Cellist

Experience the exceptional talent of Orli Shaham on piano, Dennis Kim on violin, and Warren Hagerty on cello as they take you on a journey through three centuries of classical music. Enjoy the brilliance of Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304, the emotional depth of Britten’s Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65, and the haunting power of Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67. Together, these virtuosic musicians deliver a performance that is exhilarating, deeply moving, and sure to captivate classical music lovers of all ages.

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Defiance Against Adversity

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Inspired by the charm and beauty of Italy, each work on this program reveals a different perspective on the “Bel Paese” (“beautiful county”). Stravinsky and Musgrave both provide expressive, poetic and lyrical story-telling based on colorful commedia dell’arte characters. Tchaikovsky was based in Rome when he wrote his Piano Trio in A minor, which he dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, his close friend and mentor.
Enjoy delightful chamber music with host and pianist Orli Shaham and principal musicians of Pacific Symphony in the coffee-house atmosphere of the Samueli Theater.

Tales from Italy

California has been blessed with an abundance of great composers. The film industry has magnetized many European emigres to resettle in the Golden State. Composers Miklós Rósza (Hungary) and Alexandre Tansman (Poland) were both Jewish and escaped Europe as the Second World War was brewing. They both benefitted from work in Hollywood. John Williams and Danny Elfman are both prolific film composers. Los Angeles-born Viet Cuong, who now resides in Orange County, is Pacific Symphony’s composer-in-residence.
Enjoy delightful chamber music with host and pianist Orli Shaham and principal musicians of Pacific Symphony in the coffee-house atmosphere of the Samueli Theater.

California Connections

Celebrate the season with the king of instruments! Enjoy a magnitude of musical splendors with world-class organist Todd Wilson and members of Pacific Symphony performing a delightful mix of sacred and holiday music. Favorite Christmas carols share the bill with traditional organ works that highlight the 4,322-pipe William J. Gillespie Concert Organ. Principal Trumpet Barry Perkins will be your host for the evening.

Holiday Organ Spectacular

It begins softly. A single snare drum. Then, a flute. Gradually, each instrument of Pacific Symphony joins in, one after the other, until Ravel’s Boléro reaches one of the greatest climaxes in all of music. Also, Orli Shaham, Dennis Kim and Warren Hagerty perform Beethoven’s too-rarely encountered tour-de-force, the Triple Concerto.  Carl St.Clair begins the season with Wagner’s stormy overture to The Flying Dutchman, and Re(new)al, a new work by the brilliant young composer, Viet Cuong.

Beethoven & Bolero

TINA CHONG…concert pianist, is an artist with passion, infectious energy, and excitingprogramming. She has appeared as a guest soloist with orchestras all over the world andis a sough-after recitalist and chamber musician in North America. A native of Banff,Canada…she has been hailed as “a deity of elegance” (New Brunswick Beacon)

TINA CHONG

California Center for the Arts

French Impressionism caps off this delightful afternoon with Ravel’s colorful and climatic piano trio. Before that, music by the Hungarian composer, Ernst von Dohnányi treats you to shifting chromatic tonality while Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinů, explores virtuosity between flute and viola. 

Ravel's Piano Trio

French Impressionism bookends this delightful afternoon: Debussy opens the program with the dreamy sounds that made him famous featuring the sounds of flute, viola and harp; concluding is Ravel’s colorful and climatic piano trio. Music by the Hungarian composer, Ernst von Dohnányi treats you to shifting chromatic tonality while Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu, explores virtuosity between flute and viola.

Inspired by the poetry of Nathaniel Bellows, Snider’s “The Currents” puts Shaham’s complete skills as a formidable pianist on display; it’s expressive, poetic and lyrical, telling a story of both innocence and coping with an unpredictable world. Next, experience a world premiere from Israeli composer Avner Dorman who draws on cultural and historical influences in his music. And finally, Schubert’s atypical chamber instrumentation for his “Trout” quintet; a work featuring beloved melodies from his song.  Enjoy coffee, tea and pastries in the intimate coffee-house atmosphere of the Samueli Theater.

Warren Hagerty

Cellist

Events

Feb 11, 2024

Defiance Against Adversity · Pacific Symphony

Apr 30, 2023

Tales from Italy · Pacific Symphony

Feb 12, 2023

California Connections · Pacific Symphony

Feb 12, 2023

California Connections · Segerstrom Center For The Arts

Dec 20, 2022

Holiday Organ Spectacular · Pacific Symphony

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