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Tso @ Tu: Mozart’s Symphony No. 40

 The University of Tulsa

Ring in the New Year with the music that defined the American sound. Experience the virtuosity of Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue as you’ve never seen before and luxuriate in the soul stirring melodies of Dvorak’s American String Quartet — a stunning visual feat, up close and personal.

Gershwin & Dvorak

Beethoven Triple

Concert premieres at 4:00pmand will be available on-demand for one week through April 24.

Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky

Concert premieres at 4:00pm and is available to stream on its broadcast date free to the general public for 48 hours.

Grieg Piano Concerto

Concert premieres at 4:00pm and is available to stream on its broadcast date free for 48 hours.

Bach-Pucccini-Mozart

Experience what you’ve never before seen from your concert hall seats from the comfort of your own home with “one of the most admired pianists of his generation” (New York Times). Inon Barnatan delivers a tour de force program of keyboard pyrotechnics, romance and visceral nostalgia with Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 accompanied by a string quintet of Musicians from the Pasadena Symphony.

Rachmaninoff & Chopin

Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Angelo Xiang Yu brings his “stupendous technique” (Art Fuse) to Beethoven’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, while the orchestra’s Principal Clarinet, Donald Foster, gives a stunning performance of Brahms’ sensuous Clarinet Quintet.

Beethoven & Brahms

Spoil your Valentine with the perfect gift of a romantic program of emotional imagery and climaxing waves of sound that will run through you and excite the senses. Nick Kendall of the wildly popular trio Time for Three brings a fanciful violin concerto based on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, while Debussy’s La Mer paints a majestic picture of the sea with a mosaic of orchestral colors. Also on the program, Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino honors NASA with his interstellar Voyage.

Gershwin Porgy and Bess

Ambassador Auditorium

Vivaldi’s Four Season heralds the return of local violinist Simone Porter whose career is now in full international stride with a command of technical chops, elegant vibrato and the expressive panache to bring Vivaldi’s most cherished concertos to life.  Celebrate your Principal Trumpet Marissa Benedict as she takes center stage, while Esmail’s Teen Murti draws inspiration from Hindi traditional raag melodies combined with Western techniques – the result is a sonorously magical experience.

Vivaldi Four Seasons

Beethoven’s heroic voice is on full display with his greatest piano concerto performed by award-winning pianist Alessio Bax, whom Gramophone called “clearly among the most remarkable young pianists now before the public,” in their review of his recording of the same work. Reid’s Petrichor redefines ‘surround sound’ with spatialized musicians, shimmering strings and bright winds throughout the hall. Lockington is sure to deliver Latin sizzle with the rapturous rhythms and sultry melodies of DeFalla and Marquez. 

Beethoven "Emperor" Piano Concerto

Pasadena’s Classical season opens with quite possibly the best first symphony ever written – placing Brahms in his rightful place as one of the world’s most beloved musical geniuses whose works stand the test of time. Tessa Lark, “an accomplished and expressive artist worthy of all the fuss,” (Albany Times Union) will delight audiences with Bruch’s playfully acrobatic and virtuosic Violin Concerto, plus hear a new commission worthy of a grand opening night!

Brahms Symphony No. 1

Beloved violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns with a remarkable new violin concerto by Grammy-nominated L.A. composer Adam Schoenberg, leading up to the four most famous notes in history with Beethoven’s infamous Fifth Symphony.

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Indulge yourself in Mahler’s monumental and gloriously sonorous “Titan” Symphony, and top it off with Mozart’s fantastical Piano Concerto No. 21 with International Beethoven Piano competition winner Rodolfo Leone.

Mahler Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

Music Director David Lockington conducts this all-Tchaikovsky spectacular with his Fifth Symphony exploring a romantic world of destiny, fate and shocking climaxes, plus his wildly popular First Piano Concerto performed by Russian American Pianist Olga Kern – a Van Cliburn winner with direct ancestral links to Tchaikovsky himself!

Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Celebrate Bernstein’s centennial with hits from On the Waterfront to West Side Story plus the best from his friends and contemporaries with Copland, Barber and more. Sphinx laureate Melissa White shines on violin.

Bernstein & Copland

Tender melodies, powerful choruses, exquisite arias — Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful “Requiem” gets the Pasadena Symphony’s 2018-19 season off to a grand start.

Mozart Requiem

Double your fun with the ultimate Beethoven experience with the composer’s one and only violin concerto and the heroic symphony that changed it all.

Beethoven Symphony No. 3

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Acclaimed Soprano Sherezade Panthaki invokes the fabled queen with Colburn artist Blake Pouliot on Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, all in the masterful hands of Conductor Nicholas McGegan. Highly regarded as “one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London Independent), you won’t want to miss the “King” of Baroque interpretation at his finest.

Baroque Around the World

Mozart’s final and most triumphant symphony – “Jupiter” – leads this tour de force program with Rossini’s Barber of Seville and acclaimed BBC New Generation Artist Zee Zee on St. Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2.

David Lockington

Composer, Conductor

Events

Oct 15, 2023

Tso @ Tu: Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 · Tulsa Symphony

Jan 16, 2022

Gershwin & Dvorak · Pasadena Symphony and Pops

May 22, 2021

Beethoven Triple ·

Apr 17, 2021

Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky · Pasadena Symphony and Pops

Mar 27, 2021

Grieg Piano Concerto · Pasadena Symphony and Pops

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