California Symphony

BRAHMS OBSESSIONS

Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 PM

Sunday, May 5 at 4:00 PM

In the California Symphony’s season finale, Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera reunites the music of Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann. Clara Schumann’s only surviving piano concerto is performed by featured soloist Robert Thies, alongside Brahms’ brilliant first symphony. In this concert, both the object of Brahms’ affections, Clara Schumann, and his mountainous task of succeeding Beethoven’s symphonic legacy is showcased in the California Symphony’s program. The music of Brahms and Clara Schumann are accompanied by a world premiere of California Symphony Resident Composer Saad Haddad’s Mishwar.

Location: Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Conductor: Donato Cabrera

Featured Musician: Robert Thies

Program: Saad Haddad – Mishwar (مشوار); Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto; Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1

Tickets can be purchased at:  https://www.californiasymphony.org/shows/brahms-obsessions/