Pasadena Symphony & Pops

Beethoven! Beethoven!
2018-05-05 | Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91105, United States
Ambassador Auditorium

May 5, 2018
2:00pm & 8:00pm Beethoven Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Buy Tickets Double your fun with the ultimate Beethoven experience with the composer’s one and only violin concerto and the heroic symphony that changed it all. Listen Download Program Notes ArtistsAngelo Xiang YuViolin Video Sponsors

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
2018-03-24
Ambassador Auditorium

March 24, 2018
2:00pm & 8:00pm Alexander Miller Scherzo Crypto
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Elgar Enigma Variations Buy Tickets “Brilliant technique can be taken for granted …but von Oeyen leaves you convinced that he can do absolutely anything he likes with a keyboard.”
– Chicago Tribune Listen Download Program Notes ArtistsAndrew von OeyenPiano Video Sponsors

Stravinsky Firebird Suite
2018-02-17
Ambassador Auditorium

February 17, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pm Dale Trumbore new work for orchestra (world premiere, Pasadena Symphony commission)
Dvorak Cello Concerto
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite Buy Tickets ArtistsInbal SegevCello Video Sponsors

Baroque Around The World
2018-01-20
Ambassador Auditorium

January 20, 2018
2:00pm & 8:00pm Telemann Overture des nations anciens et modernes
Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Graun “Tra le procelle assorto” from Ceasar e Cleopatra
Handel “Piangero” from Julius Ceasar
Hasse “Morte col fiero aspetto”, Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
Mattheson The Death of Cleopatra
Rameau Les Indes Galantes Buy Tickets
Exotic Baroque from Cleopatra to Bach. McGegan at his very best.
Acclaimed Soprano Sherezade Panthaki invokes the fabled queen with Colburn artist Blake Pouliot on Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, all in the masterful hands of Conductor Nicholas McGegan. Highly regarded as “one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London Independent), you won’t want to miss the “King” of Baroque interpretation at his finest.
ArtistsSherezade Panthakisoprano Blake Pouliotviolin Video Sponsors

Mozart Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
2017-11-18
Ambassador Auditorium

November 18, 2017
2:00pm & 8:00pm Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Saint Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” Buy Tickets Mozart’s final and most triumphant symphony – “Jupiter” – leads this tour de force program with Rossini’s Barber of Seville and acclaimed BBC New Generation Artist Zee Zee on St. Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2. ArtistsZee Zeepiano Video Sponsors

Tchaikovsky Symphony 4
2017-10-14
Ambassador Auditorium

October 14, 2017
2:00pm & 8:00pm James Lee III Ichabod! The Protest is over!
(world premiere)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Buy Tickets “Jenson played it effortlessly – a rich zinging tone and a singing musicianship that was forceful, strong and passionate.”
– The Daily Gazette Listen Audio Download Program Notes ArtistsDylana JensonViolin Video Sponsors
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