BPO Classics Repertoire 1986-1987
18, 19 October 1986
Paganini – Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Midori, violinist
Margaret Cusack, soprano
Shirley Close, mezzo-soprano
Jon Frederic West, tenor
Arnold Voketaitis, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
SUCNY-Fredonia Combined Choirs,
Donald Lang, director
25, 26 October 1986
Ives – Variations on America
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
Marcello – Trumpet Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Maurice André, trumpeter
14, 15 November 1986
Ravel – Menuet Antique
Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.99
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violinist
6, 7 December 1986
Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Ravel – Valses nobles et sentimentales
Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Jerzy Maksmiuk, guest conductor
Charles Castleman, violinist
Benjamin Simon, violist
16, 17 January 1987
Strauss, R. – Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite
Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.119
Copland – Symphony No.3
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cellist
31 January, 1 February 1987
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Shostakovich – Symphony No.8 in C minor, op.65
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violinist
13, 14 February 1987
Boieldieu – Le Calife de Bagdad: Overture
Leclair – Flute Concerto in C major
Devienne – Flute Concerto No.the in E minor
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist, guest conductor
28 February, 1 March 1987
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Jessye Norman, soprano
Esther Hinds, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
13, 14 March 1987
Mozart – Symphony No.28 in C major, K.200
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.4 “Left Hand”
Dvorak – Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Julius Rudel, conductor
Gary Graffman, pianist
21, 22 March 1987
Bach – Suite No.1 in C major
Bach – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Bach – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Alexander Schneider, guest conductor
Miriam Fried, violinist
Stephanie Brown, pianist
Elizabeth Mann, flutist
3, 4 April 1987
Haydn – Symphony No.103 in E-flat major “Drum Roll”
Vivaldi – Guitar Concerto in A major
Vivaldi – Guitar Concerto in D major
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
Emmanuel Krivine, guest conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitarist
11, 12 April 1987
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist
24, 25 April 1987
Beethoven – Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Premru – Celebrations: Overture for Timpani and Orchestra
Pierné – Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, op.39
Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D major
Eiji Oue, conductor
Jesse Kregal, timpanist
Suzanne Thomas, harpist
8, 9 May 1987
Mozart – Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
16, 17 May 1987
Fetler – Three Poems by Walt Whitman for Narrator and Orchestra
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, op.45
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Rudolf Firkušný, pianist
Saul Elkin, narrator