2016-2017 Season
July 3, 2016, Coca-Cola Field, Buffalo, NY
Independence Day at the Ballpark
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Ferington, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
September 24, 2016, Kleinhans Music Hall
John Williams’ Movie Masterworks
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Call of the Champions (2002 Winter Olympics)
Dry Your Tears Afrika from AMISTAD (1997)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
Lehrer Dance with the BPC
Lehrer Dance Company (UB Center for the Arts)
[Composer not yet identified] - "Rhapsody" (World Premiere)
October 15 & 16, 2016, Kleinhans Music Hall
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky - Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
November 27, 2016, Our Lady of Victory Basilica
Handel - Messiah
Joyce Yin, soprano
Katie Hannigan, mezzo-soprano
Tim Schuman, tenor
James Wright, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Adam Luebke, conductor
December 9 & 10, 2016, Kleinhans Music Hall
Classical Christmas
Eric Whitacre - Winter
J.S. Bach - Nun said ihr wohl gerochen from Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Randol Bass - Festival Magnificat
John Rutter (arr.) - I Saw Three Ships
John Rutter - Mary's Lullaby
Hander/Rutter - Joy to the World
Handel - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Emily Helenbrook, soprano
Mitchell Huchings, baritone
Ayden Herreid, boy soprano
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Stefan Sanders, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
December 16, 17, & 18, 2016, Kleinhans Music Hall
Holiday Pops
Willcocks - Ding Dong Merrily On High
Shaw/Bennett - The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
John Williams - Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone
*Leontovich/Barlow Bradford - Carol of the Bells
***Jeff Tyzik - Mis zeh Hidlik (Behold the Lights)
**K. K. Davis - Little Drummer Boy
Arr. Michael Braz - A Suite of Carols (Sing-Along)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (unlisted on program)
*with Westminster Presbyterian Church Bell Choir, dir. Steven Mayo
**with African American Cultural Center
*** with Anna Mattix, English Horn
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Buffalo Phiharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
February 18 & 19, 2017, Kleinhans Music Hall
Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [A German Requiem]
Deborah Selig, soprano
Darren Stokes, bass
Kodály - Dances Marosszek
Kodály - Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, Peacock Variations
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
May 20, 2017, Kleinhans Music Hall
Daemen Commencement
O Canada
The Star-Spangled Banner
Simon - Let The River Run
John David - You Are the New Day
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
June 3 & 4, 2017, Kleinhans Music Hall
William Walton - Belshazzar’s Feast
Kevin Deas, baritone
Edward Elgar - In the South
Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director
June 10, 2017, Kleinhans Music Hall
Broadway Comedy Tonight
Loesser - Guys and Dolls Overture
Sondheim - Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gershwin - By Strauss from Nice Work If You Can Get It
Loesser - Adelaide's Lament from Guys and Dolls
Willson - You Got Trouble from The Music Man
Porter - Friendship from Anything Goes
Willson - 76 Trombones from The Music Man
Kander & Ebb - Ring Them Bells from Liza with a 'Z'
Rodgers - My Funny Valentine from Babes in Arms
Sondheim - Getting Married Today from Company
Menken - Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid
Strouse - Easy Street from Annie
Kander & Ebb - When You're Good to Mama from Chicago
Schwartz - Popular from Wicked
DuPrez, Idle, Innes - Diva's Lament from Spamalot
Bernstein - Overture from Candide
Bernstein - Glitter and Be Gay from Candide
Parker, Stone, Lopez - You and Me, But Mostly Me from The Book of Mormon
Fekaris & Perren - I Will Survive from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Shaiman - You Can't Stop the Beat from Hairspray
Christiane Noll, soprano
Christine Pedi, soprano
Madeline Harts, soprano
West Richter, tenor
Jason Graae, tenor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Stefan Sanders, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, director