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Classics Master 18

Opening Night with Lang Lang
Sat Sep 19, 7:00pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

DUKAS Fanfare from La Péri
DEBUSSY La Mer
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

Francis: A New Oratorio by Richard Danielpour
WORLD PREMIERE
Inspired by the life of St. Francis of Assisi, marking th 800th anniversary of his death.
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, STD, librettist
Sat Oct 10, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Claudia Christian, narrator
Anna Schubert, soprano
Edward Nelson, baritone
James Darrah, director
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Members of the UCLA Chorus
James Bass, director

RICHARD DANIELPOUR Francis (2026) World Premiere – Richard Danielpour
An oratorio in nine scenes for soprano, baritone, narrator, chorus, and orchestra

Glidden Plays Bruch
Sat Oct 24, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Amy Glidden, violin

JONATHAN LESHNOFF Symphony No. 5 (World Premiere)
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No.2

Bronfman Plays Mozart
Sat Nov 7, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra

Vaughan Williams & Double Bass
Sat Nov 21, 7:30pm
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Xavier Foley, double bass

CHADWICK Symphonic Sketches No. 1, “Jubilee”
XAVIER FOLEY Soul Bass Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2, “A London Symphony”

JoAnn’s Classical Christmas
Sat Dec 12, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
John Riesen, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus

Dvořák Violin Concerto
Sat Jan 16, 7:30pm
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin

DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 5

Mozart + Melissa White
Sat Jan 23, 7:30pm
Dane Lam, conductor
Melissa White, violin

J. STRAUSS On the Beautiful Blue Danube
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
MAHLER Symphony No. 10
MOZART Symphony No. 25

Falletta Conducts John Williams
Sat Feb 6, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Paul Huang, violin

JOHN WILLIAMS

The Cowboys Overture
Violin Concerto No. 1
Harry Potter Suite
Star Wars Suite

Spanish Fire & Fantasy
Sat Feb 20, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Avery Gagliano, piano

FALLA Ritual Fire Dance
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain
TURINA Danzas fantasticas
GRANADOS Intermezzo from Goyescas
FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat Suites No. 1 & 2

Bartók & Chopin
Sat Mar 6, 7:30pm
Alain Trudel, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Enigma Variations & Bach
Sat Mar 20, 7:30pm
Robert Moody, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano

J.S. BACH Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Concerto No. 1
BACH/STOKOWSKI Komm, süsser Tod
ELGAR Enigma Variations

Liszt & Prokofiev
Sat Apr 10, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
William Wolfram, piano

ROLAND MARTIN “On Air” WNED 50th anniversary (World Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Sorcerer’s Spell
Sat Apr 24, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Hailey Clark, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
IMAN HABIBI Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
POULENC Gloria

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3
Sat May 8, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kara Dugan, soprano
Roger Honeywell, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

PAUL FRUCHT Inextinguishable (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Sat May 22, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Paul Neubauer, viola

TURINA Sinfonia Sevillana
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Viola Concerto (World Premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

Beethoven in Retrospect II: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Sat Jun 5, 7:30pm
Michael Stern, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus

BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Beethoven in Retrospect III: Symphony No. 2
Sat Jun 12, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Davidman, piano

BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2

BUY CLASSICS MASTER 18

Classics 11

Opening Night with Lang Lang
Sat Sep 19, 7:00pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

DUKAS Fanfare from La Péri
DEBUSSY La Mer
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

Francis (2026) World Premiere – Richard Danielpour
An oratorio in nine scenes for soprano, baritone, narrator, chorus, and orchestra
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, STD, librettist
Sat Oct 10, 7:30pm
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Claudia Christian, narrator
Anna Schubert, soprano
Edward Nelson, baritone
James Darrah, director
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Members of the UCLA Chorus
James Bass, director