Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, original stars of RENT, celebrate 30 years of friendship and history together in an unforgettable night of music, stories and fun.
 

Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, SOME LIKE IT HOT is “A Super-Sized, All-Out Song-And-Dance Spectacular!” - The New York Times

Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime.

 

Experience a vibrant journey through modern energy, soulful tradition, and timeless myth. Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst shimmers with cosmic energy, followed by Arturo Márquez’s Mystical and Profane concerto featuring acclaimed Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade weaves the magical tales of One Thousand and One Nights, with lush melodies and dazzling orchestration.

Fantasia in Concert, featuring highlights from two of Disney’s most extraordinary and groundbreaking animated feature films Fantasia (1940) and its sequel, Fantasia 2000, is not to be missed. Scenes from each of the two iconic films will be projected in high definition on a large screen above the orchestra as they perform classical selections including Dukas’ Sorcerer's Apprentice, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Blending animated imagery with classical music, the concert will ignite the imaginations of a new generation. Scored to some of the world’s most memorable classical compositions, Fantasia has provided four generations of children with their first introduction to the glorious sounds of an orchestra’s strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

Experience a vibrant journey through timeless myth. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade weaves the magical tales of One Thousand and One Nights with lush melodies and dazzling orchestration. You’ll not only get to enjoy the music but also commentary from Pacific Symphony’s Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley as he guides you through the piece before it is performed. This concert is performed without intermission.

Led by the dynamic Santtu-Matias Rouvali, join the Philharmonia Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance with Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 5, a stirring masterpiece of drama, triumph, and emotional depth. Acclaimed pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, hailed as “Iceland’s Glenn Gould,” brings his poetic touch to Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G major, a work brimming with jazzy rhythms and lush lyricism.