André Previn

The Pacific Symphony is having a concert this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (tonight) at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

I am not attending this one, but it will broadcast on KUSC, on July 26.

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair will be performing with violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, soprano Elizabeth Futral, and André Previn himself at the piano.

Previn: Principals

Previn: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (West Coast premiere)

Previn: Owls

Previn: Honey and Rue

[Car tune] Evening Tide

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... yes, they are idiots and they are determined to make your drive home as difficult as possible ..."



"Evening Tide" by Dave Roylance
Performance by Halle Orchestra, conducted by Bill Connor.

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[Car tune] Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... you know you got that radio for something, might as well use it to chill ..."



"Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo" by Giacomo Puccini
Performance by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Jarvi.

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[Car tune] Letter from Home

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... they forgot how to drive, it was a three day weekend, how are they supposed to remember where the turn signals are ..."



"Letter from Home" by Aaron Copland
Performance by St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

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[Car tune] Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... you got three days to chill, just chill a little bit longer, until you get home ..."



"Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on" by Morten Lauridsen
Performance by Morten Lauridsen, piano, Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Paul Salamunovich.

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[Car tune] Elegy Op 49

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... to help you get home today in one piece, and without having to worry about raising your insurance rates ..."



"Elegy Op 49" by Hugo Alfven
Performance by Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Petri Sakari.

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[Car tune] Etude de concert #3 'Un sospiro' in Db

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... after all, they just really do need to be in front of you and you might as well just let them do it and be done with it, take a deep breath, relax ..."



"Etude de concert #3 'Un sospiro' in Db" by Franz Liszt
Performance by Valentina Lisitsa, piano.

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[Car tune] Summer Evening

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... I'm just trying to get home ..."



"Summer Evening" by Frederick Delius
Performance by Northern Sinfonia of England, conducted by Richard Hickox.

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[Car tune] Thaïs: Meditation

Rich Capparela's car tune.  (Spring Membership Drive edition.)

"... it's Friday, and the freeways are as they always are, rainbows and unicorns ..."

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"Thaïs: Meditation" by Jules Massenet
Performance by Joshua Bell (Violin) , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton.

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[Car tune] Orchestral Suite #3: Air on the G String

Rich Capparela's car tune.  (Spring Membership Drive edition.)

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"... especially when it's May, and as Brian Lauritzen noted, there's something coming down from the sky in much of Southern California people are with their mouths open, going 'what is that?'  We've got freeways today that are just rainbows and unicorns ..."

"Orchestral Suite #3: Air on the G String" by Johann Sebastian Bach

Performance by English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Philip Ledger.

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[Car tune] Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle Op 68/5

Rich Capparela's car tune.  (Spring Membership Drive edition.)

"... yes, their turn signals are broken, and they can only break with their left foot ..."

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"Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle Op 68/5" by Edvard Grieg

Performance by Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.

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Beethoven’s “Emperor”

The Pacific Symphony is having a concert this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (tonight) at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

I am not attending this one, but it will broadcast on KUSC, on July 19.

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Guest conductor John Nelson will be performing with pianist Barry Douglas.

Carl Maria von Weber:  Overture to Oberon, J. 306

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, Emperor

Robert Schumann:  Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61

I first heard the Emperor concerto live back in 2011.

The symphony and pianist Arnaldo Cohen was doing a Beethoven-athon, and did all five concertos in one week!

We went to the Sunday concert.

[Car tune] Berceuse

Rich Capparela's car tune.  (Spring Membership Drive edition.)

"... it is a Friday afternoon, when the freeways are basically a wash in joy and happiness, people merrily skipping along at 75 miles per hour to get where they want to go ..."

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"Berceuse" by Jack Gallagher
Performance by Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, conducted by Szymon Kawalla.

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[Car tune] Mercy

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... many people are on the freeway, saying to the person who just cut them off, really? ..."



"Mercy" by Max Richter
Performance by Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano.

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[Car tune] Rusalka: Song to the Moon

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... of course that person has to put on their windshield washers when you get close to their bumper, they're telling you to back off, really ..."



"Rusalka: Song to the Moon" by Antonin Dvorak
Performance by Joshua Bell, violin, Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Michael Stern.

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4/30/15 only! BOGO Free Jim Svejda!

The April 30th KUSC playlist has each of Jim Svejda's show's pieces listed twice!

The interns must have taken too much coffee.  :)

So is it Serge or Sergei?  :)