May 2013
1 post
May 2nd
April 2013
5 posts
7 tags
Interview with Pacific Symphony’s featured soloist...
Our Principal Clarinetist Ben Lulich is playing the solo in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, during Sundays at Soka, when Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair also performs Mozart’s Symphony No. 39—at Soka Performing Arts Center, Sunday, April 21, at 8 p.m. We took a moment to interview him about the piece and his life as a musician. Pacific Symphony: How long have...
Apr 18th
2 notes
14 tags
Apr 16th
62 notes
23 tags
Apr 13th
9 notes
24 tags
Apr 4th
1 note
8 tags
Apr 4th
3,444 notes
March 2013
17 posts
21 tags
Mar 29th
68 notes
29 tags
Mar 27th
35 notes
30 tags
Mar 26th
5 notes
8 tags
Mar 22nd
115 notes
12 tags
Mar 20th
3 notes
27 tags
Mar 18th
1 note
13 tags
Mar 14th
9 notes
22 tags
Mar 13th
7 notes
17 tags
Mar 13th
5 notes
28 tags
Mar 12th
14 tags
Mar 11th
89 notes
14 tags
Mar 11th
3 notes
14 tags
Mar 9th
1 note
Mar 6th
3 notes
10 tags
Mar 5th
12 notes
24 tags
Mar 2nd
44 notes
8 tags
Mar 2nd
8 notes
February 2013
8 posts
7 tags
Feb 23rd
1 note
3 tags
“With conductor Carl St.Clair leading with broad, lush strokes, the scene had a...”
–  LA Times review of “Tosca”
Feb 23rd
1 note
7 tags
Feb 23rd
4 notes
7 tags
Feb 21st
3 notes
9 tags
Feb 13th
1 note
6 tags
Feb 12th
26 notes
4 tags
Feb 12th
9 notes
5 tags
PREPARE TO BE SWEPT AWAY!
Even if you’ve never had the thrill of seeing it in live performance before tonight, you already know much about Tosca. Its principal characters have become paradigms of romance. Floria Tosca is the charismatic diva, beautiful but vulnerable, victim of her own jealousy. Her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, is the hunky artist, virile yet sensitive. Their antagonist is one of the greatest of all...
Feb 5th
1 note
Feb 1st
139 notes
January 2013
13 posts
7 tags
Jan 31st
5 notes
16 tags
Jan 31st
5 notes
5 tags
Meet Monty!
Monty Linton is one of four semi-finalists competing for a chance to sing onstage with Pacific Symphony for the second “OC Can You Sing?” competition. Get to know Monty below, then watch his video of “This is the Moment” from Jekyll and Hyde and vote for who you’d like to hear perform on Pacific Symphony’s Pops concert with legendary saxophonist Kenny G Feb. 14-16 at the Renée and Henry...
Jan 22nd
8 tags
Meet Grant!
Grant Yosenick is one of four semi-finalists competing for a chance to sing onstage with Pacific Symphony for the second “OC Can You Sing?” competition. Get to know Grant below, then watch his video of “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables and vote for who you’d like to hear perform on Pacific Symphony’s Pops concert with legendary saxophonist Kenny G Feb. 14-16 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom...
Jan 22nd
6 tags
Meet Brooke!
Brooke deRosa is one of four semi-finalists competing for a chance to sing onstage with Pacific Symphony for the second “OC Can You Sing?” competition. Get to know Brooke blow, then watch her video of “If I Loved You” from Carousel and vote for who you’d like to hear perform on Pacific Symphony’s Pops concert with legendary saxophonist Kenny G Feb. 14-16 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert...
Jan 22nd
2 notes
8 tags
Meet Amanda!
Amanda Strader is one of four semi-finalists competing for a chance to sing onstage with Pacific Symphony for the second “OC Can You Sing?” competition. Get to know Amanda below, then watch her video of “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl and vote for who you’d like to hear perform on Pacific Symphony’s Pops concert with legendary saxophonist Kenny G Feb. 14-16 at the Renée and Henry...
Jan 22nd
8 tags
Jan 16th
15 tags
SWIRL, TASTE AND REVEL
It’s an evening of first-class wine tasting, a delicious wine-paired feast and a silent and live auction of rare bottles and exceptional experiences. Debuting in Orange County six years ago, PCWF has become one of the most respected wine auctions in California, as well as a major fund-raising event for Pacific Symphony.   “Our 2013 Pacific Coast Wine Festival will be better than ever!” says...
Jan 16th
FINAL AND PROPHETIC
“We’re continuing our tradition of exploring composers’ final thoughts with a program that is all Mozart—featuring his ‘Requiem,’” says Pacific Symphony Music Director Carl St.Clair.  “We know Mozart didn’t complete this before he died, but he left us with 91 pages of manuscript—and there have been several completions by various people. We know his wife felt he was ill at the time and that he had...
Jan 15th
9 tags
Sofa Mi Re Do
jsbachroxmysox:
Jan 14th
60 notes
5 tags
SIMPLY ASTONISHING
“The music of ‘Scheherazade’ is like a magic carpet: it can transport you to another world.”—musicologist Paul Serotsky Pacific Symphony, led by Scottish guest conductor Garry Walker, tells the story of “1,001 Nights” through the music of Rimsky-Korsakov, once called the “master magician of orchestration,” in his “Scheherazade.” While sharing an epic quality with Beethoven’s grand Violin Concerto...
Jan 8th
4 notes
7 tags
Jan 3rd
5 notes
December 2012
15 posts
8 tags
Dec 26th
5 notes
17 tags
Dec 26th
3 notes
18 tags
Dec 25th
10 notes
9 tags
Dec 23rd
23 notes
12 tags
Dec 20th
38 notes
12 tags
Dec 20th
3 notes