Get the Picture

Music lovers packed the Granada for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” concert featuring works by Johannes Brahms and Modest Mussorgsky.

The first half of the performance, conducted by veteran maestro Nir Kabaretti, was an all-Brahms affair with his Tragic Overture and Concerto in A minor, featuring the symphony’s principal cellist Trevor Handy and violinist Jessica Guideri, symphony concertmaster.

Russian composer Mussorgsky’s 1874 work “Pictures at an Exhibition,” orchestrated by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1922, wrapped the entertaining show, which was followed by a reception for VIP donors, including Barbara Burger, Paul Munch, Eve Bernstein, Christopher Lancashire, Catherine Gee, and Robert Weinman in the founders room.

The concert was dedicated to two late symphony board members, Art Kvaas, who died a few days short of his 100th birthday, and Gene Sinser, who was a director for seven years and served as treasurer in 2012.