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Welcome the holiday spirit with the G.F. Handel’s glorious Messiah. The brilliant quartet of vocal soloists that captivated the audience last season (Clara Lisle, Sara Couden, David Powell, and Kevin Thompson) will join the Eureka Symphony and Chorus for an inspired rendition of this cherished holiday tradition. Because what’s the holiday season without the Hallelujah chorus?

Break winters spell with an exceptional concert by the Temporary Resonance Trio. In addition to the special insights about the music shared by Terrie Baune, John Chernoff, and Carol Jacobson, there will be sweet and savory treats paired with coffee and tea to make the afternoon even more delicious. Since there is limited general seating for this event, it’s best to order these $30 tickets early.

The concert begins with Chokfi’: Sarcasm for String Orchestra and Percussion by Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate. This piece is a “character sketch” of a trickster character in Southeast American Indian legends named “Chokfi’”–– a rabbit person with a “complicated and diabolical personality.” In a dramatic shift to the mid-18th century, soloist Evan Kahn, the distinguished principal cellist of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, will charm you with the classic and joyous Haydn Concerto in C Major. The program concludes with American composer Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 in Db Major, a piece said to reflect his Scandinavian heritage and “the wide, open sound of the American frontier.”

Overture to Il Mondo Della Luna is a window into Joseph Haydn’s quirky vision of life on the moon written in the comic opera buffa genre. The charismatic duo Liana Bérubé and Ivo Bokulić will return to the stage for an elegant performance of W.A. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in Eb Major. We conclude with the timeless and evocative suite The Planets by Gustav Holst. His fascination with astrology helped him capture the essence of each planet. No matter what your sign or horoscope is, you are sure to love this magical work.

Featuring the esteemed pianist Daniela Mineva, we will perform Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, a late-Romantic style work inspired by Polish folk songs. Professor of Music at Cal Poly Humboldt, Dr. Mineva has been hailed as a “vibrant and expressive performer” (New York Times). The season concludes with one of the monuments of classical music: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Beethoven himself fondly considered this symphony among his best works. The exquisite second movement was so popular that the audience demanded an encore at the premiere.