THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY

The 1997-98 Season:

* Oct. 8-9: Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival” Overture; Suite from Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”; Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 (Horacio Gutierrez, soloist).

* Nov. 19-20: Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (Stephen Prutsman, soloist); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

* Dec. 10-11: Enesco’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E (Silvia Marcovici, soloist); Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. Sergiu Comissiona, conductor.

* Dec. 13: Handel’s “Messiah.” David Lockington, conductor. Pacific Chorale. Soloists to be announced.

* Jan. 14-15: Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” (Bridgett Hooks, soprano; Christopher Schaldenbrand, baritone; Pacific Chorale).

* Feb. 4-5: Ravel’s “Mother Goose” Suite; Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” (Anne-Marie McDermott, soloist); Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (orchestrated by Ravel). Bernard Klee, conductor.

* March 4-5: Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 (“Haffner”); Glazunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor (Gil Shaham, soloist); Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

* March 18-19: Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No. 1; Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 11 from Opus 3 (“L’Estro armonico”); Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos, No. 4 and 5. Jaime Laredo, conductor, violin; Louise DiTullio, flute; Timothy Landauer, cello; violinist and harpsichordist to be announced.

* April 15-16: Barber’s Adagio for Strings; Frank Ticheli’s Symphony No. 1: “An American Dream” (Camellia Johnson, soprano); Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

* May 6-7: Gordon Getty’s Three Waltzes; Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (Eduardus Halim, soloist); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”).

* June 3-4: Mahler program: Symphony No. 5 and songs to be announced (Thomas Hampson, baritone).

Carl St. Clair will conduct all concerts except as indicated. Series tickets (good for all concerts except Dec. 13), from $80 to $410, go on sale March 17. (714) 755-5799.