A New Era

Join us for a historic opening to the season as we welcome our new Music Director with a program that blends American spirit, youthful brilliance, and timeless orchestral mastery. Be part of this momentous occasion as we usher in a new era of music-making at Cape Symphony!

We begin with John Williams’ stirring arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner, followed by George Walker’s bold and dynamic Pageant and Proclamation, commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony in 1997. Rising star Sofia Hernández-Williams, just 11 years old, takes the stage for Saint-Saëns’ passionate and virtuosic Cello Concerto No. 1, a favorite of virtuoso cellists since its first performance in Paris in 1873. After an intermission, Brahms’s triumphant Symphony No. 1 brings the performance to a powerful close.