Polofest 2002 Welcomes the BPO This WeekBy Bill Raffel, WBFO
Buffalo, NY – This week, Bill spoke with BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta about the upcoming concert at Polofest 2002 in East Aurora. Here's this week's music schedule:
Monday, July 15
8:15 p.m. - Music School Festival Orchestra, directed by Timothy Muffit at the Chautauqua Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 16
7:00 p.m. - Buffalo Philharmonic - Ron Spigelman, Conductor, with a free concert on Symphony Circle, outside of Kleinhans Music Hall
8:15 p.m. - Chautauqua Symphony - Uriel Segal, Conductor, Angela Lee, Cello, in the Chautauqua Amphitheatre, with Schumann's Cello Concerto, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture
Thursday, July 18
8:15 p.m. - Chautauqua Symphony - Uriel Segal, Conductor - Symphony No. 6 by Gustav Mahler, Tragic
Friday, July 19
7:30 p.m. - Chautauqua Opera - MacBeth by Puccini (sung in English), in Norton Hall
7:30 p.m. - Buffalo Philharmonic - Joann Falletta, Conductor, opens Polofest 2002 at Strawberry Banks Farm in East Aurora
Saturday, July 20
7:30 p.m. - Buffalo Philharmonic - Joann Falletta, Conductor, at Fort Niagara, with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and more
8:15 p.m. - Chautauqua Symphony with Chautauqua Opera Young Artists - Joseph Colaneri, Guest Conductor
Sunday, July 21
7:00 p.m. - Clarence Summer Symphony - Arie Lipsky, Conductor, at Clarence Town Park, with Bruch's Violin Concerto with soloist Charles Wetherbee, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Slavonic Dances of Dvorak, and Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz