1972-1973 Season
December 10, 12, 1972 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165
Smit - Caedmon (Leo Smit, conductor)
Bach - Magnificat in D Major (with Christmas interpolations)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Cornell University Glee Club
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Emilie Berendsen-Bloch, mezzo-soprano
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Laurence Bogue, bass
Simon Estes, bass
December 16, 1972 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel - Messiah
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Frances Bible, mezzo-soprano
Sidney Johnston, tenor
Raymond Michalski, bass
March 2, 1973 Kleinhans Music Hall
Music of Richard Rodgers
Rodgers - Overture
Rodgers - Pal Joey: "I could write a book"
Rodgers - Babes in Arms: "My funny Valentine"
Rodgers - Flower Drum Song: "I enjoy being a girl"
Rodgers - Boys from Syracuse: "This can't be love"
Rodgers - Waltzes
Rodgers - Babes in Arms: "Where or When"
Rodgers - Two by Two: "I do not know a day I did not love you"
Rodgers - South Pacific: "Bali Hai"
Rodgers - Spring is Here: "With a song in my Heart"
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Phillip Lehrman, conductor
Jan Valerio, soprano
Marlene Badger, mezzo-soprano
Frank Pullano, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Melvin Strauss, director
May 5, 1973 Westminster Presbyterian Church
35th Anniversary Concert
Bach - B Minor Mass
Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Carole Bogard, soprano
Elaine Bonazzi, alto
Charles Bressler, tenor
David Clatworthy, bass
John Landis, organ continuo
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Melvin Strauss, director