Santa Barbara in Concert
Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. on KDB, 93.7 FM, Santa Barbara and KESC, 99.7 FM, San Luis Obispo
Classical KUSC brings you a series of concerts from the Central Coast Saturdays at 8 p.m. in Santa Barbara on 93.7 FM, KDB. Santa Barbara in Concert features a variety of leading musical ensembles from the Central Coast, from Opera Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West, CAMA and Camerata Pacifica, to the Quire of Voyces, Festival Mozaic and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
Santa Barbara in Concert is hosted and produced by Robin Pressman who also hosts and produces the daily Central Coast Calendar of arts events on KDB. Gail Eichenthal is executive producer of the series.
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Program Listing
July 15, 2017
Festival Mozaic: Mozart in the Mission
John Novacek, piano
Scott Yoo, conductor
Mozart: Serenade for Winds in c minor, K. 388
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden”
August 19, 2017
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor
Alessio Bax, piano
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
September 16, 2017
Santa Barbara Symphony
Nir Kabaretti, conductor
Natasha Kislenko,piano
Marcus Groh, piano
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Oct 21, 2017
Camerata Pacifica
Adrian Spence, director
Mysliveček: Wind Octet No. 3 in B-flat Major
Mozart: Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Mozart: Serenade for Winds in E-flat Major, K. 375
Gounod: Petite Symphonie
November 18, 2017
Music Academy of the West
Academy Festival Orchestra
Adrian Spence, director
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin-American Dances
Stravinsky: Ballet, The Rite of Spring
December 16, 2017
Santa Barbara Choral Society Annual Holiday Celebration
JoAnne Wasserman, conductor
Shirley Jones, narrator
Stephen Dombek: “Fanfare de Noel,”
Bach: Cantata No. 191 “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”
Randol Bass: Music of the Season
Traditional Carols
December 23, 2017
Quire of Voyces
Nathan Kreitzer, conductor
A program of a cappella works for the season ranging from English Renaissance composers William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, to settings of traditional carols, to new works of holiday cheer.
