2010-2011 Buffalo Seminary Concert Series

Concerts take place at the Buffalo Seminary (map).
Tickets are $15, $5 for students.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 @ 7:30
Opening Gala: Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
An exhibit of paintings by Catherine Parker, inspired by this great work and created especially for this event, will be on view.





Previous Programs:

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 7 PM
Opening Gala
Purcell Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D, Z. 850
Schubert String Trio in B-flat, D. 471
Brahms Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op.91
Mendelssohn Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7 PM
British Invasion
Masterworks by English composers
including Vaughan Williams’ “On Wenlock Edge”

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 7 PM
Hopelessly Romantic
“Romantic” music from Schubert to Mahler

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 7 PM
If It Ain’t Baroque…
Featuring a broad range of Baroque music
from the sublime to the just plain weird!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Purcell Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D, Z. 850
Schubert String Trio in B-flat, D. 471
Brahms Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op.91
Mendelssohn Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20

Wednesday, May 27,2009
Stravinsky A Soldier’s Tale
Performed in collaboration with Buffalo Soundpainting Ensemble
Fully staged with sets based on sketches by Martha Visser’t Hooft (1906-1994).
more info…

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
All Brahms Program
Begräbnisgesang for Chorus, 12 Wind Instruments and Timpani, Op. 13
Kleine Hochzeits-Kantate for chorus and piano, WoO. 16 (1874)
String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Mozart-Bach Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a for violin, viola and cello
Martin Two Poems of Ursula Vaughan Williams for mezzo, viola and piano
Martin A Rose Beside the Water for soprano, tenor, viola and piano
Messiaen Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus for cello and piano, from Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Dvořák String Quintet in G Major, op. 77

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Puccini Crisantemi for string quartet
Fauré Piano Quartet in g minor
Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio
Respighi Il Tramonto for baritone and string quartet
Ives Songs: In the Alley, A Christmas Carol, An Old Flame, Berceuse (arranged for string quartet and voice)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Prokofiev Quintet in g minor, Op. 39
Biber Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa, Partia IV
Beethoven String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29

Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theater
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Mozart String Quintet in g minor, K. 516
Paganini Quartet No. 15 for guitar and strings
Stravinsky Octet for winds

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