1963-1964 Season
November 17, 19, 1963
Kleinhans Music Hall
Beethoven – Wellington Sieg (1813)
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 “Eroica” (1804)
Britten – Ballad of Heroes (1939)
Diamond – This Sacred Ground (1962)
Andre Montal, tenor
George Hoffmann, bass baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Fredonia College Choir
Richard Sheil, conductor
St. Paul’s Cathedral Boy Choir
Donald Ingram, conductor
December 13, 1963 Kleinhans Music Hall
A Fairy Tale: Christmas Concert
Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty
Ravel – Mother Goose
Stravinsky – The Fairy’s Kiss
Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty
Ravel – Mother Goose
Roger Wagner – Christmas Songs
Narrators: Mindy Yokelson, Dean Cohan, Lynn Sandler, Richard Davis, Renee Dufallo
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Dr. Richard F. Sheil, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Dufallo, conductor
December 20, 1963 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Shirley Verrett, mezzo soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
John West, bass baritone
Squire Haskin, organ
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Dr. Richard F. Sheil, director
Guido Chorus
Clyde D. Kline, director
Kenmore Presbyterian Church
Peter Van Dyck, director
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lukas Foss, conductor
February 7, 1964 Kleinhans Music Hall
French Night
Porter – Can Can: Selections
Lerner-Loewe – Gigi: Selections
Traditional – Vive La France
Dorati – La Vie Parisienne
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Gershwin – American in Paris
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Dr. Richard Sheil, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Dufallo, conductor
February 21, 1964
Styne – Gypsy: selections
Rodgers-Hammerstein – The King and I: selections
Rodgers-Hammerstein – South Pacific: selections
Rodgers – Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Lukas Foss, conductor
Bernstein – “On the Town”, Lonely Town
Bernstein -” Candide”, selections
Marjorie Gordon, soprano
John L. Priebe, tenor
Kerry McDevitt, baritone
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Dr. Richard Sheil, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Dufallo, conductor
May 10, 1964 Trinity Episcopal Church
Bruckner – Mass No.2 in E Minor for Double Chorus
Brahms – “O Heiland” Motet, Op.74, No.2 (O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf)
Heinrich Schalit – Sabbath Eve Liturgy, for Tenor Cantor and Chorus
Malcom Shatz, tenor
Virginia Frank, organ
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Dr. Richard F. Sheil, conductor