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Pacific Symphony's Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks and Cannons

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (8808 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618)
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The Pacific Symphony brings their Summer Festival 2008 to a dramatic close with Tchaikovsky Spectacular, spotlighting the best of Russian composers. Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, dazzling fireworks and thundering cannons will punctuate the night sky at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. The orchestra will be joined by violinist Augustin Hadelich, the gold-medal winner of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.

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The music, played by a superb orchestra and led by Carl St. Clair on a warm late summer evening and ending with an amazing fireworks display and lots of loud cannons all came together for a delightfully pleasant evening!
Written on Sep 12 2008

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This was a really fun event, great for family with kids 10+ (portions of the music are very quiet). The finale with cannons and fireworks was AMAZING!
Written on Sep 10 2008

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We loved this events. The seats were good (Center, terrace) and the music was magnificent.

This is the second time we have used Gold Star and we have been very satisfied. We have tickets to Wicked next week and we are hoping for similar results.

Do you ever get opera tickets?
Written on Sep 08 2008

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I've always wanted to go to this event, sadly things always came up!!! However, this time I did go and I absolutly Loved it!!! I will never miss a year ever again!!! Seats were good and the whole evening was perfect!! I would recommend this to everyone!!!!
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  • “With his 24-carat performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, Hadelich underscored why he won the gold medal…As young as Hadelich is, he nevertheless gave the work a profoundly mature interpretation, beautifully mapping the ebb and flow of Tchaikovsky's narrative.” --Greenville News

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<p>Program:
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  • Shostakovich Festive Overture
  • Tchaikovsky Selections from “The Nutcracker”
  • Rachmaninoff Vocalise for Violin and Orchestra
  • Stravinsky Selections from “Firebird”
  • Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky “1812” Overture
<p>The concert features highly talented violinist Augustin Hadelich—the gold-medal winner of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis—who performs two evocative works: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise.” Also on the program are selections from Tchaikovsky’s beloved “The Nutcracker,” Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” and selections from Stravinsky’s “Firebird.”</p> <p>“The Tchaikovsky concerto to me is one of the most beautiful romantic violin concertos,” says Hadelich. “I think some aspects of it are influenced by the Mendelssohn concerto, but the harmonic and melodic writing and the character couldn’t be more Russian! I played the Tchaikovsky concerto for the first time when I was 11 years old, and there are definitely some challenges that never get any easier. But I never get tired of it.”</p> <p>Hadelich adds, “And the Rachmaninoff ‘Vocalise’ works quite well in the violin arrangement because the violin is such a vocal instrument. Of course, transcribing a piece to a different instrument always changes it—and it's one of the challenges of playing transcriptions—to try to bring some of the feeling of the original to the transcribed version.”</p> <p>Lauded as a “brilliant violinist” in the New York Times, Hadelich has established himself as an eloquent and unique voice among the new generation of violinists. A remarkable person in many respects, it was shortly after becoming a burn-victim survivor that he went on to win the Indianapolis competition’s first-prize package, which included $30,000, a four-year loan of the 1683 ex-Gingold Stradivari violin and Tourte bow, a Naxos label compact disc recording contract and more than 40 concert engagements worldwide, including a U.S. and international tour entitled “Pure Gold.” Hadelich also received special awards for best performances of a Romantic concerto, Classical concerto, Beethoven sonata, violin sonata other than Beethoven, Bach work, commissioned work, encore piece and Paganini caprice.</p>

About the Ticket Supplier: Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony, celebrating its 33rd season in 2011-12, is led by Music Director Carl St.Clair. The largest orchestra formed in the U.S. in the last 40 years, the Symphony is recognized as an outstanding ensemble making strides on both the national and international scene, as well as in its own burgeoning community of Orange County. Presenting more than 100 concerts a year and a rich array of education and community programs, the Symphony reaches more than 275,000 residents--from school children to senior citizens.

The Symphony offers a popular Pops season led by Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman. The Pops series stars some of the world's leading entertainers, and is enhanced by state-of-the-art video and sound. Each Pacific Symphony season also includes Café Ludwig, a three-concert chamber music series, and "Classical Connections," an orchestral series on Sunday afternoons offering rich explorations of selected works led by St.Clair. Assistant Conductor Maxim Eshkenazy brings a passionate commitment to building the next generation of audience and performer through his leadership of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as the highly regarded Family Musical Mornings series.

The Symphony offers moving musical experiences with repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks to music from today's most prominent composers, highlighted by the annual American Composers Festival. The Wall Street Journal said, "Carl St.Clair, the Pacific Symphony's dynamic music director, has devoted 19 years to building not only the orchestra's skills but also the audience's trust and musical sophistication so successfully that they can now present some of the most innovative programming in American classical music to its fast-growing, rapidly diversifying community."

In addition to its winter home, the Symphony presents a summer outdoor series at Irvine's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, the organization's summer residence since 1987.