A conductor and orchestra stand onstage with string instruments following a performance.

Photo by Will Yang


Transfiguration: Music of Herrmann, Toyne and Wagner

Creative Team

Geoffrey Pope, conductor

Pre-show Activity
Panel Lecture
Pre-show Date/Time
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Join the UCI Symphony on a provocative psychological journey from fragmentation to integration. Director of Orchestral Studies Geoffrey Pope curates a concert of some of the richest operatic and film music composed. A panel discussion with renowned Hollywood composers precedes the concert.

Program includes:
• Bernard Herrmann — Suite from Vertigo, and A Night Piece from Taxi Driver (feat. Gerald Pinter, saxophone)
• Jeff Toyne — Orchestral Suite from Palm Royale (WORLD PREMIERE)
• Richard Wagner — Preludes I and III and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (feat. Cari McAskill, soprano)

Support/Sponsorship

Generous support is provided by the Friends of UC Irvine Music and the Marjorie and Robert Rawlins Endowment Fund. 



Tickets & Admission

General Admission: $21
Senior Age 62+: $18
UCI Faculty, Alumni, Staff, Emeriti and Retirees: $18
Groups 10+: $18
Arts Packages (3+ events): $16
Students & Youth Age 17/Below: $10

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