THE PSA’S 2018-2019 CONCERT SEASON
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
FALL CONCERT: “Forces of Nature”
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 3:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Einojuhani Rautavaara — Cantus Arcticus
Claude Debussy —First Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
with Todd Brunel, Clarinetist
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68
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The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Barry Singer, Music Director
NOT-QUITE WINTER CONCERT
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3:30 PM,
Payson Park Church, Belmont, MA
Featuring Henry Purcell’s Te Deum and Jubilate Deo
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
THE PSA’S HOLIDAY CONCERT
Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 3:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Nino Rota — Sinfonia sopra una canzona d’amore
Robert Shaw — The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 1
Javier Busto — Ave Maria
Charles Gounod — Messe solennelle (Saint Cecilia Mass)
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
A MID-WINTER CONCERT: “Journeys”
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 8:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Symphony in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
(Overture to “L’Amant Anonyme”)
Erich Korngold — Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 35
with the 2018 PSA Young Artist Competition
Tannenwald Prize Winner, Hikaru Yonezaki, Violinist
Edvard Grieg — Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2, Opp. 46 & 55
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and
Chamber Chorus, Barry Singer, Music Director
AN ALMOST SPRING CONCERT
Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 3:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
“A Game of Pairs,” pairs of works by different composers
using the same texts. Also Mozart’s Missa brevis, K.194 and
the premiere of Missa Brevis Naturalis by our own Barry Singer
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
“When Books Become Music”
Selections from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Ravel’s Mother Goose,
Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote with cellist Nathaniel Abreu,
the 2018 PSA Young Artist Competition Wood Prize Winner,
and other works
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
SPONSORS’ CONCERT
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 3:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Bedrich Smetana — Vltava (The Moldau) from Ma Vlast
Erich Stem — “Arlington”— written specifically
for the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra as a part of
the composer’s project “America By: A Symphonic Tour”
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegiac Song, Op. 118
Francis Poulenc — Stabat Mater (1950)
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The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Barry Singer, Music Director
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
Friday, May 10, 2019 at 8:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Singer — Missa brevis naturalis
Mendelssohn — Three Motets, Op. 69
Pergolesi — Stabat Mater
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL and POPS CONCERT:
“The PSA Goes to Hollywood”
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 6:30 PM,
Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, MA
Join us again for the PSA’s fun
and festive annual Pops! Concert