BPO Classics Repertoire 2019-2020
21 September 2019
ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide
SAINT-SAENS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
LISZT Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
DVORAK Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tianwa Yang, violin
William Wolfram, piano
5, 6 October 2019
FELDER Die Dämmerungen
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
WEBER Invitation to the Dance
STRAUSS, R. Der Rosenkavalier: Suite, Op.59
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
18, 19 October 2019
ELFMAN Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven”
STRAUSS, R. Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
STRAUSS, R. Salome: Dance of Seven Veils, Op.54
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sandy Cameron, violin
2, 3 November 2019
McTEE Circuits
GRIEG Piano Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.16
ELGAR Symphony No.1 in A-flat major, Op.55
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
George Li, piano
15, 16 November 2019
WAGNER Lohengrin: Prelude Act 1 // Prelude Act 3
LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
SIBELIUS Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, Op.82
Maximiano Valdés, conductor
Drew Petersen, piano
7, 8 December 2019
ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture
FUCHS Rush: Concerto for E-flat Alto Saxophone
GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone
WALKER Lyric for Strings
MENDELSSOHN Symphony no.4 in A minor, “Italian”
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
13, 14 December 2019
BASS Fanfare: Joy to the World
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
CORELLI Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No. 8, “Christmas Concerto”
YON Gesu Bambino
ADAM O Holy Night
KELLY Of Nights And Lights
BACH Christmas Oratorio: “Jauchzet, frohlocket!”
BIZET L’Arlésienne, Suite No.2: Farandole
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Op.13 “Winter Dreams”: Movement 1
KORNGOLD Der Schneeman (The Snowman): Prelude and Serenade
MASSENET Thais: “Meditation”
TCHAIKOVSKY Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Op. 71:
Pas de Deux; Valse Finale; Apotheosis
HANDEL Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Rachel Mikol, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
17, 18, 19 January 2020
MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night’s Dream
Overture, Op.21
Incidental Music, Op.61
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Irish Classical Theatre Company
Fortunato Pezzimenti, director
Karen D’Angelo, soprano
Maria Parker, mezzo-soprano
25, 26 January 2020
HAYDN Cello Concerto C major
MOZART Requiem in D minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Drew Cone, cello
Mary Hangley, soprano
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano
Gene Stenger, tenor
James Wright, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
8, 9 February 2020
BENDIX-BALGLEY Fiddle Fantazye: Klezmer Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 10: I. Adagio
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
22, 23 February 2020
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis
HIGDON Concerto 4-3
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Time for Three (string trio)
7, 8 March 2020
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
SCHMITT Legend
SCHMITT Musique de plein air, Op.44
SCHMITT Oriane and the Prince of Love
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Choi, violin
Konrad Skolarski, piano
21, 22 March 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
BACH-SCHOENBERG St. Anne Prelude and Fugue
MOZART Piano Concerto No.23
SCRIABIN Divine Poem Symphony No.3
3, 4 April 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
GILL Concerto dʼavorio (for piano four hands)
BRITTEN Petr Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
ELGAR Enigma Variations
18, 19 April 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
HOLLAND Motorcity Remix
PIAZZOLLA Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
PIAZZOLLA Libertango
FALLA Three Cornered Hat Suite 2
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
1, 2 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
BEETHOVEN Leonore No.3
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6
9, 10 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
BEETHOVEN Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
BEETHOVEN Romance No.2
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7
30, 31 May 2020
*** program cancelled due to pandemic
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major
BRAHMS Symphony No.4