Thu, Sep 24
Pacific Symphony Opening Night: Alexander Shelley & Joshua Bell
Orchestras change conductors about as often as countries change constitutions, and this one kept the same person on the podium for thirty-five years. Everybody in the hall knows they are hearing the first sentence of a story that will outlast most of them.
Alexander Shelley takes the podium for his first concert as Music Director, and he does not arrive quietly — he brings Joshua Bell, one of the most cherished violinists alive, and opens with a bold new reading of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the acoustics at Segerstrom that opening is not a formality. It is a statement of intent about who this orchestra means to become.
Costa Mesa, an October evening, with the county's symphony faithful out in force alongside everyone who wants to say they were there at the start.
Bring the person you would want beside you the night something begins.
Orchestras change conductors about as often as countries change constitutions, and this one kept the same person on the podium for thirty-five years. Everybody in the hall knows they are hearing the first sentence of a story that will outlast most of them.
Alexander Shelley takes the podium for his first concert as Music Director, and he does not arrive quietly — he brings Joshua Bell, one of the most cherished violinists alive, and opens with a bold new reading of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the acoustics at Segerstrom that opening is not a formality. It is a statement of intent about who this orchestra means to become.
Costa Mesa, an October evening, with the county's symphony faithful out in force alongside everyone who wants to say they were there at the start.
Bring the person you would want beside you the night something begins.
Alexander Shelley takes the podium for his first concert as Music Director, and he does not arrive quietly — he brings Joshua Bell, one of the most cherished violinists alive, and opens with a bold new reading of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the acoustics at Segerstrom that opening is not a formality. It is a statement of intent about who this orchestra means to become.
Costa Mesa, an October evening, with the county's symphony faithful out in force alongside everyone who wants to say they were there at the start.
Bring the person you would want beside you the night something begins.
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Orchestras change conductors about as often as countries change constitutions, and this one kept the same person on the podium for thirty-five years. Everybody in the hall knows they are hearing the first sentence of a story that will outlast most of them.
Alexander Shelley takes the podium for his first concert as Music Director, and he does not arrive quietly — he brings Joshua Bell, one of the most cherished violinists alive, and opens with a bold new reading of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the acoustics at Segerstrom that opening is not a formality. It is a statement of intent about who this orchestra means to become.
Costa Mesa, an October evening, with the county's symphony faithful out in force alongside everyone who wants to say they were there at the start.
Bring the person you would want beside you the night something begins.
Alexander Shelley takes the podium for his first concert as Music Director, and he does not arrive quietly — he brings Joshua Bell, one of the most cherished violinists alive, and opens with a bold new reading of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the acoustics at Segerstrom that opening is not a formality. It is a statement of intent about who this orchestra means to become.
Costa Mesa, an October evening, with the county's symphony faithful out in force alongside everyone who wants to say they were there at the start.
Bring the person you would want beside you the night something begins.
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