What’s Interesting About This Concert
- California Symphony’s Young American Composer-in-Residence (2023-26) Saad Haddad presents his second commission for the orchestra.
- Grażyna Bacewicz incorporates Polish folk themes in a piece that features intense moments of drama and a demanding and virtuosic lead role for piano, played here by internationally acclaimed pianist David Fung.
- Tchaikovsky’s sixth and final symphony is also known as the Pathétique, but the composer originally called it the Passionate. Grand, sweeping, and with themes you’ll recognize from movies and pop culture, it’s one of the Russian melody master’s most popular and frequently performed works.
Concerts Should Be Fun
Take selfies at the photo booth, sip a signature cocktail at your seat, and arrive early for the free 30-minute pre-concert talk, starting one hour before each performance.
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Bring drinks to your seats -
Clap when you hear something you like -
Phones on and in silent mode allowed
The Program
Saad HaddadFantasia for Strings (World Premiere)
Grażyna BacewiczPiano Concerto
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
What You'll Hear
Launch YouTube PlaylistDeep Dive
- The Woman Behind Tchaikovsky
- Tchaikovsky: Conflicted, Neurotic, Brilliant
- Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6 (Classic FM)
- Bernstein on Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (Video)
- Works in Detail: Grażnya Bacewicz Piano Concerto
- Grażnya Bacewicz Biography (USC Polish Music Center)
- Program Notes — TCHAIKOVSKY PASSION
- Meet Saad Haddad, 2023-2026 Young American Composer-in-Residence
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