1987-1988 Season
October 9, 10, 1987 Kleinhans Music Hall
Warren – Harry Warren’s Hollywood
Arlen – Harold Arlen Song Book
Arlen – The Wizard of Oz: Selections
Wilhousky – Battle Hymn of the Republic
Warren – Harry Warren Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mitch Miller, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
October 25, 1987 Assumption Church
Mozart - Requiem
Mozart - Ave Verum
Patricia Barbalato, soprano
Maryalice Devine, mezzo soprano
Henry Pendleton, tenor
William Graf, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
December 6, 1987 Lockport High School
Victoria – Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams – Mass in G
Rutter – When Icicles hang
Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Brass Choir
Mark Jones, tuba
Paul Shewan, Larry Easter, Steve Johnson, Jeffrey Jarvis, trumpet
Mary Swarzwelder, French Horn
Lon Gormley, Gerry Bacon, Diana Betts, trombone
Betty Riehle, accompanist
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, conductor
December 11, 12, 1987 Kleinhans Music Hall
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Traditional – Chrismas Fantasia
Traditional – Wassail Song
Traditional – The Coventry Carol
Shakespeare – Winter
Dankworth – Tom Sawyer’s Saturday
Dankworth – Winter Wonderland Medley
Gershwin – Strike Up the Band
Torme – Christmas Song
Traditional – I Saw Three ships
Traditional – Rocking
Sergaeante – The Cowboy Carol
Traditional – Seasonal Sing-a-Long
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Dankworth, conductor
Saul Elkin, Narrator
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
March 4, 5, 1988 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bernstein – West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Koussevitsky – Concerto for Double Bass
Todd Seeber, double bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Argento – Te Deum (World Premiere)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director
June 12, 1988 Rockwell Hall
Verdi and Friends
Verdi - Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Rossini - Stabat Mater
Laudi Alla Vergine Maria
Verdi - Te Deum
Verdi - La Traviata
Verdi - Nabucco
Verdi - Aida
Claudia Yax, dramatic soprano
Henry G. Pendleton, tenor
Patricia Barbalato, soprano
Carl Johengen, tenor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Thomas Swan, director