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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 499 Franklin Street Buffalo, NY 14202 Your guide To THe SEASON JoAnn Falletta TickeTs on sale now! subscription packages with great seats still available. call 716-885-5000 | bpo.org BUFFALO PHILHARMONICORCHESTRA SEASON GUIDE SEASON D M : ellas ark photo guide IMG_INK by hoto P welcome To THe 2014-15 BPo season! As music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, I am proud to be writing the next chapter in the story of this orchestra that has served the community for more than 75 years. In this guide to the 2014-15 season, you’ll find all of the information you need to enjoy each concert experience to the fullest. The thriving cultural scene adds vitality to life in Western New York. The Buffalo Philharmonic has always been a cornerstone of the cultural community, and this season, we celebrate the relationship between music, art, literature and theater. The Irish Classical Theatre Company and LehrerDance will join us onstage for Molière’s comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The popular Know The Score series kicks off with a performance of Bartok’s one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle, with a breathtaking set designed by glass artist Dale Chihuly. In April, all of Western New York will explore the music of Charles Ives together, through the BPO’s concerts, and through programs at the University at Buffalo, Burchfield Penney and the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries. We will tell many other stories at Kleinhans this season, from the tales of Anthony and Cleopatra and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to the life stories of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff to the history of rock and roll and the evolution of Broadway musicals. Our youngest audiences will experience their favorite Disney and Dr. Seuss stories told through music. We invite you to come to Kleinhans this season to see how the stories unfold! Warmest Wishes, JoAnn Falletta BPO Administrative Offices 499 Franklin St. Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 885-0331 bpo.org Kleinhans Music Hall (716) 883-3560 kleinhansbuffalo.org Check out Your BPO online! lemons C ake : J JoAnn Falletta photo 3 1 History of the Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra about kleinhans music Hall As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Since 1940, the orchestra’s home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director a National Historic Landmark with an international reputation JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock as one of the finest concert halls in the United States. Kleinhans is and Youth Concerts each year. considered one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the world. The BPO has toured widely across the United States, Europe and Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision Canada, including 24 Carnegie Hall performances, most recently of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of as a participant in the prestigious Spring for Music festival in their charitable dreams by the Community Foundation for Greater May 2013. In February 2014, a five-city tour of Florida garnered Buffalo. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates of critical acclaim. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans, who made their fortune from the clothing The BPO was founded in 1935. Before Kleinhans was built, store that bore their name, and who died within three months of the orchestra performed most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, each other in 1934. located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938. The couple specified that their money was to be used “to erect During the Great Depression, the BPO was supported by funds a suitable music hall…for the use, enjoyment and benefit of the from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief people of the City of Buffalo.” The BPO performed at Kleinhans Bureau. Music Hall’s official opening on Oct. 12, 1940. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under Kleinhans Music Hall was designed by the Finnish father-and-son the batons of some of the leading stars of the podium. William team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, along with architects F.J. and W.A. Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Kidd. The hall’s design resembles the body of a string instrument, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel are among as does the main auditorium. Eliel Saarinen’s aim was to create “an the luminaries who have served as music directors of the Buffalo architectural atmosphere…so as to tune the performers and the Philharmonic. The orchestra has welcomed many notable guest public alike into a proper mood of performance and receptiveness, performers and conductors, including Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, respectively.” In 1989, the hall was designated a National Historic Van Cliburn, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Igor Stravinsky. Landmark, the highest designation of significance a site or structure Highlights of the BPO’s history include making the world premiere can receive. recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” in 1946. In 1964 and 1965, they toured as the Boston Pops under the baton of Arthur Fiedler. In 1977, the BPO’s music was used in the soundtrack for Woody Allen’s filmManhattan . 1988 saw the BPO’s first European tour, with stops in Vienna, Frankfurt, Geneva, and Milan. In 2008, the BPO’s recording of John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” won Grammys in two categories of the three for which it was nominated: Classical Vocal Performance and Classical Contemporary Composition. inta ellas C s D ark hris M C by by hoto hoto P P 2 3 Get to know your BPO The BPO has something for every listener. BPO musicians hail from Russia, In 225 cities across the US, Poland, Canada, Taiwan, China BPO concerts are aired via CLASSICS and all over the United States. American Public Radio’s The power of classical music. The BPO supports 100 full-time program, Performance Today. and 300 part-time jobs They reach millions of listeners, The BPO presents music on a grand scale from Mozart with a combined payroll raising Buffalo’s profile and Beethoven to Shostakovich, Gershwin, and Bernstein. of $7.7 million. nationwide. You can access Connections between Buffalo’s rich arts and cultural The Buffalo Philharmonic them at performancetoday. community abound. Orchestra has an annual publicradio.org You can also operating budget of $11 million, hear Your BPO on Classical 94.5 92 percent of which is recycled WNED’s Philharmonic Fridays. POPS in Western New York. Kleinhans Music Hall is one Big Band to Broadway. Each year, the BPO brings of only 10 structures in Erie If you love popular music, the stars shine bright the winner of the Sphinx County to have National Historic Landmark status. It at Kleinhans when outstanding guest artists join Competition to Buffalo for a the world-class musicians of Your BPO. youth concert. The competition was recently featured in BBC encourages excellence among Magazine’s “Concert Halls of teenaged black and Latino America” series. Its designers, string players. Finnish architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen, also designed want to learn more about The BPO has begun a Teaching the St. Louis Gateway Arch Artists Program, bringing and the TWA terminal at the story behind the music? BPO musicians into classrooms New York City’s JFK airport. These casual evenings start earlier and combine music with across Western New York. visuals, special guests and dialogue, so you get an in-depth The BPO reaches more than look at the music and the composers who created it. 40,000 students through educational programs each year. End the night with a post-concert party to meet the musicians and continue the conversation. take over kleinhans for six sunday afternoons. Music fans of all ages, and especially elementary age kids, will love concerts created just for them. Pre-concert activities make this a perfect, and very affordable, outing for the whole family. Alex RROOCCKKSS! Jokipii love classic rock? Imagine your favorite artists and music Jonathan in a live rock show, backed by Your BPO! Lombardo Amy Glidden Photo: IMG_INK 4 5 KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL Pops Series Seating Chart Q Q MAESTRO CIRCLE P A B C D E Q P P O O Q O 2 110 1 P 20 UPPER BALCONY O Q 22 2 101 110 1 19 P 20 21 Q O N N 19 P 40 22 M M 21 classics & Pops O $80 $67 $54 $42 $35 $29 N 39 42 M I I N 40 I K K M 39 41 42 J J I N K K 41 M J I I N H H J M Premium classics & Pops I I $83 $72 $60 $47 $40 $34 68 K H G G I I 67 H K 66 J G G I MIDDLE BALCONY J 65 H 2 101 114 1 I G F H celtic Thunder F $83 $72 $60 $47 $40 $34 26 G 30 E E 27 F D D 29 E C C F D B B E 56 C A D coffee concerts A $57 $57 $47 $47 $37 $37 KLEINHANS 55 B C F LOWER BALCONY B E A A D C BPo rocks B $75 $59 $49 $49 $39 $39 MUSIC A MAIN FLOOR REAR 2 101 113 1 Beethoven's ninth $100 $88 $75 $65 $54 $44 CC CC 26 BB BB 25 28 AA 27 CC AA CC HALL Z Z BB BB Y Y renée Fleming AA $125 $95 $85 $75 $65 $55 AA X X 52 Z Z 51 Y W W Y X V V X W U U W V T T V BPo kids Adults $12 Children $7 SEATING U S S U T R R T S Q Q S R P P R Q O O Q Adults Children N BPo kids Jingle Bell Jam N $20 $13 P P O M M O CHART N L L N M K K M L L K MAIN FLOOR FRONT K know the score VIP Dark Secrets $75 General Admission $29 Students $10 2 101 113 1 J J 26 25 28 I I 27 38 J H H J 37 I G G I H F F H Premium concerts = Matthew Morrison, A Night of Rach, Russian Splendor, Classical Christmas Messiah, BlueCross G E E G F D D F E C C E BlueShield Holiday Pops, Megan Hilty, Beethoven’s Ninth, A Hero’s Life D B B D C A A C B B A Numbered Consecutively A numbers only Seats number noTe: no exchanges for: An Evening with Renée Fleming, Celtic Thunder, Rite of Spring, BPO at Shea’s, bered even ed odd numb Seats num ers only Earshot Composer Workshop, Side-by-Side Events, BPO Nation or any Non-BPO Events Pops Seating Chart.

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