LA JOLLA SOCIETY PLANS FIVE CONCERTS

The La Jolla Chamber Music Society announced this week a new series that will bring the renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as violinist Nathan Milstein and flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal to Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego.

Called the Celebrity Series, the stellar lineup of five concerts will begin with Milstein’s solo recital Dec. 2, a program that will include J.S. Bach’s Third Partita, Beethoven’s C Minor Sonata, Op. 30, No. 2, and works by Ravel, Debussy and Messiaen.

Sir Georg Solti will conduct the Chicago Symphony on Feb. 4 in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Haydn’s Symphony No. 94, the “Surprise.” This performance will mark that orchestra’s first visit to San Diego since 1973.

Russian-born pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will perform a recital the next week, Feb. 11.

Rampal will appear with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as both soloist and conductor on March 18, in a program of concertos by Haydn, Handel, Vivaldi, Cimarosa and Mozart. Other soloists on that program will include harpsichordist John Steele Ritter, oboist Pierre Pierlot, and harpist Marielle Nordmann.

The Canadian Brass, the most celebrated contemporary brass quintet, will play the series finale on March 23. Each program in the series will be at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall. Subscriptions are available through the La Jolla society’s office.