BPO Classics Repertoire 2025-2026
20 September 2025
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
3, 4 October 2025
ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide
BARTÓK Dance Suite
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Maxim Lando, piano
17, 18 October 2025
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
24, 25 October 2025
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
ROBERT PATERSON Triple Concerto, “Summit”
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Roman Mekinulov, cello
Eric Huebner, piano
7, 8 November 2025
ALMA MAHLER Lieder
Die stille Stadt, Waldseligkeit, Licht in der Nacht, Bei dir ist es traut, Laue Sommernacht, Erntelied
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Andrea Bickford, soprano
22, 23 November 2025
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Nos. 4, 6, 10 & 21
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Adam Golka, piano
12, 13 December 2025
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Polonaise from Christmas Eve
HERMANN / arr. Wendel We Need a Little Christmas
TCHAIKOVSKY Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker
HANDEL Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson
DARIN KELLY Of Nights and Lights
JOHN WILLIAMS Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone
J. S. BACH “Jauchzet, frohlocket!” from Christmas Oratorio
RANDOL BASS Fanfare: Joy to the World
BIZET Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
KORNGOLD Prelude and Serenade from The Snowman (Der Schneemann)
NILES / arr. Sadin I Wonder as I Wander
YON / arr. Ryden Gesu Bambino (Baby Jesus)
HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival Overture
ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sirgourney Cook, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
16, 17 January 2026
MOZART Symphony No. 38, “Prague”
MOZART “Great” Mass in C minor
Maximiano Valdés, conductor
Natalia Santaliz, soprano
Camila Isabel, soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Holden Turner, baritone
24, 25 January 2026
BOLOGNE Symphony No. 2
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major
PARADIS Overture to The School Candidate
MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Aubree Oliverson, violin
6, 7 February 2026
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
MIGUEL DEL ÁGUILA Concierto en Tango for Cello and Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roman Mekinulov, cello
21, 22 February 2026
COPLAND Dance Symphony
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
George Li, piano
7, 8 March 2026
DANNY ELFMAN Percussion Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion
Danny Elfman, composer
20, 21 March 2026
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Simone Porter, violin
11, 12 April 2026
BACEWICZ Overture for Orchestra
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
24, 25 April 2026
ELODIE BOUNY Ignis II
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major
Roberto Minczuk, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
8, 9 May 2026
SIBELIUS Finlandia
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major 1 in C major
GRIEG Symphonic Dances
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
30, 31 May 2026
HINDEMITH Symphonic Dances
ORFF Carmina Burana
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sara LeMesh, soprano
Kameron Lopreore, tenor
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
5, 6 June 2026
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Niagara Falls *orchestral world premiere*
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
PAUL MORAVEC Serenade *orchestral world premiere*
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano