Concerts
2020-2021 Season
Pops I
Christmas Collage Concert
December 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
First Baptist Church of Abilene
Join us for an Abilene holiday tradition, as 17 Abilene Philharmonic musicians take the stage performing all of your Holiday favorites. Special guest vocalist Sara Kennedy will be making her Abilene debut with Maestro Itkin accompanying her on piano.
Corporate Sponsors: Rentech Boilers, Abilene Regional Medical Center, and Radiology Associates of Abilene
Dec 5, 20203:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Jan 30, 20213:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Masterworks I
Romantic Strings
January 30, 2021 at 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
First Baptist Church of Abilene
Schönberg Transfigured Night
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Corporate Sponsor: Condley and Company
Masterworks II
Beethoven Triple
March 27, 2021 at 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
First Baptist Church of Abilene
Kiril Laskarov, violin
Jeffrey Lastrapes, cello
Steven Harlos, piano
Mozart Symphony No. 29
Beethoven Concerto in C major “Triple Concerto”
Corporate Sponsor: Hendrick Medical Center
Mar 27, 20213:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Apr 17, 20213:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Masterworks III
Four Seasons
April 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
First Baptist Church of Abilene
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin
2019 Avery Fisher Grant Award
2019 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award
C.P.E. Bach Sinfonia V in B minor
Vivaldi Four Seasons
Corporate Sponsors: Market Street, and Texas Commission on the Arts.
[POSTPONED] Pops III
Postponed from the 2019-20 Season
Kristen Hertzenberg and Her All-star Band
May 29, 2021 at 7:30PM
May 30, 2021 at 3:00PM
Paramount Theatre
featuring
Kristen Hertzenberg
Kristen Hertzenberg returns to Abilene for one memorable night at the historic Paramount Theater! Best known for her role as Christine in the Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera, Kristen Hertzenberg has proven her ability to sing anything in her concerts, from opera to Broadway to blues. She will be accompanied by Maestro Itkin on piano and backed by a cast of philharmonic musicians rocking the house with hits from the Eagles, James Taylor, the Doobie Brothers, Paul Simon, Carole King, and many more!
May 29 & 30, 2021