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    About Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet

    What more could you want from the season of love than a musical story filled with whirlwind pining and passion. Pacific Symphony presents selections from Sergei Prokoviev’s Romeo and Juliet February 5, 2023 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Musical

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    About Schumann’s Concerto A Minor

    Robert and Clara Schumann are a well-known power couple in classical music history. Starting off as close friends drawn to music, they both encouraged and inspired each other in their art. Once wed, the two made a perfect team with

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    Bank of America Names Pacific Symphony as a 2022 Neighborhood Builders®Awardee

    Program Provides $200,000 in Flexible Funding and Leadership Development Training Pacific Symphony was named as a 2022 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders® awardee for the orchestra’s work in the Orange County community. The Neighborhood Builders program continues to be the

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    Happy Lunar New Year!

    The data-miners, the demographers, the digerati all tell us that just over a fifth of the world’s population share a lunar calendar as part of their cultural heritage. Though the solar-based Gregorian calendar is universally accepted in the modern world,

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    Pacific Symphony Welcomes Arthur Ong As New Board Chair

    Pacific Symphony is pleased to announce that Arthur Ong, who currently serves as Executive Vice Chair of the orchestra’s Board of Directors, has been elected as Chairman of the Board to serve a two-year term. On January 1, 2023, he

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    Mahler’s Critics, Then and Now

    Critics of the past are easy targets for today’s music fans—perhaps too easy when they pan the music that we have come to love. But in the case of Gustav Mahler, reading contemporary assessments of his compositions is fascinating. In

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    A Message From Our Music Director: Thoughts On Mahler

    My deep love, respect, and connection with Gustav Mahler, the man, his spirit, and his music come via two of my most important mentors: Walter Ducloux and Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein’s resurrection of Mahler’s music in the 20th century, both in Vienna

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    Is There a “Curse of the Ninth?”

    When Carl St.Clair conducts Mahler’s Ninth Symphony next month (Jan. 12, 13, and 14), you might want to reflect on how the composer had to wrestle with the “curse of the Ninth” in order to complete this great work. The

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    Pacific Symphony Volunteers Spread Holiday Cheer!

    As the year draws to a close, we’d like to take a moment to thank our wonderful Symphony volunteers who do so much day in and day out throughout the year. Pacific Symphony is grateful for the incredible creativity and

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    Classical Guitar Superstar Miloš, Instagram Takeover King!

    Pacific Symphony wants to offer a special thank you to guitarist Miloš, our soloist this week, for his terrific Instagram takeover.  Not only did he perform Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with passion and perfection, he gave Symphony audiences a peek

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