The third movement of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony (which the Pacific Symphony plays this week), a scherzo, is an instrumental version (and expansion) of a song he was writing at the same time, “St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish.”
Audio: Mahler: Symphony No. 2, first movement
It’s always good to do a little homework, a little listening, when a big work is on the agenda, as it is this week, when Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony close out the season with four performances of Mahler’s Symphony
A swan song and a ‘Resurrection’: John Alexander takes the next step in a long career
By TIMOTHY MANGAN “I’m not retiring,” John Alexander says, just to be clear. The outgoing artistic director of the Pacific Chorale, which he has led for 45 years, is sitting in a local eatery where he is such a regular
Pacific Symphony clarinetist wins Houston competition
Pacific Symphony principal clarinetist Joseph Morris has won the Houston Symphony’s 42nd annual Ima Hogg Competition, the orchestra announced over the weekend. The competition, open to instrumentalist ages 16-26, is designed to support young musicians in the pursuit of their
Program for a John Williams concert
Pacific Symphony and conductor Richard Kaufman pay tribute to the great film composer in celebration of his 85th birthday tonight and tomorrow at Segerstrom Concert Hall. The program hasn’t been widely disseminated so I post it in its entirely below.
Pacific Symphony assistant conductor wins Solti award
Pacific Symphony assistant conductor Roger Kalia was named today as a recipient of a 2017 Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award, the Solti Foundation U.S. announced. Kalia, who also serves as music director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, also won
Welcome to Pacific Symphony Blog
Welcome to Pacific Symphony’s new blog, called, suitably enough, Pacific Symphony Blog. (We decided not to get too fancy with the title.) My name is Timothy Mangan and I’m the writer-in-residence and your host here. A statement of intentions is perhaps
Audio: Beethoven Symphony No. 5: Carlos Kleiber
The quixotic quest of Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss’ “Don Quixote,” which the Pacific Symphony will play May 18-20, is one of the odder pieces in the orchestral repertory, or let us say on the fringes of the orchestral repertory, so seldom does it turn up in
How to be a philanthropist 101: Charlie Zhang
Immigrant-Entrepreneur Charlie Zhang Provides a New Home to the Pacific Symphony and Other Arts Groups. Orange Coast Magazine, May, 2017.