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The Pacific Symphony on Classical KUSC
Hosted by Rich Capparela
Selected Saturdays, 8:00 PM

The Pacific Symphony and 91.5 Classical KUSC bring you live selected performances from Orange County at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
The series will continue selected Saturdays through June 12th, 2010.
*** Note: Starting with the November 14th "Enigma Variations" concert, KUSC will be broadcasting these concerts both over the air and via webstream.
The simultaneous streaming of this broadcast over kusc.org is made possible by the generosity of the musicians of the Pacific Symphony ***

 


September 26th, 2009 - Midori Plays Tchaikovsky
October 17th, 2009 - Alpine Symphony
November 14th, 2009 - Enigma Variations 
December 12th, 2009 - Beethoven's Fifth
January 9th, 2010 - A Tchaikovsky Portrait
February 6th, 2010 - The Greatest Generation
February 27th, 2010 - Fantastique!
March 20th, 2010 - Gershwin & All That Jazz

April 17th, 2010 - Poulenc's Organ Concerto
May 15th, 2010 - Beethoven & Rachmaninoff
June 12th, 2010 - André Watts Returns


September 26th, 2009 8:00 PM
Midori Plays Tchaikovsky

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Midori, violin

Ticheli: Shooting Stars
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
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October 17th, 2009 8:00 PM
Alpine Symphony

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Markus Groh, piano
Matthias Kirschnereit, piano
Tobias Melle, photochoreographer

Mozart: Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Strauss: Alpine Symphony
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November 14th, 2009 8:00 PM
Enigma Variations

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Jan Vogler, cello

Walton: Orb and Scepter
Elgar: Serenade
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major
Elgar: Enigma Variations
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December 12th, 2009 8:00 PM
Beethoven's Fifth

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Rodrigo: Fantasy for a Gentleman
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
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January 9th, 2010 8:00 PM
A Tchaikovsky Portrait

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Joseph Horowitz, creative consultant

Tchaikovsky & Taneyev: "Romeo and Juliet"
Tchaikovsky: Andante Funebre from String Quartet No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
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February 6th, 2010 8:00 PM
The Greatest Generation

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Pacific Chorale - John Alexander, artistic director
Joseph Horowitz, artistic advisor
Michael Daugherty, composer-in-residence

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Daugherty: TBA World premiere
Weill: Four Walt Whitman Songs
Harris: Symphony No. 3
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February 27th, 2010 8:00 PM
Fantastique!

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano

Beethoven: Overture to "Egmont"
Danielpour: Piano Concerto (World premiere)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
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March 20th, 2010 8:00 PM
Gershwin & All That Jazz

Carl St. Clair, conductor
Alain Lefevre, piano
Kevin Deas, baritone

Bernstein: Preludes, Fugues and Riffs
Ellington: King Solomon from "Three Black Kings"
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Ticheli: Blue Shades
Shostakovich: Dance 1 from Jazz Suite No. 2
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April 17th, 2010 8:00 PM
Poulenc's Organ Concerto

Daniel Hege, conductor
Paul Jacobs, organ

Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Shubert: Symphony No.8,"Unfinished"
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
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May 15th, 2010 8:00 PM
Beethoven & Rachmaninoff

Michael Stern, conductor
Dejan Lazic - piano

Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
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June 12th, 2010 8:00 PM
André Watts Returns

Carl St. Clair, conductor
André Watts, piano

Dvorák: Carnival Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
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