BPO Summer Concerts on BTPM Classical
BTPM Classical presents the Buffalo Philharmonic summer concert broadcasts, featuring the best performances from the 2025-26 concert season recorded in Kleinhans Music Hall. Host Peter Hall is joined by BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta, who provides personal commentary on each of the concerts and the musical pieces she has chosen for broadcast. Listen to the 10 summer concerts at 7 p.m. Tuesdays throughout the summer.
July 7 | Happy Semi Quincentennial, USA! | Length (77:47)
Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Daron Hagen: City of Light
Lukas Foss: 3 American Pieces
Kenneth Fuchs: Point of Tranquility
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
July 14 | A Date with Fate | Length (90:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Francesca de Rimini
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
- Kameron Loprere, tenor
- Eva Rae Martinez, soprano
- Joshua Conyers, baritone
July 21 | Shall We Dance? | Length (60:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Aaron Copland: Dance Symphony
Aguila, Miguel, Del: Concierto del Tango
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
July 28 | Gustav and Alma | Length (approx. 69:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alma Mahler: Songs (arr. Mathews)
- Andrea Bickford, soprano
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1
August 4 | Our Beautiful Earth | Length (approx. 80:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Claude Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun
Robert Paterson: Summit
- Nikki Chooi, violin
- Roman Mekinulov, cello
- Eric Huebner, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
August 11 | BPO Tours Florida | Length (approx. 86:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
George Butterworth: On the Banks of the Green Willow
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- Simone Porter, violin
August 18 | A Night of Beethoven | Length (approx. 110:00)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
- Nikki Chooi, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
August 25 | American Journey | Length (approx. 63:00)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: On the Town
Michael Daugherty: Niagara Falls
Paul Morevic: Serenade
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Billy Jones: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (piano encore)
- Jon Kimura Parker, piano
September 1 | Symphonic Journey | Length (approx. 64:00)
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
- Maxim Lando, piano
Dmitri Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 5
September 8 | The Three B's Revisited | Length (approx. 58:00)
Johannes Brahms: Academic Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
- George Li, piano
Béla Bartók: Dance Suite