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The Lesher Center for the Arts will no longer require proof of vaccination or masks to be worn for entry, beginning July 1, 2022. However, wearing a mask in an indoor public setting continues to be strongly recommended by Contra Costa Health Services.

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Mahler's Inner Circle

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Ticket Office

Wednesday – Sunday: Noon – 6:00pm
Monday – Tuesday: Closed*

Calls: (925) 943-7469

Walk Up: 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

*In addition to the hours noted, the Ticket Office is also open one hour prior and thirty minutes after curtain for ticketed performances, including performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, and most City holidays.

Presented by California Symphony
featuring Sara Couden, contralto
March 25 - 26, 2023

Zemlinsky—Lustspiel Overture
Alma Mahler—Five Songs
Rott—Symphony No. 1

Running Time: approx. 1 hour 55 minutes, with one intermission

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT

Alexander Zemlinsky fell in love with his composition student Alma Schindler, but she rejected him and married Gustav Mahler. Lustspiel Overture’s lush melodies echo those of Brahms, who was a supporter of the young Zemlinsky.
Alma Schindler was an accomplished composer before she gave it up to marry Gustav Mahler. Within a few years, unfulfilled and depressed, she had an affair, which prompted Gustav to take Alma’s musical ambitions more seriously. These five songs were the only works by Alma Mahler to be published in her husband’s lifetime.
Hans Rott and Gustav Mahler were classmates and roommates in late 1870s Vienna but their fortunes diverged soon after, and Rott died in an asylum at age 25. Rott’s one and only completed symphony—receiving its California premiere here—bears many similarities to Mahler’s works, and scholars are only now uncovering Rott’s enormous influence on his celebrated friend.

Health Advisory: The Lesher Center for the Arts follows health guidelines set forth and mandated by Contra Costa County and the State of California. The Lesher Center for the Arts is committed to providing a safe place for you and your guests to visit. All employees are trained on appropriate cleaning and disinfecting, hand hygiene, and respiratory etiquette. Read more about how we are keeping you safe. The Lesher Center for the Arts recommends self-screening your health, and the health of your guests, for common symptoms of infectious diseases before arriving to any in-person visits. If you, or any of your guests, display any symptoms of infectious diseases, or if you are unsure of your own self-screening, we kindly ask that you stay home. The Lesher Center for the Arts Ticket Office can help guide your available compensations, should you or your guests decide not to visit due to health concerns, or should the Lesher Center for the Arts need to postpone or cancel a performance or experience. Available compensation options may include: exchanging your tickets to another date or time, gifting or donating your tickets, or receiving credit for a future performance or experience.

Content Advisory: The Lesher Center for the Arts strives to provide accurate advisories for each performance and experience in regards to special effects that may affect guest sensitivities, including but not limited to smoke, strobe lighting, graphic violence, and aggressive sound effects. The Lesher Center for the Arts does not always provide advisories in regards to subject matter, as sensitivities vary guest to guest. If you have any questions or concerns about subject matter or effects, please contact the Lesher Center for the Arts Ticket Office prior to purchasing tickets, as all sales are final; the Lesher Center for the Arts will not refund any tickets to guests who choose not to attend a performance or experience based on subject matter or personal view of content or quality. As a rental facility, the Lesher Center for the Arts may not be provided information on every intended special effect and maturity appropriateness in advance.