BPO Classics Repertoire 2003-2004

BPO Classics Repertoire 2003-2004

20 September 2003
Enesco – Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, op.11
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op.28
Selections – Eileen Ivers
Bernstein – On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Selections – Regina Carter
Brubeck – Interplay for Three Violins and Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
Regina Carter, jazz violinist
Eileen Ivers, fiddler-violinist


4, 5, October 2003
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, op.11
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op.14
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, pianist


18, 19 October 2003
Miguel del Aguila – Conga Line in Hell
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19
Brahms – Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violinist


1, 2 November 2003
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Elgar – Symphony No.1 in A-flat major, op.55
James Judd, conductor
Stephen Prutsman, pianist


22, 23 November 2003
Berlioz – Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
Rautavaara – Violin Concerto
Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violinist


5, 6 December 2003
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Strauss, R. – Horn Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, op.11
Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major “The Great”
Arthur Fagen, conductor
William VerMeulen, French hornist


3, 4 January 2004
Rathaus – Dance from Uriel Acosta
Bloch – Schelomo, A Hebrew Rhapsody
Mahler – Symphony No.4 in G major
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roman Mekinulov, cellist
Esther Heideman, soprano


30, 31 January 2004
Gould – Burchfield Gallery
Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
JoAnn Falletta, conductor


20, 21 February 2004
Dohnányi – Symphonic Minutes
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Dvorak – Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “New World”
Jorge Mester, conductor
Fabio Bidini, pianist


13, 14 March 2004
Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Mozart – Symphony No.31 in D major, K.297 “Paris”
Poulenc – Gloria
Ron Spigelman, conductor
Christine Vallas, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Dale Adelmann, director


26, 27 March 2004
Smetana – The Bartered Bride: Overture
Adams – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Midori, violinist


17, 18 April 2004
Nielsen – Aladdin Suite
Ravel – Sheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakoff – Sheherazade, op.35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sebnem Mekinulov, soprano


1, 2 May 2004
Vehar – Light/Lux/Svietlo
Wagner – Tannhäuser: Overture
Wagner – Die Meistersinger (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist


15, 16 May 2004
Einhorn – Voices of Light “The Passion of Joan of Arc”
Betsy Mead, soprano
Lisa Relaford Coston, alto
Danny Markham, tenor
Steve Kelley, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
JoAnn Falletta, conductor