Oakland Symphony, Paramount Theatre · last seen 2026-03-22 13:18
The 2026-2027 Season Opening concert, 'Defiance', features works that explore themes of resistance and creative freedom. The program includes Anthony Davis's 'Prison Aria' from the opera Malcolm X, Karim Al-Zand's Lamentations on the Disaster of War, a medley of songs by Elaine Brown, Tracy Chapman, and Lauryn Hill, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'.