BPO Classics Repertoire 2016-2017

BPO Classics Repertoire 2016-2017

17 September 2016
De Falla – Suite No.2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Granados – Goyesca: Intermezzo
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Bruch – Violin Concerto
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin


1, 2, October 2016
Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Suite
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.3 in E-flat major, Op.75
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5 in E Minor, op.64
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Fabio Bidini, piano


15, 16 October 2016
Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Mark Kosower, cello
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus


28, 29 October 2016
Liszt – Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No.3
Stewart Copeland – Tyrant’s Crush
Shostakovich – Symphony No.9 in E-flat major, Op.70
Mark Laycock, conductor
Stewart Copeland, trap set
Matthew Bassett, timpani
Mark Hodges, percussion
Dinesh Joseph, percussion
Robert Cross, percussion


11, 12 November 2016
Evju – Piano Concerto in B minor on Fragments by Grieg (Concerto sopra Grieg)
Bruckner – Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, Romantic
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Carl Petersson, piano


19, 20 November 2016
Beethoven – Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op.61
Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tianwa Yang, violin


3, 4 December 2016
Beethoven – Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43
Penderecki – Concerto Doppio for Violin and Cello
Dvorak – Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Dennis Kim, violin
Roman Mekinulov, cello


9, 10 December 2016
Rimsky-Korsakov – Suite from Christmas Eve
Eric Whitacre – Winter
Respighi – L’Adorazione dei Magi from Trittico Botticelliano
Bach, J.S. – Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 [Christmas Oratorio]
Bass – Festival Magnificat
Rutter – I Saw Three Ships
Rutter – Mary’s Lullaby
Adam/Rutter – O Holy Night
Handel/Rutter – Joy to the World
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker: Act I Finale to Act 1
Handel – Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Stefan Sanders, conductor
Naryan Padmanabha, sitar
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, music director
Emily Helenbrook, soprano
Mitchell Huchings, baritone
Ayden Herreid, boy soprano


January 20, 21, 22, 2017
Peter Shaffer – Amadeus
Irish Classical Theater


4, 5 February 2017
Michael Colgrass – As Quiet As
Mathieu – Concerto No.3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Gershwin – An American in Paris
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alain Lefevre, piano


18, 19 February 2017
Kodály – Dances Marosszek
Kodály – Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, “Peacock Variations”
Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Deborah Selig, soprano
Darren Stokes, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, music director


10, 11 March 2017
Dukas – Fanfare to La Péri
Poulenc – Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Bach, J.S. – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Saint-Saens – Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78, Organ Symphony
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Cameron Carpenter, organ


25, 25 March 2017
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture, Op.26, Fingal’s Cave
Bach, J.S. – Piano Concerto No.3 in D major, BWV 1054
Bach, J.S. – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.5 in D major, Op.107, Reformation
Stefan Sanders, conductor
Angela Hewitt, conductor and pianist


8, 9 April 2017
Honegger – Pastorale d’été
Saint-Saens – Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op.61
Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68, Pastoral
John Axelrod, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin


21, 22 April 2017
Beethoven – The Consecration of the House Overture, Op.124
Philip Rothman – Starsplitter
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Kodaly – Concerto for Orchestra
Kodaly – Dances of Galánta
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano


6, 7 May 2017
Wagner – Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhala
Wagner – Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner – Die Walküre: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music”
Wagner – Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
Wagner – Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner – Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music”
Wagner – Götterdämmerung: Brunnhilde’s Immolation Scene
JoAnn Falleta, conductor
Douglas Zschiegner, narrator


12, 13 May 2017
Weber – Der Freischütz: Overture
Ireland – Piano Concerto in E-flat major
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Mark Bebbington, piano


4 June 2017
Peter Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Elgar – In the South
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kevin Deas, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus