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BPO Little Kids
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, BuffaloA special Saturday morning session for our littlest listeners, age 0-5, with their caregivers. Join BPO musicians and community partners for fun musical activities designed specifically for tiny ears and growing minds.
Shostakovich No. 5
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, BuffaloComposed to acknowledge an honorary degree despite not attending university, a mischievous Brahms penned the tongue-in-cheek Academic Festival Overture, featuring boisterous student drinking songs. Del Águila's Concierto en Tango for Cell and Orchestra is a modern take on the traditional form, light-hearted and rhythmic. The forced optimism of Symphony No. 5, glorifying Stalin's regime, proved both career- and lifesaving for Shostakovich.
Uptown Nights with Byron Stripling
Kleinhans Music Hall 3 Symphony Circle, BuffaloIt Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing! Inspired by Harlem's famed musical hot spots like The Cotton Club and The Savoy, this swingin' night of musical sensations focuses on Harlem's heyday when Duke Ellington's orchestra was the house band, and Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ethel Waters showcased the classics of the Great American Songbook.