Jazz fest to bring Spyro Gyra to Hyatt Newporter

Peter White, Spyro Gyra and a host of jazz names will bring back the

annual Jazz Festival at the Hyatt Newporter’s Amphitheater from May 17

through May 19.

White will launch the tradition at 11:30 a.m. on the first day.

Artists including Randy Crawford, Jimmy Sommers, Scott Wilkie and

Acoustic Alchemy will follow during the weekend. The first day of

performances will be held at the Amphitheater, and the next two days of

music will be held on the Newporter’s golf course and festival grounds.

Spyro Gyra’s performance, to happen May 19, marks the group’s silver

anniversary of recording.

Concerts, presented by the Hyatt Newporter, The Wave and Lexus, will

run each day until 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $45-$50. The hotel is at 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport

Beach.

Information: (949) 729-6055.

Pacific Symphony announces its season lineup

Pianist Andre Watts and violinist Sarah Chang are just two of the

acclaimed names on Pacific Symphony Orchestra’s guest list for its

2002-03 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Classics Series, which will

begin Oct. 2 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Arnaldo Cohen, the acclaimed Franz Liszt interpreter, will perform

Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 to open the series in October. The Pacific

Symphony Orchestra will also perform Strauss’ “A Hero’s Life” and a

commissioned world premiere by composer Tobias Picker.

Flamenco singer Ginesa Ortega will join guest conductor Angel

Gil-Ordonez and the Pacific Symphony for a night of flamenco and gypsy

music Oct. 16 and Oct. 17.

Andrew Watts will perform with the symphony playing Brahm’s Concerto

No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra in D minor on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14.

Violinist Jean-Jacques Kantorow will perform with and guest conduct

the symphony in a Mozart-heavy program Dec. 4 and Dec. 5.

Sarah Chang will follow, performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and

Ravel’s Tzigane, Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9.

The American Composers Festival will start after Chang’s appearance

with a performance of composer William Bolcom’s “Songs of Innocence and

of Experience” on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 and an American Composers Competition

on March 12 and March 13.

On April 3 and April 4, Stephen Kovacevich, a noted Beethoven

interpreter, will perform Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra with the

symphony on April 3 and April 4.

The symphony will perform Stravinsky’s “The Fairy’s Kiss” May 7 and

May 8 and on June 4 and June 5, 2003, the group will conclude the season

with a night of Brahms, Wagner and Chopin. Pianist Christopher O’Riley

will also perform an “Ode to Liberace” on those nights.

All performances will be held at the Center, at 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Season tickets are $140 to $510. Various concert

subscriptions are available.

Information: (714) 755-5799.