“There’ll be some changes made for the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s 2015-16 season: new Sunday matinees, a new Spotlight Series and new works reflecting the leadership of music director Donato Cabrera,” writes Carol Cling in Thursday’s (3/26) Las Vegas Review-Journal. “It’s the first full season on the podium for Cabrera, who became the Philharmonic’s music director in April 2014 but has only conducted half of this season’s concerts due to prior commitments.… During the Philharmonic’s upcoming 17th season—the orchestra’s fourth in residence at The Smith Center—Cabrera will conduct 15 concerts, featuring everything from Beethoven and Brahms to world premieres.… The 2015-16 season will ‘draw a line in the sand,’ Cabrera said, signaling to audiences that ‘you don’t have to go anywhere else to hear great music’ … In planning the season, Cabrera’s goals included ‘having American living composers as a frequent part of the programming.’ … But Cabrera also focused on ‘balancing the tried and true’ with less familiar music…. Cabrera introduced the 2015-16 lineup alongside Philharmonic president Jeri Crawford, concertmaster De Ann Letourneau, and principal oboist Stephen Caplan, chairman of the Philharmonic’s orchestra committee.” The article includes the orchestra’s complete 2015-16 schedule.
Posted March 31, 2015
