The Saturday performance will broadcast on KUSC on Sunday, February 7 at 7 PM (PST).
Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.
Even though it was Sunday, it was a full blown concert, themed with "getting along with your neighbors".
It started with The Star-Spangled Banner, not every day that you get to sing along with a full orchestra and chorus. :)
The first half had a world premier by composer-in-resident Narong Prangcharoen, about Orange County! I liked the part where he gets stuck on the 405 and you hear car horns, Doppler effect and everything. I wonder if he listened to Rich Capparela's car tunes? :)
The concert closed with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. I think this is the third time I listened on the ninth on a Sunday concert, last time was in June 2012, they did a plaza-cast on the night concert that time. Kevin Deas was bass-baritone back then as well! He was so funny. :)
Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with Mary Wilson (soprano), Milena Kitic (alto), John Bellemer (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass-baritone), and the Pacific Chorale.
Aaron Copland: “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Narong Prangcharoen: Beyond Land and Ocean (World Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral
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