BEST BETS Saturday 1/6

IRVINE

8 p.m.

Music

The Mozart Classical Orchestra will play its annual Mozart birthday program twice this weekend, first in Irvine and then in Newport Beach. Orchestra founder Ami Porat will conduct an Allegro in F, the Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, and the Clarinet Concerto, with soloist Gary Bovyer. Mozart wrote the symphony and the concerto toward the end of his short life, but although the concerto shows some signs of autumnal beauty, the symphony bursts with affirmation of life.

* Mozart Classical Orchestra, Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. 8 p.m. $20 to $36. Also Sunday, 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrews Drive, Newport Beach. $15 to $32. (949) 830-2950.

NEWPORT BEACH

10am

Art

Mexican painter and sculptor Juan Manuel de la Rosa and his works with handmade paper will be featured in “Corazon Flotante,” a new show at the Boudreau-Ruiz Gallery. Using papermaking techniques found in Japan, Egypt and France, de la Rosa adds layers and a new dimension to his paintings.

* “Corazon Flotante,” paintings by Juan Manuel de la Rosa, Boudreau-Ruiz Gallery, 3000 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. Daily, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (949) 675-4766.

ORANGE

7:30pm

Jazz

Septuagenarian jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe is best known for his affiliations over half a century with such jazz greats as Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Byrd and Herb Ellis. Yet he also played behind Elvis Presley and many lesser pop luminaries doing studio work in Los Angeles in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Though he’s closing in on 80, he still plays regularly around the Southland--he lives in San Diego nowadays--as well as in Europe. He’ll appear at the new jazz club in Orange, Vanilla, on Saturday with O.C. seven-string guitarist Ron Eschete and bassist Luther Hughes.

* Mundell Lowe, Ron Eschete and Luther Hughes, Vanilla Cafe, 1948 N. Tustin Ave., Orange. 7:30 p.m. Free. (714) 921-8035.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

8 p.m.

Pop Music

Jazz? Rock? The lines tend to blur when Charlie Hunter attacks his eight-string guitar, summoning the sounds of everything from bass to organ. * Charlie Hunter, Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 8 p.m. $19.50 to $21.50. (949) 496-8927. Also Friday at Vynyl, 1650 Schrader Blvd., Los Angeles. With Robert Walters. 8 p.m. $15. (323) 465-7449.