BPO Classics Repertoire 1996-1997
21, 22 September 1996
Verdi – Te Deum
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
James Harris, narrator
Anthony M. Masiello, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
2 October 1996
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Maxim Vengerov, violinist
5, 6 October 1996
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, op.84
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D major
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
19, 20 October 1996
Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin
Bach – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
2, 3 November 1996
Barber – Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op.23a
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Shostakovich – Symphony No.9, op.70
Arie Lipsky, conductor
David Golub, pianist
Christine Bailey, flutist
Pierre Roy, oboist
Duane Saetveit, hornist
Charles Haupt, violinist
Claudia Hoca, pianist
16, 17 November 1996
Hovhaness – Symphony No.2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 “Pastorale”
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Mark Kaplan, violinist
14, 15 December 1996
Handel – Messiah
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Julie Newell, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Brad Diamond, tenor
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
18, 19 January 1997
Wagner – Siegfried: Act II, Forest Murmurs
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Prologue
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Wesendonck Songs
Wagner – Die Walküre: Act III, Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner – Die Walküre: Act III, Magic Fire Music
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Act III, Siegfried’s Funeral March
Wagner – Götterdämerung: Act III, Immolation Scene
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Edith Wiens, soprano
8, 9 February 1997
Corigliano – Elegy
Bartók – Viola Concerto
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
David Loebel, conductor
Roberto Diaz, viola
8, 9 March 1997
Barber – The School for Scandal Overture
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Christopher Wilkins, guest conductor
Gustav Rivinius, cellist
22, 23 March 1997
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Ollie Watts Davis, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Steven Tharp, tenor
Gary Relyea, bass/baritone
Charles Austin, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir,
Dale Adelman, director
5, 6 April 1997
Kernis – Invisible Mosaic
Chausson – Poème de l’amour et de la mer, op.19
Rimsky-Korsakoff – May Night Overture
Debussy – La Mer
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
12 April 1997
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Julia Kierstein, soprano
Marguerite Krull, mezzo-soprano
Jayne West, soprano
Steven Tharp, tenor
Vernon Hartman, baritone
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
3, 4 May 1997
Revueltas – Night of the Mayas
Ravel – Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Leon Fleisher, pianist
17, 18 May 1997
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director