September
26
A Celebration of the Seasons
A theme of joyful rebirth takes center stage as JoAnn Falletta conducts the opening of the BPO season.
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3
Broadway to Buffalo
The Pops season opens with the new generation of Broadway stars along with Buffalo’s Second Generation Theatre Company, as Principal Pops Conductor John Morris Russell conducts beloved musical theatre favorites.
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13
Love & Longing
Bach’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D is a virtuosic display of technique and interpretation while Grieg’s Holberg Suite invokes dancing rhythms, and Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 in D captures the lyrical and lively flavor of his native Bohemia.
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20
That Studio Sound: Jazz Classics for Lovers
The BPO brings arrangements of classics by Gershwin, Porter, and Jobim, recorded by the likes of Frank, Nat, and Ella, back to life in all their original splendor with Buffalo crooners Katy Miner and Chris Vasquez. A romantic evening of sultry swing!
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27
Tartan & Tango
Intoxicating Spanish rhythms highlight the performance by the effervescent Tessa Lark, in this program conducted by JoAnn Falletta featuring Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), a tango from Argintenean master Astor Piazzolla.
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2
Simply Bewitching
Autumnal favorites, including a narrated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, and the iconic theme from ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ weave together an evening of eerie enchantment.
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10
A String Serenade
JoAnn Falletta conducts a program of works brimming with inspiration: George Walker's Lyric for Strings, Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, Bach's Air, and Handel’s Harp Concerto No. 6, played by principal harpist Madeline Olson.
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17
A Brass Act
Thrill to the power and majesty of the BPO Brass as they perform popular classics, from splendid fanfares and marches, to ragtime and jazz.
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24
Bach, Beethoven & Beyond
An early 20th century composer has a grand master to thank in this classic program conducted by JoAnn Falletta. J. S. Bach’s extraordinary and familiar Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 was an inspiration for Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks, and Beethoven’s early fame as a young composer was augmented with his Septet.
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