California Symphony presents All Things Strings, a program featuring the largest section and the melodic heart and soul of the orchestra, the strings section. The piano – an instrument with strings but technically a member of the percussion family – also makes an appearance in this celebration of the lush and lyrical sounds of music played on 188 strings and 88 keys. Featured on the program is guest pianist and San Francisco native Elizabeth Dorman in Gerald Finzi’s Eclogue for Piano and Strings. The program also includesGrażyna Bacewicz’s powerful Concerto for String Orchestra, Antonín Dvořák’s exulting Serenade for Strings (in E major), and Edward Elgar’s exhilarating Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47. The concert will be conducted by California Symphony’s Music Director Donato Cabrera.