Clarinetist

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.

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California Connections

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

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

Dynamic composer and educator Jessie Montgomery writes musical techniques that utilizes layers of strumming and lightly plucking strings in her piece, Strum for string orchestra. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat major then introduces LACO’s principal winds as soloists creating a union between the oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and horn. The program culminates with R. Strauss’ high spirited orchestral suite Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.

Montgomery, Mozart + R. Strauss

Ambassador Auditorium

Principal Clarinet Joshua Ranz — hailed in the Los Angeles Times for his “stunning rendition” of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto — tackles another musical masterpiece by Mozart: the timeless Clarinet Quintet.

Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet

Join Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and music director Jaime Martín for music by Handel, Telemann & R. Strauss.

Joshua Ranz

Clarinetist

Events

Feb 12, 2023

California Connections · Pacific Symphony

Dec 20, 2022

Holiday Organ Spectacular · Pacific Symphony

Jan 29, 2022

Montgomery, Mozart + R. Strauss · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Jun 25, 2020

Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

21 - 22 Nov, 2019

Handel’s Water Music · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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