BPO Classics Repertoire 2024-2025
19 September 2024: 90th Anniversary Pre-Season Celebration
HANDEL/Redlich Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks
VIVALDI Concerto in F major for Oboe and Orchestra, RV 455
RESPIGHI/Voss Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
MÁRQUEZ Danzon No. 2
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joshua Lauretig, oboe
Xiaofan Liu, violin
28 September 2024
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite
DARON HAGEN City of Light *world premiere*
WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
11, 13 October 2024
IBERT Escales
RESPIGHI Church Windows
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
25, 26 October 2024
DEBUSSY Clair de Lune
ROBERTO SIERRA Violin Concerto
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, “Great”
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Juliana Athayde, violin
9, 10 November 2024: 90th Anniversary Celebration
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Women of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
22, 23 November 2024
WAGENAAR Overture to Cyrano de Bergerac
TIM FAIN Edge of a Dream
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major
Otto Tausk, conductor
Tim Fain, violin
13, 14 December 2024
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Polonaise from Christmas Eve
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a, III. Waltz of the Flowers
DELIUS Sleigh Ride
ADAM / arr. Luck O Holy Night
PIAZZOLLA Winter from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
VIVALDI Winter from The Four Seasons
J. S. BACH “Jauchzet, frohlocket!” from Christmas Oratorio
RANDOL BASS Fanfare: Joy to the World
DARIN KELLY Of Nights and Lights
BERLIN / arr. Moss White Christmas
HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Andrea Bickford, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
17, 18 January 2025
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major
MOZART Requiem
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Jacek Muzyk, horn
Andrea Bickford, soprano
Lynne McMurtry, contralto
Jordan Pitts, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
25, 26 January 2025
TAILLEFERRE Overture for Orchestra
TAILLEFERRE Petite Suite
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, piano
7, 8 February 2025 (Tchaikovsky Festival)
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
STRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sheng Cai, piano
21, 22 February 2025 (Tchaikovsky Festival)
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Marcin Zdunik, cello
1, 2 March 2025
VERDI La traviata
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Hailey Clark, soprano
Joseph Dennis, tenor
Troy Cook, baritone
SUNY Fredonia Hillman Opera
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
14, 15 March 2025
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
RAVEL Shéhérazade
STRAVINSKY The Faun and the Shepherdess, Op. 2
STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
29, 30 March 2025
BONDS The Montgomery Variations
PAUL MORAVEC Sanctuary Road
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor
Benjamin Taylor as William Still
Brittany Renee, soprano
Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano
Norman Shankle, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
11, 13 April 2025
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
RANJBARAN Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
25, 26 April 2025
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 in D major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Andrea Cicalese, violin
10, 11 May 2025
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, “The Egyptian”
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major, “Italian”
Fernanda Lastra, conductor
Avery Gagliano, piano
30, 31 May 2025
COPLAND El Salón México
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Concerto for Saxophone *world premiere*
GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Tim McAllister, saxophone
7, 8 June 2025
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kenneth Broberg, piano