This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail recipe: 1 Part Colburn Orchestra, a fusion of Flanders and Florence topped off by a splash of Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Enjoy!

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Colburn Orchestra Concert

Sat. Sept. 28th 7:30 PM

Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena

Yehuda Gilad, conductor; William Hagen, violin;  Program: Glinka Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla; Sibelius Concerto for Violin;  Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6; Reserve online through: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1182359987?ref=eorgbtn

Photo of Ambassador Auditorium: © 2012 by Leticia Marie Sanchez

Face to Face: Flanders, Florence, and Renaissance Painting

Opens Sept. 28th

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA  91108.

http://www.huntington.org

Left: Rogier Van Der Weyden; Virgin and Child; c 1460

Los Angeles Dream Orchestra 

Sat. September 28th; 8:00 p.m.

Aratani Theatre; Little Tokyo

Akira Nakano;  Rachmaninoff; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Liszt Totentanz; Nakano, Original Score from “the Norwood Affair;” All Proceeds Benefit The Dream Orchestra Youth Performance & Music Education Fund;  For more information, see: http://www.akiranakano.com