Bradley Thachuk, conductor The premier Pink Floyd experience returns to the BPO with classic hits timed to a laser light show, celebrating 50 years since the studio album Wish You Were Here.
Broadway and Hollywood combine for a romantic and entertaining evening of song and dance inspired by the likes of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell. With hit tunes like They Can’t Take That Away from Me and Let’s Face the Music and Dance to Singin’ in the Rain and Begin the Beguine, this evening will put a smile on […]
Ron Spigelman, conductor The Bat Signal lights up Buffalo when the BPO performs Danny Elfman’s iconic score live while the star-studded Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson movie is projected above the orchestra. ™ & © DC and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
With a distinctive sound that resists categorization, Grammy-nominated violinist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird makes his debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Balancing swelling sounds with jazz, folk, and pop melodies in an unforgettable display of unique virtuosity, Bird celebrates the 20th anniversary of his acclaimed record The Mysterious Production of Eggs. Featuring a top-to-bottom […]
Bradley Thachuk, conductor The music of Canada’s most popular rock band heats up Kleinhans with the return engagement of The Strictly Hip and their faithful interpretation of The Hip’s classic tunes.
Ron Spigelman, conductor The multi-talented Tony® and GRAMMY® winner returns to the BPO for one-night-only performing the best of Broadway and the American Songbook, from jazz standards to poignant medleys.
The powerful, tense chords of Sibelius’ patriotic Finlandia open a program filled with nationalistic pride. The orchestration is stirring, powerful, and yet restrained at times—evocative of the fact that the symphonic poem was written as the composer’s “battle hymn” for Finland as it faced political opposition. Haydn’s high-spirited and dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1 follows, […]
As the first of a trilogy of cantatas, Orff’s irreverent Carmina Burana draws from a 13th century compilation of medieval vagabond songs and poems detailing fate’s fickleness, pagan delights, and corruption. The primitivistic piece enraptures audiences with its hypnotic sensuality, preoccupation with a chant-like and ritualistic style, and powerful rhythms. Fantastic solo voices joined by […]
As the first of a trilogy of cantatas, Orff’s irreverent Carmina Burana draws from a 13th century compilation of medieval vagabond songs and poems detailing fate’s fickleness, pagan delights, and corruption. The primitivistic piece enraptures audiences with its hypnotic sensuality, preoccupation with a chant-like and ritualistic style, and powerful rhythms. Fantastic solo voices joined by […]
Our season concludes with three iconic compositions and two orchestral world premieres. The program opens with Bernstein’s toe-tapping Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, a comedic Broadway hit filled […]
Our season concludes with three iconic compositions and two orchestral world premieres. The program opens with Bernstein’s toe-tapping Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, a comedic Broadway hit filled with dance, sentimentality, and lightheartedness. The musical spirit of America continues with Copland’s emblematic and patriotic Appalachian Spring: Suite, which blooms with optimism and brims […]
