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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Thursday through Saturday, October 14-16, 8 p.m.
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Ravel: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
The program begins in a Russian forest with Prokofiev’s symphonic version of the beloved children’s tale “Peter and the Wolf” (featuring the 2008 Academy Award-winning film). It moves then to the sunny, exuberant landscape of Ravel’s extraordinary Piano Concerto and returns, finally, to Russia and Mussorgsky’s grand, heartbroken memorial to a friend.
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MOZART & BEETHOVEN
Thursday through Saturday, November 18-20, 8 p.m.
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Pacific Chorale — John Alexander, artistic director
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Bolcom: “Prometheus” for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
The world premiere of Bolcom’s “Prometheus” is wrapped between the fanfares and flourishes of Mozart’s Symphony No. 34, and the genius of his 35th, the “Haffner,” in which he turned a serenade into a symphony. Finally, Beethoven’s surprisingly charming, joyous “Choral Fantasy” ties up the package beautifully.
RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND
Thursday through Saturday, December 9-11, 8 p.m.
Pacific Symphony
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Torke: Javelin
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9
One of the world’s most lyrical piano concertos — Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, interpreted here by Russian-born virtuoso Kirill Gerstein — stands in sharp contrast to the simplicity of Michael Torke’s “Javelin.” Then, from the new world and the old, Dvorak’s beloved Symphony No. 9. Mei-Ann Chen guest conducts Pacific Symphony.
ZUKERMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Thursday through Saturday, January 13-15, 2011, 8 p.m.
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Stravinsky: Concerto in D
Haydn: Symphony No. 83, “The Hen”
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
World-renowned violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman gives concert-goers a double treat conducting Haydn’s Symphony No. 83, “The Hen.” (Don’t miss the clucking in the first movement.) Then comes the heart-stopping beauty of Beethoven’s only violin concerto, in which Zukerman both plays and conducts.
