September 21, 2007

The 2007-08 classical music season
A list of performances by local orchestras, opera companies and music presenters.
The Orange County Register

PACIFIC SYMPHONY
714-755-5799 | www.pacificsymphony.org

Carl St.Clair, music director

At the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (except where otherwise noted), Costa Mesa

* Sept. 27-29: St.Clair, conductor; Marc-André Hamelin, piano. Music by Strauss, Mozart, Ravel.
* Oct. 11-13: Richard Kaufman, conductor. The Manhattan Transfer.
* Oct. 18-20: Hannu Lintu, conductor; Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov, pianos. Music by Beethoven, Martinu, Dvorák.
* Nov. 4.: Stephen Prutsman, piano; Raymond Kobler, violin; Bridget Dolkas, violin. Robert Becker, viola; Timothy Landauer, cello. Samueli Theater. Music by Haydn, Grieg, Fauré.

* Nov. 8-10: St.Clair, conductor; Pacific Chorale; David Krakauer, Klezmer clarinet. Music by Bernstein, Golijov, Mozart.
* Nov. 15-17: Jeff Tyzik, conductor; Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocal. "Misbehavin' Nightly."
* Nov. 29-30; Dec. 1: St.Clair, conductor; Ida Kavafian, violin. Music by Satie, Daugherty, Beethoven.
* Dec. 2: St.Clair, conductor and host. Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven).
* Dec. 13-15: Kaufman, conductor. Christmas with the Von Trapp Family Children.
* Dec. 16:Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Susanna Phillips, soprano; Christine Abraham, mezzo-soprano; John Tessier, tenor; Robert Pomakov, bass; Pacific Chorale. "Messiah" (Handel).
* Jan. 10-12: Bobby McFerrin, conductor and soloist; Timothy Landauer, cello. Music by Prokofiev, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn.
* Feb. 4: The Bowed Piano Ensemble. American Composers Festival chamber concert. Samueli Theater. "Vikings of the Sunrise" (Scott).
* Feb. 7-9: St.Clair, conductor; the Bowed Piano Ensemble, Stephen Scott, director. American Composers Festival. Music by Scott, Copland, Carter Penn, Cacioppo, Harrison.
* Feb. 10: Stephen Prutsman, piano; Barbara Northcutt, oboe; Joshua Ranz, bass clarinet; Rose Corrigan, bassoon; Keith Popejoy, horn. Samueli Theater. Music by Janácek, Beethoven.
* Feb. 14-16: Kaufman, conductor. Frank Sinatra, Jr.
* Feb.-March 1: St.Clair, conductor; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin. Music by Mendelssohn, Bruckner.
* March 2: St.Clair, conductor; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin. Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn).
* March 6-8: Kaufman, conductor. Peter, Paul & Mary.
* March 13-15: Xian Zhang, conductor; Jian Wang, cello. Music by Brahms, Haydn, Respighi.
* April 10-12: Kaufman, conductor. Music from "Ben Hur," "Dr. Zhivago," "Out of Africa," "The Godfather" and more, with film.
* April 17-19: St.Clair, conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin. Music by Jim Self, Hindemith, Beethoven.
* April 20: St.Clair, conductor. Music by Jim Self, Hindemith.
* April 22-27: Mark Morris, conductor; Mark Morris Dance Group; Pacific Symphony; UCI Chamber Singers. Irvine Barclay Theater. "Dido and Aeneas" (Purcell).
* May 1-3: Vladimir Spivakov, conductor and violin. Music by Mozart, Shostakovich.
* May 11: Stephen Prutsman, piano; Raymond Kobler, violin; Robert Becker, viola; Timothy Landauer, cello. Samueli Theater. Music by Brahms, Stravinsky, Schumann.
* May 29-31: St.Clair, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Music by Schnittke, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky.
* June 2: George Vatchnadze and Boris Slutsky, pianos. Music by Rachmaninoff.
* June 5-7: St.Clair, conductor; André Watts, piano. Music by Shchedrin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky.
* June 8: St.Clair, conductor and host. Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky).
* Jun 12-14: Kaufman, conductor. ABBA tribute.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY
949-553-2422 | www.philharmonicsociety.org

Dean Corey, president

At the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (except where otherwise noted), Costa Mesa

* Oct. 2: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Julian Reynolds, piano. Music by Mozart, Strauss, Duparc, Puccini, others.
* Oct. 5 and 7: Angela Hewitt, piano. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Books I and II.
* Oct. 19-20: "The End Of Cinematics" by Mikel Rouse. Irvine Barclay Theatre.
* Oct. 23: Parker String Quartet; Soyeon Lee, piano. Music by Bach/Busoni, Haydn, Schumann. Irvine Barclay Theatre.
* Oct. 28: Max Raabe & His Palace Orchestra.
* Nov. 4: Colburn Orchestra , Yehuda Gilad, conductor; Vladimir Feltsman, piano. Music by Barber, Beethoven.
* Nov. 14: St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Yuri Temirkanov, conductor. Music by Prokofiev.
* Nov. 18: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano. Music by Schubert, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Gismonti/Carneiro, Franck.
* Nov. 26: Rossetti String Quartet; Yolanda Kondonassis, harp. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Music by Handel, Mozart, Ravel, Mahler, Debussy.
* Dec. 20: Nati Cano; Mariachi Los Camperos. Fiesta Navidad.
* Jan. 8: Rod Gilfry, baritone. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Program TBA.
* Jan. 15: Nicola Benedetti, violin; Julien Quentin, piano. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Music by Bach, Brahms, Ravel, Saint-Saëns.
* Jan. 14-20: Laguna Beach Music Festival featuring the Turtle Island String Quartet. Laguna Beach Artists' Theatre.
* Jan. 26: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin. Music by Weber, Beethoven.
* Jan. 30: Rick Benjamin, conductor, Paragon Orchestra. Meng Concert Hall, California State University, Fullerton. "Mark of Zorro": Silent Film with Music.
* Feb. 10: Assad Brothers' Brazilian Guitar Festival. Program TBA.
* Feb. 12: Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano. Music by Brahms, Tchaikovsky.
* Feb. 25: Czech Philharmonic, Leoš Svárovský, conductor. Music by Martinu, Mahler.
* March 3: Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Orquesta Los Pelegrinos. Osvaldo Golijov's "Ayre."
* March 4: Yundi Li, piano. Music by Chopin, Liszt, Berg, Ravel, Ginastera, Mussorgsky.
* March 9: Cherish the Ladies. Program TBA.
* March 16: Gabriela Montero, piano. Irvine Barclay Theatre. Music by Schumann, Ginastera; free improvisation.
* March 19: State Symphony of Mexico, Enrique Bátiz, conductor; Alfonso Moreno, guitar. Music by Buxtehude-Chavez, Rodrigo, Revueltas, Turina, Granados, Falla.
* March 27: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Murray Perahia, conductor and piano. Music by Mozart, Bach, Haydn.
* April 5: Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor; Piotr Anderszewksi, piano. Music by Beethoven, Schumann.
* April 24: Takács Quartet; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Music by Haydn, Brahms, Franck.
* April 25: Marvin Hamlisch. Hamlisch on Broadway.
* April 27: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. Music by Mozart, Bruckner.
* May 8: Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor. Music by Weber, Schumann, Beethoven.

OPERA PACIFIC
800-34-OPERA | www.operapacific.org

John DeMain, artistic director

At Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa

* Oct. 24, 28; Nov. 1, 3: "La Bohème."
* Jan. 23, 27, 31; Feb. 2: "The Magic Flute."
* May 14, 18, 22, 24: "Susannah."

PACIFIC CHORALE
714-662-2345 | www.pacificchorale.org

John Alexander, artistic director

At the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (except where otherwise noted), Costa Mesa.

* Nov. 3: Pacific Chorale; John Alexander Singers; members of Pacific Symphony; John Alexander, conductor. Music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Lotti, Monteverdi, Palestrina.
* Dec. 22-23: Pacific Chorale; members of Pacific Symphony; Southern California Children's Chorus; Alexander, conductor. "Tis the Season!"
* Feb. 19-20: John Alexander Singers; Alexander, conductor. Samueli Theater. American folk songs.
* March 29: Pacific Chorale; Alexander, conductor. Music by Billings, Horatio Parker, Bernstein, Moses Hogan, Alice Parker and Eric Whitacre
* April 21-23: Pacific Chorale; John Alexander Singers; guest choirs, conductors and composers. American Masterpieces Choral Festival.
* May 17: Pacific Chorale; Pacific Symphony; Alexander, conductor. Music by Horatio Parker, David Del Tredici.

MOZART CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA
949-387-9197 | www.mozartorchestra.org

Ami Porat, music director

At the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa.

* Oct. 21: Roger Wilkie, violin; Porat, conductor. Music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven.
* Dec. 9: Porat, conductor. Music by Krommer, Mozart, Dvorák.
* Jan. 27: Gary Bovyer, bassett clarinet; Porat, conductor. Music by Mozart.
* March 16: Porat, conductor. Music by Schubert, Mozart, Brahms.
* May 4: Patti Cloud, flute; Porat, conductor. Music by Cimarosa, Mozart, Haydn.

ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTSCENTER
714-556-ARTS | www.ocpac.org

* Oct. 24: Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow. Samueli Theater. Orthodox church music.
* Oct. 25: Emerson String Quartet; Leon Fleisher, piano. Samueli Theater. Music by Shostakovich, Saariaho, Bartók, Brahms.
* Nov. 13: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Samueli Theater. Music by Ireland, Elgar.
* Jan. 26: Belcea Quartet. Samueli Theater. Music by Haydn, Webern, Schubert.
* Feb. 21: Angel Romero and Eliot Fisk, guitars. Samueli Theater. Program TBA.
* Feb. 23: Joshua Bell, violin. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Program TBA.
* Feb. 24: Band of the Coldstream Guards and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Segerstrom Hall. Military music, pipes, drums and highland dancers.
* April 2: Helsingborg Symphony, Andrew Manze, conductor. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Music by Mozart, Beethoven.
* April 15: eighth blackbird. Samueli Theater. Double Sextet (Steve Reich).

LOS ANGELES OPERA
213-972-8001 | www.laopera.com

Plácido Domingo, general director

At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

* Sept. 26, 23, 29; Oct. 3, 6: "Fidelio."
* Sept. 27, 30; Oct. 4, 7, 10, 13: "Jenufa."
* Nov. 24, 27, 30; Dec. 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15: "Don Giovanni."
* Nov. 25, 29; Dec. 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16: "La Bohème."
* Jan. 19, 23, 27, 31; Feb. 3, 6, 10: "Tristan und Isolde."
* Feb. 16, 21, 24, 27; March 2, 5, 9: "Otello."
* Feb. 17, 23; March 1, 8: "Der Zwerg" (Zemlinsky); Der Zerbrochene Krug" (Ullmann).
* April 20: Bryn Terfel in recital.
* May 17, 21, 29, 25, 31; June 4, 8, 11, 14, 21:"Tosca."
* June 7, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25, 28: "La Rondine."

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
323-850-2000 | www.wdch.laphil.com

Esa-Pekka Salonen, music director

At Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (selected events)

* Oct. 12-26: Salonen, conductor; various artists. Sibelius Unbound. The complete symphonies of Sibelius.
* Nov. 1-2: Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Music by Beethoven, Mahler.
* Dec. 4: Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Steven Stucky, conductor. Steven Stucky 20th anniversary.
* Jan. 4-13: David Robertson, conductor. Concrete Frequency: festival exploring architecture and music.
* Jan. 29-30: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conductor. Music by Debussy, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler.
* Feb. 14-16: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor; Viktoria Postnikova, piano. Music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky.
* Feb. 22-24: James Conlon, conductor; Vadim Repin, violin. Music by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky.
* March 28-30: Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Simon Trpceski, piano. Music by Salonen, Prokofiev, Berlioz.
* April 17-20: Charles Dutoit, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Music by Ravel, Grieg, Saint-Saëns.
* May 23-25: Salonen, conductor; Ansii Karttunen, cello. Music by Stravinsky, Knussen, Bartók.
* May 29-June 1: Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. Music by Salonen, Stravinsky, Debussy.