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Feb 12 Sun

California Connections

Sunday, February 12 2023

Samueli Theater

Concert Timings:
February 12, 2023, 3:00 pm

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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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ARTISTS:
Joshua Ranz, Clarinet

PROGRAM
MIKLÓS RÓZSA: Duo, Op. 8
ALEXANDRE TANSMAN: Bassoon Sonatine
VIET CUONG: Wax and Wire
JOHN WILLIAMS: Air and Simple Gifts
DANNY ELFMAN: Piano Quartet

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