Carl St.Clair conducts Pacific Symphony musicians in Segerstrom Concert Hall for the orchestra’s PacificSymphony+ live-streamed series.
“The Pacific Symphony will stream a free concert Tuesday in tribute to George Floyd, marking the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of Minneapolis police,” reads an unsigned article in Friday’s (5/21) KNBC TV (Los Angeles). “The Pacific Symphony, in partnership with the Fresno Philharmonic, Monterey Symphony and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, commissioned Emmy Award-winning composer John Christopher Wineglass to write ‘Alone Together,’ a piece that addresses social issues and systemic racial disparities. Music Director Carl St.Clair will conduct the Pacific Symphony in the world premiere online at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The program will be available for free streaming on the orchestra’s YouTube and Facebook channels through June 23. Audiences will have another opportunity to hear the work next Thursday, paired with Copland’s ‘Fanfare for the Common Man,’ as part of Pacific Symphony’s Thursdays @ 7 online series. ‘Alone Together’ runs about nine minutes and features strings and percussion. In the composer’s note on the musical score, Wineglass relays a recent incident in which two laughing youths drove by and used a bullhorn to yell the ‘N-word’ at him while he was walking beachside in central California.”
