DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Binghamton $35 per person
5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm seating times
Call 607-722-7575 ext. 1610 (ask for Patty) to make a reservation Park free for dinner, stay for concert!
2021-2022 Concert Season
Home for the Holidays: Symphonic Holiday Favorites
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY
Conductor: Daniel Hege
Soloist: Ayana Del Valle
Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year Binghamton Philharmonic-style! With silver bells and little drummer boys, it’ll be a holly-jolly night of music, mirth and merriment!
Pre-Concert Organ Recital: 7-7:20pm; Nancy Wildoner, Binghamton Theater Organ Society
Pre-concert Photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus: 6:30-7:30pm
Program
Christmas Festival — Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Home for the Holidays — Robert Allen (1927-2000), Al Stillman (1901-1979)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas — Bill Holcombe (1924-2010)
Polar Express — Alan Silvestri (b.1950)
O Holy Night — Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
Selections from The Nutcracker Suite — Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Waltz of the Flowers
Trepak
Festive Sounds of Hanukkah — Holcombe
The Christmas Song — Robert Wells (1922-1998), Mel Tormé (1925-1999)
Sleigh Ride — Anderson
Feliz Navidad — José Feliciano (b. 1945)
Radetzky March — Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849)
Christmas Sing Along!
Join us for a special Wallenberg Festival Fundraiser at the Kilmer Mansion. This event, sponsored by audioclassics.com, invites you to listen to some of the greatest recordings of Fritz Wallenberg and the Binghamton Symphony on some of the best audio equipment ever made. Enjoy the history, the music, and a wine and cheese reception while supporting the Binghamton Philharmonic’s first-ever Wallenberg Festival.
Sponsored by www.AudioClassics.com.
$20 ($10 for Wallenberg Festival ticket holders)
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Binghamton $35 per person
5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm seating times
Call 607-722-7575 ext. 1610 (ask for Patty) to make a reservation Park free for dinner, stay for concert!
The Binghamton Philharmonic welcomes students from neighboring school districts to a night at the Symphony! Students are treated to a pre-concert dinner with a chat from Maestro Daniel Hege. Dressed up in Ties and Tutus, they are invited to our concert that evening to sit in the best seats in the house! This program provides our most vulnerable community members the chance to experience the joy of the orchestra.
For information on participating, contact Dr. Paul Cienniwa, Executive Director at 607-723-3931 x4,
Ties and Tutus is generously sponsored by IBM.
Wallenberg Festival: Three Orchestras in Concert
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY
Conductors: Daniel Hege, Barry Peters, Evan Meccarello
Featured Ensembles:
Binghamton Community Orchestra
Binghamton Youth Symphony Orchestra
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra
Join us as we welcome the Binghamton Community Orchestra and the Binghamton Youth Symphony to the Forum stage in celebration of Fritz and Marianne Wallenberg's lasting legacy of symphonic music in the Southern Tier. This joyful festival celebrates Binghamton’s musical heritage with three orchestras that trace their roots back to the Wallenbergs, including your very own Binghamton Philharmonic!
This program was made possible with funding from the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation
Pre-Concert Chat, 6:30pm, Recital Hall: James Wallenberg and Katherine (Wallenberg) Rabinowitz: Reflections on Growing Up as Children of Fritz and Marianne Wallenberg
Program
Binghamton Youth Symphony
Selections to be announced.
Binghamton Community Orchestra
The Fair at Sorochinksy: Gopak — Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
The Snow Maiden: Suite — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
I. Introduction
II. Dance of the Birds
III. Cortège
IV. Dance of the Buffoons
Binghamton Philharmonic
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 — Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Morning Mood
Anitra’s Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Binghamton Youth Symphony & Binghamton Philharmonic
Mlada: Procession of the Nobles — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsokov (1844-1908)
Marche Slave, Op. 31, TH 45 — Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Join pianist Andy Russo in an intimate recital at the Phelps Mansion. Come to hear the recital and stay for a mansion tour with dessert and prosecco reception!
$20 (recital only); $50 (recital, mansion tour, dessert & prosecco reception)
The 7th Annual Mac & Cheese Fest will be held in downtown Binghamton, NY and will benefit the Binghamton Philharmonic.
You’ll enjoy Mac & Cheese samples from your favorite participating restaurants, have access to online voting & awards ceremony, and receive a menu featuring the restaurants and their M&C offerings!
Don’t miss out on this fest of seriously cheesy proportions!
There limited number of tickets available. Get them now before we sell out!
$25 ($20 subscribers; $15 youth)
Cherish the Ladies: Symphonic Irish Music
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY
Conductor: Daniel Hege
For over 35 years, this female supergroup has charmed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with its blend of Irish folk, nimble virtuosity and sweetly mystical harmonies. Celebrate their sounds — with symphonic accompaniment by the BPO — on St. Patrick’s Day weekend and feel a Celtic kiss in every note.
The most subscribed-to brass musician on YouTube, Binghamton native Christopher Bill is famous for classically arranging popular songs for trombone in multi-track. Catch him and his band of world-class trombonists who have performed with Macklemore, Adele, Rihanna, Andrea Bocelli, Brass Against, Lucky Chops, and No BS Brass!
Wander: Symphonic Music of Dvořák, Rachmaninoff, Garrop
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY
Conductor: Daniel Hege
Stacy Garrop: Bohemian Café
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Soloist: Andrew Russo
AntonÍn Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
This performance of Bohemian Café was made possible with funding from the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation
Not all who wander are lost. Some are simply reaching new, convergent musical frontiers! As Chicagoan Stacy Garrop’s Bohemian Café recounts the whimsy of Czech street music, Bohemian native Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony evokes America’s diverse heritage. Add in a sprawling journey to Rachmaninoff’s audacious, expansive Second Piano Concerto, and you get an unexplored new world of creative genius...equally boundless and beauteous!
Pre-Concert Chat, 6:30pm, Recital Hall: Prof. Julia Grella O'Connell, DMA (SUNY Broome): Nostalgia for the Future: Paradoxes of Time and Space in Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Program
Bohemian Café — Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18, C minor — Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Moderato
Adagio sostenuto
Allegro scherzando
Soloist: Andrew Russo
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, B. 178, E minor (“From the New World”) — AntonÍn Dvořák (1841-1904)
Adagio - Allegro Molto
Largo
Molto vivace
Allegro con fuoco
The Binghamton Philharmonic and Classical Kids Live are excited to present Beethoven Lives Upstairs. This program features the music of Beethoven as we follow Christoph, a young boy in Vienna, and the “madman” who has moved into the family’s upstairs apartment. The Binghamton Philharmonic is inviting area schools to this daytime performance and hope to bring 3,000 students to witness the power of live music!
To have your school participate, contact Dr. Paul Cienniwa, Executive Director at 607-723-3931 x4.