Free
concert features soloist David Nicholson performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major,
Schumann’s expansive Symphony #2,
and Mozart’s Overture to the Marriage of
Figaro.
Soloist David Nicholson, who has performed with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic and other Southern California orchestras, performs Mozart’s
Clarinet Concerto in A Major with Pasadena Community Orchestra. Mozart wrote this beautiful concerto -- one
of the most beloved in the repertoire -- as a kind of love poem to the
instrument, and it displays the clarinet at its finest. Nicholson is a perfect
match for the virtuoso versatility and lovely melodic lines of this concerto. Schumann’s expansive Symphony #2, written at
the height of Romanticism, is a richly expressive work, pervaded by a sense of
epic striving that gives way to a spirit of triumph and jubilation. Also on the program is Mozart’s effervescent
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, which superbly captures the essence of one
of the most delightful and listenable operas in the repertoire. A reception follows the concert, at which
audience members will have the opportunity to meet the soloist and the other musicians.
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