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JoAnn Falletta

2026   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec  
2027   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun  
 
  Past Seasons  
JoAnn Falletta in Concert, by Gloria Coker
Painting by Gloria Coker
 
June 2026
June   5,6
Buffalo Philharmonic
Bernstein: Three Dances from On the Town  
Daugherty, Michael: Niagara Falls
      (world premiere of orchestral version)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Moravec, Paul: Serenade
      (world premiere of full orchestral version)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
June   11
Nashville Symphony
Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody  
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture (Arr. Bennett)
Hailey Clark, soprano
 
July 2026
July   3
Buffalo Philharmonic
Terminal B at the Outer Harbor

Williams, John: Raider's March from Raiders of the Lost Ark  
Ellington: Ellington Portrait (arr. Tyzik)
Arlen: Get Happy
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Gershwin: Strike Up The Band Overture
Williams, John: Hooray for Hollywood
Guthrie: This Land is Your Land
Berlin: There‘s No Business Like Show Business
Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Ward: America the Beautiful (arr. Dragon)
Haymanm Richard: Servicemen on Parade
Gould: American Salute
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Camryn Clune, vocalist
July   10
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Tower, Joan: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman  
Tower, Joan: Made in America
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 (Inextinguishable)
Camille Thomas, cello
July   12
Brevard Sinfonia
Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody  
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe: Viola Concerto (world premiere)
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2
Ravel: Daphnis et ChloƩ, Suite No. 2
Paul Neubauer, viola
July   19
Napa Valley Music Festival
Bernstein: Overture to Candide  
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Getty, Gordon: Overture to Plump Jack
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Williams, John: Star Wars Suite
July   23
Buffalo Philharmonic
Donor Concert

Gershwin: Strike Up The Band Overture  
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos and Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Shutong Chen, conductor
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
Dajoung Choi, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Mason Cancilla, conductor
Colderidge-Taylor: Ballade
Grant O'Brien, conductor
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Ethan Blake, Simon Housner, cellos
 
August 2026
August   2
Interlochen World Youth Orchestra
Brower, Margaret: The Art of Sailing at Dawn  
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
 
September 2026
September   19
Buffalo Philharmonic
Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri  
Debussy: La Mer
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Lang Lang, piano
September   20
Buffalo Philharmonic
St. Bonaventure University,
Quick Center for the Arts

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3  
Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Bassoon
Dvorak: Romance for Violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
Glenn Einschlag, bassoon
Andrew Lin, violin
September   25,26
Omaha Symphony
Holland Performing Arts Center
Omaha, NB
Hailstork, Adolphus: Fanfare on Amazing Grace  
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Strauss, R: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
Strauss, R: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Joyce Yang, piano
 
October 2026
October   10,11
Buffalo Philharmonic
Danielpour, Richard: Francis (world premiere)  
Anna Schubert, soprano
Edward Nelson, baritone
Claudia Christian, narrator
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Fredonia Chamber Choir
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, STD, librettist
October   16
Hawai‘i Symphony
Blaisdale Concert Hall
Honolulu, HI
Svane, Randall: Quantum Flight  
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano (Triple)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Ignace Jang, violin
Julian Schwarz, cello
Lisa Nakamichi, piano
October   23,24
Buffalo Philharmonic
Leshnoff, Jonathan: Symphony No. 5 (world premiere)  
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Amy Glidden, violin
 
November 2026
November   1
Indiana University,
Jacobs School of Music

Barber: Symphony No. 1  
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elfman, Danny: Wunderkammer
pianist, tbd
November   6,7
Buffalo Philharmonic
Adams, John: The Chairman Dances  
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Strauss, R: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Yefim Bronfman, piano
 
December 2026
December   11,12
Buffalo Philharmonic
Classical Christmas
Program TBD  
 
January 2027
January   10
Omaha Symphony
The Joslyn‘s Witherspoon Concert Hall

Omaha, NE
Boyer, Peter: Radience  
Clarke, R: Viola Concerto
      (arr. from the viola sonata by Ruth Lomon)
Martucci: Nocturno
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
Tyler Sieh, viola
January   16
The Florida Orchestra
Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde  
Tower, Joan: Piano Concerto
Schmitt: Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Joyce Yang, piano
January   17
The Florida Orchestra
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde  
Tower, Joan: Piano Concerto
Schmitt: Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Joyce Yang, piano
 
February 2027
February   5,6
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Williams, John: Cowboys Overture  
Williams, John: Violin Concerto No. 1
Williams, John: Children‘s Suite from Harry Potter
Williams, John: Star Wars Suite
Paul Huang, violin
February   19,20
Buffalo Philharmonic
De Falla: Ritual Fire Dance  
Turina: Danzas Fantasticas
De Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Avery Gagliano, piano
February   26
Vancouver Symphony
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins  
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Nikki Chooi, Timothy Chooi, violins
 
March 2027
March   6
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
Program TBD  
March   12
Wuxi Symphony
De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2  
Ludwig, David: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Bella Hristova, violin
March   19,20
Grand Rapids Symphony
Hailstork, Adolphus: Fanfare on Amazing Grace  
Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
James Crawford, violin
Alicia Eppinga, cello
 
April 2027
April   1
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Orpheum Theatre,
New Orleans, LA
Turina: Danzas Fantasticas  
Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
April   9,10
Buffalo Philharmonic
Martin, Roland: On Air (world premiere)  
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Bill Wolfram, piano
April   24
Colburn School
Los Angeles, CA
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3  
Strauss, R: Dance of the Seven Veils
Ravel: Daphis and Chloé Suite No. 2
pianist, tbd
April   24,25
Buffalo Philharmonic
Dukas: Sorcerer‘s Apprentice  
Habibi, Imam: Violin Concerto (world premiere)
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Poulenc: Gloria
Nikki Chooi, violin
Hailey Clark, soprano
 
May 2027
May   2
The Orchestra Now
Fisher Center at Bard College,
      Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Turina: Danzas Fantasticas  
Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
soprano, tbd
May   7,8
Buffalo Philharmonic
Frucht, Paul: Inextinguishable (world premiere)  
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
Kara Dugan, soprano
Roger Honeywell, tenor
Tobias Greenhalgh, baritone
May   21,22
Buffalo Philharmonic
Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana  
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe: Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Paul Neubauer, viola
 
June 2027
June   4,5
Omaha Symphony
Holland Performing Arts Center
Omaha, NB
Wagner: Three Excerpts from
      Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg  

Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Hailey Clark, soprano
Susan Platt, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Kevin Deas, baritone
June   12
Buffalo Philharmonic
Beethoven: Overture to Creatures of Prometheus  
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Michael Davidman, piano
June   13
Buffalo Philharmonic
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (Triple)  
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Nikki Chooi, violin
Roman Mekinulov, cello
Michael Davidman, piano