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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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    Celebrating Classical Music Month with Exciting Page Turners

    Celebrating Classical Music Month with Exciting Page Turners

    As part of our ongoing celebration of Classical Music Month in September, we’ve pulled together a list of books that commemorate the great composers of the past through to the celebrated contemporary composers of today. Then we’ve sprinkled in some

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    LISTEN ON THE RADIO

    LISTEN ON THE RADIO

    Pacific Symphony’s official classical radio station, Classical California KUSC is part of the most-listened-to network of classical music radio stations in America, serving more than 900,000 listeners each week from Nothern California to the Mexican border.  Popular radio personality Rich Capparela hosts the Pacific Symphony

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    Connections series renamed, programming set

    Pacific Symphony has changed the name of its long-running Sunday Casual Connections series to Sunday Matinees. The substance of the series remains the same: The four concerts each are performed without intermission and last about 90 minutes. Carl St.Clair conducts

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    GSOplay at the Gothenburg Symphony

    GSOplay at the Gothenburg Symphony

    GSOplay is the Gothenburg Symphony’s online series of high definition performance videos. “We release approximately two to three videos per month and normally the performances are available for viewing up to 30 days after the release date,” the website says. Currently, the

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    Bernstein at the Skirball

    I went to the “Leonard Bernstein at 100” exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon, an entertaining way to beat the excessive heat. The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 2, is organized by the GRAMMY Museum

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    Pacific Chorale announces 2018-2019 season

    The Pacific Chorale, longtime artistic partners of Pacific Symphony and most recently collaborators on “The Passion of Ramakrishna” performance at Carnegie Hall, has unveiled plans for its 2018-2019 concert season. The Costa Mesa-based resident choir of the Segerstrom Center for

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    2018-19 season brochure

    The brochure for our classical season.

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    Pacific Symphony 40th season announcement

    By TIMOTHY MANGAN Music director Carl St.Clair and President John Forsyte unveiled plans today for Pacific Symphony’s 40th anniversary classical season in 2018-19. The schedule includes eight subscription programs (in multiple performances) conducted by St.Clair, who celebrates his 29th season

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    Audio: Preview of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” by Alan Chapman

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