"Epic Finale" at Lesher Center for the Arts

WHEN:7:30pm, Saturday, May 144:00pm, Sunday, May 15 California Symphony, led by Music Director Donato Cabrera, concludes its 2021-22 season with a spectacular" EPIC FINALE," featuring the symphonys live premiere of Young American Composer-in-Residence Viet Cuongs "Next Weeks Trees." This work was presented online in May 2021, and now receives its long-awaited in-person premiere at California Symphony.Also on the program is internationally acclaimed Bay Area native and cellist Nathan Chan performing Edward Elgars beloved "Cello Concerto." The program rounds out with Tchaikovskys epic symphony, "Symphony No. 5," which transforms from dark and menacing in the first movement, to joyous and triumphant by the fourth and final movement ending the evening on a high note.