2023-24 Classics Series
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- 2023-24 Classics Series
JoAnn’s Classical Christmas
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesVivaldi's Piccolo Concerto highlights this season's offering of timeless classics selected by JoAnn Falletta to celebrate the season.
JoAnn’s Classical Christmas
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesVivaldi's Piccolo Concerto highlights this season's offering of timeless classics selected by JoAnn Falletta to celebrate the season.
Tchaikovsky & Mozart
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThe quintessential love theme, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy took ten years to achieve its final symphonic poem form. Pianist Ying Li offers Mozart's brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, cavorting between 'storm and stress' and rhythmic energy. Altered Landscape was commissioned by guest conductor Laura Jackson to explore through music the role of humanity on the changing planet.
Tchaikovsky & Mozart
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThe quintessential love theme, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy took ten years to achieve its final symphonic poem form. Pianist Ying Li offers Mozart's brooding Piano Concerto No. 20, cavorting between 'storm and stress' and rhythmic energy. Altered Landscape was commissioned by guest conductor Laura Jackson to explore through music the role of humanity on the changing planet.
Schumann’s Rhine Journey
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesSchumann's Third Symphony is filled with his joyful appreciation of the Rhine River and the inspiring cathedral on its banks in Cologne, Germany. A Sphinx Virtuosi commission, Delights and Dances by Michael Abels is an infectious and witty blend of jazz and blues. The world premiere of a BPO-commissioned Oboe Concerto by Randall Svane rounds out the program.
Schumann’s Rhine Journey
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesSchumann's Third Symphony is filled with his joyful appreciation of the Rhine River and the inspiring cathedral on its banks in Cologne, Germany. A Sphinx Virtuosi commission, Delights and Dances by Michael Abels is an infectious and witty blend of jazz and blues. The world premiere of a BPO-commissioned Oboe Concerto by Randall Svane rounds out the program.
Shostakovich & Six Strings
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United States"A musical portrait of Stalin," has described Shostakovich's primarily oppressive and sinister Tenth Symphony, his first in five years after a Soviet denouncement of his music. Composer Daron Hagen touts the performance of electric guitarist D.J. Sparr on his Electric Guitar Concerto as a "joyous, celebratory romp." Desert Transport portrays experiencing the sound sensations of a helicopter in flight.
Shostakovich & Six Strings
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United States"A musical portrait of Stalin," has described Shostakovich's primarily oppressive and sinister Tenth Symphony, his first in five years after a Soviet denouncement of his music. Composer Daron Hagen touts the performance of electric guitarist D.J. Sparr on his Electric Guitar Concerto as a "joyous, celebratory romp." Desert Transport portrays experiencing the sound sensations of a helicopter in flight.
New World Symphony
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesYour BPO presents an evocative musical narration of "From the Diary of Anne Frank," composed by former BPO Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. Contrasting the program is Antonin Dvořák's well-known love letter to North America, "From the New World."
New World Symphony
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United StatesYour BPO presents an evocative musical narration of "From the Diary of Anne Frank," composed by former BPO Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. Contrasting the program is Antonin Dvořák's well-known love letter to North America, "From the New World."