What’s Interesting About This Concert
- California Symphony performs excerpts from Mozart’s brilliantly witty and melody-filled Don Giovanni in an arrangement for the Harmoniemusik of Mozart’s day, when bands of wind players would roam the streets of Vienna to promote coming attractions.
- Friedrich Gulda’s Cello Concerto, performed by Bay Area native Nathan Chan, is a fusion of jazz, rock, and those wind sounds we heard in the Mozart. This exhilarating mishmash promises to bring the house down!
- Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, aptly known as The Great is a grand and majestic journey through soaring melodies and lively folk rhythms, almost all of which are first introduced by the woodwind and brass sections.
Concerts Should Be Fun
Take selfies at the photo booth, sip a signature cocktail at your seat, and arrive early for the free 30-minute pre-concert talk, starting one hour before each performance.
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Bring drinks to your seats -
Clap when you hear something you like -
Phones on and in silent mode allowed
The Program
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartExcerpts from Don Giovanni
Friedrich GuldaCello Concerto
Franz SchubertSymphony No. 9 (The Great)
What You'll Hear
Launch YouTube PlaylistDeep Dive
- What is Harmoniemusik? (Boxwood and Brass)
- The Terrorist Pianist - Friedrich Gulda: Concerto for Cello (Interlude)
- Pianist “faked death to see his obituary” (The Independent)
- Symphony 7, 8 or 9: Schubert’s Great C major (Interlude)
- Schubert: 20 facts about the great composer
- When was Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 discovered, and by whom? (BBC Classical Music)
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