“The 2016-17 Buffalo Philharmonic season opens with violin superstar Joshua Bell,” writes Mary Kunz Goldman in Saturday’s (1/30) Buffalo News. Soloists also appearing with the BPO and Music Director JoAnn Falletta during the season will include “Stewart Copeland, the drummer best known for his years with the Police. Copeland is playing a percussion concerto he wrote.” In addition to the Oct. 28-29 premiere of that work, Tyrant’s Crush, 2016-17 will include three January performances of the play Amadeus in collaboration with the Irish Classical Theatre; a “narrated exploration of the orchestral music from Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle … that will be recorded for Naxos”; Scriabin’s Third and Fourth symphonies, also to be recorded for Naxos; and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto for Violin and Cello led by the composer, in his December 2016 BPO conducting debut, with Concertmaster Dennis Kim and Principal Cellist Roman Mekinulov. Other guest artists include organist Cameron Carpenter, making his BPO debut in March with Poulenc’s Organ Concerto; Alain Lefevre, soloist for Walter Mathieu’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in February; and violinist Itzhak Perlman, guest for a February 25 “evening of movie themes.” The concluding concerts June 3-4 will feature Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with baritone Kevin Deas and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus.
Posted February 2, 2016
