TITLE PLACE DATE DESCRIPTION For its Christmas offering, the PPO performed on December 20 with conductor Herminigildo Ranera. The Orchestra performed two works by Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings and Die Natali op.36, Darius Milhaud’s Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra, and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien op.45. Percussionist Aimee De la Cruz and soprano Alexa Kaufman were the soloists for the evening.