The Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s 1998-99 Concert Season

AT THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

* Nov. 13, 8 p.m.: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin: Schubert’s Symphony No. 5; Elliott Carter’s “Allegro Scorrevole”; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D. (Masterwork Series; also Series A)

* Nov. 14, 8 p.m.: Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Sergei Levitin, violin: Prelude to Act III of Wagner’s “Lohengrin”; Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1; “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Strauss’ “Salome”; Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstasy.” (Series B)

* Dec. 17, 8 p.m.: Fiesta Navidad: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano; Natividad Cano, director; Ballet Folklorico Ollin. (special event)

* Jan. 8, 8 p.m.: New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor: Strauss’ “Don Juan” and “Death and Transfiguration”; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”). (M)

* March 10, 8 p.m.: Royal Opera Orchestra of Covent Garden; Edward Downes, conductor; Janice Watson, soprano; Catherine Wyn Rogers, mezzo-soprano; tenor to be announced; Simon Keenlyside, baritone: Opera excerpts. (A; M)

* March 11, 8 p.m.: Royal Opera Orchestra of Covent Garden; Downes, conductor; Watson, soprano; Rogers, mezzo-soprano; tenor to be announced; Keenlyside, baritone: Opera excerpts. (B)

* March 27, 8 p.m.: Pittsburgh Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor: Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1; Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique.” (B; M)

* April 9, 8 p.m.: Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor: Revueltas’ “La Coronela”; other works to be announced. (A; M)

* May 17, 8 p.m.: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor: Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 1 and 2. (B; M)

* May 18, 8 p.m.: Orchestre Revolutionnaire; Gardiner, conductor: Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 3 and 4. (Series C)

* May 19, 8 p.m.: Orchestre Revolutionnaire; Gardiner, conductor: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Gardiner’s talk on “The Age of Revolution and Romance.” (C)

* May 21, 8 p.m.: Orchestre Revolutionnaire; Gardiner, conductor: Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 6 and 7. (C; M)

* May 22, 8 p.m.: Orchestre Revolutionnaire; Gardiner, conductor; Monteverdi Choir: Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 8 and 9. (C)

AT THE IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

* Sept. 24-26, 8 p.m.; Sept. 27, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.: Le Ballet National du Senegal: Program to be announced. (Series G)

* Oct. 4, 3 p.m.: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 487; Beethoven’s String Trio in G, Opus 9, No. 1; Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat, Opus 47. (Series D)

* Oct. 12, 8 p.m.: Kronos Quartet: Program to be announced. (Series E)

* Nov. 23, 8 p.m.: Lindsay String Quartet: Program to be announced. (D)

* Jan. 13, 8 p.m.: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Misha Rachlevsky, conductor: Grieg’s Two Elegiac Melodies; Schoenberg’s “Verklarte Nacht”; Puccini’s “Crisantemi”; Barber’s Adagio for Strings; Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings in E. (D)

* Feb. 1, 8 p.m.: Alexander Quartet: Audience votes for three Beethoven quartets (one from each of the early, middle and late periods) to be played. (D)

* Feb. 8, 8 p.m.: Radu Lupu, piano: Ravel’s Sonatine; Gershwin’s Three Preludes; Debussy’s “Estampes”; Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 and a work to be announced. (M)

* March 1, 8 p.m.: I Musici de Montreal; Charles Neidich, clarinet: Turina’s Serenade; Jose Evangelista’s “Airs d’Espagne”; Copland’s Clarinet Concerto; Mozart’s Divertimento in F, K. 138; Beethoven’s Quartet No. 11. (D)

* March 16, 8 p.m.: Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano: Songs by Weill and Beethoven. (E)

* March 23, 8 p.m.: Philharmonia Baroque; Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Horacio Franco, recorder: works by Geminiani; Corelli; Vivaldi. (Series F)

* March 29, 8 p.m.: Emerson String Quartet: Beethoven’s Quartets No. 2 and 7; Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 1. (D)

* May 3, 8 p.m.: Anonymous 4; Lionheart: “Gothic Visions”; Ockeghem’s Missa “De Plus en Plus”; other works.

AT ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

* Oct. 20, 8 p.m.: Philharmonia Baroque; McGegan, conductor: works from the English Baroque period. (F)

* Feb. 9, 8 p.m.: Philharmonia Baroque; McGegan, conductor; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin: works by Handel; Rameau. (F)

DETAILS

SERIES: PRICES

A Great Orchestras: $62-$400

B Great Orchestras: $71-$400

C Beethoven Festival: $68-$316

D Chamber music series co-presented

with the Laguna Chamber Music Society: $87-$147

E Eclectic: $58-$82

F Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra: $75 (all seats)

G World Stages (Le Ballet National du Senegal): $27-$32

M Masterworks Series: $153-$735

(includes parking at center) (optional $68-$316 to add Series C)

Special Event: Fiesta Navidad: $15-$50

(co-presented by the Performing Arts Center)

Prices of single tickets will vary according to the event and will be available in the summer. Information: (714) 553-2422.