Scenes from Life: Joy

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Santa Monica Symphony
Pola Benke, conductor

Step into the spirit of the holidays with a concert full of festive cheer, elegant sparkle, and timeless classics. Brahms opens the program with his boisterous Academic Festival Overture, setting the tone for a celebration. Glazunov’s Winter evokes the quiet beauty of a snow-covered landscape, while Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker dances bring familiar magic to life. Leroy Anderson’s joyful seasonal favorites — including Sleigh Ride and A Christmas Festival — deliver pure holiday fun, and we’ll end the evening on a community note with a sing-along you won’t want to miss (details coming  soon)!

Program

Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture

Alexander Glazunov – Winter (from The Seasons)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite 

Intermission

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Stoup – A Klezmer Nutcracker

Leroy Anderson – A Christmas Festival

John Higgins – Christmas on Broadway Medley