Ring With Holiday Cheer At Pacific Symphony's HOLIDAY ORGAN SPECTACULAR
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2018
Let the holiday ring with the sounds of the organ as the musicans of Pacific Symphony join forces with the $3.1 million William J. Gillespie Concert Organ in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for the "Holiday Organ Spectacular Concert" with guest artist and host Todd Miller, and featuring solos from Pacific Symphony musicians Barry Perkins, trumpet; Mindy Ball, harp; Joseph Morris, clarinet; Elliot Morreau, basson; and Dennis Kim, concertmaster.
Pacific Symphony Orchestra to Honor Bach, Beethoven & Bartok, 3/1
by Matt Smith - Feb 20, 2015
Orange County, Calif.—Feb. 19, 2015—Enjoy the ever-progressing capabilities of music by “Bach, Beethoven and Bart?k” in the second concert of Pacific Symphony's 2014-15 Café Ludwig chamber series, which explores music written at the early, middle and late periods of a composer's life. Led by charismatic pianist and host Orli Shaham, this year's series features the Symphony's Principal Cellist Timothy Landauer performing three of Beethoven's Cello Sonatas over the course of the season. For this concert, Landauer's cello shines in equal interplay with Shaham's piano during the Cello Sonata No. 3, a work full of serene emotion. The concert opens with Bach's Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Piano, which features a genius display of counterpoint played by Principal Flutist Benjamin Smolen and flutist Sharon O'Connor. Guest pianist Peter Henderson joins the Symphony musicians for Bart?k's Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion, playing alongside Shaham, Principal Timpanist Todd Miller and Principal Percussionist Robert Slack. Bartók's piece is an aural exploration of his fascination with the piano as a percussion instrument.
BWW Reviews: SOUTH PACIFIC Sets the Bar High for Future Musicals in Kansas City
by Steve Wilson - Aug 10, 2014
One enchanted evening is what Kansas City audiences received on opening night of South Pacific, the Musical Theater Heritage production at the Off Center Theatre. Premiering on Broadway in 1949 the musical composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II garnered 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Best Score. It is the only musical production to win all four Tony Awards in the acting Categories and in 1950, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.