BPO Classics Repertoire 1996-97
21, 22 September 1996
Verdi - Te Deum
Copland - Lincoln Portrait
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 "Eroica"
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
James Harris, narrator
Anthony M. Masiello, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
2 October 1996
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Maxim Vengerov, violinist
5, 6 October 1996
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op.84
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Mahler - Symphony No.1 in D major
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Louis Lortie, pianist
19, 20 October 1996
Bartók - Miraculous Mandarin
Bach - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Charles Haupt, violinist
2, 3 November 1996
Barber - Medea's Dance of Vengeance, op.23a
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Shostakovich - Symphony No.9, op.70
Arie Lipsky, conductor
David Golub, pianist
Christine Bailey, flutist
Pierre Roy, oboist
Duane Saetveit, hornist
Charles Haupt, violinist
Claudia Hoca, pianist
16, 17 November 1996
Hovhaness - Symphony No.2 "Mysterious Mountain"
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 "Pastorale"
Hermann Michael, guest conductor
Mark Kaplan, violinist
14, 15 December 1996
Handel - Messiah
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Julie Newell, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Brad Diamond, tenor
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
18, 19 January 1997
Wagner - Siegfried: Act II, Forest Murmurs
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Prologue
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Wagner - Wesendonck Songs
Wagner - Die Walküre: Act III, Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner - Die Walküre: Act III, Magic Fire Music
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Act III, Siegfried's Funeral March
Wagner - Götterdämerung: Act III, Immolation Scene
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Edith Wiens, soprano
8, 9 February 1997
Corigliano - Elegy
Bartók - Viola Concerto
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Roberto Diaz, violist
22, 23 November 1997
Rothman - Overture for our City
Nielsen - Flute Concerto
Sibelius - - Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Sibelius - Symphony No.3 in C major, op.52
Michael Christie, guest conductor
8, 9 March 1997
Barber - The School for Scandal Overture
Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21
Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Christopher Wilkins, guest conductor
Gustav Rivinius, cellist
22, 23 March 1997
Bach - St. Matthew Passion
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Ollie Watts Davis, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Steven Tharp, tenor
Gary Relyea, bass/baritone
Charles Austin, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir,
Dale Adelman, director
5, 6 April 1997
Kernis - Invisible Mosaic
Chausson - Poème de l'amour et de la mer, op.19
Rimsky-Korsakoff - May Night Overture
Debussy - La Mer
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
12 April 1997
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Julia Kierstein, soprano
Marguerite Krull, mezzo-soprano
Jayne West, soprano
Steven Tharp, tenor
Vernon Hartman, baritone
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
3, 4 May 1997
Revueltas - Night of the Mayas
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Leon Fleisher, pianist
17, 18 May 1997
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director