Seal Beach Music Fest Offers a Classical Mix

The 20th annual Seal Beach Music Festival will open Thursday with music by Purcell, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Janacek played by the Haydn Orchestra under festival director Alan Parker. Lawrence Sonderling will be the soloist in Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

The series of free concerts continues with:

* June 30: Milcho Leviev, piano: works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin and other composers.

* July 7: Festival String Quartet: works by Haydn, other composers.

* July 14: Sonderling and Carolyn Osborn, violins; Jan Karlin, viola; Parker, cello; John Jensen, piano: quintets for piano and strings by Schumann and Shostakovich.

* July 21: Jensen, piano: works by Froberger, Haydn, Chabrier, others.

* July 28: Young Artists Guild program: winners of the Music Teachers Assn. of California State Convention competitions.

* Aug. 4: Cuarteto Ysaye de Los Angeles and guests: works to be announced.

* Aug. 11: Southwest String Quartet: works by Horatio Parker, Ives, Dvorak.

* Aug. 18: Mark Sullivan, piano: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 28; Mozart’s Rondo in A minor, K. 511; Ravel’s “Valses Nobles et Sentimentales”; Scriabin’s Sonata No. 4.

All programs start at 8 p.m. in the McGaugh School Auditorium, 1698 Bolsa Ave., Seal Beach.

Information: (310) 431-0950.