2000-2001 Season
September 23, 24, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Viva Italia: A Salute to Opera
Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Verdi – La Traviata: Deh miei bollenti spiriti
Verdi – La Traviata: Addio del passato
Verdi – La Traviata: Parigi, O cara
Verdi – La Traviata: Libiamo
Verdi – Nabucco: Va, pensiero
Puccini – La Boheme: Finale, Act I
Verdi – Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le fosche
Verdi – Rigoletto: La donna E mobile
Verdi – Rigoletto: Caro nome
Verdi – Rigoletto: Signor ne principe
Verdi – Rigoletto: E il sol dell’anima
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Un bel di
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asil
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Humming Chant
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Vieni la sera
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kaori Sato, soprano
Raul Melo, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Thomas Swan, director
October 29, 2000 Kenmore Presbyterian Church
November 12, 2000 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo
Candles in the Wilderness; Songs of America's Past
Chatman - Due West
Conte - Candles in the Wilderness, from “The Dreamers”
Walker - Love By the Water
Runswick - Five American Folksongs: Yankee Doodle, Shenandoah, Shortinin' Bread, Pick a Bale o'Cotton, The Streets of Laredo, Frog Went a-Courtin'
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Bettyalice Riehle, accompanist
Dale Adelmann, guest conductor
November 4, 5, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
December 2, 3, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Andrea Matthews, soprano
Barbara Rearick, alto
Christopher Pfund, tenor
Kurt Loft Willet, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
David Bond, acting director
December 8, 9, 10, 2000 Kleinhans Music Hall
Holiday Pops
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
Herbert – March of the Toys
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Mathes – I Wonder As I Wander
McDaniel – O Holy Night
Tchaikovsky – Selections from the Nutcracker
Powers – Sussex Carol
Powers – Fum, Fum, Fum
Vivaldi – Gloria in D Major; Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Cum Sancto spiritu
McDaniel, – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Berlin/Moss – White Christmas
Menotti – Shepherd’s Chorus from Amahl and the Night Visitors
Burt – Some Children See Him
Handel – Ev’ry Valley from Messiah
Abels – Angels We Have Heard On High
Shaw/Bennett – The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
Lennon/McDaniel – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Billy Porter, special guest
Mary Stahl, special
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John McDaniel, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
(prepared by Andrew Bisantz)
Western New York Children’s Chorus
John Fleishman, director
Feb. 11, 2001, St. James United Church of Christ, Hamburg NY
A Valentine Keepsake
John Dowland (1563-1626) - Come Again, Sweet Love
Thomas Morley (1557-1603) - April is in my Mistress' Face
Henry Purcell (1658-1695) - In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves
Earl Kim (1920-1998) - Some Thoughts on Keats and Coleridge
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Liebeslieder Walzer, Opus 52
Nancy Seel, soprano
Todd Creech, tenor
Marilyn Barber, mezzo soprano
Victor Schue/, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, director
February 25, 2001 Kleinhans Music Hall
In Celebration of Thomas Swan
Bach – B Minor Mass
Janet Obermeyer, soprano
Mary Ann Valaitis, mezzo soprano
Daniel Clark Smith, tenor
Brian Zunner, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
J.Reilly Lewis, guest conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director
April 27, 2001 Upper West Arts Center, Buffalo
Concerned Ecumenical Ministries Benefit Concert
MacDowell – Two Songs from the 13th Century, A.D.1230 Nithart, A.D.1290 Frauenlob
MacDowell – From the Sea
Patriquin – The Star of County Down
Jeffers – Three Sea Shanties: A Whistlin’ Shanty, Tommy’s Gone, Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Nestor – Four Partsongs from the Highlands: Ca’ the Yowes, O My Luve is Like a Red, red Rose, Will Ye Go Lassie Go?, Fareweel tae Tarwathie
Holst – The Hymn of Jesus
Mechem – Time
Siskind – Everyone suddenly Burst Out Singing
Victor Schuel, baritone
Michael Colquhoun, flute
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, director
May 19, 2001 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Daemen College Commencement
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Patrick Barrett, conductor
May 19, 20, 2001 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Holst – The Planets
Sergiu Comissiona, guest conductor
Women of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
May 30, 2001 Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Pan-Americana, A Centennial Celebration In Song
John Dillon - Put Me Off At Buffalo, 1895
Theo. Douglas - At the Pan-American Fair, 1899
Edward MacDowell - In the Starry Sky Above Us
Edward MacDowell - Bonnie Ann, 1898
Edward MacDowell - Hush, Hush, 1897
Edward MacDowell - Dance of Gnomes, 1891
Ethelbert Nevin, arr. by' George L. Osgood - Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Nancy Seel, soprano
Stephen C. Foster - The Soiree Polka, 1850
Stephen C. Foster - Merry Little Birds are We, 1 862
Stephen C. Foster - Come Where Love Lies Dreaming
Stephen C. Foster - Old Folks at Home, 1851
arr. by Charles D. Blake - Old Folks at Home Variations, 1855
Stephen C. Foster - Gwine to Run all Night
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - La Gallina, the Hen, 1865
Bettyalice Riehle, Bruce Bell
Victor Herbert - Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart, 1898
from The Fortune Teller, Victor Schuel, baritone
Gustave Kerker - Little Birdies Learning How to Fly, 1897
from The Telephone Girl, Todd Creech, tenor
Victor Herbert -So Rouse Ye, Bold Warriors, 1899
Harry J. Lincoln - McKinley 's Memorial March, 1901
C. A. Mulliner - In Memory of Our Beloved President, 1901
with Marilyn Barber, speaker
J. S. Fearis - Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, 1897
Charles B. Ward - Strike Up the Band, 1900
Thomas A. Becket - The Red, White and Blue, 1871
Gus Edwards - Pan, Pan, Pan, 1901
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Chamber Singers
Thomas Swan, Music Director
Bettyalice Riehle, Bruce Bell, pianists
Marilyn Barber, conductor
June 8, 9, 2001 Kleinhans Music Hall
Concert Dedicated in Memory of Thomas Swan (1942-2001)
Mozart – Concerto for violin and Orchestra, No.3 in G Major, K.216
Mahler – Symphony No.2 in C Minor, “Resurrection”
Charles Haupt, violin
Anne-Lise Berntsen, alto
Barbara Quintiliani, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Joann Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Thomas Swan, director