1976-1977 Season
October 9 & 10, 1976 Kleinhans Music Hall
Ives – Psalm 90
Dvorak – The American Flag, Op.102
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Joseph Evans, tenor
David Evitts, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas A. Sokol, director
October 30, 31, 1976 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bach – Mass in B minor
Susan Devenny Wyner, soprano
Kathleen Hegierski, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
David Evitts, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Neville Marriner, guest conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas A. Sokol, director
December 11, 12, 1976 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Susan Belling, soprano
Marvellee Cariaga, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
John Ostendorf, baritone
Squire Haskin, organ
John Landis, harpsichord
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Cole, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas A. Sokol, director
December 17, 18, 19, 1976 Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Eglevsky Ballet Company
Andre Eglevsky, Artistic Director
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Perret, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum Women’s Chorus
Donna Mathewson, director
April 3 & 5, 1977 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mahler – Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C Minor “Resurrection”
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Juanita Waller, soprano
Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas A. Sokol, director
April 15, 1977 Lafayette Presbyterian Church
Ives – Psalm 90
Stravinsky – Cantata
Nils Vigeland – Ground (World Premier)
Soloists: Donna Mathewson, Edward Swenson
Readers: Michael Hooper and Diamondo Nicolatos
Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas A. Sokol, conductor
May 28, 1977 Artpark
Music of Lerner and Loewe
Brenda Quilling, soprano
Alan Crabb, tenor
Frank Pullano, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Michalak, guest conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas A. Sokol, director
June 26, 1977 Chautauqua
Tchaikovsky – Vesper Service No. 8 (Praise Ye the Lord)
Bach – Cantata No. 131, Aus der Tiefe (Out of the Depths)
Handel – Coronation Anthem No. 4
Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown Region
Bruce Bell, tenor
Andrew Schulze, baritone
Thomas Kaminski, piano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, conductor