
“…Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony sent me straight to the thesaurus for more options to ‘enthusiasm.’ They include eagerness, fervor, passion, gusto, zeal, zest, keenness, excitement, fire. All will do.
Vitality, drive, vivacity, dash, vim, gusto, brio, dynamism, verve and spirit are other suitable synonyms. You get the point.”
–The LA Times, October 30, 2011
Ambassador Auditorium
131 S. St. John Ave. Pasadena CA, 91105
Concerts take place at 2pm and 8pm. Saturdays.
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Seductive Scheherazade
February 18, 2012
Rossen Milanov, Conductor
Esther Keel, Piano
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 5
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Beethoven’s Epic Eroica
March 31, 2012
Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
Nareh Arghamanyan, Piano
Mendelssohn The Fair Melusina Overture
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
DePreist Conducts Strauss
April 28, 2012
James DePreist, Conductor
Christine Brewer, Soprano
Wagner Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Gotterdammerung
Strauss Four Last Songs
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
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Previous Concerts This Season:
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
October 29, 2011
Mei Ann Chen, Guest Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin
Huang Saibei Dance
Korngold Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Holiday Candlelight
Elgar Cello Concerto
January 14, 2012
David Lockington, Conductor
Andrew Shulman, Cello
Sawyers The Gale of Life
Elgar Cello Concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
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