Insights & Influences: Fresh Inspirations

French composer Hector Berlioz spent a miserable two years in Italy as winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome, but it inspired some of this greatest music. Roman Carnival is nine minutes of jaunty music originally intended as an overture to an opera.
World Premiere: Nationally acclaimed pianist and new music champion Sarah Cahill performs a brand new piano concerto by Viet Cuong, California Symphony’s “wildly inventive” (New York Times) and “irresistible” (San Francisco Chronicle) resident composer.
British composer William Walton was the John Williams of the 1940s and ‘50s, composing music for movies including Sir Laurence Olivier’s iconic Henry V. His Symphony No. 1 is considered one of the greatest symphonies of the 20th century. Join Scott Foglesong and discover the music of FRESH INSPIRATIONS, May 20 and 21 at the Lesher Center.
- May 20 & 21, 2023 at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek.
- Tickets from $49 / $20 for students 25 and under at californiasymphony.org | 925.943.7469
- Includes free 30-minute pre-concert talk