2018 – 2019 Season
September 15, 2018, Kleinhans Music Hall
Beethoven’s Ninth (“Choral”)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Soloists:
Deborah Selig, soprano
Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Skoog, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Adam Luebke, Director
November 25, 2018, Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, NY
Handel - Messiah
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Adam Luebke, conductor
Soloists:
Emily Helenbrook, soprano
Lynne McMurty, mezzo-soprano
Nathaniel McEwen, tenor
Nicholas Kilkenny, bass
December 7 and 8, 2018, Kleinhans Music Hall
JoAnn’s Classical Christmas
J.S. Bach - "Jauchzet Frohlocket" from Christmas Oratorio
Witold Lutoslawski - Selections from Polish Christmas Carols
Georg Frederic Handel - "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah
Leroy Anderson - A Christmas Festival
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Adam Luebke, Director
December 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2018
John Morris Russell’s Holiday Pops
Kleinhans Music Hall
BPO Pops, John Morris Russell, conductor
Herman - "We Need a Little Christmas"
Robert Shaw - "The Many Moods of Christmas"
Leontovich - "The Bells of St. Michael"
Arr. Barlow Bradford - "Angels We Have Heard on High"
Arr. Carmen Dragon - "Deck the Halls"
Arr. Steven Reineke - "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Daniel Kantor - "Night of Silence/Silent Night"
It is likely there were soloists.
April 13 and 14, 2019, Kleinhans Music Hall
The Passion of Yeshua
Richard Danielpour - The Passion of Yeshua
Cast:
Matthew Worth, Narrator/Talmuda
Kenneth Overton, Yeshua
Hila Plitmann, Miryam Magdala
J’Nai Bridges, Miryam, the mother of Yeshua
Timothy Fallon, Kefa/Pilate
James Bass, Kafaya
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
UCLA Chamber Singers
James Bass, UCLA Chamber Singers Director
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Adam Luebke, Director
May 24 and 25, 2019, Kleinhans Music Hall
An American Salute
George M. Cohan - "Star Spangled Spectacular"
Steffe & Howe - "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Aaron Copland - "The Promise of Living" from The Tenderland Suite
Irving Berlin - "God Bless America" (arr. Carmen Dragon)
Arr. Lowden - "Armed Forces Salute"
John Williams - "Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan
Samuel Ward - "America the Beautiful"
John Phillip Sousa - "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
John Morris Russell, conductor
Rachel Potter, vocalist and narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus,
Adam Luebke, Director
June 1, 2 2019, Kleinhans Music Hall
Bizet - Carmen
Tamara Gura, Mezzo-Soprano
Kyle Van Schoonhoven, Tenor
Alexandra Deshorties, Micaela
Michael J. Hawk, Escamillo
Valerian Ruminski, [unlisted]
Lucia Helgren, Frasquita
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Mercedes
James Judd, Remendado
James Wright, Dancairo
Brandon Mecklenburg, Morales