The Chamber Music Society of Sacramento kicks off its16th season Sunday in Capistrano Hall.The Ariel Ensemble will perform “East Meets West on Guitar” with special guest David Tanenbaum, the internationally recognized classical guitarist.The program will include Haydn’s Quartet for Guitar and Strings, Kodaly’s Trio for Two Violins and Viola, Takemitsu’s “Toward the Sea” for Alto Flute and Guitar, and Martinu’s String Quartet #2.The multinational ensemble is comprised of Dmitriy Cogan (piano), Mathew Krejci (flute), Victoria Ehrlich (cello), Igor Veligan (viola), Kineko Okumura (violin), and William Barbini (violin).Barbini is the Chamber Music Society’s music director, as well as a professor at Sac State.The guest performer that evening, David Tanenbaum, is chair of the guitar department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has previously performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, London Sinfonietta, and Vienna’s ORF orchestra.Tanenbaum became the first American guitarist to be invited to perform in China when the Chinese government extended him a welcome in 1988.The Chamber Music Society will have a total of seven performances at Sac State this season including “Touched by an Angel,” “From Russia With Love,” and “Happy Birthday Jascha and Fritz!” a tribute to the two violinists, Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreisler. The chamber music is written specifically for small ensembles without a conductor, so players are more responsible for interpreting the piece as a whole.Sunday’s performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Capistrano Hall’s Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and $10 for students.