2018-2019 season

Beethoven’s Ninth (“Choral”)

September 15, 2018

Kleinhans Music Hall

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

            Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

            Soloists:

            Deborah Selig, soprano

            Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano

            Andrew Skoog, tenor

            Kevin Deas, bass-baritone

Handel’s Messiah

November 25, 2018

Location needed

Buffalo Philharmonic Choir with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Adam Luebke, conductor

            Soloists:

            Emily Helenbrook, soprano

            Lynne McMurty, mezzo-soprano

            Nathaniel McEwen, tenor

            Nicholas Kilkenny, bass

JoAnn’s Classical Christmas

December 7 and 8, 2018

Kleinhans Music Hall

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

            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

John Morris Russell’s Holiday Pops

December 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2018

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.

The Passion of Yeshua

April 13 and 14, 2019

Kleinhans? [confirm/deny]

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

UCLA Chamber Singers

            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

            James Bass, UCLA Chamber Singers Director

An American Salute

May 24 and 25, 2019

Kleinhans? [confirm/deny]

BPO Pops, John Morris Russell, conductor

            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"

Names of soloists would help here.

Credits for Carmen (June 2019):

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