74th Season Winter Holiday Concert - Santa Monica Symphony

The Santa Monica Symphony celebrates the holiday season with a festive concert of classical favorites from popular movies. The music of John Williams shares the program with Strauss and Wagner along with selected movements from Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Suite. All Santa Monica Symphony concerts are free and ticketless. For more information, please visit: www.smSymphony.org.

Program: Music from the Movies

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra

Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor

Harvey Pittel, alto saxophone

Strauss: “Sunrise” Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra

(2001: A Space Odyssey)

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now)

Williams: Escapades (Catch Me If You Can)

Tchaikovsky: Selected movements from The Nutcracker