2005-2006 Season
October 22, 2005 Kleinhans Music Hall
Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor
Thompson – Frostiana
Copland – Old American Songs: Stopping By Woods, I Bought Me a Cat, Long Time Ago, Simple Gifts
Kyoung Cho, soprano
Quinn Patrick, mezzo soprano
Pablo Cesar Bustos, tenor
Daniel Ihasz, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, conductor
December 3, 4, 2005 Kleinhans Music Hall
Cameron Baird Centennial Concert
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125
Maria Fortuna, soprano
Sebnem Mekinulov, soprano
Eric Fennell, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
December 9, 2005 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Amy Van Roekel, soprano
Rebekah Ambrosini, mezzo soprano
Christopher Pfund, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
December 10, 2005 Kleinhans Music Hall
Rimsky-Korsakov – Polonaise from “Christmas Eve Suite”
Glazunov – Winter from “The Seasons”
Piazzola – Winter from “The Seasons”
Vivaldi – Winter from “The Seasons”
Tchaikovsky – excerpts from Nutcracker Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov – Suite from the Snow Maiden
Handel – Messiah excerpts
Antoine Lefebvre, violin
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
December 16, 17, 18, 2005 Kleinhans Music Hall
HSBC Holiday Pops with Marvin Hamlisch
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
February 10, 11, 2006 Kleinhans Music Hall
A Valentine Special
Horner – Titanic: My Heart Will Go On
Hamlisch – The Way We Were
Porter – Night and Day
Mancini – Days of Wine and roses
Mancini – Moon River
Legrand – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Legrand – I Will Wait for You
Rodgers – There is Nothing Like a Dame
Berlin – Always
Rodgers – People Will Say We’re in Love
Rodgers – Carousel: Soliloquy
Anne Runolfsson, soprano
Doug LaBrecque, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
February 18, 2006 Kleinhans Music Hall
Elgar – In the South, op.50
Mozart – Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Verdi – Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore
Bellini – Casta diva from Norma
Verdi – Merce, dilette amiche from I vespri siciliani
Verdi – Triumphal March from Aida
Grusin/Ritenour – Shenandoah
Grusin/Ritenour – The Water is Wide
Porter – So in Love from Kiss Me Kate
Loewe – I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, director
May 5, 2006 St.Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo
Rachmaninoff – Canticles of Vespers
Lauridsen – Lux aeterna
Calwell/Ivory – John the Revelator
Wood – Hail, Gladdening Light
Wilberg, arr – Cindy
Dawson – Soon-ah Will Be Done
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
L. Brett Scott, conductor
Arts Academy Select Choir
William Dawson, director