On this day, 15 years ago, we had our first concert at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Arts & Culture Events To Enjoy In Orange County This Fall
Pacific Symphony was recently mentioned in an article by Voice of OC.
Celebrate Opening Night, Sept. 30
Can you feel the excitement and anticipation building? The fall concert season is about to begin.
Happy Classical Music Month!
Happy Classical Music Month from Pacific Symphony!
A Halloween Playlist
By ERICA SHARP 1. Scythian Suite Op. 20 III. Night by Sergei Prokofiev: 2. Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) III. Presto agitato by Ludwig van Beethoven: 3. Die Feldermaus Overture by Johann Strauss II: https://youtu.be/n1gRCAPnmeM 4. Der Vampyr Overture
A note on classical music terms and usage
“Rumors about the impending exit have swirled for months, reaching a crescendo in recent days.” – Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2013. Awhile back I commented on music critic Scott Cantrell’s non-use of the word “crescendo,” his contention
Interviewing the talent
By TIMOTHY MANGAN The stories behind the stories: I won’t assert that they are more interesting than the stories themselves, but they’re not without interest. I’ve learned a lot about classical musicians, both individually and as a group, interviewing them
Spotify playlist: Exotic concertos
A fun, little Spotify playlist of concertos you don’t run across too often. –TM
Rodion Shchedrin: ‘Naughty Limericks’
The Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, “Naughty Limericks,” by the brilliant Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932), composed in 1963. Great fun. Evgeni Svetlanov conducts the USSR Symphony Orchestra.
Classical cover: ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’
From 1972. Here’s how the opening of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra sounds in its original form, as famously used to launch Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.”