The titles of these two new works illustrate themes running throughout Santa Fe Pro Musica’s 44th season—that music has the power to literally “sing our troubles quiet” and open gates and pathways that we may have thought closed. From the sighing and longing of the strings in Dvořák’s Serenade which opens our season in October, to the tortured ecstasy of Janáček’s take on Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata in our season finale in May, love carries us through the year and takes on multiple sonic forms.
—Aaron Helgeson
This season we are graced with the return of the internationally acclaimed Cuarteto Casals, Danish and Diderot String Quartets Brooklyn Rider brings StarCrossed—a themed program referencing epic love stories. Our Bach Festival continues to bring joy and spiritual exploration to the holiday season with the complete Goldberg Variations, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, a celebration of the 90th birthday of Arvo Pärt, and the luminous voice of soprano Sherezade Panthaki. Youth takes center stage for Mozart’s birthday with teenage brothers Gabriel and Rafael Ingliss joined by the brilliant young conductor Micah Gleason. Our spring orchestra concert explores colorful Southwestern and 1930’s Depression Era stories through music by the Academy Award–winning film composer Dave Grusin, and others. The virtuoso pianist and frequent Pro Musica guest Conrad Tao joins us for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill premieres Gabriel Kahane’s new rhapsody.
We invite you to join us along the way, sing your troubles quiet, and let music swing wide the gates!
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director
2025–2026
STRING QUAR TETS
BROOKLYN RIDER
Santa Fe’s resident rock star string quartet, brought to us by Pro Musica’s artistic director and violinist Colin Jacobsen.
CUARTETO CASALS
“playing of extreme technical perfection yet with life bursting from every note”
—The Times, London
DANISH STRING QUARTET
“this is one of the best quartets before the public today”
—The Washington Post
DIDEROT STRING QUARTET
brings a fresh approach to the classical works of the 18 th and 19 th centuries.
Brooklyn Rider
MICAH GLEASON —CONDUCTOR
“an easygoing yet fiercely skilled conductor and singer”
—The New York Times
GABRIEL INGLISS —VIOLIN
RAFAEL INGLISS —PIANO two young, award–winning musicians (and brothers) who follow in the footsteps of Mozart
GABRIEL KAHANE —COMPOSER, PIANIST, CONDUCTOR, AND SINGER is considered “one of the finest songwriters today”
—The New Yorker
ANTHONY MCGILL —CLARINET, hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character”
—The New York Times
KAREN OUZOUNIAN —CELLO
“performs with tremendous heart, bringing joy and a captivating sound to the stage” —The Strad
SHEREZADE
PANTHAKI — SOPRANO
“a breathtaking combination of expressive ardor, tonal clarity, technical mastery and dramatic vividness”
—SFGate
NICHOLAS PHAN TENOR
“can color his voice endlessly, and while there’s power when he wants it, he’s more likely to lure you in with a thousand degrees of soft singing…” —San Francisco Classical Voice
CONRAD TAO PIANO
“it was clear listeners were in the presence of a creative supernova” —Chicago Tribune
SEASON OPENING ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Sunday, October 5
Meet the Music | 2 pm (included with ticket purchase)
Concert | 3 pm
Artist Dinner | 5 pm (reservations required)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Anthony McGill , clarinet
Gabriel Kahane , singer and conductor
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
DVO Ř ÁK Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
KAHANE Clarinet Concerto
“If love will not swing wide the gates”
KAHANE Songs
FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Friday, November 7 at 6 pm
Concert & Conversation (reservations required)
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Sunday, November 9
Meet the Music | 2 pm (included with ticket purchase)
Concert | 3 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Conrad Tao , piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 80 in D Minor
TAO all I had forgotten or tried to
DEBUSSY Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
DANISH STRING QUARTET
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Sunday, November 16
Concert | 3 pm
Artist Dinner | 5 pm (reservations required)
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces
JONNY GREENWOOD Suite from There Will Be Blood
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
DANISH QUARTET Nordic Folk Music
THE SOUTHWEST’S PREMIER
BACH FES TIVA L
BACH’S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Concert | Thursday, December 18 at 7:30 pm
Concert | Friday, December 19 at 7:30 pm
Colin Jacobsen , violin
Nicholas Cords , viola
Edward Arron , cello
BACH Goldberg Variations (arr. Dmitri Sitkovetsky)
A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Concert | Saturday, December 20 at 4 pm
Concert | Sunday, December 21 at 3 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Bach Ensemble
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Stephen Redfield , violin and leader
Sherezade Panthaki , soprano
Nicholas Cords , viola
Kevin Vigneau , oboe
HANDEL The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
TELEMANN Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9
BACH Concerto in C Minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060
HANDEL Silete Venti, HWV 242
CHRISTMAS EVE | VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Concert | Wednesday, December 24 at 2 pm
Concert | Wednesday, December 24 at 5 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Sherezade Panthaki , soprano
VIVALDI Motet and Arias
VIVALDI Four Seasons
BACH AND BEYOND
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Free Family Concert | Sunday, December 28 at 10 am
Concert | Monday, December 29 at 7:30 pm
Concert | Tuesday, December 30 at 7:30 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
ARVO PÄRT Selections (Passacaglia, Summa, Cantus)
BACH Selections (Gavottes, Capriccio, Air on the G String)
BRITTEN Simple Symphony, Op. 4
BACH Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
DIDEROT STRING QUARTET
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Sunday, April 12
Concert | 3 pm
Artist Dinner | 5 pm (reservations required)
HAYDN Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4
MOZART Quartet in D Minor, K. 421
BEETHOVEN Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
SEASON FINALE ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Sunday, May 3
Meet the Music | 2 pm (included with ticket purchase)
Concert | 3 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor , conductor laureate
Colin Jacobsen , violin
Karen Ouzounian , cello
COLIN JACOBSEN Kreutzings
ANNA CLYNE Shorthand
JANÁ Č EK Kreutzer Sonata (arr. Atkinson/Jacobsen)
BEETHOVEN Kreutzer Concerto (arr. Jacobsen)
All programs, artists, and venues are subject to change.
Concerts begin promptly on time. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager.
Bach Festival | Chrismas Eve— Vivaldi’s Four Seasons*
Bach Festival | Bach and Beyond
Brooklyn Rider
Winter Orchestra Concert*
Cuarteto Casals
Brooklyn Rider
Spring Orchestra Concert*
Holy Week Baroque Concerts
Diderot Quartet
Select your dates
Sun, Oct 5 at 3 pm
Sun, Nov 9 at 3 pm Sat, Nov 16 at 3 pm
Thur, Dec 18 at 7:30 pm Fri, Dec 19 at 7:30 pm Sat, Dec 20 at 4 pm Sun, Dec 21 at 3 pm Wed, Dec 24 at 2 pm Wed, Dec 24 at 5 pm Mon, Dec 29 at 6 pm Tue, Dec 30 at 6 pm Sun, Jan 11 at 3 pm Sun, Jan 25 at 3 pm Sun, Feb 8 at 3 pm Sun, Feb 22 at 3 pm Sat, Mar 14 at 4 pm Sun, Mar 15 at 3 pm Sat, Mar 28 at 4 pm Sun, Mar 29 at 3 pm Sun, Apr 12 at 3 pm Sun, May 3 at 3 pm
Bach Festival 10% discount when you attend all 4 Festival programs
Limited seating, reservations required | Indicate the number of reservations below Artist Dinners | $200 per person, per dinner | Three-course meal with wine Sun, Oct 5 | Anthony McGill, Gabriel Kahane, Colin Jacobsen ______ Sun, Nov 16 | Danish String Quartet ______ Sun, Jan 11 | Brooklyn Rider ______ Sun, Feb 8 | Cuarteto Casals ______ Sun, Apr 12 | Diderot Quartet ______
Concerts & Conversations | $100 per person | Wine & hors d’oeuvres Fri, Nov 7 at 6 PM | Colin Jacobsen and Conrad Tao Wed, Jan 21 at 6 PM | Micah Gleason, Gabriel and Rafael Ingliss ______
Season Finale Orchestra Concert (thank you!) (from above) (3% of total) at 7:30 PM at 7:30 PM
