25/26 Concert season

In collaboration with Sotto Voce Opera Company as part of their program “Grit and Silk: The Voices of the Gayagum and Debussy.”

Tickets can be found here.

7:00pm - Calvary Episcopal Church 20 Milton St. Williamsville, NY

The Avanti Festival Orchestra meets for a two-week festival this year with concerts on 8/9 and 8/16.

The crown jewel of our festival will be Beethoven’s Mass in C in collaboration with the INCIPIO singers and choristers from all over WNY.

STRAVINSKY - Suites No. 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra

MENDELSSOHN - Violin Concerto Isabel Ong, violin

MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”

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

COPLAND - Quiet City

MAHLER - Songs of a Wayfarer Heather Holmquest, soprano

SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”

SCHUBERT - Rosamunde Entr’acte No. 1

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

HENSEL (MENDELSSOHN) - Overture in C

GLAZUNOV - Saxophone Concerto Grant Asklar, alto saxophone

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish

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

Join us, also, on February 7th, for excerpts of this concert, at the BPO Community Spotlight at 6:45 before the Philharmonic’s performance of Shostakovitch No.5.

BRITTEN - Simple Symphony

BEETHOVEN - Coriolanus Overture

DELIUS - On Hearing The First Cuckoo of Spring

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 2

7:30pm (“Tuned In” pre-concert talk at 7:00) Our Lady of Victory Basilica 767 Ridge Rd. Lackawanna, NY

DURANTE (formerly attributed to PERGOLESI) - Magnificat in Bb Major*

BRAHMS (arr. Cancilla) - Geistliches Lied*

HAYDN - Te Deum*

*featuring the UUCB Choir Dr. Jessie Downs, director

RODRIGO - Concierto de Aranjuez Ricardo Saeb, guitar

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

BORODIN - In the Steppes of Central Asia

SIBELIUS - Finlandia

BRAHMS - Ein deutches Requiem Heather Holmquest, soprano TBA, bass in collaboration with several WNY choruses

*this concert will also include a special preview of our 2026 Beethoven Festival*

2:30pm (“Tuned In” pre-concert talk at 2:00) Location TBA