We’ll post a trio of upcoming events here each Monday that we think you’ll enjoy, and one will be free! Welcome to Trio!
• Pacific Symphony – A Hero’s Life
The Pacific Symphony opens its season with a heroic tone poem by Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, (A Hero’s Life) and are joined in the first half by the GRAMMY® Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird, to play a work called Vital Sines by composer Viet Cuong in a world premiere scoring for wind ensemble and orchestra. The first work on the program is Mozart’s brief Symphony No. 32, which serves as an “amuse bouche”. Music Director Carl St. Clair will be leading the concert, at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa at 8pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday (21-23), with Alan Chapman giving a preview talk at 7.
Carl St. Clair leading the Pacific Symphony
• Jacaranda: Hanging Gardens
Opening its “Planet Schoenberg” Season, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Arnold Schoenberg, the Jacaranda Chamber Ensemble presents a concert that pairs his Book of the Hanging Gardens with a chamber arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Mark Alan Hilt conducts, with mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sądej, pianist Steven Vanhauwaert, and soprano Julia Metzler. The concert is Saturday (23) at 8pm, at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica.
• FREE: LA Opera Live Simulcast of Don Giovanni
LA Opera presents Opera Under the Stars, with Mozart’s Don Giovanni appearing on outdoor LED screens at La Mirada Community Regional Park and the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday the 23rd. Bring your lawn chairs and picnics and settle in for the tale of the roguish Don, sung by Lucas Meachem, with Isabel Leonard singing Donna Elvira in her mainstage company debut. James Conlon conducts the production, directed by Kasper Holten. Gates open at 4:30 in both locations, with a 6pm broadcast simulcast from nine cameras at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The “Opera at the Beach” and “Opera at the Park” events are free, and those who RSVP will receive updates and a free gift when they arrive. This is the tenth time Santa Monica Pier has had a simulcast, and the first time for the La Miranda location.
KUSC Staff
Classical KUSC, located in the USC building in downtown Los Angeles, broadcasts hand-picked commercial-free classical performances, expert music commentary and coverage of the arts in Southern California. The listener-supported station has been broadcasting for more than 75 years as a broadcast service of the University of Southern California at 91.5(FM) in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, 88.5 KPSC in Palm Springs, 91.1 KDSC in Thousand Oaks, 93.7 KDB in Santa Barbara and 99.7 KESC in Morro Bay/San Luis Obispo. It is live-streamed at kusc.org, attracting listeners from around the globe.
