They were just a sampling of the composers presented by the Warren Philharmonic in its season-opening performance on Sunday at St. Joseph Church.

“A Pastorale Thanksgiving” included some season selections as well as pieces that reflected on weather scenes after and during storms.

The concert, led by music director and conductor Bryan Eckenrode, featured Bizet’s “L’Arlesienne Suite #2,” the final movement of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, “Into the Storm” by Robert W. Smith, “Down a Country Lane” by Aaron Copeland, “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana, and seasonal selections including “Tannenbaum Fantasia”, “A Mad Russian’s Christmas” and “Sleigh Ride.”

This performance also included some special performers – string students from Southwestern Central High School

Times Observer photos by Josh Cotton Violist Darren Sobol, pictured here, and the Warren Philharmonic opened its 2023-24 season Sunday at St. Joseph Church.

Sunday’s concert is the first of three performances that comprise the Philharmonic’s 2023-2024 season. Future concerns include March 17 at Holy Redeemer Church featuring a slate of music that focuses on railroads and trains as well as May 12 at First Lutheran Church where pianist Amber Shay Nicholson will present a piano concerto.

Video of Sunday’s performance can be found on YouTube at the orchestra’s channel, Warren Philharmonic.