2006-2007 Season
July 28, 2006 Artpark
A Night At The Opera
Chistina Nassif, soprano
Eric Fennell, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
September 6, 2006
Chamber Singers performance for Community Foundation Event
October 6, 2006 Westminster Church, Buffalo
Chamber Singers performance for Wedding
October 10, 2006 Asbury Hall at The Church
UNYTS Concert
L. Brett Scott, conductor
Bettyalice Riehle, accompanist
October 29, 2006
Upstate New York Transplant Services – Private Concert
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, conductor
November 4, 5, 2006 Kleinhans Music Hall
Hagen – Shining Brow: The Life of Frank Lloyd Wright
Robert Orth, Brenda Harris, Robert Frankenberry
Matthew Curran, Elaine Valby, Gilda Lyons
Elem Eley, James Demler, Jennifer Lynn Reckamp
Tony Barton, Deborah Fleischer, Eric Fleischer
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
December 3, 2006 Our Lady of Victory Basilica
Handel – Messiah
Gwendolyn Coleman Detwiler, soprano
Quinn Patrick, mezzo soprano
Pablo Bustos, tenor
Daniel Ihasz, bass
Members of the BPO and Western New York Chamber Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, conductor
December 8, 9, 2006 Kleinhans Music Hall
A Classical Christmas
Wendel – Overture to a Merry Christmas from “A Classical Christmas Suite”
Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.8 “Christmas Concerto”
Schubert/Luck – Ave Maria
Yon/Ryden – Gesu Bambino
Bach – Cantata No.191 “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” BWV 191
Wendel – Little Bolero Boy from “A Classical Christmas Suite”
Liszt – Christus – Part I: Christmas Oratorio
Courtney – Carols of the Night
Traditional/Harris – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Traditional/Harris – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Lianne Coble, soprano
Rodd Teski, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Franz, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
December 15, 16, 17, 2006 Kleinhans Music Hall
Holiday Pops
Tchaikovsky – Suite from the Nutcracker
Traditional – O Holy Night
Berlin – White Christmas
Hamlisch – Take Me to Christmas Past
Traditional – Ding Dong Merrily on High
Empire Brass – Marc Brian Reese, trumpet; Michelle Perry, French Horn; Mark Hetzler, trombone; Kenneth Amis, tuba
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
March 25, 2007 Kleinhans Music Hall
70th Anniversary Concert
Beethoven – Mass in C Major, Op.86
Randol Bass – Passage Into Spirit (World Premier)
Beethoven – Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus, Op.80
Jennifer Gliere, soprano
Elise Quagliata, mezzo soprano
Joe Dan Harper, tenor
Won Cho, baritone
Stephen Manes, piano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, conductor
April 28, 29, 2007 Kleinhans Music Hall
Schmidt – Intermezzo from “Notre Dame”
Vehar – City of Light – Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Orff – Carmina Burana
Esther Heideman, soprano
Andrew Skoog, tenor
Richard Zeller, baritone
John Fullam, clarinet
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral
Thomas Foster, interim choirmaster
May 25, 26, 2007 Kleinhans Music Hall
Stars & Stripes Forever
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Rodgers – “Mare Nostrum” from Victory at Sea
Williams – Hymn to the Fallen (from the film Saving Private Ryan)
Senior Master Sergeant Gregory Sprowl, narrator
Steffe & Howe/Wilhousky – Battle Hymn of the Republic
Ward – Jubilation Overture
Alford – Colonel Bogey March
Hayman – Sing Out America
Gould – American Salute
Cohan/Wendel – George M.Cohan Overture
Williams – Liberty Fanfare
Ward/Dragon – America the Beautiful
Boltz – An Honor to Serve
Master Sergeant Huey Gauthier, soloist
Werle – Armed Forces Salute ’96
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture solonelle, Op.49
Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
U.S.Air Force Band of Liberty
Lt. Col.Larry H.Lang, commander and conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Franz, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
European Tour; American Celebration of Music in Germany
Dvorak – Te Deum
Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
Bach/Copland – Werke von Morten Lauridsen
June 28, 2007 Dvorak Hall at the Rudolfinum, Prague
June 30, 2007 Thomaskirche, Leipzig
July 3, 2007 Konzerthaus, Berlin
Ann Scott, soprano
Thomas Barratt, baritone
Northern Czech Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Robert Shoup, conductor