1998-1999 Season
September 19, 20 1998 Kleinhans Music Hall
Berlioz – Le Corsaire Overture
Faure – Requiem
Saint-Saens – Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 “Organ”
Janice Chandler, soprano
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Thomas Swan, organ
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
October 16, 1998 Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bruckner – Three Graduals for the Church Year
Locklair – Brief Mass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor
November 20, 21, 1998 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bock – Fiddler on the Roof
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Head, guest conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
December 10, 11, 12, 13, 1998 Kleinhans Music Hall
Doc's Holiday Pops
Jamie Tyzik, soprano
Doc Severinsen, trumpet
Dankworth - Lullay, Lullay (BPC commission)
Thomas Swan, conductor
Traditional - It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas
Traditional - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Traditional - Silver Bells
Traditional - What Child Is This
Traditional - O Holy Night
Traditional - Angels We Have Heard on High
Vivaldi - Gloria in D; opening chorus
Mozart - Voi che sapete
Traditional - Silent Night
Prokofiev/Newson - Troika
Traditional/Newsom - Good King Wenceslas
Shaw - Many Moods of Christmas No.4
Traditional - The Toy Trumpet
Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Doc Severinsen, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
Buffalo Academy of the Visual and Performing Arts Choir
Joyce Robinson, conductor
December 19, 20 1998 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Mark Schowalter, tenor
Emile Fath, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Westerfield, guest conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
January 22, 23, 1999 Kleinhans Music Hall
Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Head, guest conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
March 14, 1999 Westminster Presbyterian Church
Music for the Season of Lent
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber singers
Thomas Swan, conductor
March 27, 1999 Westminster Presbyterian Church
“Tom Swan Day” as proclaimed by Mayor Masiello
Verdi – Four Sacred Pieces
Vehar – Peace Requiem (World Premier)
Cristen Gregory, soprano
Brian Zunner, bass
Western New York Children’s Chorus
John Fleischman, Jr., director
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor