PERFORMED BY
JON KIMURA PARKER AND LED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR CARL ST.CLAIR
Evening also features Brahms’ opulent Second Symphony
and Weber’s brilliant Overture to “Euryanthe”
Orange County, Calif.—Aug. 31, 2010—Pacific Symphony’s 2010-2011 classical season, presented by the Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation, begins on a lush and celebratory note with what is the epitome of the romantic piano concerto—“Tchaikovsky’s First”—on Sept. 23-25, 8 p.m., in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
One of the most popular and best-known of the composer’s works, the concerto is performed by internationally acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who has been called by The Oregonian “a one-man orchestra, calling forth different colors and textures as the music required.”
Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto is surrounded by Weber’s “Euryanthe” Overture—considered perhaps the composer’s most brilliant work of operatic orchestration—and Brahms’ rich and ingenious Symphony No. 2. A juxtaposition of light and dark, Brahms’ composition is both a lyrical and forceful masterpiece—one that allowed the composer to step out from behind the shadow of Beethoven.
Tickets are $25-$105; for more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.pacificsymphony.org.
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