1982-1983 Season
October 2, 3, 1982 Kleinhans Music Hall
Copland – Preamble for a Solemn Occasion
Beethoven – Egmont, Op.84 (incidental music)
Orff – Carmina Burana
Werner Klemperer, narrator
Ruth Ann Swensen, soprano
Gregory Hopkins, tenor
Dale Duesing, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
Canisius High School Glee Club,
Frank Scinta, director
December 11, 12, 1982 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Sally Wolf, soprano
Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
David Evitts, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
March 12, 15, 1983 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mozart – Symphony No.31 in D major, K.297 “Paris”
Mozart – Abduction from the Seraglio: Marten aller Arten
Penderecki – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Strauss, R.- Clemens Brentano Songs, op.68: No.4 Als mir dein Lied erklang
Strauss, R.- Clemens Brentano Songs, op.68: No.5 Amor
Moniuszko – Halka: Ha! dzieciatko nam umiera
Poulenc – Gloria
Gianna Rolandi, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
March 19, 20, 1983 Kleinhans Music Hall
Thompson – The Testament of Freedom: I Shall Not Die Without A Hope
Brahms – Alto Rhapsodie, op.53
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Maureen Forester, contralto
Sarah Reese, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Julius Rudel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
May 22, 1983 Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bach – Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Laurie Wyant, soprano
Virginia Oram, mezzo-soprano
David Evans, tenor
Andrew Schultze, baritone
Members of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor
June 2, 3, 1983 Kleinhans Music Hall
An Evening of Lerner and Loewe
Lerner and Loewe – Overture
Lerner and Loewe – Camelot
Lerner and Loewe – Paint Your Wagon
Lerner and Loewe – Gigi
Lerner and Loewe – Brigadoon
Lerner and Loewe – My Fair Lady
Adreinne Tworek-Gryta, soprano
Christopher Critelli, tenor
Andrew W. Schultze, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Clark Suttle, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director