ARRIAGA - Overture to Los esclavos felices

RODRIGO - Concierto de Aranjuez Ricardo Saeb, guitar

DURANTE - Magnificat in Bb Major

BRAHMS (arr. Cancilla) - Geistliches Lied

HAYDN - Te Deum

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

You can also hear these choral works on Sunday 5/17 at 10:30am at the UU Church of Buffalo. 695 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, NY

SIBELIUS - Finlandia

BORODIN - In the Steppes of Central Asia

BEETHOVEN - Overture to Fidelio *2026 Beethoven Festival preview*

BRAHMS - Ein deutches Requiem Heather Holmquest, soprano Brian Alvarado, baritone in collaboration with several WNY choruses

2:30pm (“Tuned In” pre-concert talk at 2:00) St. Joseph Cathedral 50 Franklin St. Buffalo, NY

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 faraway princess he’s fallen in love with 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 will feature a smaller, more intimate orchestra and 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

SOUSA - Presidential Polonaise

CHOPIN/Glazunov - Selections from Chopiniana

ABELS - Delights and Dances featuring the Equinox String Quartet

DVOŘÁK - American Suite

CHOPIN - Variations on “La ci darem la mano” 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 and paired with Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer 1915, both sung by one of Avanti’ favorite guests, Heather Holmquest

BARBER - Knoxville: Summer 1915 Heather Holmquest, soprano

MAHLER - Symphony No. 4 Heather Holmquest, soprano

2:30pm (“Tuned-in” pre-concert talk at 2:00) St. Benedict Church 1317 Eggert Rd. Buffalo, NY