PYSO May 14, 2016 Pasadena Youth Symphony wraps up their biggest year ever with a performance at the spectacular Ambassador Auditorium. Included on the program are works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saens, along with a collection of best loved movie music to wrap up the show.
Opera: Dido and Aeneas Jun 2 – Jun 5, 2016 The UCSC Music Department presents an updated production of the Baroque opera tragedy Dido and Aeneas, an opera in three acts. Music by Henry Purcell. Libretto by Nahum Tate. Directed by Brian Staufenbiel. UC Santa Cruz Orchestra conducted by Bruce Kiesling.
San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra Mar 12, 2016 Guest conductor Bruce Anthony Kiesling will conduct the SLO Symphony in a program that includes the Bacchanale from the Sant-Saëns opera “Samson and Delilah,” and, with pianist Steven Lin, Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme from Paganini” and the Ravel arrangement of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Triumphant Tchaikovsky with the Adrian Symphony Apr 23, 2016 Among the greatest of romantic composers, Tchaikovsky’s name is equal to that of Beethoven and Mahler. But his unique gift of melody perhaps exceeds all the others. In his magnificent 5th Symphony, he transforms musical material from a deep and nearly desperate melancholy to joyous triumph. Combined with his tour-de-force violin concerto, this is a concert that will leave you inspired and thrilled. Lindsay Deutsch With her limitless enthusiasm and vast gifts as a performer and entertainer, American violinist, Lindsay Deutsch, has emerged …
Stellar Serenades Nov 12, 2016 One of our all time most popular soloist returns to highlight our November program. Haik Kazazyan returns with his violin to perform the brilliant Tchaikovsky concerto, and the program closes with perhaps the most famous ballet suite of the 20th Century.
Jazz It Up! Feb 11, 2017 This month, we celebrate another purely american musical contribution: Jazz. Duke Ellington’s most famous concert suite is joined by some 20th century greats whom were influeced by jazz, including Leonard Bernstein.
Pasadena goes Parisienne Apr 30, 2016 The Pasadena Symphony ends the season with a visit to Paris. Opera, impressionism, and the thrilling experience of one Jazzy American who visits the city round out the program. David Lockington conducts.
Lockington and McGegan join forces Mar 19, 2016 For the first time in Pasadena, Music Director David Lockington and Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan join us to present Philip Sawyers’ cello concerto. Also on the program, McGegan leads Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.
Sibelius’ Second Feb 13, 2016 Sibelius and Tchaikovsky: David Lockington conducts the Pasadena Symphony in a symphony and concerto, respectively, from each of these wonderful composers. Each is an audience favorite!
Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto Jan 9, 2016 Sean Chen joins Nicholas McGegan as the latter conducts Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto. Also featuring the ultra charming “Classical” symphony from Prokofiev and one from Schubert that he never quite got around to finish…