BPO Classics Repertoire 1986-87
18, 19 October 1986
Paganini - Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125 "Chorale"
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Midori, violinist
Margaret Cusack, soprano
Shirley Close, mezzo-soprano
Jon Frederic West, tenor
Arnold Voketaitis, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
SUCNY-Fredonia Combined Choirs,
Donald Lang, director
25, 26 October 1986
Ives - Variations on America
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
Marcello - Trumpet Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Maurice André, trumpeter
14, 15 November 1986
Ravel - Menuet Antique
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto, op.99
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Dimitry Sitkovetsky, violinist
6, 7 December 1986
Rossini - Semiramide: Overture
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Jerzy Maksmiuk, guest conductor
Charles Castleman, violinist
Benjamin Simon, violist
16, 17 January 1987
Strauss, R. - Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite
Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.119
Copland - Symphony No.3
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cellist
31 January, 1 February 1987
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Shostakovich - Symphony No.8 in C minor, op.65
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Nigel Kennedy, violinist
13, 14 February 1987
Boieldieu - Le Calife de Bagdad: Overture
Leclair - Flute Concerto in C major
Devienne - Flute Concerto No.the in E minor
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist, guest conductor
28 February, 1 March 1987
Mahler - Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Jessye Norman, soprano
Esther Hinds, soprano
Buffalo Schola Cantorum,
Thomas Swan, director
13, 13 March 1987
Mozart - Symphony No.28 in C major, K.200
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.4 "Left Hand"
Dvorak - Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Julius Rudel, conductor
Gary Graffman, pianist
21, 22 March 1987
Bach - Suite No.1 in C major
Bach - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
Bach - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major
Alexander Schneider, guest conductor
Miriam Fried, violinist
Stephanie Brown, pianist
Elizabeth Mann, flutist
3, 4 April 1987
Haydn - Symphony No.103 in E-flat major "Drum Roll"
Vivaldi - Guitar Concerto in A major
Vivaldi - Guitar Concerto in D major
Rimsky-Korsakoff - Sheherazade, op.35
Emmanuel Krivine, guest conductor
Christopher Parkening, guitarist
11, 12 April 1987
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Claudio Arrau, pianist
24, 25 April 1987
Beethoven - Coriolanus Overture, op.62
Premru - Celebrations: Overture for Timpani and Orchestra
Pierné - Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, op.39
Mahler - Symphony No.1 in D major
Eije Oue, conductor
Jesse Kregal, timpanist
Suzanne Thomas, harpist
8, 9 May 1987
Mozart - Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543
Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Mozart - Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
16, 17 May 1987
Fetler - Three Poems by Walt Whitman for Narrator and Orchestra
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances, op.45
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist
Saul Elkin, narrator