PASADENA SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES PASADENA PRESENTS,
A NEW PERFORMANCE SERIES TO LAUNCH THIS FALL
The Pasadena Symphony announces the launch of a phased return to concerts with Pasadena Presents, a series of four performances running October 17 – November 14, 2020. This new, intimate concert experience will feature guest artists and musicians from the orchestra in a socially distanced concert setting. Curated and hosted by Music Director David Lockington, each concert will feature a renowned soloist performing a concerto in recital, followed by an ensemble of Pasadena Symphony musicians performing chamber music works (the orchestra’s full 20/21 Symphony Classics Series repertoire will be rescheduled to the 21/22 season).
The series opens on October 17 with Simone Porter performing Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5,paired with Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. On October 24, the Beethoven Violin Concerto will be performed by Angelo Xiang Yu, paired with Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet. On November 7 pianist Terrence Wilson performs Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák’s American String Quartet. The Fall Series concludes with the great Inon Barnatan performing his own transcription of Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances for solo piano and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1.
If health guidelines are updated there are two scenario plans in place. The first brings Pasadena Presents live in-person outdoors at the Pasadena Pavilion for the Performing Arts (formerly known as the Levitt Pavilion), which has been redesigned to seat up to 350 patrons in socially distanced pods. In the event that outdoor concerts remain prohibited into the fall, the performances will be recorded at Ambassador Auditorium and presented exclusively online.
for info and tickets, call 626.793.7172 or visit Pasadena Symphony
Pasadena Presents
FALL 2020 SCHEDULE
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY
October 17
David Lockington, Music Director and Host
Simone Porter, Violin
Musicians from the Pasadena Symphony
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS
October 24, 2020
David Lockington, Music Director and Host
Angelo Xiang Yu, Violin
Musicians from the Pasadena Symphony
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor
GERSHWIN & DVOŘÃK
November 7, 2020
David Lockington, Music Director and Host
Terrence Wilson, Piano
Musicians from the Pasadena Symphony
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Dvořák String Quartet No. 12, American
RACHMANINOFF & CHOPIN
November 14
David Lockington, Music Director and Host
Inon Barnatan, Piano
Musicians from the Pasadena Symphony
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances arranged for Solo Piano
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1