BPO Classics Repertoire 1988-1989
24, 25 September 1988
Mozart – Concerto for Three Pianos in F Major, K.242
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, op.45
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Katia Labeque, pianist
Marielle Labeque, pianist
14, 15 October 1988
Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp, K.299
Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
Andrew Litton, guest conductor
Carol Wincenc, flutist
Heidi Lehwalder, harpist
28, 29 October 1988
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
Strauss, R. – Ein Heldenleben
John Mauceri, guest conductor
Arie Lipsky, cellist
Valerie Heywood, violist
19, 20 November 1988
Haydn – Symphony No.88 in G minor
Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Sergei Edelmann, pianist
25, 26 November 1988
Carter – Holiday Overture
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
10, 11 December 1988
Fetler – Three Excursions for Percussion, Piano and Orchestra
Rossini – Stabat Mater
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Karen Williams, soprano
Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano
Richard Croft, tenor
Jan Opalach, bass
Jesse Kregal, percussionist
John Brennan, percussionist
Claudia Hoca, pianist
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
14, 15 January 1989
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony in D major, op.25
Strauss, R. – Zueignung
Strauss, R. – Morgen
Strauss, R. – Ständchen
Strauss, R. – Allerseelen
Strauss, R. – Cäcilie
Mozart – Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Schumann – Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120
Claus Peter Flor, guest conductor
Benita Valente, soprano
27, 28 January 1989
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, op.9
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Mozart – Idomeneo: Ballet Music
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
John Nelson, guest conductor
André Watts, pianist
11, 12 February 1989
Ives – Symphony No.3 “The Camp Meeting”
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 “Italian”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Daniel Heifetz, violinist
17, 18 February 1989
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
McLaughlin – Concerto No.1 for Guitar and Orchestra “Mediterranean”
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
John McLaughlin, guitarist
11, 12 March 1989
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Khachaturian – Piano Concerto
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Hans Graf, guest conductor
Lorin Hollander, pianist
31 March, 1 April 1989
Haydn – Symphony No.7 in C major “Le midi”
Dvorak – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Sibelius – Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82
Hugh Wolff, guest conductor
Midori, violinist
15, 16 April 1989
Messiaen – Turangalila Symphony
Kent Nagano, guest conductor
Stephen Manes, pianist
28, 29 April 1989
Kodaly – Dances of Galanta
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
Orff – Carmina Burana
Richard Buckley, guest conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
Gwendolyn Bradley, soprano
Philip Creech, tenor
Ben Holt, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir,
Bruce Neswick, director
12, 13 May 1989
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
20, 21 May 1989
Brahms – Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Semyon Bychkov, conductor