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Presented by California Symphony
Music Direction by Donato Cabrera
May 6, 2018
Balch—World Premiere
Sibelius—Symphony No. 3
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
Haochen Zhang, piano
Running Time: approx. 1 hours 50 minutes, with one intermission
Music Direction by Donato Cabrera
May 6, 2018
Balch—World Premiere
Sibelius—Symphony No. 3
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
Haochen Zhang, piano
Running Time: approx. 1 hours 50 minutes, with one intermission
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. Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist Haochen Zhang returns to perform it here.
- Unlike other symphonies, Finnish composer Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3 has only three movements, compared 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.
- Brahms waited 22 years after his first piano concerto to write his second, with himself as the original soloist. Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist Haochen Zhang returns to perform it here.
- Unlike other symphonies, Finnish composer Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3 has only three movements, compared 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.
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