1985-1986 Season
October 25 & 26, 1985, Kleinhans Music Hall
An Evening With Cole Porter and Friends
Overture
It's Delovely
I Love You
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Another Op'nin', Another Show
Chorus
I Concentrate on You
Ms. Knight, Mr. Pullano
Use Your Imagination
Mr. Burgess
Be A Clown
Ms. Knight, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pullano
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Chorus (Men)
So In Love
Ms. Knight
Where is that Life that late I Led?
Mr. Burgess
Let's Do It
Ms. Knight, Mr. Pullano
Hey, Babe, Hey!
Chorus
Well, Did You Evah?
Ms. Knight, Mr. Burgess
Begin the Beguine
Mr. Pullano, Chorus
Intermission
Anything Goes
All Through the Night
Mr. Pullano
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Ms. Knight, Chorus
You're the Top
Ms. Knight, Mr. Burgess
Can-Can
It's All Right With Me
Mr. Pullano
I Got You Under My Skin
Ms. Knight, Chorus
Too Darned Hot
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pullano
Friendship
Ms. Knight, Mr. Burgess,
Mr. Pullano
Night and Day
Ms. Knight, Mr. Burgess,
Mr. Pullano, Chorus
John Covelli, Conductor
Kathy Knight, Soprano
Gary Burgess, Tenor
Frank Pullano, Baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, Music Director
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Chorus
Thomas Swan, Director
November 1, 2, 1985 Kleinhans Music Hall
Rachmaninoff – Kolokola, op.35 “The Bells”
Flagello – Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophones
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Amherst Saxophone Quartet,
Salvatore Andolina, soprano saxophone
Michael Nascimben, alto saxophone
Stephen Rosenthal, tenor saxophone
Harry Fackelman, baritone saxophone
Margaret Cusack, soprano
Alan Crabb, tenor
Arnold Voketaitis, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
December 13, 14, 1985 Kleinhans Music Hall
Tchaikovsky – Suite from The Nutcracker, Op.71a
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, for Narrator and Orchestra, Op.67
Shaw/Bennett – The Many Moods of Christmas
Kay – Two Seasonal Favorites
Bernard/Hermann – Winter Wonderland
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Irv Weinstein, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
March 1, 2, 1986 Kleinhans Music Hall
Verdi – Requiem
Martina Arroyo, soprano
Lorna Myers, mezzo-soprano
Tonio Dipaolo, tenor
Steven Dupont, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
May 18, 1986 First Presbyterian Church
Cameron Baird Endowed Chair Commemoration
Installation of Music Director Thomas Swan
Haydn – Mariazeller Mass
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
Claudia Yax, Soprano
Mary Alice Devine, mezzo soprano
John Fleischman, Jr., tenor
Charles Lady, bass
Frank Pullano, baritone
Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor
June 4, 1985 Artpark // Toast of the Town
David Frank, David Lamb, Saul Elkin, narrators
Khachaturian – Saber Dance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Harrison – The Song of Quetzecoatl
UB Percussion Ensemble
Schubert – Trio in B Flat
New Buffalo String Trio
Barlow – The Winter’s Passed
Ars Nova Musicians
Marylouise Nanna, conductor
Paul Scholssman, oboe
Blake – Charleston Rag
Amherst Saxophone Quartet
Four Tangos for Larry
Buffalo Ballet Theater
Fetler – Cycles
Jesse Kregal Timpani Ensemble
Bottesini – Grand Duo Concertant
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Ansgar Aylward, violin
Todd Seeber, bass
Metheny – Phase Dance
Rushour, swing/jazz/rock group
Sal Andolina, conductor
Romberg – The Student Prince
Western New York Opera Theater
Manzara – Winter Dreams; for electronic tape
Thompson – The Peaceable Kingdom
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor