2017-2018 Season
Grand Season Opening
Friday, Oct 6, 2017, Santa Monica
Saturday, Oct 7, 2017, Thousand Oaks
Saturday, Oct 8, 2017, Oxnard
Grant Cooper, conductor
Suidy Garrido, flamenco dancer
JP Jofre, bandoneon
| Mozart | Overture to Così fan tutte |
| Falla | El amor brujo |
| Piazzolla | Oblivion |
| Piazzolla | Introduccion Angel |
| JP Jofre | Taranguino |
| Piazzolla | Muerte del Angel |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 1 in C Major |
Mauceri & Bernstein’s 100th
Saturday, Nov 18, 2017, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, Nov 19, 2017, Oxnard
John Mauceri, conductor
Celena Shafer, soprano
Suzanna Guzmán, mezzo-soprano
Casey Candebat, tenor
Davis Gaines, baritone
Gay Mens Chorus Los Angeles, Joe Nadeau, conductor
The Cal Lutheran University Choral Ensembles, Wyant Morton, conductor
| Bernstein | Selections from On the Town, Trouble in Tahiti, Wonderful Town, Candide, West Side Story, Mass, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue |
Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial in partnership with the Valley Performing Arts Center.
Tchaikovsky Pathétique
Thursday, Jan 25, 2018, Santa Monica
Saturday, Jan 27, 2018, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, Jan 28, 2018, Oxnard
Kynan Johns, conductor
Lyris Quartet
| Rachmaninov | Symphony in D Minor |
| Broughton | Salmagundi, New West Symphony Commission (world premiere) |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” |
Zukerman & Forsyth
Friday, Mar 9, 2018, Santa Monica
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, Mar 11, 2018, Oxnard
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/violin
Amanda Forsyth, cello
| Vivaldi | Concerto for Violin & Cello in B-flat Major |
| Mozart | Adagio in E Major for Violin & Orchestra, K. 261 |
| Mozart | Rondo in C Major for Violin & Orchestra, K. 373 |
| Haydn | Divertimento in D Major for Cello & Orchestra |
| Offenbach | Jacqueline’s Tears |
| Schubert | Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485 |
Classical Vienna
Friday, Apr 13, 2018, Oxnard
Saturday, Apr 14, 2018, Thousand Oaks
Andrew Grams, conductor
Till Fellner, piano
| Beethoven | Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus |
| Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482 |
| Brahms | Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Opus 90 |
Virtuoso Tour de Force
Saturday, May 12, 2018, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, May 13, 2018, Oxnard
Tania Miller, conductor*
Haochen Zhang, piano*
| Wagner | Overture to Tannhäuser |
| Liszt | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124 |
| Dvorák | Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Opus 60 |