Pacific Symphony
Pacific Symphony
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Carl St.Clair, Music Director
TBD, piano
Leonard Bernstein: Slava! A Political Overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Viet Coung: World Premiere
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Carl St.Clair returns with crowd-favorite Pacific Symphony to present this thrilling program featuring some of the greatest compositions from the 20th century. Bernstein’s Slava!, which he composed for Rostropovich to commemorate his appointment as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra, shows off the composer’s fun and quirky nature he was so loved for. Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with its rich orchestrations and virtuosic piano writing, is always a crowd pleaser. Before ending the program with Respighi’s gargantuan Pines of Rome, you’ll have a chance to hear a world premiere by popular composer Viet Cuong.