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Name: Mozart Serenades
Start: 2024-03-16T07:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-18T06:59+00:00
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts

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Mozart Serenades

Date: 03/16/2024 - 03/17/2024
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596
Introduction: Showcasing the unique and individual sounds of woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

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Richard Strauss – Serenade

Lou Harrison - Concerto for Violin with Five Percussionists

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 10 (Gran Partita)

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.

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

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