2022-2023 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Romantic Revelries
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Elgar Enigma Variations
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Roger Wilkie, violin
Baroque Jubilee
DECEMBER 2, 2022First United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm
All baroque (Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli)
Breaking Boundaries
FEBRUARY 25, 2023Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question
Copland Clarinet Concerto
Don Foster, Clarinet
Viennese Tradition: Mozart and Brahms
APRIL 29, 2023
Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Mozart Piano Concerto
K. 488 Suri Kim, Piano
Brahms Symphony No. 3
2021-2022 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Under the Direction of Maestro Michael Nowak
TRIUMPHANT EXPRESSIONS of Humanity
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Copland: Fanfare for the Common ManBrahms: Academic Festival OvertureIves: Variations on “America”Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Robert Thies, Piano
FESTIVE FANFARE: Cheery and Bright
DECEMBER 3, 2021First United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 11Telemann: Don Quichotte SuiteVivaldi: Sinfonia in C Major, RV 112Purcell: Chaconne from “King Arthur”Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY: Pastoral Landscapes
FEBRUARY 27, 2022Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Rossini: Tancredi OvertureHaydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”Dvorak: From the Bohemian Forest, No. 5 “Silent Woods”Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo ThemeJacob Braun, Cello
Soaring MASTERPIECES: Fate and Destiny
APRIL 30, 2022Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the SeraglioCopland: Lincoln PortraitBrahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68David Selby, narrator
2020-2021
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2019-2020 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Under the Direction of Maestro Michael Nowak
Catch the SPANISH IMAGINATION
SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Copland El Salon Mexico
Bizet Carmen Suite #2
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Jack Cimo, guitar
Sounds of JUBILANT HOLIDAYS
DECEMBER 6, 2019
First United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm
Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 # 1
Boyce Symphony #1
Bach Brandenburg Concerto #4
Bach Orchestral Suite #3
SPIRITED SYMPHONIES: Es Muss Sein
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Grace Baptist Church, 7:30 pm
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances (full version)
Beethoven Symphony #8
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Mary Beth Woodruff, violin, Andrew Duckles, viola
2018-2019 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Under the Direction of Maestro Michael Nowak
AMORE Lyrical Love
September 29, 2018
Grace Baptist Church 7:30 pm
Amy Sze, violin soloist
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
CELEBRATE the Holidays
November 30, 2018
First United Methodist Church 7:30 pm
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos
Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ
Purcell: Chacony in G Minor
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6, No. 12 (HWV 330)
MASTERS in Vienna
February 23, 2019
Grace Baptist Church 7:30 pm
Maria Jette, soprano
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Songs by Mozart and Mahler
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
RHAPSODY in April
April 13, 2019
Grace Baptist Church 7:30 pm
Chih-Long Hu, piano soloist
Dvorak: “New World” Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2017-2018 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Under the Direction of Maestro Michael Nowak
Dazzle and Destiny
September 23, 2017
Grace Baptist Church
Jessica Guideri, Violin Soloist
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
SAINT-SAENS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor Op.64
Rejoice!
December 2, 2017
First Baptist Church
Allan Hancock College Singers, Dr. Ann Lucas, Director
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 and Chorale “Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen“ from Cantata 140
PERGOLESI Magnificat
HANDEL Choruses from Messiah
Journey of the Heart
February 24, 2018
Grace Baptist Church
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
Fierce Passions
April 28, 2018
Grace Baptist Church
John Walz, Cello Soloist
MOZART Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
2016-2017 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Under the Direction of Maestro Michael Nowak
Rach & Roll
September 24, 2016,
Grace Baptist Church
Robert Edward Thies, piano
Berlioz – Beatrice and Benedict
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Rachmaninoff’ – Piano Concerto No.2
Holiday Baroque
December 2, 2016
First United Methodist Church
Jessica Hoffman, oboe
Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8
Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D Minor
Handel – Water Music
J.S. Bach – Air from Suite No. 3
Mozart Maximus
February 25, 2017
Grace Baptist Church
Brynn Albanese, violin
Mozart – Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major K.22
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K. 219
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G Minor K. 550
The Bold and the Beautiful
April 22, 2017
Grace Baptist Church
Brahms – Haydn Variations
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
2015-2016 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Season Debut
September 26, 2015
Ethel Pope Auditorium
Conductor: John Farrer
Violin Soloist: Alexi Kenney
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini/ Berlioz
Violin Concerto/ Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 7/ Beethoven
Yuletide Brass & Organ
December 4, 2015
First United Methodist Church
Greg Magie, Conductor
Adan Fernandez, Organ
Vines Festival Chorus
Narrator, Mark Booher
Canzona septimi toni No. 2/ Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon duodecimi toni (arr. with organ)/ Giovanni Gabrieli
Variations on Adeste Fideles/ Marcel Dupré
Gloria/ John Rutter
O Come, O Come Emmanuel/ arr. David Marlatt
Ye Merry Gents/ arr. David Marlatt
’Twas the Night Before Christmas/Anthony DiLorenzo
Christmas Day (with organ)/ Gustav Holst
Light the Light/ Mary L. Bianco
Christmas Carol Sing-Along
We Wish You A Merry Christmas/arr. Richard Newman
A Night at the Opera
February 27, 2016
Grace Baptist Church
Conductor: Brian Asher Alhadeff
Vocal Soloists from Opera San Luis Obispo
Selections of the Greatest Moments in Opera and Broadway
Season Finale: Chamber Works for Strings and Winds
April 16, 2016
Grace Baptist Church
Conductor: James Riccardo
Romanian Folk Dances/ Bartok
Arioso for Solo Violin, Winds, Piano/ Riccardo
Siegfried Idyll/ Wagner
Overture on Jewish Themes/ Prokofiev
Serenade in E for Strings/ Dvorak
2014-2015 Subscription Concert Season Performances
Voices of Passion: Music for Strings and Soprano
October 25th, 2014
First United Methodist Church
Conductor: James Riccardo
Soprano Soloist: Ursula Maria Kleinecke-Boyer
Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ/ Tomaso Albinoni
Songs of Sons and Mothers – Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca/ James Riccardo
Miroir de Peine – A stabat mater dolorosa/ Hendrik Andriessen
Adagio for Strings/ Samuel Barber
The Holberg Suite/ Edvard Grieg
Yuletide Brass: An Evening of Holiday Favorites
December 6, 2014
First United Methodist Church
Conductor: David Rackley
Holiday Favorites
Pops Internationale
February 28, 2015
Grace Baptist Church
Huapango/ José Pablo Moncayo
Three Rhythmic Spirituals/ William Grant Still
Four Choral Arrangements/ Mack Willburg
Scheherazade/ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Season Finale: Concerto Competition Winners Concert
April 18, 2015
Grace Baptist Church
Conductor: John Farrer
Jack Raventos, piano
Ilana Shapiro, flute
Amy Sze, violin
Egmont Overture/Beethoven
Concerto No. 8 in C Major/Mozart
Concerto in D major/ Carl Reinecke
Concerto No.4 in D major/ Mozart
Symphony #7/Antonín Dvořák
Triumphant Expressions of Humanity 2021
Rhapsody in April 2019
Masters in Vienna (with lights out) 2019
Celebrate the Holidays 2019
Great Gatsby Gala 2018
Amore, Lyrical Love Concert 2018
Fierce Passions Concert 2018
Opening Concert 2017
Annual Gala, Masquerade Ball 2017
Annual Gala, Casablanca 2016
Annual Gala, Fandango 2015
