Announcing Conductor Donato Cabrera's 2019-2020 Concert Season
Conductor Donato Cabrera announces his 2019-2020 engagements, including his seventh season with the California Symphony and sixth season with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. Cabrera also guest conducts the Reno Chamber Orchestra as a Music Director candidate and makes his debut leading Opera San Jose in Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
View Cabrera's complete schedule at www.donatocabrera.com/calendar
As Music Director of California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic, Cabrera’s programming showcases a personalized and integrated vision for both orchestras. “I’m very excited about the programs that I’ve created for both the California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic as they are not only chock full of music about which I’m deeply passionate, but each program represents a carefully crafted and curated concert that is part of a particularly chosen path that I set for both orchestras,” explains Cabrera. “I am consciously choosing repertoire that is more diverse and is a truer reflection of the communities that the California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic serves, as well as providing multi-year retrospectives of the composers we all know and love.”
Cabrera returns to guest conduct the Reno Chamber Orchestra on October 19 & 20, 2019, this time as a candidate for the Music Director position. A native of Reno, Cabrera says, “Returning to my home town as a music director candidate for the orchestra with which I made my professional debut is a circle that I never envisioned closing. In this regard, it’s almost better than a dream come true!”
Cabrera’s career has straddled both the operatic and symphonic repertoire, and April 18-May 2, 2020, he makes his debut with Opera San Jose. “I am very happy to be once again delving into the fantastical world of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with such a strong cast, the director Brad Dalton, and the fantastic Opera San Jose Orchestra,” says Cabrera.
Donato Cabrera’s 2019-2020 Appearances with California Symphony
All performances take place at Lesher Center for the Arts | 1601 Civic Dr | Walnut Creek, CA
Tickets are on sale at www.californiasymphony.org or through the Lesher Center Box Office by phone (925.943.7469) or in person. Tickets include free, 30-minute pre-concert talk starting one hour before each performance.
Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 8pm and Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 4pm
BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
FRANK: La Centinela y la Paloma (The Keeper and the Dove)
MAHLER: Lieder (Songs)
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 8pm and Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 4pm
MOZART: Symphony No. 1
PUTS: Flute Concerto
Annie Wu, flute
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104
Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 8pm and Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 4pm
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello
Alina Kobialka, violin
Oliver Herbert, cello
Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 8pm and Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 4pm
BALCH: Illuminations for Three Voices and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Kelly Guerra, mezzo-soprano
Molly Netter, soprano
Alexandra Smither, soprano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 8pm and Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 4pm
WALKER: Lyric for Strings
PӒRT: Fratres
REICH: Duet for Two Violins and Strings
Alexi Kenney, violin
Jennifer Cho, concertmaster
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Donato Cabrera’s 2019-2020 Appearances with Las Vegas Philharmonic
All performances take place at The Smith Center | 61 Symphony Park Avenue | Las Vegas, NV
Tickets are on sale at www.lvphil.org or through the Smith Center Box Office by phone (702.749.2000) or in person.
Donato Cabrera and special guests will continue to host pre-concert conversations one hour prior to each performance in Reynolds Hall to discuss the works to be performed and the history behind the music.
Opening Night - Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 7:30pm
CLYNE: Masquerade
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Francesca Dego, violin
MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL): Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 7:30pm
Arr. CUSTER: A Tribute to Duke
RYAN HELMUTH: Horror Bound
MICHAEL BRENNAN: Cantata in F Minor
FRANK SINATRA: Fly Me to the Moon
Arr. RICKETTS: A Tribute to the King
FITZGERALD: Embraceable You
Arr. KEITH THOMPSON: I Will I can
RICHARD OBERACKER: One Drop
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 7:30PM
Cabrera conducts music from The Simpsons, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, and more.
A Baroque Holiday – Handelʼs Messiah
Friday, December 6, 2019 at 7:30pm
MANFREDINI: Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 12 “Christmas”
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 “Christmas”
HANDEL: Messiah (Part I)
Katrina Galka, soprano
Aleks Romano, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Dennis, tenor
Luis Orozco, baritone
Las Vegas Master Singers
Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 7:30pm
SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 7:30pm
MOZART: Serenade No. 11, K.375 in E-Flat Major
BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Bill Bernatis, horn
Brian Thorsett, tenor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4
Vivaldi Four Seasons – March Into The Stradosphere
Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 8pm
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 7:30pm
WEILL: Symphonic Nocturne from Lady in the Dark
WEILL: Symphony No. 2
WEILL: The Seven Deadly Sins - Text by Bertolt Brecht
WEILL: Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera
Season Finale – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 7:30pm
GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Three Latin American Dances
R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
Josefin Feiler, soprano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Donato Cabrera’s 2019-2020 Guest Appearances
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 7:30pm
Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 2pm
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
SAMUEL ADAMS: Chamber Concerto for Violin
Helen Kim, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
April 18-May 2, 2020
MOZART: The Magic Flute