berlioz – Le Corsaire Overture
Fauré – Requiem
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.78 “Organ”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Janice Chandler, soprano
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
3, 4 October 1998
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony, op.58
Peter Bay, guest conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
24, 25 October 1998
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No.3, op.72
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
14, 15 November 1998
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, pianist
19, 20 December 1998
Handel – Messiah
Richard Westerfield, guest conductor
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Mark Schowalter, tenor
Emile Fath, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
16, 17 January 1999
Mahler – Symphony No.9 in D major
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
6, 7 February 1999
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
Keith Lockhart, guest conductor
Roberta Laws, soprano
Kevin Deas, bass
Karen Williams, soprano
Janice Chandler, soprano
Michael Forest, tenor
Terry Cook, bass
Morgan State University Choir,
Nathan Carter, director
20, 21 February 1999
Smetana – Ma Vlast: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Dvorak – Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Stefan Sanderling, guest conductor
Terrence Wilson, pianist
6, 7 March 1999
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Bartók – Violin Concerto No.2
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
20, 21 March 1999
Schubert – Die Freunde von Salamanka: Overture
Mabry – Flute Concerto
Shostakovich – Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
Roger Epple, guest conductor
Carol Wincenc, flutist
10, 11 April 1999
Bernstein – Candide: Overture
Rossini – La Gazza Ladra: Overture
Strauss, J.Jr. – Kaiser Walzer, op.437
Strauss, R. – Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Dvorak – Slavonic Dance No.4, op.46
de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Three Dances
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Fabio Bidini, pianist
24, 25 April 1999
Ravel – Valses nobles et sentimentales
Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
Lan Shui, guest conductor
Hai-Ye Ni, cellist
8, 9 May 1999
Grieg – Peer Gynt: excerpts
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 “Turkish”
Sibelius – Symphony No.4 in A minor, op.63
Keri-Lynn Wilson, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
22, 23 May 1999
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Barber – Piano Concerto, op.38
Harris – Symphony No.3
Bernstein – West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist