You've seen the concert title, "Celebrating Physical Sciences and Engineering." And it may have left you wondering, "What in the world are they playing?" — with "they" being the UC Davis Concert and University bands.

The program comprises works that represent the fields of mathematics and geometry (Fannin's Hexagon), architecture (Salfelder's Cathedrals), chemistry (Ticheli's Nitro) and physics (Schmidt's Chaos Theory), along with pieces saluting monumental feats of engineering: Daugherty's The Brooklyn Bridge (with Deborah Pittman, clarinet), Sousa's The Pathfinder of Panama (dedicated to the Panama Canal) and Schuman's George Washington Bridge.

The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Besides music, the concert will include New York architectural photos from the 1920s, by Paul W. Hollingshead, protege of the great photographer Edward Steichen, and father of William Hollinshead, a UC Davis alumnus who plays in the Concert Band.

Hollingshead photos will displayed in the Mondavi Center's lobby and during the bands' performance of George Washington Bridge.

Tickets: $12 general admission, $8 students and children.available online, or by visiting or calling the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787. Box office hours: noon-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday,

More music (and a talk about music) in March

• Berlioz's Napoleon: Thoughts on the Te Deum — A talk by D. Kern Holoman, distinguished professor of music. 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center. Free and open to the public. This program comes one night before a performance of the Te Deum (see next listing).

• University Chorus with the Alumni Chorus, and the University of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra — The first half of the program comprises Hector Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and Roussel’s Suite No. 2 to Bacchus and Ariadne, both conducted by Nicolas Waldvogel, director of the UOP orchestra. In the second half, nearly 400 voices and 80 orchestral musicians — a record number of performers on the Jackson Hall stage, present the Te Deum, led by Professor Jeffrey Thomas, director of choral music at UC Davis. Joining the University Chorus and Alumni Chorus will be the Davis Children’s Chorale, the Sacramento Children’s Chorus and the Pacific Boychoir. 7 p.m. Sunday, March 6. See separate story.

Tickets (limited in availability): $17/15/12 for adults, $8 for students and children, available online, or by visiting or calling the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787. Box office hours: noon-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

• Early Music and Baroque ensembles — J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden), BWV 4; Motet: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; and Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042, with Wesley Wang, violin. Also: works by Gesualdo, Lotti, Purcell and Zelenka. 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 640 Hawthorne Lane, Davis. Suggested donations at the door: $12 adults, $6 students and children.