Concert Review: The BPO Performs 'Grand Canyon Suite'

Rockslides, Coconuts, and GO BILLS!

Guest conductor Keith Lockhart took the podium on Saturday, January 25, 2025, leading the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a program that included Ferde Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite,” Ravel’s “Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra,” and two short pieces by Germaine Tailleferre.

The concert repeats today, Sunday, January 26 at 2:30PM. You will be able to make it home in time to see the Bills beat the Chiefs.

Paul Whiteman Orchestra 1928 left to right: Roy Bargy, Lennie Hayton. standing Paul Whiteman. seated: Irving Friedman, Michael Pingitore, George Marsh. standing left: Charles Gaylord, Eddie Pinder, Austin Young, Min Leibrook, Rube Crozier, Charles Strickfaden. standing right: Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Marty Malneck, Charles Margulis, Wilber Hall, Mike Trafficante, Roy Mayer, Chester Hazlett. standing back row: Frankie Trumbauer, Bill Rank, Jack Fulton, Bix Beiderbecke, Boyce Cullen, Harry Goldfeild.

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