BPO Classics Repertoire 2021-2022
24, 25 September 2021
SMITH/Skrowaczewski The Star Spangled Banner
LAVALLEE/arr. Chapman O Canada
DARON HAGEN Bandanna Overture
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9, 10 October 2021
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sara Buechner, piano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
23, 24 October 2021
PIAZZOLLA Tangazo
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
5, 6 November 2021
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 in D major (Classical)
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
GRIEG Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
20, 21 November 2021
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Three Latin American Dances
BARBER Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Suite in A major, Op. 98b, “American”
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Philippe Quint, violin
10, 11 December 2021
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Polonaise from Christmas Eve
TCHAIKOVSKY Act II Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker, Op. 71
TCHAIKOVSKY Valse Finale et Apotheosis from The Nutcracker, Op. 71
BIZET Farandole from L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 2
ADAM/Arthur Luck O Holy Night
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
arr. Sean O’Loughlin Christmas Canticles
GLAZUNOV Winter from The Seasons
HUMPERDINCK Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
HANDEL I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from The Messiah
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival (Sing-along)
Joy to the World
Deck the Halls
Good King Wenceslas
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
Adeste Fidelis
ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sirgourney Cook, soprano
Nikki Chooi, violin
Christine Bailey Davis, flute
Linda Greene, flute
14, 15 January 2022
***program canceled due to pandemic
MICHAEL TILSON-THOMAS “From the Diary of Anne Frank”
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Cantor Penny Myers, narrator
22, 23 January 2022
MOZART Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondo: Allegro
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
I. Allegro con spirito
II. [Andante]
III. Menuetto
IV. Presto
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61, “Mozartiana”
I. Gigue
II. Minuet
III. Prayer, after a transcription by Liszt
IV. Theme and Variations
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
William Amsel, principal clarinet
4, 5 February 2022
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Coincident Dances
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major
David Alan Miller, conductor
George Li, piano
18, 19 February 2022
ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations
ENESCU Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
4, 5 March 2022
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 2 in C minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
19, 20 March 2022
KENNETH FUCHS Point of Tranquility
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major
ZEMLINSKY The Mermaid
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
1, 2 April 2022
CARLOS SIMON The Block
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Oliver Herbert, cello
8, 9 April 2022
JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND Motor City Remix
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
William Eddins, conductor
Drew Petersen, piano
23, 24 April 2022
RUSSELL PLATT Symphony in Three Movements (For Clyfford Still) (2019-20)
I. 1957-D-No.1 (Feroce)
II. September 1955 (Chaconne: Con moto, fessibile)
III. 1954/April 1962 (Finale: Adagio—Allegro, un poco presto)
BRAHMS A German Requiem
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Evan Hughes, baritone
Crane School of Music Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
7, 8 May 2022
KODÁLY Summer Evening
BLOCH Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
ELGAR Enigma Variations
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roman Mekinulov, cello
13, 14 May 2022
KODÁLY Symphony in C major
DAVID LUDWIG Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin
11, June 2022
WANG JIE The Winter that United Us
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
I. Frühling
II. September
III. Bein Schlafengehen
IV. Im Abendrot
DEBUSSY Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque
MARIA SCHNEIDER Selections from Winter Morning Walks
Walking by Flashlight
Our Finch Feeder
My Wife and I Walk the Cold Road
LEONCAVALLO “Musette svaria sulla bocca viva” from La Bohème
CILÈA “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adrianna Lecouvreur
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
WILSON “Till There Was You” from The Music Man
BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL “So Big, So Small” from Dear Evan Hansen
ANDREW LIPPA The Diva
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano