New Glass, Bolcom works premiere

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that a new $200 million concert hall debuted in Orange County, Calif., over the weekend with performances of new works by Philip Glass and William Bolcom.

The dispatch by the Union-Tribune's arts editor, James Chute, says the Pacific Symphony's performance of Glass' "The Passion of Ramakrishna" was met by "Absolute silence. And then a thunderous ovation began."