1996-1997 Season
September 21, 22, 1996 Kleinhans Music Hall
Verdi – Te Deum
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.55 “Eroica”
James Harris, narrator
Anthony M.Masiello, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
October 18, 1996 First Presbyterian Church, Symphony Circle, Buffalo
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor
December 14, 15, 1996 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Julie Newell, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Brad Diamond, tenor
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
December 19, 20, 21, 22, 1996 Kleinhans Music Hall
Holiday Pops
Handel/Newsom - Joy to the World
Mendelssohn/Bambridge - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Bernard/Newsom - Winter Wonderland
Shaw - Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 1
Wilhousky/Tyzik - Carol of the Bells
Wells & Torme/Bambridge - Christmas Song
Clement - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Berlin/Newsom - White Christmas
Anderson/Bambridge - Sleigh Ride
Tyzik - Skaters Overture
PDQ Bach - O Little Town of Hackensack, Throw the Yule Log on Uncle John
Rutter - Angel's Carol
Bartle/Cable - Pat-a-Pan, Fum Fum Fum
Martin/Blane/Newsom - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Adam/Harris - O Holy Night
Traditional - First Noel, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings, Deck the Halls
Pierpoint/Newsom - Jingle Bells
Handel - Messiah; Hallelujah Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
Claudia Yax, soprano
Bobby Militello, saxophone
Doc Severinson, conductor
February 14, 1997 Kleinhans Music Hall
By George, It’s by Gershwin
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess: Concert Version
Gershwin – A Woman is a Sometime Thing
Gershwin – It Ain’t Necessarily So
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin – Oh Kay; Overture
Gershwin – Girl Crazy; Overture
Gershwin – I’ve Got Rhythm
Gershwin – Embraceable You
Gershwin – But Not for Me
Gershwin – Of Thee I Sing
Priscilla Baskerville, soprano
Terry Cook, bass
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
March 22, 23, 1997 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bach – St.Matthew Passion
Ollie Watts Davis, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Steven Tharp, tenor
Gary Relyea, bass/baritone
Charles Austin, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
St.Paul’s Cathedral Choir
Dale Adelman, director
April 12, 1997 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mozart – Cosi fan tutte
Julia Kierstein, soprano
Marguerite Krull, mezzo-soprano
Jayne West, soprano
Steven Tharp, tenor
Vernon Hartman, baritone
Brian Zunner, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
May 17, 18, 1997 Kleinhans Music Hall
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 “Chorale”
Rochelle Ellis, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo soprano
Brad Diamond, tenor
David Arnold, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director