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JoAnn Falletta

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2013   Jul   Aug   Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec  
2014   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun  
JoAnn Falletta in Concert, by Gloria Coker
Painting by Gloria Coker
 
September 2012
September   7
Virginia Symphony
Fuchs, Kenneth: Atlantic Riband  
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
September   8, 9
Virginia Symphony
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler  
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
September   14
Ulster Orchestra
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances  
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Peter Donohoe, piano
September   16, 17
Ulster Orchestra
Naxos CD
Moeran: Rhapsody No. 1  
Moeran: Rhapsody No. 2
Moeran: Rhapsody No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra in F# major
Moeran: In the Mountain Country
Moeran: Overture to a Masque
September   22
Buffalo Philharmonic
Smetana: Overture to Bartered Bride  
Harty: An Irish Symphony
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D
Sir James Galway, flute
 
October 2012
October   6, 7
Buffalo Philharmonic
Gliere: Gyul‘sara  
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (‘Emperor’)
Gershwin: Catfish Row (Suite from ‘Porgy and Bess’)
Gershwin: Strike up the Band
Joyce Yang, piano
October   11
Buffalo Philharmonic
(Behind the Score)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade  
October   15, 16
Ulster Orchestra
Naxos CD
Paine: Symphony No. 1  
Paine: The Tempest
Paine: Overture to to Shakespeare‘s As You Like It
October   20
Ulster Orchestra
Adams, John: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine  
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Holst: The Planets
Michael McHale, piano
October   26-28
Virginia Symphony
Adams, John: The Chairman Dances  
Meyer, Edgar: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Bottesini: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Edgar Meyer, double bass
 
November 2012
November   2, 3
Buffalo Philharmonic
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2  
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 (‘Babi Yar’)
Yvgeny Yevtushenko, narrator
Michael Boriskin, piano
Mikhail Svetlov, bass
November   9, 11
Virginia Symphony
Turina: Sinfonia Sevilliana  
Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (arr. Galway)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
November   16, 18
Buffalo Philharmonic
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony  
Ewazen, Eric: Triple Trombone Concerto (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Jonathan Lombardo, Timothy Smith, Jeffrey Dee, trombones
November   24
Opera Orchestra of the
Croatian National Theatre

Rijeka, Croatia
Sibelius: Violin Concerto  
Tyberg: Symphony No. 2
Marco Graziani, violin
 
December 2012
December   7, 8
Buffalo Philharmonic
Classical Christmas
December   13, 15
Rochester Philharmonic
Puccini: Capriccio Sinfonico  
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Juliana Athayde, violin
 
January 2013
January   11, 12
Charleston Symphony
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Swan Lake  
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Micah McLaurin, piano
January   18-20
Virginia Symphony
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide  
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Pizzetti: Venetian Rondo
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Chloe Hanslip, violin
January   25, 26
Krakow Philharmonic
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture  
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Michael Ludwig, violin
 
February 2013
February   1, 2
Buffalo Philharmonic
Copland: Dance Symphony  
Mathieu: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Alain Lefevre, piano
February   6
Ulster Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni  
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (‘Haffner’)
Paul Klein, horn
February   8
Ulster Orchestra
Kernis, Aaron: Musica Celestis  
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Tamás Kocsis, violin
February   15, 17
Virginia Symphony
Shostakovich: Suite from ‘The Gadfly’  
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Kodaly: Peacock Variations
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 4 and 5
Terrence Wilson, piano
February   23, 24
Buffalo Philharmonic
Kodaly: Peacock Variations  
Goldmark: Concerto for Violin in A minor
Bartok: Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Michael Ludwig, violin
 
March 2013
March   2, 3
Buffalo Philharmonic
Dohnanyi: Ruralia Hungarica  
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
Rozsa: Hungarian Nocturne
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 4 and 5
Cecile Licad, piano
March   6
Ulster Orchestra
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony  
Copland: Quiet City
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Paul Young, trumpet
Colin Stark, english horn
March   8
Ulster Orchestra
Faure: Pelleas et Melisande  
Lalo: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D
Strauss, R: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Natalie Clein, cello
March   15-17
Virginia Symphony
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture  
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (‘The Great’)
Mark Kosower, cello
March   23, 24
Buffalo Philharmonic
Adams, John: The Chairman Dances  
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Augustin Hadelich, violin
 
April 2013
April   6
Symphoria
Syracuse, NY
Nielsen: Aladdin Suite  
Ravel: Sheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
April   12-14
Virginia Symphony
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni  
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Mozart: Requiem
Robert Plane, clarinet
Janice Chandler Eteme, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Darren Stokes, bass
Virginia Symphony Chorus
April   15
Virginia Arts Festival
Norfolk Academy
Lezcano, Jose: Cuban Sketches  
Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen
Paganini: Quartetto No. 15
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet
Kreutzer, J: Grand Trio
JoAnn Falletta, guitar
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
Robert Alemany, clarinet
Vahn Armstrong, violin
Yun Zhang, violin
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
Michael Daniels, cello
April   20, 21
Buffalo Philharmonic
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10  
Mozart: Requiem
Sari Gruber, soprano
Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Darren Stokes, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
April   25
Goettingen Symphony
Barber: School for Scandal Overture  
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Michael Ludwig, violin
 
May 2013
May   3, 4
Buffalo Philharmonic
Kancheli, Giya: Morning Prayers from ‘Life without Christmas’  
Gliere: Symphony No. 3 (‘Ilya Muromets’)
May   8
Buffalo Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Kancheli, Giya: Morning Prayers from ‘Life without Christmas’  
Gliere: Symphony No. 3 (‘Ilya Muromets’)
May   11
Virginia Symphony
Stravinsky: Octet  
Stravinsky: Les Noces
Rebecca Nash, soprano
Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano
Robert Breault, tenor
Denis Sedov, bass
May   17
Ulster Orchestra
Verdi: Requiem  
Katherine Broderick, soprano
Doreen Curran, mezzo-soprano
John Daszak, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass
Belfast Philharmonic Choir
Codetta Choir of Derry
May   29
Virginia Symphony
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto Op. 8 No. 12 in C  
Stravinky: Rite of Spring
Richmond Ballet
Vahn Armstrong, violin
 
June 2013
June   1,2
Buffalo Philharmonic
Monteverdi: Overture to Orpheo  
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Pizzetti: Venetian Rondo
Boito: Prologue in Heaven from ‘Mefistofele’
Chloe Hanslip, violin
Kevin Maynor, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
June   5
Buffalo Philharmonic
Donor Concert
Bizet: Selections from Carmen  
Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida
Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Cello and Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Khachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade Suite
Michael Ludwig, Amy Glidden, Antoine Lefebvre, Jacqueline Galluzzo, violin
Roman Mekinulov, cello
June   9
Buffalo Philharmonic
University of Buffalo
‘June in Buffalo’
Wyner, Yehudi: Chiavi in Mano  
Felder, David: Linebacker
Thomas, Augusta Reed: Aureole
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
June   21
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor  
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Conrad Tao, piano
June   23
Brevard Festival Orchestra
WatchWatch Video
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol  
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Debussy: Iberia
Falla: Three Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
June   30
Interlochen
World Youth Orchestra
Roussel: Bacchus and Ariane Suite No. 2  
Ewazen, Eric: Triple Trombone Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Jonathan Lombardo, Timothy Smith, Jeffrey Dee, trombones
 
July 2013
July   4
Virginia Symphony
Colonial Williamsburg
July 4th Celebration  
July   25
Buffalo Philharmonic
Artpark
Lewiston, NY
Artpark 40th Anniversary Program  
Gabrielli: Brass prelude
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliante
Strauss, R: Don Juan
Gould: American Salute
Prokofiev: Pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet
Various: Broadway vocal selections
Tchaikovsky: Pas de deux (sans variations)
Tchaikovsky: Overture to 1812
Norman Krieger, piano
Michele Ragusa, soprano
Villa Putrius, Mindaugas Bauzys, Festival Ballet of Providence
Silvina Vaccarelli, Sergio Neglia, Neglia Ballet
July   26
Buffalo Philharmonic
BPO Nights  
De Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three Cornered Hat
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranuez
Chabrier: Espana
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
 
August 2013
August   20
Peninsula Music Festival
Door County, WI
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite  
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Faure: Peleas and Melisande
Bizet: Carmen Suites
Caroline Gooding, violin
August   27, 28
Czech Philharmonic
Brahms: Violin Concerto  
Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello
Yuzuko Horigome, violin
Viviane Spanoghe, cello
August   29-31
London Symphony (Naxos CD)
Fuchs: Songs of Innocence and Experience  
Fuchs: Falling Man
Fuchs: Movie House
Roderick Williams, baritone
 
September 2013
September   13, 14
Ulster Orchestra
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila  
Strauss, R: Burleske
Lizst: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Barry Douglas, piano
September   18
Buffalo Philharmonic
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1911)  
Golijov, Osvaldo: Azul
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
September   20-22
Virginia Symphony
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture  
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Midori, violin
 
October 2013
October   4, 5
Buffalo Philharmonic
Barber: Medea‘s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance  
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Vadim Gluzman, violin
October   9
Ulster Orchestra
Tcherepnin, N: La Princesse Lontaine  
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Gerald McChrystal, saxophone
October   13
Ulster Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Overture: The Wasps  
Walton: Viola Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Steven Dann, viola
October   19, 20
Buffalo Philharmonic
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite  
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Bartok: Suite No. 1
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
October   24
Phoenix Symphony
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture  
Strauss, R: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Lang Lang, piano
US Tour Program No. 1
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Harty: In Ireland  
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (‘Scottish’)
Sir James Galway, flute
US Tour Program No. 2
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Harty: In Ireland  
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’)
Sir James Galway, flute
October   26
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Tilles Center
Greenvale, NY
October   27
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Jorgensen Auditorium
Storrs, CT
 
November 2013
November   1
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Ferguson Center
Newport News, VA
November   2
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
November   3
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

State Theatre
New Brunswick, NY
November   5
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

EKU Center for the Arts
Richmond, KY
November   6
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Palladium
Carmel, IN
November   7
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Krannert Center
Champaign, IL
November   10
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Copley Symphony Hall
San Diego, CA
November   11
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Segerstrom Concert Hall
Costa Mesa, CA
November   13
Irish Chamber Orchestra
US Tour

Valley Performing Arts Center
Northridge, CA
November   22, 23
Buffalo Philharmonic
Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1  
Bartok: Two Portraits
Bartok: Kossuth
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
November   30
Puerto Rico Symphony
Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley  
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
TBD, guitar
 
December 2013
December   6, 7
Warsaw Philharmonic
Lutoslawski: Twenty Polish Carols  
Ravel: La Valse
Gorecki: Ad Matrem
Poulenc: Gloria
Olga Pasiecznik, soprano
December   10
Orchestra of St. Luke‘s
Carnegie Hall
Roussel: Bacchus and Ariane Suite No. 2  
Mathieu: Concertino for Piano
Mathieu: Piano Concerto No. 4
Alain Lefevre, piano
December   13-15
Buffalo Philharmonic
(Holiday POPs)
December   20-22
Virginia Symphony
Handel: Messiah 
 
January 2014
January   9, 10
Phoenix Symphony
Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1  
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Yolando Kondonassis, harp
January   17, 18
Buffalo Philharmonic
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24  
Rimsky-Korsakov: Mozart and Salieri
Enrica Ciccarelli, piano
Jonathan Boyd, tenor
Darren Stokes, bass-baritone
January   24-26
Virginia Symphony
Saint Saens: Carnival of the Animals  
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Bolero
Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano
 
February 2014
February   1, 2
Buffalo Philharmonic
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3  
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Philippe Bianconi, piano
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3  
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Philippe Bianconi, piano
February   7
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour

St. Augustine, Flagler University
February   8
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour

Daytona Beach
February   9
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour

West Palm Beach, Kravis Center
February   11
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour

Vero Beach
February   12
Buffalo Philharmonic
Florida Tour

University of Florida, Gainesville
February   21-23
Buffalo Philharmonic
Barber: Medea‘s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance  
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Martina Filjak, piano
February   28
Ulster Orchestra
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite  
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Michael Ludwig, violin
 
March 2014
March   14, 15
Phoenix Symphony
Suk: Fairy Tale  
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Fabio Bidini, piano
March   22, 23
Buffalo Philharmonic
Vaughan-Williams: Overture to the Wasps  
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
March   26
Ulster Orchestra
Smetana: Overture to the Bartered Bride  
Debussy: Petite Suite
Scriabin: Piano Concerto
Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
 
April 2014
April   4, 6
Virginia Symphony
Webern: Im Sommerwind  
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathetique’)
Michael Ludwig, violin
April   11-13
Buffalo Philharmonic
Webern: Im Sommerwind  
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (‘Rhenish’)
Michael Ludwig, violin
April   17-19
Phoenix Symphony
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4  
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Ray Chen, violin
April   26, 27
Buffalo Philharmonic
Moross, Jerome: Symphony  
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto
Platt, Russell: Euridice
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Colin Currie, percussion
 
May 2014
May   2-4
Virginia Symphony
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1  
Strauss, R: Alpine Symphony
Joshua Bell, violin
May   10, 11
Buffalo Philharmonic
Ravel: La Valse  
Aguila, Miguel Del: Concierto Tango (world premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Roman Mekinulov, cello
May   14
Ulster Orchestra
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man  
Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley
Copland: Old American Songs
Adams, John: The Chairman Dancess
Bernstein: Candide Overture
tbd, baritone
May   16
Ulster Orchestra
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story  
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Fabio Bidini, piano
May   22-24
Phoenix Symphony
Shostakovich: Selections from the Gadfly Suite  
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
May   31
Buffalo Philharmonic
Tcherepnin, N.: La Princesse Lointaine  
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathetique’)
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
 
June 2014
June   1
Buffalo Philharmonic
Tcherepnin, N.: La Princesse Lointaine  
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathetique’)
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
June   7
Buffalo Philharmonic
Falletta/WNED
Guitar Competition Finals
TBD: Guitar Concertos, various  
finalists tbd, guitar
June   9-13
Ulster Orchestra (Naxos CD)
Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 1  
Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2
Herbert: Hero and Leander
Amit Peled, cello

Field: Irish Concerto
Benjamin Frith, piano

Taylor, Samuel Coleridge: Violin Concerto
Taylor, Samuel Coleridge: Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Taylor, Samuel Coleridge: Ballade in A minor for Orchestra
Taylor, Samuel Coleridge: Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Michael Ludwig, violin
June   26,28,29
Detroit Symphony
TBD  
Tsontakis: Clarinet Concerto
David Krakauer, clarinet