2018 – 2019 Season
September 15, 2018
Beethoven’s Ninth (“Choral”)
Kleinhans Music Hall
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Soloists:
Deborah Selig, soprano
Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Skoog, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
November 25, 2018
Handel - Messiah
Our Lady of Victory Basilica
Buffalo Philharmonic Choir with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Adam Luebke, conductor
Soloists:
Emily Helenbrook, soprano
Lynne McMurty, mezzo-soprano
Nathaniel McEwen, tenor
Nicholas Kilkenny, bass
December 7 and 8, 2018
JoAnn’s Classical Christmas
Kleinhans Music Hall
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
J.S. Bach - "Jauchzet Frohlocket" from Christmas Oratorio
Witold Lutoslawski - Selections from Polish Christmas Carols
Georg Frederic Handel - "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah
Leroy Anderson - A Christmas Festival
December 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2018
John Morris Russell’s Holiday Pops
Kleinhans Music Hall
BPO Pops, John Morris Russell, conductor
Herman - "We Need a Little Christmas"
Robert Shaw - "The Many Moods of Christmas"
Leontovich - "The Bells of St. Michael"
Arr. Barlow Bradford - "Angels We Have Heard on High"
Arr. Carmen Dragon - "Deck the Halls"
Arr. Steven Reineke - "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Daniel Kantor - "Night of Silence/Silent Night"
It is likely there were soloists.
April 13 and 14, 2019
The Passion of Yeshua
Kleinhans
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
UCLA Chamber Singers
Richard Danielpour - The Passion of Yeshua
Cast:
Matthew Worth, Narrator/Talmuda
Kenneth Overton, Yeshua
Hila Plitmann, Miryam Magdala
J’Nai Bridges, Miryam, the mother of Yeshua
Timothy Fallon, Kefa/Pilate
James Bass, Kafaya
James Bass, UCLA Chamber Singers Director
May 24 and 25, 2019
An American Salute
Kleinhans
BPO Pops, John Morris Russell, conductor
George M. Cohan - "Star Spangled Spectacular"
Steffe & Howe - "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Aaron Copland - "The Promise of Living" from The Tenderland Suite
Irving Berlin - "God Bless America" (arr. Carmen Dragon)
Arr. Lowden - "Armed Forces Salute"
John Williams - "Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan
` Samuel Ward - "America the Beautiful"
John Phillip Sousa - "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Rachel Potter, vocalist and narrator
Credits for Carmen (June 2019):
Tamara Gura, Mezzo-Soprano
Kyle Van Schoonhoven, Tenor
Alexandra Deshorties, Micaela
Michael J. Hawk, Escamillo
Valerian Ruminski, [unlisted]
Lucia Helgren, Frasquita
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Mercedes
James Judd, Remendado
James Wright, Dancairo
Brandon Mecklenburg, Morales