THE PSA’S 2025-2026 CONCERT SEASON
Dates are subject to change.
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Cela, Music Director
A FALL CONCERT
“Songs of Our Lands”
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Danse Nègre, from African Suite, Op. 35
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915,
with Josie Larsen, Soprano, (Tannenwald YAC winner)
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 7
The Arlington-Belmont Chorale
Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director, and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Cela, Music Director
HOLIDAY CONCERT
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
ARLPO: George Frederick Handel – Concerto a Due Cori No. 2
Charles Ives: Three Places in New England
ABC: Margaret Bonds – The Ballad of the Brown King
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The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus
Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director
NOT-QUITE-WINTER CONCERT
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
Johann Sebastian Bach – the first and last movements of Cantata 61,
“Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
Johann Sebastian Bach – “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Johann Sebastian Bach – the last two movements from “Magnificat”
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Cela, Music Director
A MID-WINTER CONCERT
“Armenia”
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Arlington High School, Arlington, MA
Geghuni Chitchyan – Ballet Suite
Edvard Baghdasarian – Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
with Violin soloist Sargis Karapetyan
Arno Babajanian/Arakelian – Elegy in Memory of Aram Khachaturian
Alan Hovhaness – Symphony No. 1
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and Chamber Chorus
Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director
AN ALMOST SPRING CONCERT
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
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The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Cela, Music Director
FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2, third mvmt,
with Cole Delgado, Piano (Wood YAC winner)
Jeffrey Radcliffe – Green Eggs & Ham
Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of the Animals
with Yukiko Shimazaki, and Eunyoung Kim (pianists).
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The Arlington-Belmont Chorale
Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director, and
The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Cela, Music Director
SPONSORS’ CONCERT
Sunday May 3, 2026. at 4:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA
Julius Eastman – Symphony No. 2
Joaquin Rodrigo – La Azucena de Quito