Ask California Symphony music director Donato Cabrera “What’s new?” today and he’ll seemingly let you know there’s fairly a bit.
Cabrera, who’s heading into his tenth season as music director of the Walnut Creek orchestra, in the present day introduced the California Symphony’s 2022-2023 season. And all through the 10-concert marketing campaign, the orchestra breaks new floor.
Think about:
- Every composition California Symphony has programmed for the upcoming season will probably be performed in public by the orchestra for the primary time.
- Practically a 3rd of the composers represented within the marketing campaign are ladies or folks of colour (or each). General, the composers featured within the new season embody Anna Clyne, Zoltán Kodály, Grażyna Bacewicz, Alexander Zemlinsky, Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), and Composer-in-Residence Viet Cuong, who's finishing his stint with the orchestra this season. Different composers within the combine embody Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, and extra.
- The orchestra will characteristic an all-women lineup of visitor artists within the 2022-23 season, together with Bay Space natives Elizabeth Dorman (piano) and Sara Couden (contralto), in addition to Austrian-Romanian pianist Maria Radutu, and New York cellist Inbal Segev.
“I wished to mark this achievement of 10 years of inventive progress and elevated ambition by performing a complete season of music that the orchestra has by no means carried out earlier than,” Cabrera mentioned in an announcement. “The entire compositions that I've chosen, whereas new to our Walnut Creek viewers, are celebrated for his or her distinctive magnificence and groundbreaking nature.”
The season kicks off Sept. 10-11 with a program highlighted by rising star composer Anna Clyne, a former composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Berkeley Symphony, and her 2019 work “DANCE” for cello and orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Israeli cellist Inbal Segev, who will carry out the work as a featured soloist.
Different highlights:
A Program titled “All Issues Strings” (Nov. 5-6) options Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz’s percussive Concerto for String Orchestra, in addition to pianist Elizabeth Dorman’s efficiency of Gerald Finzi’s Eclogue for Piano and Strings.
“Chopin in Paris” (Feb. 4-5) options the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, with visitor solo Maria Radutu; in addition to 18th-century composer Chevalier de Saint Georges’s “L’amant anonyme” (The Nameless Lover). The Guadalupe-born composer was thought-about one of many first main African composers in classical music.
“Mahler’s Internal Circle” (March 25-26, 2023) options Walnut Creek contralto Sara Couden performing Alma Mahler’s “Fünf Lieder.” The composer was married to Gustav Mahler however he didn't assist her work.
“Recent Inspirations” (Might 20-21, 2023) options the world premiere of composer-in-residence Viet Cuong’s third and ultimate fee for the orchestra. Extra particulars on which can be TBA.
Performances are on the Lesher Heart for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Season subscription packages — out there for 3, 4 or 5 live shows and beginning at $99 — can be found. Particular person tickets ($49-$79) go on sale in July.
For extra info, go to www.californiasymphony.org.