This Weekend in Long Beach: Events & Things to Do

Audiences can anticipate a highly-charged, exhilarating evening at the Terrace Theater when the symphony embarks on a thrilling musical pilgrimage through fire and ice and passion. We welcome back the Silver-Garburg piano duo, who return to join Long Beach Camerata Singers and South Bay Children’s Choir in the exuberant orchestral panorama of Carl Orff’s pulsating Carmina Burana.

When Handel settled in London at the house where he would spend the rest of his life, he became obsessed with the great English poets of previous generations, resulting in his setting of “Ode to St. Cecilia,” a veritable love letter to music. We combine arias from this masterpiece with instrumental works from his great Opus 6 Concerti Grossi and “Terpsichore”, Handel’s love letter to dance. Many generations later, another musical pioneer took up residence in the same house: Jimi Hendrix! We celebrate this odd connection with a "built-in encore" of "Little Wing" arranged for rock quartet and Musica Angelica, in the spirit of last season's "Exit Music.”

Celebrating the best of Broadway featuring West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Rent, and Little Shop of Horrors. Plus Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest hits from Cats and Phantom of the Opera.