Arts Center Announces 2000-01 Concert Series

Famed viola da gamba player Jordi Savall and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will be among the highlights of 2000-01 concert series sponsored by the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

Savall will appear with his renowned early-music group, Hesperion XX, on March 15 in Founders Hall as part of the Classical Ensemble Series. They will play Renaissance and later music on a program titled “Paradise Lost.”

Graves, who recently starred opposite Placido Domingo in Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila,” will make her center debut Jan. 26 in Segerstrom Hall. Her recital is part of the center’s previously announced two-concert vocal series.

Other highlights include guitarist Christopher Parkening in a salute to Segovia on Nov. 12, the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of violinist Andrew Manze on Nov. 19 and a recital by the fiery young Russian cellist Nina Kotova on Feb. 15.

Subscriptions go on sale June 4 at $185 to $245 for the concert series and $59 to $110 for the vocal series. Prices for individual concerts will be announced. Information: (714) 556-2787.

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The 2000-01 Classical Ensemble Series

* Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Segerstrom Hall--Vellinger String Quartet: Haydn, Beethoven, Thomas Ades.

* Nov. 12, 4 p.m., Founders Hall--guitarist Christopher Parkening: Tribute to Segovia.

* Nov. 19, 2 p.m., Segerstrom Hall--Academy of Ancient Music and conductor-violinist Andrew Manze: Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor and works by Bach, Handel, Geminiani, Scheidt and Wassenaer.

* Nov. 30, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Rossetti String Quartet: Ravel, Dutilleux, Kodaly, Piazzolla.

* Dec. 14, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Musica Angelica: Holiday concert of Renaissance and Baroque anthems, motets and instrumental pieces.

* Jan. 14, 4 p.m., Founders Hall--American String Quartet with violist Brian Dembow: Schubert’s Quartettsatz, Bartok’s Quartet No. 1, Mozart’s Quintet for Strings in C, K. 515.

* Feb. 2, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Artemis Quartet: Two quartets to be announced by Beethoven, Ligeti’s Quartet No. 2.

* Feb. 15, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Cellist Nina Kotova: Program to be announced will also include her own works.

* March 15, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX: “Paradise Lost.”

* March 21, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Assad Duo: Piazzolla, Albeniz, Rameau, Brouwer, Gismonti and Moreno Torroba.

* April 19, 8 p.m., Founders Hall--Emerson String Quartet: Haydn, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Barber.

The 2001 Vocal Series in Segerstrom Hall:

* Jan. 26, 8 p.m.--Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves: Program to be announced.

* Feb. 11, 2 p.m.--Soprano Kathleen Battle: Bach, Handel, Dowland, Purcell.