In Saturday’s (2/4) Los Angeles Times, Mike Boehm writes, “Guest pianists Lang Lang and Andre Watts will highlight the Pacific Symphony’s 2012-13 season at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, and the music of another renowned pianist, Duke Ellington, will be in the spotlight as the focus of the orchestra’s annual American Composers Festival. … The Pacific Symphony’s music director, Carl St.Clair, will continue to keep the torch burning for opera in Orange County, with a semi-staged performance of ‘Tosca’ (Feb. 21-26, 2013), with singers to be announced. … Theatrical music will also be at the fore in a performance of Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ (Nov. 8-10), featuring noted Weill interpreter Ute Lemper and the five-man vocal ensemble Hudson Shad. … St.Clair also will conduct an all-Mozart program (Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2013), including the Requiem (featuring the Pacific Chorale), which continues a recent theme in which the orchestra has explored works created by great composers (Tchaikovsky, Bruckner and Mahler) near the end of their lives. Other programs led by St.Clair will be Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with guest pianist Dejan Lazic (March 21-23, 2013), Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ and Debussey’s ‘Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun’ (June 6-8, 2013).”
Posted February 6, 2012
