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Carmina Burana & Bach

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

The Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale takes centerstage for Carmina Burana, the most frequently performed choral work of the 21st century.

The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

A delightfully funny family musical about a boy who loves books but doesn’t like reading them. One day he tries nibbling on a page and soon finds himself chomping his way through the school library, getting smarter with each bite.

Vänskä Conducts Sibelius and Beethoven

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä is a leading authority on the music of Jean Sibelius, having recorded all seven of the composer’s symphonies. On this program, he leads the Symphony first in Sibelius’ dark and brooding tone poem Tapiola. Rounding out the program is Beethoven’s Emperor piano concerto performed by Finnish pianist and Beethoven expert Paavali […]

To the Fullest: The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The multi-Grammy nominated experimental orchestral collective Wild Up brings together notable guest artists to celebrate the work of avant-minimalist disco composer Arthur Russell with a new series of collaborative arrangements: The Arthur Russell Songbook.

Gustav and Alma

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In the final weekend of the Mahler Grooves Festival, Dudamel explores the marriage Gustav and Alma Mahler through their music.  The program includes Gustav’s Fifth Symphony and Alma’s Five Songs

Calidore String Quartet

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

The Calidore String Quartet, comprised of four millennial musicians, is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory. They take the Samueli Theater stage with the world premiere of String Quartet No. 3 by Han Lash commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for the Segerstrom Chamber Series.

Mother Goose, Symphonic Dances and More

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Conductor Matthias Pintscher begins the concert with the beautiful glittering colors of Ravel’s Mother Goose, And Alexi Kenney makes his Symphony debut with his interpretation of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

The Wonders We Carry Inside

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz curates an evening of music honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present.

Koh Plays Mendelssohn

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Grammy award-winning Jennifer Koh unites with young Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli’s animated direction for a night of classical music that is sure to inspire and challenge the status quo.

Jan Lisiecki in Recital: “Preludes”

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Jan Lisiecki performs a program of preludes on the Jacobs Music Center stage, treating the audience to dozens of succinct, characterful works by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski and Messiaen.

Le Concert d’Astrée Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Baroque music champion Emmanuelle Haïm leads one of the foremost ensembles, Le Concert d’Astrée in music by two of the most pivotal composers of the era —Handel’s decorated Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day oratorio with soprano Erin Morley, Bach’s French-inspired suites, and works by Rameau.

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