1999-2000 Season
July 2, 1999 Artpark
Canadian National Anthem
American National Anthem
Ridout – Fall Fair
Jones – Miramichi Ballad
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Copland – Saturday Night Waltz
Copland – Rodeo; Hoedown
Bates/Ward – America the Beautiful
Howe/Wilhousky, arr.- Battle Humn of the Republic
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
Irv Weinstein, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
September 18, 1999 Kleinhans Music Hall
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Sandoval – Trumpet Concerto
Sandoval/Legrand – To Diz With Love
Sandoval/Martinez – A Mis Abuelos
Gillespie/Legrand – Groovin’ High
Sandoval – Rhythm of our World
Ritchie/McNeill – All Night Long
Orff – Carmina Burana
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Richard Kaufman, guest conductor
Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter
Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
Michael Schrey, tenor
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
The Choristers of St.Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
Dr. Dale Adelmann, director
October 22, 1999 First Presbyterian Church
Concerned Ecumenical Ministries Benefit Concert
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor
November 14, 1999 Westminster Presbyterian Church
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, conductor
December 4, 5, 1999 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Yaacov Bergman, guest conductor
Aline Kutan, soprano
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
William Watson, tenor
Theodore Baerg, bass/baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
December 10, 11, 12, 1999 Kleinhans Music Hall
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker, excerpts
Herbert – March of the Toys
Berlin – White Christmas
Gannon/Ram – I’ll be Home for Christmas
Traditional – I wonder as I Wander
Traditional – O Holy Night
Traditional – O Night Divine
Handel – Messiah: Ev’ry Valley
Traditional – Some Children See Him
Traditional – Many Moods of Christmas
Mary Stahl, mezzo soprano
Billy Porter, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John McDaniel, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
Western New York Children’s Chorus
John Fleischman, Jr., director
February 13, 2000 St. James United Church of Christ
Valentine's Day special
Thomas Morley (1557-1603) Shoot, false love, I care not
April is in my Mistress' face
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) - The Silver Swan
William Byrd (1543-1623) - I thought that Love had been a boy
John Bennett (c. 1570-1615) - Let go, why do you stay me?
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) - S 'io ti vedess' una sol
(Ah, could my eyes behold thee)
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1505-c. 1565) - I vostr' acuti dardi
(One smiling summer moming)
Claude Debussy (1862-1928) - Trois Chansons
1. Dieu! Qui'il la fait bon regarder!
2. Quantj'ai ouy letabourin
3. Y ver, vous n'estes qu'un villain
Srul Irving Glick (b. 1934) - Northern Sketches
l. Northern Sketches
2. Butterflies
3. Celebration
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Four Lieder, Opus 31, Nos. 1-4
l. Wechsellied zum Tanz
2. Abendlied
3. Der Gang zum Liebchen
4. Neckereien
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, director
March 12, 2000 Orchard Park Presbyterian Church
Lauridsen – Ave Maria
Durufle – Mess “Cum Jubilo”
Vehar – Dona Nobis Pacem
Vehar – Ubi Caritas (World Premier)
Berger – Vision of Peace
Foster – Slumber, My Darling
Traditional – Danny Boy
Dawson – Spiritual: Soon Ah Will Be Done
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor
April 14, 15, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bridge – The Sea, Suite for Orchestra
Britten – King Arthur
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
Jubilant Sykes, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
May 20, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Daemen College Commencement
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, conductor
May 21, 2000, East Aurora
Motets from the 16th Century
Anonymous - Rejoice in the Lord Alway
Adrian Batten - Lord, We Beseech Thee
Adrian Batten - O Sing Joyfully
Ludovico Viadana - Exsultate Justi
(Praise Your God, Ye Righteous)
Five Shaker Lyrics
Kareen A. Tarlow - With Hands and Feet in Motion
I Have a Little Drum
Lay Me Low
Laugh a Little!
I'm Lively in the Dances
Trois Chansons
Maurice Ravel - Nicolette (Nicolet)
Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
(Three lovely birds from Paradise)
Ronde (Roundelay)
Srul Irving Glick - Northern Sketches
Northern Sketches
Spring
Butterflies
Celebration
John Chorbajian - Three Poems from "A Shropshire Lad"
Loveliest Of Trees
When I Was One-and Twenty
Wth Rue My Heart Is Laden
Richard Genée, Arr. by C. E. Rowley - Italian Salad (A musica/jest in the form
of the Finale to an Italian Opera)
Arr. by George Mitchell - Old McDonald had a farm
American traditional
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, conductor
June 3, 4, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky, Op.78
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Margaret Kuhl, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director