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]
