Philharmonic Society Will Offer Saturday Talks on Classical Music

Gail Eichenthal, producer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic national radio broadcasts, will open a five-week lecture series on classical music Oct. 4. The series of Saturday evening talks is sponsored by the Orange County Philharmonic Society.

Eichenthal will speak on “Describing the Indescribable: Talking about Classical Music” at 6:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach.

Other speakers will be pianist Mona Golabek; Occidental College professor Alan Chapman; David Alan Miller, assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and UCLA professor Robert Winter.

All lectures in October will be at 6:30 p.m at the Four Seasons Hotel. (A no-host bar will open at 6 p.m.)

The lecture on Nov. 1 will begin at 6 p.m. at Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

The lecture will precede a tour of the facility.

Series tickets are $30 for students, $35 for new Society subscribers, $40 for renewing subscribers or members and $50 for the general public. Tickets for individual lectures are $10 on a space-available basis.

Information: (714) 642-8232.

The series will continue:

Oct. 11: Mona Golabek: “The Performing Artist: Making It in the ‘90’s.”

Oct. 18: Alan Chapman: “What Will They Think of Next: A Look at 20th-Century Music.”

Oct. 25: David Alan Miller: “Mozart and Bruckner: Contrasts in Greatness.”

Nov. 1: Robert Winter: “Gustav Mahler: The Romantic Modernist.”