BPO Classics Repertoire 2006-2007
16 September 2006
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini Fantasia, op.32
Respighi – Pines of Rome
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
30 September, October 1 2006
Vaughan Williams – Fantasy on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Hindemith – Noblissima Visione
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, piano
21, 22 October 2006
Haydn – Symphony No.88 in G major
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Cecile Licad, piano
4, 5 November 2006
Hagen – The Shining Brow
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Robert Orth, baritone; Brenda Harris, soprano;
Robert Frankenberry, tenor; Matthew Curran, bass-baritone;
Elaine Valby, mezzo-soprano; Gilda Lyons, soprano;
Elem Eley, baritone; James Demler, bass-baritone;
Jennifer Lynn Reckamp, mezzo-soprano; Tony Barton, baritone;
Deborah Fleischer, mezzo-soprano; Eric Fleischer, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
17, 18 November 2006
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Schumann – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97 “Rhenish”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
2, 3 December 2006
Ranjbaran – Seven Passages
Sierra – Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor, op.36
Robert Franz, conductor
James Carter, saxophone
8, 9 December 2006
Wendel – A Classical Christmas Suite
Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.8 in G minor, “Christmas Concerto”
Bach – Cantata No.191 “Gloria in excelsis Deo” BWV 191
Liszt – Christus: Christmas Oratorio (Part I)
Robert Franz, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
3, 4 February 2007
Albeniz – Suite Espagnola
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Roman Mekinulov, cello
17 February 2007
Copland – Music for Movies
Corigliano – Three Hallucinations from the film Altered States
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
André Watts, piano
3, 4 March 2007
Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, op.60
Corigliano – Mr. Tambourine Man; Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Hila Plitmann, soprano
16, 17 March 2007
Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216
Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
31 March, 1 April 2007
Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Shostakovich – Symphony No.11 (The Year 1905) op.103
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
13, 14 April 2007
Thomas – Mignon: Overture
Chausson – Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 25
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 25
Massenet – Thaïs: Meditation for Violin and Orchestra
Dvorak – Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin
28, 29 April 2007
Schmidt – Intermezzo from Notre Dame
Vehar – City of Light
Orff – Carmina burana
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
John Fullam, clarinet
Esther Heideman, soprano
Andrew Skoog, tenor
Richard Zeller, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral
12, 13 May 2007
Nielsen – Maskarade Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.13 in C major, K.415
Schumann – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, op.38 “Spring”
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor and piano
2, 3 June 2007
Ibert – Divertissement
Stravinsky – Jeu de Cartes
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violin