Symphonic

fri. 22
.Comedy and Music with
Magnus Martensson - Former UB
faculty member and conductor of the
Slee Sinfonietta returns to UB for an
evening of piano music and comedy, 8
p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, Baird Hall, UB
orth Campus, Amherst; $. 432-1528,
www.maestromartensson.com
sat. 23
.An Evening with Sir James
Galway - Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra's Mid-Winter Gala
Performance with the world-renowned
flutist James Galway and wife/flutist
Lady Jeanne Galway. Works featured
include "Overture to La gazza ladra," by
Rossini, Symphony No. 4, "Italian," by
Mendelssohn, Flute Concerto No. 1 in
D Major, by Mozart with James
Galway, and "The Magic Flutes," by
Overton with James and Jeanne Galway,
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, Kleinhans
Music Hall, 71 Symphony Circle,
Buffalo; $ (box office, 885-5000;
www.tickets.com)
.Philippe Duchesne - A french
musical event featuring the singer and
saxophonist accompanied by the String
Chamber music Quartet le Quatuor de
Chartres, cosponsored by The Alliance
Française, Canisius College Department
of Modern Languages and the
Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA,
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, Canisius
College's Montante Cultural Center,
2001 Main St., Buffalo; $.
www. afbuffalo. org

.Honor's Presentation - With
Tracy Stepien and Sarah Ajaeb,
sopranos, 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23,
Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus,
Amherst; free. 645-ARTS,
www. sleebuffalo. edu
tues. 26
.Flute Studio Recital - With
students of Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman,
noon, Baird Recital Hall, UB North
Campus, Amherst; free. 645-ARTS,
www. sleebuffalo. edu
wed. 27
.UB Symphony Orchestra -
Christian Baldini, conductor, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, Lippes Concert
Hall in Slee Hall, UB North Campus,
Amherst. 645-ARTS
.3 Redneck Tenors - A New
Musical Adventure - NASCAR
meets Beethoven. Don't let the mullets
fool you - the tenors Billy Bob, Billy
Joe and Billy Billee (John Wilkerson,
Alex Bumpas and Matthew Lord along
with Dinny McGuire) are all classically
trained Broadway and opera performers.
A musical review written by Matthew
Lord features the three signing cousins'
story from their modest beginnings in
Paris, Texas, to their triumphant debut
at Carnegie Hall. Music by everyone
from Elvis to Puccini and country to
opera will be heard, 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 27, UB Center for the Arts'
Mainstage Theater, UB North Campus,
Amherst; $. 645-2787, 852-5000,
www. ubcfa. org