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
Great Movies/Great Music–Cloak and Dagger! Our film series continues with music from the spy films. Something for everything with hit songs from the “James Bond” series to classic themes from great espionage cinema. Feb 21, 2015
The Russia House What did you give your son or daughter for graduation? Shostakovich wrote this cheerful and bright concerto for his son to perform. Audience favorite Steven Lin returns and the concert closes with audience favorite Mussorgsky’s “Pictures.” This is the concert everyone will be talking about. Jan 10, 2015
Final Chords Elgar ended his composing career with this stunning and moving concerto. Tchaikovsky ended his own career with his final orchestral opus, full of triumph and resignation. With these two contrasting works, two musical titans knew how to “make an exit.” Nov 22, 2014
Philharmonic Dances We open the season with the splashy and energetic rhythms of the “Symphonic Dances” from Bernstein’s classic “West Side Story” in a pairing with Rachmaninoff’s own “Symphonic Dances,” his autobiographical tour de force. Oct 18, 2014
Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra: Winter Concert Join us for our Winter Concert with the Pasadena Symphony’s flagship youth orchestra, the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra. Celebrating the season will be a selection of orchestral favorites. Mar 30, 2014
Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra–at the Ambassador Join the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra as we make our first annual appearance at the acoustically superior Ambassador Auditorium. The program features this high level honors orchestra in repertoire from throughout this past season with the additional of the orchestral showpiece, Respighi’s “The Pines of Rome.” May 3, 2014
Shostakovich 5 and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto For the final classical concert of the season, the Pasadena Symphony delivers an audience favorite. The Pasadena Symphony closes its 86th season with Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1 and the bombastically popular Fifth Symphony by Shostakovich. Don’t miss the final classical concert of the Singpoli classics series. Jahja Ling, Conductor Shai Wosner, Piano May 10, 2014
Bruch Violin Concerto–Pasadena Symphony and Pops The most famous 4 notes in all of Classical music– relentless, emotional, triumphant and victorious mark Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Hear it performed as no other Los Angeles symphony can: in the intimate and exquisite Ambassador Auditorium. Prepare to be filled with pleasure that comes from witnessing the fantastical Bruch Violin Concerto, a work of lyrical beauty and acrobatic fireworks – a true showpiece for the master violinist. Pulitzer Prize-winning Bolcom brings theatrical flair, tunefulness, and a healthy dose of comedy to what will be one of the most widely …