2019-2020 season

Handel’s Messiah

November 24, 2019

St. Mary’s Swormville

and

December 1, 2019

Our Lady of Victory Basilica

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

            Soloists:

            Sarah Luebke, soprano

            Lynne McMurty, mezzo-soprano

            James Judd, tenor

            Jaman E. Dunn, bass

JoAnn’s Classical Christmas

December 13 and 14, 2019

Kleinhans Music Hall

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Arr. Randol Bass - Fanfare: Joy to the World

*Pietro A. Yon - "Gesu Bambino"

JS Bach - "Jauchzet Frohlocket" from Christmas Oratorio

Handel - "Hallelujah" Chorus from Messiah

Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival

* [In collaboration with] Rachel Mikol, soprano

John Morris Russell’s Holiday Pops

December 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2019

Kleinhans Music Hall [confirm/deny]

BPO Pops, John Morris Russell, conductor

Traditional - "Dance and Sing This Happy Day (Il est né)"

*Handel - "Joy to the World"

Traditional - "The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy"

Robert Alex Anderson - "Mele Kalikimaka"

Jeff Tyzik - "Mis zeh Hidlik (Behold the Lights)"

*Ann Hampton Callaway - "God Bless my Family"

**K. K. Davis - "Little Drummer Boy"

***Daniel Kantor - "Night of Silence/Silent Night"

*Traditional - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

*[In collaboration with] Liz Callaway, vocalist

**[In collaboration with] African American Cultural Center Drumming Ensemble

***[In collaboration with] Liz Callaway and Patrick O’Herron, vocalists

Mozart’s Requiem

January 25 and 26, 2020

Kleinhans Music Hall

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

            W. A. Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626

            I. INTROITUS, Requiem aeternam

            II. KYRIE

            III. SENQUENTIA

            No. 1 Dies Irae

            No. 2 Tuba mirum

            No. 3 Rex tremendae

            No. 4 Recordare

            No. 5 Confutatis

            No. 6 Lacrimosa

            IV. OFFERTORIUM No. 1

            No. 1 Domine Jesu Christe

            No. 2 Hosias

            V. SANCTUS

            VI. BENEDICTUS

            VII. AGNUS DEI

            VIII. COMMUNIO    

Soloists:

Mary Hangley, mezzo soprano

Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo soprano

Gene Stenger, tenor

James Wright, bass

Mahler & Bernstein

February 8 and 9, 2020

Kleinhans Music Hall

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor

            Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra

            I. Psalm 108: 2

            Psalm 100

            II. Psalm 23

            Psalm 2: 1-4

            III. Psalm 131

            Psalm 133: 1

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter tenor