February 17, 2024 2:00pm & 8:00pmJessie Montgomery Strum Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Sibelius Symphony No. 2BUY TICKETS Spoil your Valentine with a luxurious night out for Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto performed by award-winning pianist Wynona Wang, who continues to dazzle on the international stage after winning First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International…
March 23, 2024 2:00pm & 8:00pmShawn Okpebholo Kutimbua Kivumbi (Stomp the Dust!) Stravinsky The Firebird Suite Beethoven Violin Concerto BUY TICKETS Experience Beethoven’s only violin concerto performed by the “frighteningly awesome” Avery Fisher-winning violinist Francisco Fullana. Plus, the magic and romance of Stravinsky’s soaring Firebird rounds out this colorful and majestic program. Francisco Fullana plays…
April 20, 2024 2:00pm & 8:00pmBach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Si-ang Chen Symphony No. 1 "Expedition", 2nd mvt Puccini Crisantemi Vivaldi Four SeasonsBUY TICKETSIn our long tradition of featuring the stars of tomorrow here today, multiple prize-winning violinist Charlotte Marckx brings Vivaldi’s most cherished concertos to life with her technical chops and expressive panache. Dudamel Conducting…
Michael Feinstein, Conductor
June 29, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy Tickets In honor of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, the POPS celebrates the explosion of music in 1920s New York that gave birth to the Jazz Age, Swing Era and beyond. Hear favorites from Gershwin and Ellington to Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and more.
July 13, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy Tickets Named “the best ABBA since ABBA” by ABBA’s official international fan club, audiences will be dancing in the aisles to ABBA's most iconic hits. Hear “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Money, Money, Money,” “Waterloo,” “Dancing Queen” and more.
July 27, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy Tickets "The Best is Yet to Come” as Michael Feinstein remembers the larger than life personas of Tony Bennett and Ol' Blue Eyes. From “New York, New York” to “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” hear the stories behind these legends as only the…
August 10, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy Tickets“The New Voice of the American Rock ’n Roll Songbook,” (Billboard) returns with the music of Paul Simon, James Taylor, Billy Joel and more. You’re guaranteed to know and love every song with "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," “You Can Call me…
August 24, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy TicketsMusic that shaped a state of mind from the Gold Rush through the rise of Hollywood studio music with hits from The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, the Eagles and more. Hear everything from "California Dreamin’" and "Good Vibrations" to "Do…
September 7, 2024 Gates open at 5:30pm for picnicking Concert begins at 7:30pmBuy TicketsAward-winning music from stage and screen with songs from Hello Dolly, Gigi, Wicked and Chicago with composers Henry Mancini, Alan Menken and more.
Thank you for your interest in the Moonlight Sonata Gala. The event for 2024 has concluded. If you joined us for this enchanting evening under the star at Pasadena’s City Hall, we say thank you for your support in music!
October 26, 2024 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Akiko Suwanai, violin Peter Boyer New Beginnings Korngold Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1, “Titan” Buy Tickets Mitchell launches his tenure with the massive orchestral force of Mahler’s monumental “Titan” Symphony, topping off a grandiose performance with International Tchaikovsky Competition winner Akiko Suwanai on Korngold’s “Hollywood” Violin…
