2010-2011 Season
July 3, 2010 Coca-Cola Field, Buffalo
Independence Day at the Ballpark
David/Livingston – Cinderella Fantasy: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes; The Work Song; Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo; So This is Love
Cohan/Gordon – Star Spangled Sing-along: You’re a Grand Old Flag/I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
Steffe/Wilhousky – Battle Hymn of the Republic
Lowden – Armed Forces Salute
Berlin/Ringwald – God Bless America
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Ferington, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
July 11, 2010 Artpark
Orff – Carmina Burana
Borodin – Polovetzian Dances
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Franz, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus
John Fleischman, director
July 12, 2010 Artpark
Broadway Rocks
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Franz, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
July 25, 2010 Artpark
Opera In Concert
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
July 31, 2010 Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater, Chautauqua
Mahler – Symphony No.3
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Women’s Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
October 2, 2010 D’Youville College, Sacred Heart Chapel
Celebration of the Life of J.Warren Perry, Ph.D.(Oct 25, 1921-August 5, 2010)
Faure –
Stravinsky – Here I Stand
Bach – Toccata in E Minor, Fugue
Elgar – O Nata Lux” from Lux Aeterna
Brahms – How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Stanton Hudson
Christopher Wietig
Linda Mabry
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, conductor
October 17, 2010 St.Louis R.C. Church, Buffalo
Buffalo Sings! Community Concert Series: Bach Festival Concert
Bach – Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus
Doreen Rao, conductor
November 6, 7, 2010 Kleinhans Music Hall
Brahms – Nanie (Song of Lamentation), Op.82
Brahms – Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op.54
Prokofiev – Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
November 29, 2010 St.Stephen’s Church, Grand Island
Buffalo Sings! Community Concert Series; Sing-Along Messiah
Handel – Messiah
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, conductor
December 5, 2010 Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna
Buffalo Sings! Community Concert Series: Messiah In-Concert
Handel – Messiah
Clare DeSievigne, soprano
Natalia Kojanova, mezzo soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Andrew Love
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Musicians
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, conductor
December 10, 11, 12, 2010 Kleinhans Music Hall
First Niagara Holiday Pops
Traditional/Dragon – Deck the Halls
Williams – Marry Christmas from Home Alone
Traditional/Hayen – O Com, O Come Emmanuel
Mancini/Goldstein – Frosty the Snowman; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Loesser – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Mancini/Goldstein – Jingle Bells; Sleigh Ride
Traditional/Richman – Hanukkah Festival Overture
Leontovich/Wendel – The Carol of the Bells
Shaw/Bennett – The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 3
Faith/Norris – Brazilian Sleigh Bells
Tiomkin/Marquart/Palmer – Suite from It’s A Wonderful Life
Willson – It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Berlin/Dragon – White Christmas
Bock – She Loves Me: Twelve Days to Christmas
Traditional/Bradford – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Herman/Wendel – We Need a Little Christmas
Adam/Harris – O Holy Night
Marks/Richman – Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Norris – Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Shaw Festival Theatre Ensemble
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, conductor
December 18, 2010 Kleinhans Music Hall
A Classical Christmas
Beckel, Jr. – A Christmas Fanfare
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
Rimsky-Korsakov – Christmas Eve: Polonaise
Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.8 in G minor “Christmas Concerto”
Elgar – The Starlight Express, Op.78: Finale
Honegger – Une Cantate de Noel: Finale
Bach – Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Jauchzet Frohlocket
Bass – Fanfre: Joy to the World
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers; Pas de deux
Handel – Messiah: Sinfonie, excerpts
Norris – Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
January 16, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Celebration Program “Where Do We Go From Here”
– Where Have All the Flowers Gone
– Precious Lord
– Total Praise
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (performed as part of a full 2 hour program)
Karen Williams, conductor
February 5, 2011 Amherst Middle School
Buffalo Sings! Community Concert Series
All American Mosaic – America’s Folksong Traditions
Workshop for choral singers, directors and educators
Page – Do You Shine?
Page – There’s Honey In the Rock
Ellington – Freedom (Sweet Fat and That)
Joplin – We’re Goin’ Around from Treemonisha
Orozco – Paz Y Libertad
Seeger/Sirett – Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Page – Building Bridges (contemporary Quaker song)
Page – School Song
Page/Sandburg,poet – Stars, Songs, Faces
Page/Parker – Choose to Bless the World
John Landis, Patrick Barrett, accompanists
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Nick Page, song leader, author and composer
April 2, 3, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Celestial Classics
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 “Jupiter”
Holst – The Planets
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Women
Doreen Rao, conductor
April 9, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Styne – Funny Girl: concert presentation
James Brennan, Director
Cast of Characters
Michele Ragusa, Fanny Brice
Paul Todaro, Nick Arnstein
Ellen Horst, Mrs.Brice
Jessica Ann Best, Mrs.Strakosh
Patrich O’Herron, Eddie Ryan
Paschal Frisina III, Heckie/John/stage manager
Keith Ersing, Tom Keeney/Mr.Renaldi
Christopher Wietig, Ziegfeld Tenor
Matthew Kraemer, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
April 10, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Buffalo Sings! Community Concert Series
Made in America – Choral Spectacular!
Buck – Festival Overture “The Star spangled Banner”
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Joseph D’Ingillo, boy soprano
Saul Elkin, reader
Copland – Old American Songs: Zion’s Walls, Simple gifts, The Boatman’s Dance, At the River, Ching-a-Ring Chaw
Ives – Songs: Circus Band, The Pond, They are There!
Barber – Adagio for Strings, Op.11
Copland – The Tender Land
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
BPC Choral Festival Spectacular Choirs
Doreen Rao, conductor
Amherst Bel Canto Choirs
Sue Faye Allen, director
May 27, 28, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Star Spangled Spectacular
Ward/Dragon – America the Beautiful
Ives – They Are There
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Traditional/Dragon – The Wide Missouri (Shenandoah)
Sousa – El Capitan March
Williams – Born on the Fourth of July
Berlin/Ringwald – God Bless America
Mohan – Patriotic Medley
Willson/Hayman – 76 Trombones from the Music Man
Williams – America, the Dream Lives On
Copland – Old American songs
Anderson – Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me
Steff & Howe/Wilhousky – Battle Hymn of the Republic
Cohan/Dragon – Over There
Meacham/Leyden – American Patrol
Lowden – Armed Forces Salute
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture solonelle, Op.49
Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
Marc Webster, bass
Joseph Mohan, piano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Matt Kraemer, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director
June 4, 5, 2011 Kleinhans Music Hall
Concert dedicated to the memory of Charles Dowdell, friend and benefactor of the BPO
Verdi – Requiem
Angela Brown, soprano
Ann McMahon Quintero, mezzo-soprano
Bryan Register, tenor
Jason Grant, bass-baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Doreen Rao, director