September 2021
TRIUMPHANT EXPRESSIONS of Humanity – Robert Thies, Piano
The “return” program opening the Santa Maria Philharmonic’s 2021-2022 season features a Brahms overture celebrating academia and the human striving…
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FESTIVE FANFARE: Cheery and Bright – All Baroque
Lift your holiday spirits with the Philharmonic’s annual all-Baroque concert in the warm sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church…
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PEACE AND TRANQUILITY: Pastoral Landscapes – Jacob Braun, Cello
This concert begins in Italy with a composer famous for his appetite-whetting overtures, Giacomo Rossini, and then moves to Germany…
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Soaring MASTERPIECES: Fate and Destiny – Copland’s Lincoln portrait plus Beethoven and more David Selby, narrator; Roger Wilke, violin
Passion and power of the 2021-2022 season concludes in dramatic fashion with music by Verdi, Copland, and Beethoven. Verdi’s…
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