BPO Classics Repertoire 2017-2018
16 September 2017
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No.1
Schmidt – Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Weiner – Hungarian Folk Dance Suite
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
29 September, 1 October, 2017
Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Ellington/Peress – New World A-Comin’
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Grof‚ – Grand Canyon Suite
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Charlie Albright, piano
7, 8 October 2017
Bernstein – On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Glass – Violin Concerto No.1
Copland – Symphony No.3
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Dennis Kim, violin
21, 22 October 2017
Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtzian Dances
Ellisor/Wooten – The Bass Whisperer, Concerto for Electric Bass
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky, op.78
Stefan Sanders, conductor
Victor Wooten, electric bass
4, 5 November 2017
Strauss – Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, op.28
Chopin – Concerto No.2 in F minor op.21
Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Konrad Skolarski, piano
17, 18 November 2017
Berlioz – Le Corsaire Overture, op.21
Lalo – Cello Concerto in D Minor
Liadov – The Enchanted Lake, op.62
Debussy – La mer
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Julian Schwarz, cello
2, 3 December 2017
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551, “Jupiter”
Andre Raphel, conductor
Arnaud Sussman, violin
8, 9 December 2017
Rimsky-Korsakov – Snow Maiden “Dance of the Tumblers”
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker, Op. 71 selections
Bizet – L’Arlesienne: “Farandole”
Schubert – Ave Maria
Adam/Rutter – O Holy Night
Rutter – Candlelight Carol
Bach – Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Jachzet Frohlocket
Bass – Fanfare: Joy to the World
Vivaldi – Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos and Orchestra, R. 531
Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No. 8, “Christmas Concerto”
Menotti – Amahl and the Night Visitors Selections
Pietro – Gesu Bambino
Rutter – Mary’s Lullaby
Handel – Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Roman Mekinulov, cello
Benjamin Mekinulov, cello
12, 13 January 2018
Faure – Pelleas and Melisande: Suite
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
Debussy – Images: Iberia
Ravel – Bolero
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roman Mekinulov, cello
27, 28 January 2018
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: selections
Mozart – Don Giovanni: selections
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte: selections
Andrew Bisantz, conductor
Rebecca Farley, soprano
Kara Dugan, mezzo soprano
David Margulis, tenor
Jonathan Bryan, baritone
Leo Radosavljevic, bass-baritone
10, 11 February 2018
Wang – Symphony No.1 “Awakening”
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade, op.35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Elina Vahala, violin, violin
23, 24 February 2018
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Fei-Fei Dong, piano
10, 11 March 2018
Barber – Symphony No.1, op.9
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Penderecki – Paradise Lost: Adagietto
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
6, 7 April 2018
Smetana – Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
Dvorak – Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Schubert – Symphony No.4 in C minor, D.417, “Tragic”
Ward Stare, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin
21, 22 April 2018
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95
Boyer – Ellis Island – The Dream of America
Lawrence Loh, conductor
4, 5 May 2018
Verdi – Overture to La forza del destino
Berlioz – Harold in Italy, op.16
Martucci – Notturno in G-Flat Major, op.70, No.1
Respighi – Roman festivals
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roberto Diaz, viola
12, 13 May 2018
Kuusisto – Trumpet Concerto
Orff – Carmina burana
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alex Jokipii, trumpet
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
2, 3 June 2018
Pizzetti – 3 Symphonic Preludes from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
Respighi – The Fountains of Rome
Respighi – The Pines of Rome
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, piano