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November 2021
Rhapsody in Blue
November 13, 2021 2:00pm & 8:00pm Nkeiru Okoye Voices Shouting Out Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Dvořák Symphony No. 9 "New World" BUY TICKETSExperience the music that defined the American sound. Delight in the effervescence of Sanchez-Werner for Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue and get lost in one of the most popular symphonies of all time - a tribute to the American spirit.Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner plays Barber Sonata in E-Flat Major, Fuga: Allegro con spirito for President Obama's Inauguration Concert
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Holiday Candlelight
December 18, 2021 4:00 & 7:00pmBuy Tickets Pasadena's most sought-after holiday concert, sells out quickly. Top off your holiday season and enjoy fully reserved seating arrangements in the architecturally exquisite and acoustically sonorous All Saints Church, Pasadena's equivalent of a classic European cathedral. Enjoy all of your favorites all performed by candlelight – an aural respite that is sure to summon the spirit of the season. Acclaimed studio singer Allie Feder (Pitch Perfect 2) joins an array of choruses and…
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Baroque: Brandenburg 5
January 22, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pm Gabriella Smith Brandenburg-Interstices Boccherini Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Guest Artist Solo TBA BUY TICKETS Gabriella Smith’s music is “high-voltage and wildly imaginative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and “ the coolest, most exciting, most inventive new voice I’ve heard in ages” (Musical America). She wrote Brandenburg Interstices as a companion piece for Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Concerto, honoring the Baroque style while interweaving modern minimalism, blues and American folk music.Aubree Oliverson…
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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
February 12, 2022Gabriela Frank Elegia Andina Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Rimsky Korsakov Capriccio espagnolBUY TICKETSThe most famous love letters ever penned to music– Tchaikovsky's Masterpieces arrive just in time for Valentine's Day! The Washington Post listed Gabriela Frank as one of the 35 most significant women composers in history (August, 2017). Exotic Peruvian rhythms flourish with passion in her “Elegía Andina,” which explores what it means to be of several ethnic persuasions and of several…
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Mozart Symphony No. 40
March 19, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pmAdam Schoenberg Finding Rothko Grieg Piano Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 40Buy TicketsSeattle Times praised Cuban pianist López- Gavilán for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire…simply a genius.” Emmy Award-winning and Grammy® nominated Adam Schoenberg is among the top 10 most performed living composers in the US. The Aspen Times described “Finding Rothko” as a “colorful orchestration, rich in textures and a sense of power similar to the painter ’s work,” adding “rewarding to the final…
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5
April 30, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Banducci In Nomine* Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 *world premiereBuy Tickets Valentina Lisitsa is not only the first YouTube star of classical music, she is the first classical artist to have converted her internet success into a global concert career. We celebrate the season finale with the most infamous four notes in classical music and the world premiere of “In Nomine” by Brett Banducci, performed by the Pasadena Symphony’s Principal…
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