The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra will return to its chamber origins for the opening concert of its 2025-26 season.

For his inaugural season as music director and conductor of the orchestra, Christopher Cicconi programmed some music that required an expanded ensemble, such as the larger horn section needed to perform Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.

“This year I took it back to sort of its roots, because the orchestra was founded as a chamber orchestra,” Cicconi said. “I was really trying to get that intimate feel with the orchestra, like you can only get with a chamber orchestra a lot of the time. I was searching for repertoire that’s really appealing from a smaller group.”

That necessitated some changes from the original program when the season was announced two months ago. The “Fall

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