August 2012
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GET UNDEAD WITH THE REST OF THE MOTLEY CREW
Come aboard a ghost-ridden ship and set sail with Pacific Symphony on a musical voyage across the high seas for Disney Live in Concert, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” a swashbuckling adventure to conclude Summer Festival 2012. Led by Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman, the Symphony, with assistance from the guys of the Long Beach Camerata Singers, performs Klaus...
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A classy Tchaikovsky Spectacular may seem like an oxymoron, but that’s...
– Orange County Register Music Critic Timothy Mangan
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When I listen to Copland
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Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of those great works one never tires of. It...
– Music Director Carl St.Clair
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SURE TO BE A SPECIAL TWEET!
An evening of favorite Tchaikovsky masterpieces, a little Mozart and all the drama of the “1812” Overture with cannons and fireworks highlight this year’s annual “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” at Pacific Symphony’s Summer Festival 2012. Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, the concert features young violin prodigy Chad Hoopes performing Tchaikovsky’s demanding and exquisite Violin Concerto, with all...
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A PASSION FOR GLASS?
NEW RECORDING OF PHILIP GLASS’ EPIC ORATORIO, “THE PASSION OF RAMAKRISHNA”—PERFORMED BY PACIFIC SYMPHONY—SET FOR RELEASE SEPT. 4
Orange Mountain Music is at last releasing the large-scale Philip Glass’ tour de force, “The Passion of Ramakrishna,” performed by Pacific Symphony under Music Director Carl St.Clair. The work also features Pacific Chorale and world-class soloists Christópheren...
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This is fuguing awesome!!
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Orchestra Humor →
twtrsymphony:
A guy walks into a pet store wanting a parrot. The store clerk shows him two beautiful ones out on the floor. “This one’s $5,000 and the other is $10,000.” the clerk said. “Wow! What does the $5,000 one do?” “This parrot can sing every aria Mozart ever wrote.” “And the other?” said the…