Santa Maria Philharmonic: Fierce Passions

The culminating concert of the season, Fierce Passions, is set for April 28 – featuring the Overture to Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute,” Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, the “Rhenish,” and closely the evening, the stunning Cello Concerto by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, with John Walz on the cello.   Enhance your enjoyment and understanding of the passions behind the music with the free pre-concert talk at 6:50 pm.