Pacific Symphony’s official classical radio station, KUSC 91.5 FM, will broadcast six of the Symphony’s 2019-20 Classical Series concerts to over half a million listeners in Southern and Central California on Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. from August 2 through Sept. 6.
All programs were recorded live in concert at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Popular KUSC personality Rich Capparela hosts the broadcasts, which include interviews with Music Director Carl St.Clair, guest artists and Symphony musicians. Each rebroadcast will also feature a live preview talk at 6 p.m. via Zoom and Facebook Live (on the Pacific Symphony’s Facebook page), hosted by Music Director Carl St.Clair and Rich Capparela and featuring interviews with guest musicians.
Alan Chapman’s original pre-concert talks and program notes for each concert can be found on www.PacificSymphony.org.
Summer Sunday Evenings schedule:
TCHAIKOVSKY’S “PATHÉTIQUE”
Sunday, August 2 • 7 p.m.
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Dennis Kim, violin
JOHN WILLIAMS: “Tributes! For Seiji”
SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
RAVEL: “Tzigane”
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Sunday, August 9 • 7 p.m.
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
GEORGE CHADWICK: “Jubilee” from “Symphonic Sketches”
FLORENCE PRICE: “Dances in the Canebrakes”
FLORENCE PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement
GEORGE GERSHWIN: “Rhapsody in Blue”
GEORGE GERSHWIN: “An American in Paris”
BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH
Sunday, August 16 • 7 p.m.
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL: Adagio for Carl’s 30th (World Premiere)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sunday, August 23 • 7 p.m.
Christian Arming, conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8
BERLIOZ’S FANTASTICAL SYMPHONY
Sunday, August 30 • 7 p.m.
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Alain Lefèvre, piano
RAVEL: “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major
BERLIOZ: “Symphonie Fantastique”
HADELICH PLAYS PAGANINI
Sunday, Sept. 6 • 7 p.m.
Michael Francis, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: “Prospero’s Rooms”
PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3
