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THE PSA’S 2022-2023 CONCERT SEASON
All programs are subject to change.
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
A FALL CONCERT
Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56
featuring The Essex Piano Trio
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”
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The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Barry Singer, Music Director
“A French Connection”
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:00 PM
Payson Park Church, Belmont, MA
Claude de Sermisy – Amours, partes
Jean-Phillipe Rameau – Hymne à la Nuit
Camille Saint-Saëns – Calmes des nuits, Op. 68 #1
Camille Saint-Saëns – Les fleurs et les arbres, Op. 68 #2
Gabriel Fauré – Madrigal
Claude Debussy – Dieu, qu’il la fait
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Morten Lauridsen – Dirait-on
William Hawley – Sur la Morte de Marie
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
A HOLIDAY CONCERT
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Louise Farrenc – Premiere Overture in E
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Anton Bruckner – Mass #2 in E Minor
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
A MID-WINTER CONCERT:
“It’s All About Papa”
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Mariana Martinez – Overture to “Isacco”
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, featuring the
2022 Young Artist Competition winner, cellist Elena Ariza
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Haydn
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director
AN ALMOST SPRING CONCERT
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Music of Amy Beach, Benjamin Britten, Stephen Chatman, Edward Elgar,
Gomidas, Gustav Holst, Morten Lauridsen, Robert Pearsall, Gioacchino Rossini,
Randall Thompson, Kristina Vasiliauskaite, Giuseppe Verdi, and Gwyneth Walker.
Additionally, The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus will perform music of Vittoria Aleotti,
Ralph Vaughan Williams , and will premiere “Folk Lullabies from Around the World” by Rebecca Sacks.
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Camille Saint Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
featuring the 2022 Young Artist Competition
Wood Prize Winner, violinist Ayaan Ahmad
Nathaniel Stookey – The Composer Is Dead
with narration written by Lemony Snicket
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Barry Singer, Music Director and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando Cela, Music Director
SPONSORS’ CONCERT
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Josef Suk – Scherzo Fantastique, Op.25
Felix Mendelssohn – Kyrie
Felix Mendelssohn – Heilig
Felix Mendelssohn – Verleih’ uns Frieden
Antonin Dvorak – Te Deum, Op. 103
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The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Barry Singer, Music Director
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Johannes Brahms- Liebeslieder Waltzer Op. 52
Vincent Persichetti – Sam Was a Man
Vincent Persichetti – Dominic Has A Doll
Joshua Chai – since feeling is first
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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 Great American Songbook”
Friday, June 9, 2023
Strawberries and Ice Cream from 6:00 PM,
Pops Concert at 7:30 PM
Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, MA
Program still to be determined
