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Linda Wang to Play Mendelssohn at Pasadena Symphony April 18

Pasadena Symphony will unveil a new world this Saturday, April 18 when it performs Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” as only one of three exciting pieces the orchestra will perform.
Conductor Jorge Mester will open the concert with Darius Milhaud’s “The Creation of the World”, a piece that he has led several times here in Pasadena to great effect. Linda Wang is to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto the standard bearer for all Romance compositions, another example of newness that heralded a new beginning. Finally, the centerpiece, Czechloslovakian composer—cum American—who wrote “From the New World during a summer in Iowa.
The Pasadena Symphony concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena. Ticket prices range from $19 to $58.

News! Pasadena Symphony offers 2 for 1. Get two tickets for the price of one. Through the Pasadena Civic Box Office or Ticketmaster. Discount code is tm418.

Special: Following the concert a benefit auction will be held in the Gold Room. Visit the Gold Room to see auction items, to include an oil painting by Peter Adams, “The Pools Above Sturdevant Falls”.

Posted by billpeters on Apr 15th, 2009 and filed under Music News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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