At 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Purchase Performing Arts Center, the Westchester Philharmonic’s cello section gathers for Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5,” plus works by Saint-Saëns, Borodin, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Sibelius and more.
Principal cellist Eugene Moye will perform a solo prayer for peace, the traditional “Catalan Song of the Birds,” made famous by Pablo Casals. Cellists Sarah Carter, Roberta Cooper, Maureen Hynes, Eliana Mendoza, and Lanny Paykin will be featured throughout the program, joined by mezzo-soprano Jeanne Ireland.
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