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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Mahler's "Titan"

KUSC is broadcasting the twelfth and final concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

KUSC aired the Saturday performance live.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted.

MOZART:  Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
MAHLER:  Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Ravel & Prokofiev

KUSC is broadcasting the eleventh concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Saturday concert!  :)


Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with the Pacific Chorale and the CSUF Chorus.

PROKOFIEV:  Peter and the Wolf
RAVEL:  L'enfant et les sortilèges


Sunday, July 21, 2019

Villegas: Master of Guitar

KUSC is broadcasting the tenth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Guest conductor Carlos Izcaray conductec with guitarist Pablo Villegas.


RAVEL:  Rapsodie Espagnole
RODRIGO:  Concierto de Aranjuez


PIAZZOLLA:  Libertango
ABREU:  “Tico-Tico no Fubá” for Guitar and Strings
ANONYMOUS:  Romance (jeux interdits)
PIAZZOLLA:  Sinfonía Buenos Aires Op. 15


Sunday, July 14, 2019

A Space Odyssey

KUSC is broadcasting the ninth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.



Guest conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducted with pianist Juho Pohjonen.


DAUGHERTY:  To the New World (World Premiere)
MOZART:  Piano Concerto No. 23
STRAUSS:  Also Sprach Zarathustra


Sunday, June 30, 2019

Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony

KUSC is broadcasting the eighth concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series tonight at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

We went to the Friday concert!


Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with violinist Paul Huang.

BEETHOVEN: Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo from String Quartet No. 16
BRUCH:  Violin Concerto No. 1
MENDELSSOHN:  Symphony No. 4, “Italian”


Saturday, June 29, 2019

Ravel & Prokofiev

We went to the eleventh concert of the Pacific Symphony's 2018-2019 classical concert series!  :)


Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

The Saturday night performance will broadcast on Classical KUSC on July 21, 2019.

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with the Pacific Chorale and the CSUF Chorus.  The first half of the program was changed to a memoriam to the late principal cellist, Timothy Landauer.

ELGAR:  "Nimrod" from the "Enigma Variations"
TICHELI:  "Rest" for Chorus and Strings


RAVEL: “L'enfant et les sortilèges” (“The Child and the Magic Spells”)


KUSC's Alan Chapman interviewed stage director Robert Neu in the pre-concert lecture.  Robert also staged the Magic Flute last year.  Among other things, he talked about the interesting episode of when he first staged something.  There were a lot of weddings when he was 5, and he served as ring bearer on multiple occasions.  He loved the weddings, and he staged a wedding between 2 toy tractors!  :)

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Mahler's "Titan"

Tonight at 8 PM (PDT), KUSC is airing the final concert of the Pacific Symphony!

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

In case you miss it, they will broadcast the recording of the performance on July 28.



Music director Carl St.Clair will conduct.

MOZART:  Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
MAHLER:  Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

The wind section principals will be the soloists in the Mozart piece.  Flutist Benjamin Smolen, Oboist Jessica Pearlman Fields, Bassoonist Rose Corrigan, Hornist Keith Popejoy.