January 17, 2018
Violin virtuoso Alexi Kenney, comes home to the Bay Area to debut with the California Symphony, January 20 & 21, 2018, at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Alexi Kenney on Bruch’s Violin Concerto №1: “It’s is one of my personal favorites and also really a staple of our repertoire. It has everything…
January 10, 2018
Maestro Donato Cabrera’s trip down memory lane reveals a bold choice for a young conductor. Now and Then: Music Director Donato Cabrera at the podium at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek (left) and at the University of Nevada, Reno in the 1990s (right). Our upcoming PASTORAL BEETHOVEN concerts include a nostalgic selection for California Symphony…
January 9, 2018
We take a closer look at the wildly ambitious 1808 concert which debuted no less than two symphonies, a piano concerto, and a new choral piece (plus a selection of other favorites) in a frigid, four-hour long musical marathon. On a freezing cold winter’s night in Vienna, December 22, 1808, one of the most legendary…
January 3, 2018
The California Symphony and Music Director Donato Cabrera’s first program of the New Year kicks off with two performances of PASTORAL BEETHOVEN at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek on Saturday January 20th at 8pm and Sunday January 21st at 4pm.
