Surging with energy, spontaneity and diversity, Pacific Symphony’s upcoming concert—“Ravel’s Piano Concerto”—is devoted to music from 19th-century France.
Guest conductor Thierry Fischer leads the orchestra in an evening of impressionist and romantic music that includes Debussy’s dreamy “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and Berlioz’s theatrical Suite from “Romeo and Juliet.” Described by Chicago Classical Review as “the real thing—a musician of clear intelligence, technical skill and podium personality, drawing performances that blend impeccable balancing, textural clarity and fizzing exhilaration,” Maestro Fischer generates a tangible excitement during his concerts.
Playing Ravel’s masterful Piano Concerto in G Major is French pianist Alexandre Tharaud, who gripped The New York Times during his Carnegie Hall debut “with a sensation of the full span of keyboard music history lying nascent in [the] gemlike pieces” of his performance. Hailed as an “atmospheric, characterful pianist” by The Guardian, Tharaud’s individuality shines with stimulating, poised pianism.
The concert takes place Thursday through Saturday, March 6-8, at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall; a preview talk with Alan Chapman begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25-$99; for more information or to purchase tickets call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
Jayce Keane
Director of Public Relations
Pacific Symphony
3631 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Direct: 714/ 876-2383 │Tickets: 714/ 755-5799
