1980-1981 Season
July 22, 1980, Artpark
Brass Fanfare
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor, D 759 ("Unfinished")
Orf: Carmina Burana
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, Conductor
Gwen Little, Soprano
Abram Morales, Tenor
Stephen Dickson, Baritone
Artpark Opera Chorus
G. Burton Harbison, Director
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, Director
Canisius High School Choir
Frank Scinta, Director
October 28, 1980 St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Puccini – Messa di Gloria
Kodaly – Te Deum
Edson E. Gifford III, tenor
Andrew W. Schultze, bass/baritone
Claudia Gouyd Yax, soprano
Carol Segal, alto
Betty Riehle, accompanist
Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas E.Swan, conductor
December 1980 Shea’s Buffalo Theater
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Ballet
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Women’s Chorus
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
December 13, 14, 1980 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Claudette Peterson, soprano
Diane Curry, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Reed, tenor
David Arnold, baritone
Anthony Furnivall, organ
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
March 28, 29, 1981 Kleinhans Music Hall
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
Rossini – Stabat Mater
Carol Vaness, soprano
Judith Christin, mezzo-soprano
Abram Morales, tenor
Kevin Langan, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
April 11, 1981 Kleinhans Music Hall
An Evening of Cole Porter
Porter – We Open in Venice
Porter – Kate
Porter – So In Love
Porter – I Hate Men
Porter – Where is the Life That Late I Led
Porter – Wunderbar
Porter – Begin the Beguine
Porter – My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Porter – I Love Paris
Porter – Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Gail Nelson, soprano
Frank Pullano, baritone
Irv Weinstein & Don Polec, narrators
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
May 2, 5, 1981 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bartok – Two Images, op.10
Garcia – Laudate pueri
Brahms – German Requiem, op.45
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Jeanne Brown, soprano
Lisa Scarborough, mezzo-soprano
Charles Logan, tenor
Michael Delvin, baritone
Sherman Lowe, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
St. Philip’s Boys’ and Girls’ Choir,
Donald L.Hilliard, director