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James Lee III Ichabod! The Protest is over!
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Saint Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
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Telemann Overture des nations anciens et modernes
Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Graun Ceasar e Cleopatra
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February 17, 20182:00pm & 8:00pmDale Trumbore new work for orchestra (world premiere, Pasadena Symphony commission) Dvorak Cello Concerto Stravinsky The Firebird SuiteBuy Tickets
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March 24, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmAlexander Miller Scherzo Crypto Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Elgar Enigma VariationsBuy 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 TribuneListenDownload Program Notes
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May 5, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmBeethoven Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"Buy TicketsDouble your fun with the ultimate Beethoven experience with the composer’s one and only violin concerto and the heroic symphony that changed it all.ListenDownload Program Notes
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Hear the best of hit shows that traveled from Broadway to Hollywood with Funny Girl, The Music Man, My Fair Lady and your favorite classic films. It’s quintessential Feinstein at its finest.
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October 20, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmMendelssohn String Symphony No. 3 Elgar Introduction & Allegro Mozart RequiemBuy TicketsTender melodies, powerful choruses, exquisite arias -- Mozart's hauntingly beautiful “Requiem” gets the Pasadena Symphony's 2018-19 season off to a grand start.ListenDownload Program Notes
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November 17, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmHailstork An American Port of Call Barber Violin Concerto Copland Billy the Kid Suite Bernstein On the Waterfront Bernstein West Side Story SelectionsBuy TicketsCelebrate Bernstein’s centennial with hits from On the Waterfront to West Side Story plus the best from his friends and contemporaries with Copland, Barber and more. Sphinx laureate Melissa White shines on violin.ListenDownload Program Notes
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January 26, 2019 2:00pm & 8:00pmBach Concerto for Two Violins Corelli Concerto Grosso in D Major Vivaldi Concerto for Bassoon Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Handel Water Music Suite No. 1Buy Tickets“One of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London Independent), Nic McGegan conducts the best of the Baroque with Bach’s Brandenburgs, Handel’s Water Music and Vivaldi Concertos.ListenDownload Program Notes
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February 16, 2019 2:00pm & 8:00pmTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5Buy TicketsMusic Director David Lockington conducts this all-Tchaikovsky spectacular with his Fifth Symphony exploring a romantic world of destiny, fate and shocking climaxes, plus his wildly popular First Piano Concerto performed by Russian American Pianist Olga Kern – a Van Cliburn winner with direct ancestral links to Tchaikovsky himself!ListenDownload Program NotesWatch a clip from Olga’s historic Gold-medal winning Van Cliburn Performance:
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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Indulge yourself in Mahler’s monumental and gloriously sonorous “Titan” Symphony, and top it off with Mozart’s fantastical Piano Concerto No. 21 with International Beethoven Piano competition winner Rodolfo Leone.
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Verdi Overture to La forza del destino
Schoenberg Orchard in Fog
Beethoven Symphony No. 5.
Beloved violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns with a remarkable new violin concerto by Grammy-nominated L.A. composer Adam Schoenberg, leading up to the four most famous notes in history with Beethoven’s infamous Fifth Symphony.
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Sydney Wang P (is for play) (world premiere, commission)
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 1
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Ellen Reid Petrichor
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Defalla El amor brujo Ritual Fire Dance
Defalla Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1
Marquez Danzon No.2
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Bach Goldberg Variations for strings
Reena Esmail Teen Murti
Albinoni Oboe Concerto for trumpet
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Piazzolla "Spring" from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
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Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Michael Giacchino Voyage
Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Fantasy for Violin
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Debussy La Mer
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October 16, 2021 2:00pm & 8:00pmJessie Montgomery Banner Brahms Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 7BUY TICKETS “Classical music's new breakout star...Goosby plays like an angel with nothing to prove. A cool, calm collected angel.” – Los Angeles Times Widely recognized as one of the most gifted conductors of his generation, conductor Joseph Young kicks off the 21/22 season with breakout star Randall Goosby on Brahms Violin Concerto, plus Jessie Montgomery’s festive Banner, written to mark the 200th anniversary of “The…
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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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January 22, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pmGabriella Smith Brandenburg Interstices Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 Vivaldi Flute Concerto No. 3, “The Goldfinch” Boccherini Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BUY TICKETSJanuary’s Baroque concert heralds the return of 18th Century performance expert Nicholas McGegan, hailed as “the sunniest conductor in classical music” by The Los Angeles Times. Gabriella Smith’s Brandenburg Interstices, a contemporary companion piece to Bach’s Brandenburg, honors the Baroque style while interweaving modern minimalism, Blues…
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February 12, 2022Gabriela Frank Elegia Andina Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnolBUY TICKETSEnjoy one of the most-loved violin concertos of all time in this passionate program with the exotic rhythms of Rimsky-Korsakov and Gabriela Frank for the Pasadena Symphony’s ode to romance. Russian-American conductor and Music Director of Chicago Opera Theatre, Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts with Korean virtuoso Chee-Yun dazzling on Tchaikovsky’s masterful concerto. The Washington Post listed Gabriela Frank as one of the 35…
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March 19, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pmAdam Schoenberg Finding Rothko Grieg Piano Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 40 Buy TicketsMozart's stormy Symphony No. 40 headlines this colorful program with Grieg’s Piano Concerto performed by Cuban pianist Aldo López-Gavilán, hailed as “a genius” by the Seattle Times for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire.” Plus, the orchestra performs Composers Showcase artist Adam-Schoenberg's "Finding Rothko," described by the Aspen Times as a “colorful orchestration, rich in textures and a sense of power similar to the painter’s work.” The Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated composer is among the top…
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April 30, 2022 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Banducci In Nomine (world premiere) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven Symphony No. 5Buy Tickets We close the season with the four most infamous notes in classical music - Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Plus, our Composers Showcase presents a world premiere by Brett Banducci, performed by the Pasadena Symphony’s Principal Horn Jim Thatcher, and acclaimed pianist Ran Dank delivers passion and pyrotechnics for Prokofiev No. 3. Entry to all performances requires Covid-19 vaccination and…
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