New Santa Barbara in Concert Series Begins on Classical KDB on Saturday, Dec. 5

CONTACT: Allison Engel 213/740-1927 allison.engel@usc.edu

Classical KDB radio announces a new series highlighting the depth and variety of music-making in the Santa Barbara area, which will air from Dec. 5 through March 13. A baker’s dozen of concerts will feature top ensembles, including the Santa Barbara Symphony, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Pacifica, Quire of Voyces and Opera Santa Barbara.

The concerts will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on Saturdays, exclusively for listeners in the KDB broadcast area, heard on 93.7 FM. Station announcer Robin Pressman is the producer and host. The series’ executive producer is Gail Eichenthal.

Classical KUSC took over operation of commercial classical station KDB in the summer of 2014 and has kept the station’s call letters and continued its long tradition of broadcasting local groups and performances. This Santa Barbara in Concert Series was recorded in many area venues, from St. Anthony’s Chapel at the Garden Street Academy to the historic Granada Theatre to Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West.

The roster of performanes and broadcast dates is as follows:

Dec. 5, 2015 – Music Academy of the West: Introduction to the Singers

Arias by Rossini, Wagner, Handel, Verdi, Copland, Bolcom and more

Dec. 12, 2015  – Camerata Pacifica

James MacMillan: Kiss on Wood

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A

Wagner/Liszt: Liebestod  (Love-death)

Brahms:  Horn Trio in E flat

Dec. 19, 2015 – Quire of Voyces: Song of Songs

Choral gems based on biblical texts on love and devotion. Music of Palestrina, Maurice Duruflé and commissioned works by Michael Eglin and Daniel Brinsmead

Jan. 9, 2016  –  Santa Barbara Symphony and Santa Barbara Choral Society

Nir Kabaretti, conductor

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

Bernstein:  Chichester Psalms

Orff: Carmina Burana

 

Jan. 16, 2016  –  Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra

Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor

Schumann: Symphony No. 4

Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Stravinsky: Firebird Ballet Suite

 

Jan. 23, 2016 –  Opera Santa Barbara  

Mark Morash, conductor

André Previn: A Streetcar Named Desire

Cast starring Beverly O’Regan Thiele as Blanche Dubois and Gregory Gerbrandt as Stanley Kowalski

Jan. 30, 2016  –  Music Academy of the West:  Academy Festival Orchestra

Larry Rachleff, conductor            

Ravel: Boléro

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Feb. 6, 2016  –   Camerata Pacifica

Bach: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos

 

Feb. 13, 2016  –  Santa Barbara Symphony: Valentine’s Love Letters

Steven Sloane, guest conductor; Natasha Kislenko, piano; Peter Strauss, actor

Schumann: Manfred Overture

Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

 

Feb. 20, 2016 –   CAMA Masterseries: Tenor Ian Bostridge in Recital

Ian Bostridge, tenor; Wenwen Du, piano

Schubert: Winterreise (A Winter’s Journey)  Complete Song Cycle

Feb. 27, 2016   –  Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra

Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9

Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

 

Mar. 6, 2016  –  Music Academy of the West: Nicholas McGegan conducts Handel

Academy Festival Orchestra and Voice Program Fellows

Handel: Orlando  (Excerpts)

Mar. 13, 2016 –  Festival Mozaic Chamber Series

Mozart — Clarinet Quintet

Hindemith — Clarinet Quintet

Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 2

 

 

[Aerial photo of Santa Barbara Bay by John Wiley]