Showing posts with label Pacific Symphony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pacific Symphony. Show all posts

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Sunday, August 28, 2022

Mozart & Mahler

KUSC is broadcasting the twelfth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianists Christina Naughton and Michelle Naughton. and soprano Cecilia Violetta López.

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Beethoven's Piano Concertos

KUSC is broadcasting the eleventh concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Thursday, Friday, and Sunday concerts for the whole set!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianist Alexander Romanovsky.

BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 1 (G Major)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5

I don't know about Saturday, but I think Alexander Romanovsky played a different encore piece on all four concerts!  Thursday was Chopin, Friday was Rachmaninov, and Sunday was a composer with a 150 year anniversary, I couldn't catch the name.

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Mozart & Salieri

KUSC is broadcasting the tenth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with stage director James Sullivan, actor Marco Barricelli, soprano Celena Shafer, mezzo-soprano Milena Kitic, tenor John Pickle, and baritone Michael Dean.

Mozart:  Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Salieri:  Excerpt from “Andantino grazioso” from Sinfonia in D Major (“La Veneziana”)
Mozart:  “Adagio” from Serenade No. 10, K. 361 (“Grand Partita”)
Mozart:  Excerpt from “Allegro moderato” from Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 (186a)
Mozart:  Excerpt from “Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton” from The Magic Flute, K. 620
Mozart:  Excerpt from “Andante” from Sinfonia concertante, K. 364, for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
Mozart:  Excerpt from Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477

Mozart:  Requiem, K. 626
Mozart:  Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Yang Plays Rachmaninoff

KUSC is broadcasting the ninth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Guest conductor José Luis Gomez conducted with pianist Joyce Yang.

CARREÑO: Margariteña
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4  (1851 version)

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Verdi's Otello

KUSC is broadcasting the eighth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with stage director Robert Neu, the Pacific Chorale, the Southern California Chidren’s Chorus, Tenor Carl Tanner as Otello, soprano Kelebogile Besong as Desdemona, et al.

VERDI: Otello



Sunday, July 24, 2022

Saint-Saëns‘ Organ Symphony

KUSC is broadcasting the seventh concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with violinist James Ehnes and organist Christoph Bull.

IPPOLITO: Nocturne for orchestra
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ Symphony”

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

KUSC is broadcasting the fifth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2021-2022 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Anja Bihlmaier conducted with violinist Bomsori Kim.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto

Bomsori played J.S. Bach's Sarabande for an encore.

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Hadelich Plays Paganini

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC is broadcasting the seventh and final concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Michael Francis conducted with violinist Augustin Hadelich.

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE:  “Prospero’s Rooms”
PAGANINI:  Violin Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF:  Symphony No. 3

You don't want to miss Augustin's encore piece, Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega ON THE VIOLIN!  :O

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC is broadcasting the sixth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Sunday concert!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianist Alain Lefèvre.


RAVEL:  “Le Tombeau de Couperin”


RAVEL:  Piano Concerto in G Major


BERLIOZ:  “Symphonie Fantastique”


Sunday, August 16, 2020

Beethoven's Seventh

 In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC broadcasted the fourth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series Sunday at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianist Vadym Kholodenko.


ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL:  Adagio for Carl's 30th (World premiere)


PROKOFIEV:  Piano Concerto No. 3


BEETHOVEN:  Symphony No. 7


Sunday, August 9, 2020

Rhapsody in Blue

 In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC is broadcasting the third concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Rhapsody in Blue
We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen conducted with pianist Aaron Diehl.


GEORGE CHADWICK:  “Jubilee” from “Symphonic Sketches”
FLORENCE PRICE:  “Dances in the Canebrakes”
FLORENCE PRICE:  Piano Concerto in One Movement


GEORGE GERSHWIN:  “Rhapsody in Blue”
GEORGE GERSHWIN:  “An American in Paris”

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique"

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC is broadcasting the second concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with concertmaster Dennis Kim on the violin.


JOHN WILLIAMS:  “Tributes! For Seiji”
SAINT-SAËNS:  Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
RAVEL:  “Tzigane”


TCHAIKOVSKY:  Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”


Sunday, July 26, 2020

Carmina Burana

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Pacific Symphony is airing past concerts on the radio!  :)
KUSC is broadcasting the first concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Sunday concert!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with soprano Celena Shafer, tenor Christopher Pfund, baritone Hugh Russell, the Pacific Chorale and Southern California Children's Chorus.


BEETHOVEN: “Egmont” Overture
BEETHOVEN: “Choral” Fantasy
ORFF: “Carmina Burana”


Sunday, March 15, 2020

Hadelich Plays Paganini

KUSC is broadcasting the seventh concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Michael Francis conducted with violinist Augustin Hadelich.

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE:  “Prospero’s Rooms”
PAGANINI:  Violin Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF:  Symphony No. 3

We got See's Candies for our subscription renewal!

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Lefèvre Plays Ravel

KUSC is broadcasting the sixth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Sunday concert!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianist Alain Lefèvre.


RAVEL:  “Le Tombeau de Couperin”


RAVEL:  Piano Concerto in G Major


BERLIOZ:  “Symphonie Fantastique”


Sunday, March 1, 2020

Beethoven's Violin Concerto

KUSC is broadcasting the fifth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Christian Arming conducted with violinist Clara-Jumi Kang.


BEETHOVEN:  Violin Concerto


DVOŘÁK:  Symphony No. 8

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Beethoven's Seventh

KUSC broadcasted the fourth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series Sunday at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with pianist Vadym Kholodenko.


ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL:  Adagio for Carl's 30th (World premiere)


PROKOFIEV:  Piano Concerto No. 3


BEETHOVEN:  Symphony No. 7


Sunday, February 16, 2020

Rhapsody in Blue

KUSC is broadcasting the third concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)

Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen conducted with pianist Aaron Diehl.

GEORGE CHADWICK:  “Jubilee” from “Symphonic Sketches”
FLORENCE PRICE:  “Dances in the Canebrakes”
FLORENCE PRICE:  Piano Concerto in One Movement

GEORGE GERSHWIN:  “Rhapsody in Blue”
GEORGE GERSHWIN:  “An American in Paris”


Sunday, February 9, 2020

Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique"

KUSC is broadcasting the second concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with concertmaster Dennis Kim on the violin.


JOHN WILLIAMS:  “Tributes! For Seiji”
SAINT-SAËNS:  Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
RAVEL:  “Tzigane”

TCHAIKOVSKY:  Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Carmina Burana

KUSC is broadcasting the first concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2019-2020 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Sunday concert!  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with soprano Celena Shafer, tenor Christopher Pfund, baritone Hugh Russell, the Pacific Chorale and Southern California Children's Chorus.


BEETHOVEN: “Egmont” Overture
BEETHOVEN: “Choral” Fantasy
ORFF: “Carmina Burana”