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Pacific Symphony's Tchaikovsky Spectacular and Fireworks Display

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (8808 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618)
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End the summer with a bang at Pacific Symphony's annual Tchaikovsky Spectacular at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Start your evening with a picnic dinner on the lawn, where food, wine and beverages are allowed, then enjoy the show featuring works from the Russian composer. Led by Maestro Carl St. Clair, this year's concert spotlights award-winning violinist Chad Hoopes, who solos on Tchaikovsky's famed Violin Concerto. A child prodigy still not out of his teens, Hoopes has toured the U.S. and the world and is the artist-in-residence at Classical Minnesota Public Radio, as well as boasting appearances on CBS' The Early Show and PBS's From the Top: Live at Carnegie Hall. The program also includes Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni and several more works by Tchaikovsky, before the grand finale -- his triumphant 1812 Overture -- which will explode into a dazzling display of cannons and fireworks.

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Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8808 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
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949-855-8095
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    Casual, and in layers. It can get cold.
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    Parking is $8 for regular parking or $20 for premium parking.
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28 Goldstar Member Reviews

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We arrived at 6:30p and got VIP parking $20 that was well worth it. If you are planning a picnic, I would recommend arriving at least 2.5 hrs before the performance. By the time I got tickets in "will call" (long line), we only had 45 minutes to set up our food and eat so it was rather rushed.

Carl St Clair conducted a spectacular event. Amazing Alexander Korsantia on the piano playing one of my favorites, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2. Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture and fireworks display topped the evening. It was an memorable time and will definately put on my calendar for 2012.

Thanks Goldstar for providing awesome priced tickets and seating for this event!
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The concert itself was great - beautiful music and loved the fireworks. I find this venue chaotic and disorganized re: parking and getting to ones seats especially if they are in the Terrace seating. Not conducive to handicapped parking or getting to the seats. The Goldstar process was great as always.
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Wonderful event. Excellent music and fun fireworks
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A fine way to spend the Saturaday of the Labor day weekend. See PSO back at Segarstram
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More Information About Tchaikovsky Spectacular and Fireworks Display

Website

http://www.pacificsymphony.org

Description

Pacfic Symphony with:
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Chad Hoopes, violin

Program: 
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Tchaikovsky: Preghiera from Suite No. 4, Mozartiana
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Please note:

Guests are advised to bring a jacket or a blanket as evenings can be cool after sundown.

Picnicking is encouraged. Outside food and beverages are allowed at the Pacific Symphony Summer Concerts. Arrive early for the best picnic spots.

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.