Something Old, Something New

May 6, 2018 | 4:00PM
Donato Cabrera, music director

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT

• Brahms waited 22 years after his first piano concerto to write his second, with himself as the original soloist. Haochen Zhang (pictured) returns to perform it here.
• Unlike other symphonies, Finnish composer Sibelius' Symphony No. 3 has only three movements, compared to the usual four, and the whole work sounds more classical (think light like Mozart) rather than romantic (big and heavy like, well, Brahms...).
• This program includes a world premiere by our newest composer-in-residence, Katherine Balch, the first female to win this competitive residency with the California Symphony. 

http://www.californiasymphony.org/seasonfinale