1986-1987 Season
October 18, 19, 1986 Kleinhans Music Hall
Paganini – Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Midori, violinist
Margaret Cusack, soprano
Shirley Close, mezzo-soprano
Jon Frederic West, tenor
Arnold Voketaitis, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
SUCNY-Fredonia Combined Choirs,
Donald Lang, director
December 16, 1986 Kenmore Presbyterian Church
Handel – Messiah
Shaw/Bennett – The Many Moods of Christmas
Susan B.Hartney, soprano
Maryalice Devine, mezzo soprano
John Fleischman, Jr., tenor
Harrison L. Coppock, baritone
Kent J. Vander Band, organ
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor
January 25, 1987, Lewiston Presbyterian Church
Music For A Sunday Afternoon
Tornås Luis De Victoria: Ave Maria
Tomas Luis De Victoria : Vere Languores
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Mass In G Minor
Aaron Copeland: In the Beginning
Julia Y. Chapman, Soprano
Maryalice Devine, Mezzo-Soprano
Paul Kight, Tenor
Harrison L. Coppock, Baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, Conductor
February 3, 1987 St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Victoria – Ave Maria motet
Victoria – Vere Languores
Vaughan Williams – Mass in G Minor
Copland – In the Beginning
Julia Y. Chapman, soprano
Maryalice Devine, mezzo soprano
Paul Kight, tenor
Harrison L.Coppock, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor
February 28 and March 1, 1987 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Jessye Norman, soprano
Esther Hinds, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
May 3, 1987 Assumption Church
Brahms - German Requiem
Claudia Yax, soprano
Frank Pullano, baritone
Members of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor