O.C. Society's '91-92 Season Announced : Music: A new work by American composer Jacob Druckman, the county debut of Jessye Norman and Pavel Kogan conducting the Moscow State Symphony will be part of the Philharmonic Society's offerings.

O.C. Society’s ‘91-92 Season Announced : Music: A new work by American composer Jacob Druckman, the county debut of Jessye Norman and Pavel Kogan conducting the Moscow State Symphony will be part of the Philharmonic Society’s offerings.

By CHRIS PASLES

Feb. 28, 1991 12 AM PT

TIMES STAFF WRITER

The Orange County debut of soprano Jessye Norman, a mini-festival of six Tchaikovsky symphonies and a commissioned work by American composer Jacob Druckman will be among the highlights of the Orange County Philharmonic Society’s 1991-92 season.

Norman will sing in recital on April 24, 1992, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Pavel Kogan will conduct the Moscow State Symphony in Tchaikovsky’s six numbered symphonies in three concerts, Oct. 4 to 6, 1991, at the Center.

In addition, the society will present the Chieftains, the Irish folk group, at the Center on Dec. 12. “We wanted to have a holiday concert of some sort, and we thought this would be a great way to get into Christmas,” society executive director Erich A. Vollmer said Tuesday in announcing the season at a press conference.

The Druckman premiere will be included on a non-subscription benefit concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Zubin Mehta on April 25, 1992, at the Center. Thomas Hampson will be baritone soloist.

The society’s 38th season comprises 39 concerts and recitals, including the first county appearances of the Prague Symphony, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony and the Moscow Philharmonic.

The society will offer three subscription series at the Performing Arts Center and two at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. (One of those in Irvine, a joint venture with the Laguna Chamber Music Society, was announced previously.) Other 1991-92 season events include previously announced Mozart Bicentennial concerts by the Angeles Quartet on Sept. 6 and Nov. 7, as well as the Salzburg Marionette Theater appearing Dec. 6 to 8, all at the Irvine theater. These are non-subscription concerts.

Series tickets range from $48 to $233, rates Vollmer said are equal to last season’s subscription prices. Individual concerts are priced from $15 to $40. The Tchaikovsky symphony festival--Nos. 1 and 6 will be played on Oct. 4; Nos. 2 and 5 on Oct. 5 and Nos. 3 and 4 on Oct. 6--is not included in the subscription packages. Tickets are $12 to $35 per concert. The Zubin Mehta-Los Angeles Philharmonic benefit tickets are $15 to $250.

The Orange County Philharmonic Society’s 1991-92 season: Series A, B and C concerts at the Center at 8 p.m., except as indicated. Concerts at the Irvine Barclay Theatre also are at 8 p.m. Information: (714) 553-2422.

Series A:

* Oct. 22: Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor.

* Nov. 22: Prague Symphony; Petr Altrichter, conductor; Elisso Bolkvadze, piano.

* Jan. 11, 1992: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor; Elizabeth Baker, violin; John Hayhurst, viola; Barry Gold, cello.

* Jan. 22: Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor; Nigel Kennedy, violin.

* March 9: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood.

* May 2: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano.

Series B:

* Oct. 23: Cleveland Orchestra; von Dohnanyi, conductor.

* Nov. 17; 3 p.m.: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Christof Perick, conductor; Pascal Roge, piano.

* Feb. 1, 1992: Los Angeles Philharmonic; David Zinman, conductor; Lynn Harrell, cello.

* March 12: Cincinnati Symphony; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor.