PACIFIC SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR CARL ST.CLAIR PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS GREATEST MENTOR, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, WITH FOUR CONCERTS DEDICATED TO HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS

“For the Love of Bernstein,” part of the “Music Unwound” series, features special guest host Jamie Bernstein, pianist Benjamin Pasternack and soprano Dawn Upshaw

The concert takes place Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 29-31, at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall; a preview talk with Alan Chapman begins at 7 p.m.

Composer, conductor and teacher Leonard Bernstein, one of the undeniable giants of 20th-century music, and the first American-born conductor to become a major star, becomes the focal point of Pacific Symphony’s second “Music Unwound” concert this season, “For the Love of Bernstein.”

In 1985, a young Carl St.Clair met Bernstein as a conducting fellow at Tanglewood Music Center. A few years later in 1990, St.Clair stepped in for the ailing Maestro and conducted his “Arias and Barcarolles” during what turned out to be Bernstein’s last concert. St.Clair would soon be named music director of Pacific Symphony, but the impact of Bernstein’s mentoring to St.Clair has remained to this day.

Together with other artists who have been privileged to work with the fabled conductor, St.Clair—who is celebrating his 25^thanniversary season with Pacific Symphony—offers a heartfelt tribute to the man he calls the greatest influence on his musical life. “For the Love of Bernstein” includes a multitude of Bernstein’s best music including his Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety”; “Slava! A Political Overture”; “Somewhere” from “West Side Story”; Overture to “Candide”; selections from “Three Dance Episodes” from “On the Town,” “Arias and Barcarolles,” “Trouble in Tahiti” and “Wonderful Town.”

The concert takes place Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 29-31, 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 PacificSymphony.org.

Janelle Kruly

Public Relations Associate

Pacific Symphony

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