In Friday’s (2/10) Buffalo News, Mary Kunz Goldman writes, “Just announced, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2012-13 season is a celebration of creativity. It’s the season the Philharmonic returns to Carnegie Hall, a visit scheduled for spring 2013. ‘Everything is kind of pointing to that,’ says Executive Director Dan Hart. JoAnn Falletta, the BPO’s music director, echoes his enthusiasm. ‘We are absolutely thrilled to be returning to our “second favorite hall,” ’ she jokes by email from Ireland, where she is conducting. ‘The significant fact is that we have been invited to perform by Carnegie Hall—they have selected the Buffalo Philharmonic to be a key part of their ‘Spring for Music’ project. It is quite an honor for us.’ ‘Spring For Music’ invites orchestras to play music not often heard, and the orchestra is playing Gliere’s Symphony No. 3 as well as Morning Prayers from ‘A Life Without Christmas,’ by Giya Kancheli. The exotic spirit of the Russian repertoire colors the entire season, Falletta says. … The most unusual concert falls in November, when Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who spoke out decades ago against Soviet repression and the Stalinist regime, will be at Kleinhans Music Hall to introduce Shostakovich’s 13th symphony, which his poetry inspired.”
Posted February 13, 2012
