26/27 Concert Season

Our 26/27 season, “A Season of Fourths” opener features our very own concertmaster, Jessica Anthony!

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR - The Bamboula

BERIOT - Scene de Ballet Jessica Anthony, violin

BRAHMS - Symphony No. 4

7:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 7:00) St. Benedict Church 1317 Eggert Rd. Buffalo, NY

This concert opens with a short tone poem depicting a hero making a dangerous journey to meet the far away princess with whom he’s fallen in love, after only hearing of her beauty, and closes with Bruckner’s towering 4th symphony filled with heroic horn calls, a minstrel’s lament and more!

TCHEREPNIN - Prelude to La Princesse Lointaine

BRUCH - Romance for Viola and Orchestra Special guest viola soloist to be announced

BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”

7:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 7:00) Location TBA

SNOW DATE: 11/21

This concert, with it’s smaller and more intimate orchestra, features the return of The Ballad of the Brown King by popular demand.

HANDEL - Pifa from Messiah

BONDS‍ - The Ballad of the Brown King

BACH - Magnificat

7:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 7:00) St. Joseph Cathedral 50 Franklin St. Buffalo, NY

SNOW DATE: 12/12

An overture opens this concert from what is considered to be the first true Romantic Era opera. Dvořák's seldom-heard 4th symphony is the focal point for this concert in our “Season of Fourths”.

WEBER - Overture to Der Freischütz

CONCERTO TBA (check back soon)

DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 4

7:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 7:00) St. Benedict Church 1317 Eggert Rd. Buffalo, NY

SNOW DATE: 3/6

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Bizet’s greatest achievement, though not during his lifetime, the emotionally charged story of love, lust, jealousy, and ultimately rage. Fully staged and with a full orchestra!

NOTE: This will be a ticketed event.

This special Sunday concert is in special collaboration with the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius University

CHOPIN/Glazunov - Polonaise from Chopiniana

DVOŘÁK - American Suite

ABELS - Delights and Dances featuring the Equinox String Quartet

CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2 Doga Vanwesenbeeck, piano

2:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 2:00) Montante Cultural Center, Canisius University 2001 Main St. Buffalo, NY

Our Season of Fourths comes to a terrific conclusion with one of Mahler’s gentler works, featuring a solo soprano in the last movement, paired with Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer 1915. Both works will be sung by one of Avanti’s favorite guests, Heather Holmquest

BARBER - Knoxville: Summer 1915 Heather Holmquest, soprano

MAHLER - Symphony No. 4 Heather Holmquest, soprano

7:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 7:00) Also see us at Kleinhans on 7/12 for the BPO Community Spotlight! (BPO ticket required)