BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260927T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:California Symphony: SIBELIUS\, HIGDON\, AND BARTÓK – American Connections DESCRIPTION:California Symphony opens its 40th anniversary season with a program celebrating American connections. All three works on the program share a common thread: they were premiered in the United States\, a fitting nod as the nation marks its 250th anniversary and reflects on artistic ties across continents and generations. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius composed The Oceanides in 1914 for his only trip to America\, creating a vivid representation that was hailed at its U.S. premiere as "the finest evocation of the sea." GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon's Cello Concerto receives its Northern California premiere\, performed by the cellist for whom it was written\, Julian Schwarz. The concerto showcases Higdon's distinctive voice lyrical\, rhythmically vibrant\, and deeply expressive. Hungarian composer B la Bart k fled to America during World War II\, and while living in New York in 1943\, composed his Concerto for Orchestra\, commissioned by conductor Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A true showpiece\, the work turns every instrument in the orchestra into a soloist\, offering dazzling displays across all five movements. From the serenity of Sibelius's ocean to Higdon's fresh contemporary voice and Bart k's exhilarating finale\, this program offers a vivid musical arc. Tickets include a free 30-minute pre-concert talk by award-winning instructor Scott Foglesong\, starting one hour before the show.CLICK FOR TICKETS X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

California Symphony opens its 40th anniversary season with a program celebrating American connections. All three works on the program share a common thread: they were premiered in the United States\, a fitting nod as the nation marks its 250th anniversary and reflects on artistic ties across continents and generations. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius composed The Oceanides in 1914 for his only trip to America\, creating a vivid representation that was hailed at its U.S. premiere as "\;the finest evocation of the sea."\; GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon'\;s Cello Concerto receives its Northern California premiere\, performed by the cellist for whom it was written\, Julian Schwarz. The concerto showcases Higdon'\;s distinctive voice&mdash\;lyrical\, rhythmically vibrant\, and deeply expressive. Hungarian composer Bé\;la Bartó\;k fled to America during World War II\, and while living in New York in 1943\, composed his Concerto for Orchestra\, commissioned by conductor Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A true showpiece\, the work turns every instrument in the orchestra into a soloist\, offering dazzling displays across all five movements. From the serenity of Sibelius'\;s ocean to Higdon'\;s fresh contemporary voice and Bartó\;k'\;s exhilarating finale\, this program offers a vivid musical arc. \;

Tickets include a free 30-minute pre-concert talk by award-winning instructor Scott Foglesong\, starting one hour before the show.

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