Artists:

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Martha Chan, flute
Bogang Hwang, harpsichord

Program:

Gabriella Smith Brandenburg-Interstices
Boccherini Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Gabriella Smith’s music is “high-voltage and wildly imaginative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and “ the coolest, most exciting, most inventive new voice I’ve heard in ages” (Musical America). She wrote Brandenburg Interstices as a companion piece for Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Concerto, honoring the Baroque style while interweaving modern minimalism, blues and American folk music.

Additional times: 8:00pm-10:30pm

More information/Tickets: https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/brandenburg-5/

Soprano Laurel Irene, along with guitarist Jaxon Williams and pianist Richard An, perform concert works by composers Reena Esmail and John Harbison that explore Hindu mysticism, identity, and appropriation, as well as the experience of living ‘in between’ different states of spiritual and psychological being.

Program:
• "The Space Between (Chuti Hui Jagah)" by Reena Esmail
• "Mirabai Songs" by John Harbison

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, with a suggested price between $20 and $35. This event will be live-streamed; you still must purchase a ticket if you wish to view the live-stream. You may purchase tickets at https://www.resonancecollective.org/calendar.

Note: In accordance with federal health recommendations, the Resonance Collective will be implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for all performers, staff, and audiences, who will be asked to show proof of vaccination before entering the concert venue. Face masks must be worn in the venue while attending the concert.

The choir Laude, conducted by David Harris with organist Christoph Bull, will perform Patrick Cassidy’s The Mass on February 5, 2022 at 7 PM at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. This will be the live premiere of this arrangement of The Mass written for choir and organ as it was premiered virtually by Laude in 2021. Actor Martin Sheen will also give a pre-concert speech touching on his Irish roots.

Laude, choir
David Harris, conductor
Christoph Bull, organ

Patrick CASSIDY The Mass for choir and organ (Live Premiere)

The most famous love letters ever penned to music– Tchaikovsky’s Masterpieces arrive just in time for Valentine’s Day!

The Washington Post listed Gabriela Frank as one of the 35 most significant women composers in history (August, 2017). Exotic Peruvian rhythms flourish with passion in her “Elegía Andina,” which explores what it means to be of several ethnic persuasions and of several minds.

Program:
Gabriela Frank Elegia Andina
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Rimsky Korsakov Capriccio espagnol

Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
Chee-Yun, violin

Additional times: 8:00pm-10:30pm, venue opens 1 hour prior to performances for pre-concert lecture

More information/purchase tickets: https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/tchaikovsky-violin-concerto-2/

Seattle Times praised Cuban pianist López- Gavilán for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire…simply a genius.” Emmy Award-winning and Grammy® nominated Adam Schoenberg is among the top 10 most performed living composers in the US. The Aspen Times described “Finding Rothko” as a “colorful orchestration, rich in textures and a sense of power similar to the painter’s work,” adding “rewarding to the final section’s glowing climax.”

Pasadena Symphony
Brett Mitchell, conductor
Aldo López- Gavilán, piano

-Program-
Adam Schoenberg Finding Rothko
Grieg Piano Concerto
Mozart Symphony No. 40

Additional time: 8:00pm-10:00pm, doors open 1 hour prior to performances for pre-concert lecture.

More information/purchase tickets: https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/mozart-symphony-40/

This world premiere, semi-staged oratorio is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text about the journey of the soul as it seeks union with the Divine. The oratorio is directed and choreographed by André Megerdichian, and features an original libretto by Sholeh Wolpé.

André Megerdichian, director
Anne Harley, soprano (Hoopoe)
Fahad Siadat, tenor (Narrator)
Catalina Jackson-Urueña, dancer
HEX Ensemble, vocal sextet
C3LA: The Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angeles, choir

Fahad SIADAT Conference of the Birds (World Premiere)

Ticket Link: https://www.resonancecollective.org/calendar.html

A performance of contemporary Sufi music by the Lian Ensemble ​in honor of the first night of Ramadan.

Lian Ensemble
Houman Pourmehdi, percussion
Pirayeh Pourafar, tar

Program tba

Tickets and information: https://buytickets.at/theresonancecollective/613486

Valentina Lisitsa is not only the first YouTube star of classical music, she is the first classical artist to have converted her internet success into a global concert career.

We celebrate the season finale with the most infamous four notes in classical music and the world premiere of “In Nomine” by Brett Banducci, performed by the Pasadena Symphony’s Principal Horn James Thatcher.

Pasadena Symphony
Keitaro Harada, conductor
James Thatcher, horn
Valentina Lisitsa, piano

-Program-
Brett Banducci: In Nomine*
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

*world premiere

Additional time: 8:00pm- 10:00pm, doors open 1 hour prior to performances for pre-concert lecture.

More information/ purchase tickets: https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/beethoven-symphony-5/

Pianist Vicki Ray presents A Buddhist Life, a program of piano works that will explore different phases of a life to Buddhist thought. The program will feature works by Fay Kueen Wang, Frederic Rzewski, Sean Heim, Somei Satoh, and Walter Zimmermann.

Vicki Ray, piano

Program:
Sean HEIM In the Between
RZEWSKI The Turtle and the Crane
Somei SATOH Incarnation II
Fay Kueen WANG Parabiosis
Walter ZIMMERMANN When I’m 84

Tickets and information: https://buytickets.at/theresonancecollective/613487

This semi-staged oratorio is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text about the journey of the soul as it seeks union with the Divine. The oratorio is directed and choreographed by André Megerdichian, and features an original libretto by Sholeh Wolpé.

André Megerdichian, director
Anne Harley, soprano (Hoopoe)
Fahad Siadat, tenor (Narrator)
Catalina Jackson-Urueña, dancer
HEX Ensemble, vocal sextet
C3LA: The Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angles, choir

Fahad SIADAT Conference of the Birds (LA Premiere)

Tickets and information: thebroadstage.org/performances

This semi-staged oratorio is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text about the journey of the soul as it seeks union with the Divine. The oratorio is directed and choreographed by André Megerdichian, and features an original libretto by Sholeh Wolpé.

André Megerdichian, director
Anne Harley, soprano (Hoopoe)
Fahad Siadat, tenor (Narrator)
Catalina Jackson-Urueña, dancer
HEX Ensemble, vocal sextet
C3LA: The Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angles, choir

Fahad SIADAT Conference of the Birds (LA Premiere)

Tickets and information: thebroadstage.org/performances

The N.E.O. Voice Festival is an annual, week-long event in the summer featuring a series of concerts and workshops focused on exploring the voice. Each year’s festival culminates in the Exploratorio, a new oratorio created by festival participants that re-examines facets of traditionally sacred themes. The theme for this year’s Exploratorio is semiotics, the study of signs and symbols. This program is co-directed by David Harris and Laurel Irene in partnership with the Resonance Collective and the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.

The Signified
Presented by the N.E.O. Voice Festival and the Resonance Collective.

Featuring N.E.O. Voice Festival participants and the N.E.O. Voice Festival Choir.

Various The Signified (World Premiere)

Tickets and information: resonancecollective.org/calendar.html