16, 17 September 1995
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.13 “Winter Dreams”
Ravel – Five Popoular Greek Melodies
Copland – Simple Gifts; I Bought Me A Cat
Canteloube – Chants D’Auvergne
Ravel – Bolero
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

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6, 7 October 1995
Gould – Burchfield Gallery
Bernstein – Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”
Sibelius – Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist

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21, 22 October 1995
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture
Dvorak – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Eiji Oue, guest conductor
Corey Cerovsek, violinist

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3, 4 November 1995
Schwantner – A Sudden Rainbow
Telemann – Trumpet Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Marin Alsop, guest conductor
David Kuehn, trumpeter

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25, 26 November 1995
Elgar – In the South, op.50
Sierra – Of Discoveries
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Guitars in G major, RV 532
Prokofiev – Symphony No.7 in C-sharp minor, op.131
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Joanne Castellani, guitarist
Michael Andriaccio, guitarist

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8, 9 December 1995
Harris – Symphony No.3
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Lilya Zilberstein, pianist

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13, 14 January 1996
Revueltas – Sensemaya
MacDowell – Piano Concerto No.2, op.23
Chavez – Sinfonia India
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
André Watts, pianist

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26, 27 January 1996
Mozart – Divertimento in D major, K.136
Dohnányi – Konzertstück for Cello in D major, op.12
Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Eri Klas, guest conductor
Arie Lipsky, cellist

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10, 11 February 1996
Ruggles – Men and Mountains
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 “Rhenish”
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Awadagin Pratt, pianist

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1, 2 March 1996
Bizet – Carmen: complete concert version
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Mark Lundberg, tenor
Theodore Baerg, baritone
Ollie Watts Davis, soprano
Jennifer Granville, mezzo-soprano
Denise Milner, soprano
Daniel Ihasz, baritone
Timothy Schuman, tenor
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director

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16, 17 March 1996
Ravel – Ma mère l’oye
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, pianist

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29, 30 March 1996
Felder – Three Pieces for Orchestra
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Kodaly – Missa Brevis
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director

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13, 14 April 1996
D’Indy – Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op.28
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No.2
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
Orli Shaham, pianist

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26, 27 April 1996
Beethoven – Twelve Contredances, op.141
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503
Nielsen – Symphony No.4, op.29 “The Inextinguishable”
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Claudia Hoca, pianist

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11, 12 May 1996
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Korngold – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Strauss, R. – Aus Italien, op.16
Roberto Abbado, guest conductor
Gil Shaham, violinist

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24, 25 May 1996
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, op.21
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Christopher Plummer, narrator