2017-2018 Season
73rd Season Premiere Concert
Sunday, October 22, 2017, 7pm
Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Anatoly Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Children’s Outreach Event: Chair-to-chair Open Rehearsal
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 7 – 8 pm
Wednesday, October 29, 2017, 7 – 7:45 pm
Grant Elementary School Auditorium
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Young Professionals Outreach Event: Wine, Networking and Music
Monday, November 13, 2017, 7-9 pm
Private Residence, Santa Monica
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Keynote Speaker
Winter Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 7 pm
Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Annelle Gregory, Violin soloist
Gioachino Rossini: La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Annual Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend Concert
Saturday, January 13, 2018, 2 pm
SGI Auditorium
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Cedric Berry, bass-baritone soloist and narrator
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige
Giacomo Puccini: “Te Deum” (Scarpia’s aria from Tosca)
Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World
Children Outreach Event: Chair-to-chair Open Rehearsal
Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 7-8 pm
Grant Elementary School Auditorium
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Spring Concert: An Evening with Romantic Music
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 7:30 pm
Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
So-Mang Jeagal, Piano soloist
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor “The Unfinished Symphony”
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Annual Spring Gala at Mayor Riordan’s Residence
Saturday, May 26, 2018, 5-9 pm
Mayor Riordan’s Home, Brentwood Estate
Chamber music by
Guido Lamell (violin)
Rebecca Reale (violin)
Eric Rynearson (viola)
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Maria Demina (piano)
Annual Memorial Weekend Concert
Sunday, May 27, 2018, 7 pm
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 “Pastoral”
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (Danza ritual del Fuego)
Summer Concert in Reed Park
Saturday, July 21, 2018, 6:00 pm
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Cedric Berry, bass-baritone
Etienne Gara, violin
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315
“Summer” from The Four Seasons
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Strauss: Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Gershwin: “Summertime”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”
Allegro ma non troppo
Sebastian, arr. Ferguson: “Summer in the City”