Name: Mozart Serenades
Start: 2024-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts

Organization

Conductor

Donato Cabrera

Violinist

Jennifer Cho

Violin

Orchestra

California Symphony

Mozart Serenades

Walnut Creek

United States

Lesher Center for the Arts

Public

Serenade For Winds Eb Major Op. 7

Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra

Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K 361/370a

Approved

In the 1984 movie Amadeus, Mozart’s rival Salieri hears the Gran Partita and famously proclaims, “It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”
The California Symphony returns to the music of American maverick composer Lou Harrison, with Concertmaster Jennifer Cho featured in his mysterious and evocative Concerto for Violin with Five Percussionists.
Richard Strauss’ knowledge of composing for wind ensemble was informed by his famous horn-playing father. Serenade was written when the composer was just 17 years old.

Music Director, Donato Cabrera

Jennifer Cho, Concertmaster

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble