Philharmonic Society of Orange County

Looking Forward: in 2 weeks vs. 2 years
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
We are busy preparing to announce our 2012-13 season’s lineup of concerts at our kick-off event this Saturday at SOKA University. To our loyal subscribers, do keep an eye out in the mail for your subscription renewal packets....

Mason Bates Goes to Fermilab
Friday, January 20, 2012
How often do we have the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at a new orchestral piece in the making? Next month on February 2nd will be the world premiere of a new work by Mason Bates called Alternative Energy. The...

Little Miracles, part IV
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The work primarily stays in the home key of C major, briefly in c minor with only the fugue, variation 32 in a contrasting E Flat Major. They all roll along revealing Beethoven’s extraordinary imagination and resourcefulness....

Little Miracles, part III
Monday, January 16, 2012
As ridiculous as this seems, maybe this is the key to the whole set - 33 characteristic miniatures containing a fair amount of parody – some parodying Diabelli and other composers including Beethoven himself. He first dismissed...