Ring in the 2020 New Year with Pacific Symphony for a night of music written and inspired by Beethoven. With guest conductor Christian Arming manning the podium, the evening kicks off with a show-stopping performance of Beethoven's iconic Violin Concerto by internationally acclaimed violinist Clara-Jumi Kang. Afterwards, Dvořák's beloved Symphony No. 8 brings the program to an exhilarating end in a tour de force of musical fervor!
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that music legend Art Garfunkel will present an intimate evening on January 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. in Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. a?oeA beautiful countertenora?? (The New York Times), Art Garfunkel has made an incredible mark on the music world both as a solo artist and as one half of the unrivaled duo, Simon & Garfunkel. In this intimate concert experience, Art is joined by a guitarist and keyboardist, performing Simon & Garfunkel songs, solo hits, and select covers in addition to reading excerpts from his book, What Is It All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man.
Soka Performing Arts Center presents Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, January 9, 2020 at 3pm. This concert is truly a Pacific Symphony family affair as Maestro St.Clair leads the Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra in this all-Mozart program, along Concert Master Dennis Kim and Benjamin Smolen who holds the Symphony's Valerie and Hans Imhof Principal Flute Chair. The all-Mozart program includes Flute Concerto in G Major and Violin Concerto No. 3.
The ever-popular, entertainer extraordinaire Marie Osmond teams up with Pacific Symphony to present audiences with the gift of music, featuring some festive holiday favorites plus hit country singles such as a?oePaper Roses,a?? a?oeMeet Me in Montanaa?? and a?oeRead My Lips.a?? Joined by guest-conductor and Symphony favorite Albert-George Schram, a?oeChristmas with Marie Osmonda?? promises to make your evening merry and bright, bringing a celebratory close to 2019!
Marvel at the 4,322-pipe, $3.1 million king of instruments that is the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ as the musicians of Pacific Symphony join forces with concert organist Todd Wilson for another grand a?oeHoliday Organ Spectacular.a?? Programming a musical cocktail of sacred and holiday music alongside traditional organ works, the evening will be sure to reflect upon the season's joyful festivities. Musicians from the Symphony include the evening's host Barry Perkins, trumpet; Mindy Ball, harp; Dennis Kim, violin; Meredith Crawford, viola; and Elliott Moreau, bassoon and saxophone.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Fiesta Navidad, one of Orange County's most popular and anticipated holiday celebrations, returns to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Thursday, December 19 at 8:00 p.m. This joyful family concert features the renowned Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos and dance group Chiquina Palafox.
Watch the children's toys, mice and music all come to life with Pacific Symphony presenting the a?oeNutcracker for Kidsa?? in time for the holiday season! Join Associate Conductor Roger Kalia and Orange County's acclaimed Festival Ballet Theatre at the concert hall for a journey through the Land of Sweets, a grand holiday sing-a-long and a chance to meet a special guest flying in from the North Pole!
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a thrilling roster of performances and events that celebrate the holiday season. It all begins on December 1 when Mannheim Steamroller returns to the Center, followed by a dose of laughter and some holiday shopping with Dixie's Tupperware Party (December 4 a?" 8), then American Ballet Theatre's delightful production of The Nutcracker (December 13 a?" 22), the popular annual presentation of Fiesta Navidad with Mariachi Los Camperos (December 19), Spanish Harlem Orchestra's Salsa Navidad (December 21), and all culminating with the elegant Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert (December 28).
Enter the concert hall doors for an electrifying evening nodding to classical music's past and present with guest pianist Vadym Kholodenko, Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony. Before Kholodenko's passionate showcasing of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and the orchestral power of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, the night begins with a world premiere of Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal's tribute to Maestro St.Clair: a?oeOctober Light: Adagio for Orchestra,a?? a lush cinematic work.
Cal State Fullerton's production of a?oePicnica?? by William Inge and directed by Eve Himmelheber runs from November 15 a?" December 8, 2019 in the Young Theatre on campus. A small Kansas town in the 1950s is the setting for this bittersweet melodrama. On a sweltering Labor Day morning, the women of a quiet, working-class neighborhood are preparing for the annual picnic when charming young drifter Hal Carter hops off of a freight train and into their lives. Hearts are broken and lives are changed, as Hal's dangerous energy challenges the restrictive mid twentieth-century American values of this sleepy community.
On November 9, 2019 at 3:00 p.m., in the opening concert of their 2019-2020 artistic season, Orange County's Pacific Chorale will perform Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms and Te Deum by Arvo Pärt at Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Artistic Director Robert Istad will conduct the 140-voice Chorale with Pacific Symphony and guest soloists Camille Zamora, soprano, and Alexander Dobson, baritone.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts celebrates Día de los Muertos and the return of fall with a rich blend of performances and FREE events. Center Executive Vice President Judy Morr said, a?oeThe best way to introduce ourselves to new cultures and traditions is through their music, dance, singing and theater. These are opportunities that bring us together to learn about and experience these beautiful traditions.a??
Take a break from the typical European concert fare and journey through the diverse, musical sounds of America as Pacific Symphony welcomes guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen along with guest artist Aaron Diehl for “Rhapsody in Blue,” a program featuring the works of three prolific American composers—George Chadwick, Florence Price and George Gershwin. Works to be performed include “Jubilee” from George Chadwick's “Symphonic Sketches,” Florence Price's “Dances in the Canebrakes” and Piano Concerto in One Movement, and George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” and “An American in Paris.”
Segerstrom Center for the Arts proudly presents internationally renowned flamenco dancer Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya “Farruquito” for one night only on November 6, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Heir to one of the most revered Gypsy flamenco dynasties in Spain, Farruquito returns to the Center with his brand new show Farruquito Flamenco as part of its North American Tour. In this new production, Farruquito has blended his own original music and choreography and expanded his company with additional musicians and dancers to honor the historic lineage of flamenco. Said The New York Times of this distinguished performer, “He is one of today's superlative dance artists.”
Pacific Symphony welcomes a new, special addition to its 2019-20 a?oeFamily Musical Morningsa?? concert series with the a?oeDía de los Muertos Celebration.a??
Avenue of the Arts Hotel executives Paul Sanford, CEO and asset manager for Wincome Hospitality, and Nicholas Price, general manager, joined Pacific Symphony President John E. Forsyte in front of the orchestra's concert venue, the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, to celebrate the continued partnership between the two organizations.
A star-studded cast of Broadway artists joins Pacific Symphony to take audiences on a journey through the theatrical worlds of musical masterminds Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber, featuring selections from a?oePhantom of the Opera,a?? a?oeSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,a?? a?oeJesus Christ Superstar,a?? a?oeA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,a?? a?oeCats,a?? a?oeGypsya?? and many more! Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman leads the 2019-20 Pops Season opening night with special guest artists Debbie Gravitte, Scarlett Strallen and Hugh Panaro.
Pacific Symphony's very own concertmaster Dennis Kim will take centerstage to perform the a?oeIntroduction and Rondo Capricciosoa?? of Saint-Saëns and Ravel's rhapsodic a?oeTziganea?? as part of a thrilling evening program. The program opens with the brilliant work of world-renowned film composer John Williams with his a?oeTributes! For Seiji,a?? and closes with the passionate drama of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, a?oePathétique.a??
