What’s Interesting About This Concert
- Bay Area composer Gabriela Lena Frank sets to music a text describing artist Frida Kahlo returning as a ghost for one last visit with her beloved husband Diego Rivera during the Dia de los Muertos festival.
- Mahler always wanted to compose an opera but was in such demand as a conductor that he never found the time. His songs are the closest he came to realizing his dream.
- With its instantly recognizable opening, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is one of the best-known and most popular pieces of classical music ever written.
Making Concerts Fun
This isn’t your grandma’s orchestra! We like to do things a little differently...
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Free pre-concert talk with Maestro Cabrera begins an hour before the show -
Bring your drinks to your seats -
Phones on and silent allowed -
Clap when you like what you hear
The Program
BeethovenThe Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Frank La Centinela y la Paloma (The Keeper and the Dove)
Mahler Lieder (Songs)
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
Featured Artists
- Artistic and Music Director, Donato Cabrera
- Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano