BPO Classics Repertoire 2000-2001
23, 24 September 2000
Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Verdi – La Traviata: Deh miei bollenti spiriti
Verdi – La Traviata: Addio del passato
Verdi – La Traviata: Parigi, O cara
Verdi – La Traviata: Libiamo
Verdi – Nabucco: Va, pensiero
Puccini – La Bohème: Finale, Act I
Verdi – Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le fosche
Verdi – Rigoletto: La donna E mobile
Verdi – Rigoletto: Caro nome
Verdi – Rigoletto: Signor ne principe
Verdi – Rigoletto: E il sol dell’anima
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Un bel di
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asil
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Humming Chant
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Vieni la sera
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kaori Sato, soprano
Raul Melo, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
21 October 2000
Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Debussy – Nocturnes: Fêtes
Ravel – La Valse
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
4, 5 November 2000
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Copland – Symphony No.3
Arie Lipsky, conductor
John Fullam, clarinetist
Jonathan Stecker, boy soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Dale Adelmann, acting director
18, 19 November 2000
Pärt – If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Bach – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Bach – Violin Concerto No.2 in E major
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 “Pathetique”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
2, 3 December 2000
Handel – Messiah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Andrea Matthews, soprano
Barbara Rearick, alto
Christopher Pfund, tenor
Kurt Loft Willet, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
David Bond, acting director
16, 17 December 2000
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B-flat major
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Anthony Newman, harpsichordist
12, 13 January 2001
Converse – The Mystic Trumpeter
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16
Zemlinsky – Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Santiago Rodriguez, pianist
27 January 2001
Mozart – Serenade No.6 in D major, K.239 “Serenata Notturna”
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Phillipe Entremont, pianist, conductor
2, 3 February 2001
Converse – Endymion’s Narrative
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Ibert – Escales (Ports of Call)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Pamela Frank, violinist
Alexander Simionescu, violist, violinist
16, 17 February 2001
Converse – Flivver Tenor Million
Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85
Martucci – Notturno in G-flat major
Respighi – Church Windows
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Carter Brey, cellist
2, 3, 4 March 2001
Barber – The School for Scandal Overture
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Guitars in G major, T.104
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Angel Romero, guitarist
17 March 2001
Stravinsky – Petrouchka Suite
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
31 March, 1 April 2001
Bantock – Two Heroic Ballads: Kishmul’s Galley
Schwantner – Percussion Concerto
Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 “Rhenish”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
21, 22 April 2001
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C major
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, op.107
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Bizet – Symphony No.1 in C major
Jaime Laredo, guest conductor
Sharon Robinson, cellist
5, 6 May 2001
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
Sibelius – Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, op.83
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Misha Dichter, pianist
19, 20 May 2001
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Holst – The Planets
Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Women of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
8, 9 June 2001
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
Barbara Quintiliani, soprano
Anne-Lise Bernsten, alto
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director