Bigger is Better with the BPO at Kleinhans; concert repeats Saturday at 8pm at Kleinhans
(WorldNews Music)

Teddy Roosevelt, who was sworn in as our 26th President right here in Buffalo, advised us to `Speak softly and carry a big stick.` Well, that is exactly what the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra´s Musical Director does. Her personal style is to speak softly, and her `big stick` (actually a few ounces of cork and wood) is her custom conductor´s baton, which she recently used to earn her a third Grammy award for a recording of music by her old friend at the Juilliard School of Music, composer Kenneth Fuchs. A `big stick` is good, but getting to wave it in front of a bigger than usual orchestra is even better, and that´s what you´ll get this...