4, 5 October 1980
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Julius Rudel, conductor
André Watts, pianist

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18, 21 October 1980
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Nielsen – Symphony No.3, op.27 “Sinfonia Espansiva”
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Ted Joselson, pianist

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1, 2 November 1980
Dvorak – Piano Concerto in G minor
Elgar – Symphony No.1 in A-flat major, op.55
Christopher Keene, guest conductor
Rudolf Firkušný, pianist

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7 November 1980
Verdi – La forza del destino: Overture
Puccini – La boheme: Che gelida manina
Bizet – Carmen: Intermezzi, Act III, Act IV
Bizet – Carmen: La fleur
Wolf-Ferrari – Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzi, Act II, Act III
Puccini – Tosca: Recondita harmonia
– intermission –
Verdi – Nabucco: Overture
Giordano – Andrea Chenier: Improviso, Act I
De Falla – El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor: Tomb Scene, Act III
Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Halevy – La Juive: Rachel
encores, with maestro Rudel at the piano:
Giordano – Fedora: Amor ti vieta
Cilea – L’Arlesiana: E la solita storia
final encore, with maestro Domingo at the piano:
Lara – Granada
Julius Rudel, conductor
Plácido Domingo, tenor

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9, 11 November 1980
Kay – Of New Horizons
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”
Mahler – Das klangende Lied
Julius Rudel, conductor
Esther Hinds, soprano
Ortrun Wenkel, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
Andrew Schultze, baritone
Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club,
Thomas A. Sokol, director

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22, 23 November 1980
Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.2 (excerpts)
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Julius Rudel, conductor
Mayumi Fujikawa, violinist

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6, 9 December 1980
Stravinsky – Symphony in C
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, pianist

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13, 14 December 1980
Handel – Messiah
Julius Rudel, conductor
Claudette Peterson, soprano
Diane Curry, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Reed, tenor
David Arnold, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director

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3, 4 January 1981
Vivaldi – Concerto in D minor, op.3, No.1
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Erich Bergel, guest conductor
Kun-Woo Paik, pianist

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10, 13 January 1981
Bernstein – Slava! Overture
Bernstein – Dybbuk Variations
Bernstein – On the Waterfront Suite
Bernstein – Symphony No.2 “Age of Anxiety”
Lukas Foss, conductor and pianist

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24, 27 January 1981
Bartók – Dance Suite
Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.13 “Winter Dreams”
Myung-Whun Chung, guest conductor
Daniel Heifetz, violinist

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14, 15 February 1981
Haydn – Symphony No.70 in D major
Schubert – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major
Mozart – Serenade No.7 in D major, K.250 “Haffner”
Julius Rudel, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist

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21, 22 February 1981
Janacek – Cunnning Little Vixen Suite
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
Michael Tilson Thomas, guest conductor
Natalie Hinderas, pianist

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14, 17 March 1981
Schubert – Symphony No.2 in B-flat major
Jankowski – Lustrations
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Julius Rudel, conductor
Alexis Weissenburg, pianist

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28, 29 March 1981
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
Rossini – Stabat Mater
Julius Rudel, conductor
Carol Vaness, soprano
Judith Christin, mezzo-soprano
Abram Morales, tenor
Kevin Langan, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director

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4, 7 April 1981
Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Shostakovich – Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, op.35
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Julius Rudel, conductor
Hayuru Taima, pianist
David Kuehn, trumpeter

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25, 26 April 1981
Mozart – Der Schauspieldirektor: Overture
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

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2, 5 May 1981
Bartók – Two Images, op.10
Garcia – Laudate pueri
Brahms – German Requiem, op.45
Julius Rudel, conductor
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Jeanne Brown, soprano
Lisa Scarborough, mezzo-soprano
Charles Logan, tenor
Michael Devlin, baritone
Sherman Lowe, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Philip’s Boys’ and Girls’ Choir,
Donald L. Hilliard, director