A Bigger Season Ahead for OCPS : Music: The Philharmonic Society will offer six more events and two more series in ‘94-’95 than it did in ‘93-’94, including a wider range of classical works.

The Orange County Philharmonic Society is in expansion mode for next season after reducing its offerings in 1993-94 because of budget and scheduling problems.

This season, there are eight orchestra concerts at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, five other events at the center by diverse groups, and six programs being presented jointly with the Laguna Chamber Music Society at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Next season again will see eight orchestra concerts at the center but only three additional programs there by diverse groups.

However, there will be 13 concerts at the Irvine Barclay, and a Mexican Christmas program at the UC Irvine Bren Center on a date to be announced. Dean Corey, announcing his first season since taking over as OCPS executive director in August, has added two new series at the IBT, one of programs by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and another of programs by chamber ensembles. Altogether there will be 25 events, as opposed to the 19 this year.

And it’s not just be a matter of quantity. The programs next season will span a wider range of classical music, from the medieval to the contemporary. The Irvine Barclay will see not just chamber groups but other types of programs including dance.

Anonymous 4, a group of four women, will sing medieval chants and polyphony at the Barclay on Feb. 6. The Kronos Quartet will be there May 11. And the minimalist music of John Adams and Philip Glass will be played there by the London Chamber Orchestra on Oct. 28.

One can be sure that when Peter Maxwell Davies leads the BBC Orchestra of Manchester at OCPAC on March 20, he will conduct some of his own bracing and abrasive music. And Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in his own “Mimo II” for oboe and orchestra at the center on April 22.

Additional international orchestras will include the Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg (Oct. 10), the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest (Nov. 12) and the Vienna Symphony (Nov. 14). The United States will be further represented by the Utah Symphony (Feb. 13) and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by Andre Previn (April 11).

Missing from the Society’s schedule at the center will be all but one of the ethnic and world music and dance programs that sparked a controversy last season (see accompanying story).

Teatro de Danza Espanola will open the OCPS season at the center on Oct. 6. Two other ethnic groups--the Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano and the National Ballet du Senegal--will perform in Irvine, at the Bren Center and the IBT respectively.

O.C. Philharmonic Society’s ‘94-95 Concert Season AT THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, COSTA MESA Thursday, Oct. 6, 8p.m.: Teatro de Danza Espanola. Program to be announced. (SeriesC). Monday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m.: Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Alexander Toradze, piano. Program tba. (Series A). Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.: Vienna Choir Boys. Program tba. (C). Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m.: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest; Angel Romero, guitar: Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings in E; Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in C minor (arranged for guitar); Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 2 (arranged for guitar); Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. (A). Monday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.: Vienna Symphony; Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor. Program tba. (Series B). Monday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m.: Brandenburg Collegium; Anthony Newman, conductor: Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos (complete). (B). Monday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m.: Utah Symphony; Joseph Silverstein, conductor and violinist: Brahms’ program including the “Tragic” Overture; “Variations on a Theme by Haydn”; Violin Concerto in D. (A). Monday, March 20, 8 p.m.: BBC Orchestra of Manchester; Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor; Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet. Program tba. (B). Tuesday, April 11, 8 p.m.: Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Andre Previn, conductor; Elizabeth Mann, flute: Mozart program including Flute Concerto in D, K. 314; Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”); another work tba. (B). Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m.: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Carolyn Hove, oboe; Imogen Cooper, piano: Salonen’s “Mimo II” for oboe and orchestra; Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C, K. 467; Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” (complete). (A). Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m.: California Wind Orchestra; David Warble, conductor; narrator tba: Johan de Meij’s “Lord of the Rings”; works by Sullivan, Grainger, Vaughan-Williams and Walton. (C). AT THE IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE Thursday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.: Guarneri String Quartet: Haydn’s Quartet in G, Opus 77, No. 1; Bartok’s Quartet No. 4; Debussy’s Quartet in G minor. (Series D). Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.: London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor: Britten’s “Simple Symphony”; John Adams’ “Shaker Loops”; Philip Glass’ “Company”; Bartok’s Divertimento. (Series E). Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m.: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Iona Brown, conductor and violinist; Ralph Morrison, violinist: Handel’s Sonata for Two Violins; Corelli’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, Nos. 4 and 11; Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins in A minor; Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. (Series F). Wednesday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.: Golud-Kaplan-Karr Trio. Program tba. (D). Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.: Alexander/Angeles String Quartets: Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat; Shostakovich’s String Octet; two string quartets tba. (D). Thursday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Christof Perick, conductor; Robert McDuffie, violin: Beethoven overture tba; Ives’ Symphony No. 3 (“The Camp Meeting”); Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D. (F). Monday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.: Anonymous 4: “Love’s Illusion: Music of Romance and Chivalry in Medieval France.” (E). Tuesday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.: Amici Trio: Haydn’s Trio in F, H.32; a Beethoven sonata for cello; Schumann’s Three Romances, Opus 94; Villa-Lobos’ “Assobio a Jato” (The Jet Whistle) for flue and cello; Weber’s Trio in G minor. (D). Saturday, March 4, 8 p.m.: American String Quartet: Beethoven’s Quartet in G, Opus 18, No. 2; Ravel’s Quartet in F; Schubert’s Quintet in C, D. 956. (D). Thursday, March 9 and Friday, March 10, 8 p.m.: Le Ballet National du Senegal: “Pangols: The Spirit of West Africa” in music, song and dance. (C). Sunday, March 26, 3 p.m.: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Perick, conductor; Richard Stolzman, clarinet: Overture tba; Weber’s Clarinet Concerto in F minor; Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 (“Drumroll”). (F). Tuesday, May 9, 8 p.m.: Boston Symphony Chamber Players: a Haydn trio for flute, violin and cello; Leon Kirchner’s Piano Trio; Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano; Dvorak’s Quintet for Piano and Strings, Opus 81. (D). Thursday, May 11, 8 p.m.: Kronos Quartet. Program tba. (E). AT THE BREN CENTER, UC IRVINE: Date in December tba: Fiesta Navidad with Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano and other artists. Series: A Great Orchestras subscription series Prices:$62 to $400 Series: B Great Orchestras subscription series Prices:$62 to $400 Series: C International Festival Series Prices: $52 to $400 Series: D Chamber music series co-presented with the Laguna Chamber Music Society Prices: $80 to $140 Series: E Series E Prices: $40 to $70 Series: F Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Series Prices: $60 to $90 Single tickets will go on sale in the fall. Information: (714) 553-2422.