Pasadena Symphony Opens Season With Dvorak's New World Symphony Tonight
By: BWW News Desk
Pasadena, CA - Music Director David Lockington and The Pasadena Symphony open their 2015-2016 Singpoli Classics Series with Dvorák's New World Symphony tonight, October 10, 2015 at Ambassador Auditorium with matinee and evening performances at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Audiences will delight in Dvorák's most popular symphonic work. The orchestra will be joined by 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner - violinist Bella Hristova in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts' gorgeously sonorous Violin Concerto. These exhilarating performances kick off a newly expanded 6-concert Classics Series to celebrate the Pasadena Symphony's 88th season as the premiere destination for live symphonic music in the Pasadena region.
Pasadena's most anticipated opening night of the concert season will showcase Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova performing the Southern California debut of Kevin Puts' Violin Concerto. Critically acclaimed for a richly colored, harmonic and freshly melodic musical voice, Puts has been hailed as one of the most important composers of his generation, winning the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for music. Hristova's rendition of his lyrically beautiful Violin Concerto promises to exhilarate audiences with the passionate and powerful command of her instrument, which The New York Times has praised as having "a lovely, often soaring tone." The elegant evening will finish with the orchestra's performance of Dvo?ák's New World Symphony. One of the most powerful of all symphonies, Dvo?ák's masterpiece is a tribute to the American spirit, having been written during the composer's time living in New York. Classical audiences are eagerly anticipating David Lockington's exhilarating rendition of this monumental composition, which cemented Dvo?ák's reputation as a world-renowned composer. To learn more about the works being performed, join us for Insights - a free pre-concert dialogue with David Lockington regarding the historical backgrounds of the composers and a behind-the-scenes discussion about our guest performers. Insights begins one hour prior to each performance. The Pasadena Symphony provides a socially vibrant experience specially designed for the music lover, the social butterfly or a date night out, and the inner epicurean in us all. Celebrate opening night in style in the luxurious Sierra Auto Symphony Lounge, yet another addition to the delightful and elegant concert experience the Pasadena Symphony offers. A posh setting at Ambassador Auditorium's beautiful outdoor plaza, audiences enjoy uniquely prepared menus for both lunch and dinner at each concert from Claud &Co, fine wines by Michero Family Wines, plus music before the concert and during intermission. Six-concert subscription packages start at $180, single tickets start at $35 and may be purchased online atwww.pasadenasymphony-pops.org or by calling (626) 793-7172.IF YOU GO:
- What: The Pasadena Symphony presents Dvo?ák's New World Symphony.
- When: Saturday, October 10 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Where: Ambassador Auditorium | 131 South St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105
- Cost: Tickets start at $35.00
- Sierra Auto Symphony Lounge: Located on the plaza at Ambassador Auditorium. Opens at 12:30 pm before the matinee and 6 pm before the evening performance.
- Parking: Valet parking is available on Green Street for $15. General parking is available in two locations: next to the Auditorium (entrance on St. John Ave) at the covered parking structure for $10 and directly across the street at the Wells Fargo parking structure (entrance on Terrace at Green St). ADA parking is located at the above-ground parking lot adjacent to the Auditorium (entrance on St. John Ave.) for $10. Parking purchased onsite is cash only.
- Pre-Concert Discussion: Pre-concert discussions with David Lockington begins one hour before curtain and is available to all ticket holders at no cost.
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