Beethoven 6 Experience Beethoven’s love of nature with Nicholas McGegan as your guide. Themes of spiritual renewal, pastoral landscapes, dramatic storms and startling beauty pull you into Beethoven’s sonic painting of the great outdoors. The prodigiously talented Geneva Lewis continues our tradition of showcasing the stars of tomorrow here today with Mozart’s stunningly beautiful Violin Concerto. Mar 21, 2015
Beethoven 7 David Locking conducts the beauty, powerful rhythmic energy and breathless joy of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony. Its first performance was met with “applause that rose the point of ecstasy,” according to a contemporary newspaper account. Dylana Jenson, the first American woman to win the Silver Medal in the Tchaikovsky Competition, brings her talisman, the Shostakovich Violin Concerto, to perform with her husband, the Pasadena Symphony’s very own Music Director, David Lockington. Feb 14, 2015
Gloria Estefan at the Hollywood Bowl with guest YOLA International superstar Gloria Estefan performs songs from her Grammy®-nominated CD, The Standards, which features classic tunes from the Great American Songbook. Fans will also be treated to Gloria’s iconic hits, as you’ve never heard them before. Bruce conducts the YOLA @ EXPO Symphony Orchestra as we join in on the festivities with several songs, including “Rhythm is Gonna Get You” and a brand new arrangement of the Connie Francis classic “Where the Boys Are.” Jul 25 – Jul 26, 2014
Are We There Yet? – Around the world with the Pasadena Symphony “Are we there yet?!” – Around the World with the Pasadena Symphony! Join the Pasadena Symphony as they circle the globe for musical treasures that showcase a fusion of world cultures and assortment of instruments. The evening includes a chance to conduct the orchestra yourself! Program includes a complete performance of “Peter and the Wolf” and a selection of Disney songs with Ana Guigui. Jun 18, 2014
YOLA @ HOLA and YOLA @ LACHSA Orchestras at Walt Disney Concert Hall The second of two performances featuring six of the orchestras in the YOLA program. The 2:30pm performance features ensembles from YOLA @ HOLA and our newest YOLA program, at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts (LACHSA). Conducted by Bruce Anthony Kiesling, repertoire for this concert includes “Night on Bald Mountain” with our advanced wind ensemble sitting side-by-side with the EXPO Symphony Orchestra. And the HOLA Youth Orchestra performs music from “Harry Potter” and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. …
YOLA Orchestras at Walt Disney Concert Hall The first of two performances featuring six of the orchestras in the YOLA program. Gustavo Dudamel leads the YOLA @ EXPO Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Marquez’ playful and fun “Danzon #2” followed by performances of “Night on Bald Mountain” and other works led by YOLA Conductor Bruce Kiesling.Other selection include “Marche Slave,” “Capriccio Espanol” and Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture. May 10, 2014
MATCO Performs The Beatles, Earth Wind and Fire, The Beach Boys, others In a dramatic and fun turn away from our diet of Stravinsky, Piston, and Bartok, the graduate student ensemble of the Bard/Longy MAT program (MATCO) performs for the YOLA @ HOLA community in a program featuring original arrangements of Pop Songs of the 1960s. Anchored by several arrangements of Beatles songs, we also include songs from “The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night and others. Great songs, great arrangements by our own students and two of the musicians step up to …
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Jan 31, 2015
Colossal Collage Everyone know’s Beethoven’s great Fifth, but our season closes with what is arguably the “other” great Symphony No. 5. Mahler’s symphony runs the gamut, from the tender and intimate to a massive orchestral closing. Apr 18, 2015
Eroica Old and new meet in January, with Beethoven’s “Eroica” combined with two short works inspired by that symphony composed by two of today’s hottest composer names in classical music. Mar 7, 2015