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Diablo Symphony Orchestra A Musical Mother’s Day: River Journeys Sunday, May 11, 2025, 2:00 PM Travel down the Mississippi and the Moldau in a Mother’s Day concert that celebrates musical creativity and the beauty of Mother Earth. The ebb and flow of the Mississippi Suite reveals the landscapes, birds, and people in the lands of southern spirituals and New Orleans jazz, and “The Moldau,” capturing the composer’s love of his homeland, flows past hunters, a village wedding, a legendary gorge, and whitewater rapids before reaching Prague and its Bohemian castle, Vyšehrad. And Rokeach’s creative Piccolo Concerto takes the listener on a celebratory journey as it showcases the instrument’s uniquely sweet-toned low register. Event location: Lesher Center for the Arts, Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County Conductor: Matilda Hofman Featured musicians: Amy Likar, piccolo Repertoire Summary: Florence Price – Mississippi River Suite Martin Rokeach – Piccolo Concerto, Amy Likar Bedřich Smetana – “The Moldau” Website: https://www.diablosymphony.org/events/a-musical-mothers-day-river-journeys/