Juliet Proko ev’s

An Immersive Retelling of Star-Crossed Love

A feast of gorgeous music from Prokofiev’s much-loved 1935 ballet score complete with beautiful projections and voices to tell the immortal story of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Jacobs Music Center will be immersed with beautiful original illustrations and the glorious music of Prokofiev performed by Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony in this achingly familiar story of love and loss. Created and directed by Gerard McBurney, this will be a production like no other and a season highlight not to be missed!

RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2

Friday, Mar 15; Saturday, Mar 16; Sunday, Mar 17, 2024

Sir Mark Elder, conductor

Sir Stephen Hough, piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

Experience Sergei Rachmaninoff’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 2, among the greatest piano showpieces in classical repertoire. The concerto’s emotional peaks and valleys will sparkle in the hands of soloist Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor Sir Mark Elder, in his first appearances in San Diego, leads this program of classical titans, including Camille Saint-Saëns’ sonorous Symphony No. 3 featuring the organ of Copley Symphony Hall. Rimsky-Korsakov’s passionate Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan opens this vivid program.

Michael Tilson Thomas And Sibelius

Saturday, Mar 23 & Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor

Michael Tilson Thomas: Selections from Meditations on Rilke

Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, lauded across the globe for a half-century of achievements in classical music, is featured with San Diego Symphony as both conductor and composer.

Sibelius masterworks bookend the program: the 6th Symphony, which the composer reminisced upon as depicting the “scent of the first snow” opens the evening, with his 7th symphony described as his “most astonishing and fantastical” closing the program. Adding to this stellar program are works from Tilson Thomas: songs set to the master poet Rilke performed by Grammy® Award-winning bassbaritone Dashon Burton, as well as Street Song, an ode to the experience of musicians greeting the dawn, featuring the brass of the San Diego Symphony.

PROKOFIEV: ROMEO & JULIETIMAGINED!

Friday, Mar 29 & Saturday, Mar 30, 2024

Rafael Payare, conductor

Gerard McBurney, director

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in BL Major, “Spring”

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

A feast of gorgeous music from Prokofiev’s much-loved 1935 ballet score complete with beautiful projections and excerpts highlighting the immortal story of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Jacobs Music Center will be immersed with beautiful original illustrations and the glorious music of Prokofiev performed by Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony in this achingly familiar story of star-crossed lovers. Created and directed by Gerard McBurney, this spectacular production is not to be missed.

LANG LANG PLAYS SAINT-SAËNS

Friday, Apr 12, 2024

Otto Tausk, conductor

Lang Lang, piano

Joey Roukens: 365

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1945 Version)

Soar through a mythical story of princes and princesses, magic and heroics as Dutch conductor Otto Tausk leads Stravinsky’s enchanting Firebird Suite. The program opens with Joey Rouken’s thought-provoking 365—365 measures of beguiling twists and turns that take on different guises, from impressionistlike textures to minimalist passages, and references to pop and jazz. And at the end of work, listeners arrive exactly at the point where the piece started... not unlike a year cycle of 365 days. Concertgoers will receive a special treat as the virtuosic Lang Lang returns to San Diego, performing Saint-Saëns' stunning Piano Concerto No. 2.

The Firebird

Sunday, Apr 14, 2024

Otto Tausk, conductor

Joey Roukens: 365

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1945 Version)

Soar through a mythical story of princes and princesses, magic and heroics as Dutch conductor Otto Tausk leads Stravinsky’s enchanting Firebird Suite. The program opens with Joey Rouken’s thought-provoking 365 365 measures of beguiling twists and turns that bring you back to where it all began. Enjoy the beloved Swan Lake Suite by Tchaikovsky, for an afternoon of iconic masterworks of music for ballet.

AN EVENING WITH YO-YO MA

Special Event

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Rafael Payare, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Wagner: Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

The transcendent cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Elgar’s achingly beautiful concerto, one of the most wellknown and revered of cello concertos, in this onenight-only performance. Written near the end of WWI, Elgar’s valedictory work is a searing response at once both tender and pained.

Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s passionate 5th Symphony, an emotion-filled journey rife with brilliant melody.

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 12, 2024

Rafael Payare, conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem

Ravel: Piano Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in EL Major, "Eroica"

Rafael Payare leads this brilliant Romanticmeets-Modern program that opens with Sofia Gubaidulina's dynamic Fairytale Poem. JeanYves Thibaudet brings his dazzling style and theatricality to 20th-century composer Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto. The second half features Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 3—an ode to heroism, revolution and freedom. The “Eroica” is considered by many to be the greatest of not just Beethoven's symphonies, but the greatest symphony of all time.

Brahms And Mendelssohn

Saturday, May 18 & Sunday, May 19, 2024

Rafael Payare, conductor

Daniel Lozakovich, violin

Brahms: Tragic Overture

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is a beloved showcase for soloistic lyricism and virtuosity, and will be the vehicle for Daniel Lozakovich in his San Diego Symphony debut. Rafael Payare leads soloist Daniel Lozakovich and the symphony in this dynamic program that opens with Brahms’s intense Tragic Overture and closes with the warmth and grandeur of his Symphony No. 2, the second in our cycle of Brahms’ symphonies.

Beethoven And Strauss

Friday, May 24 & Saturday, May 25, 2024

Rafael Payare, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Beethoven introduced his captivating Piano Concerto No. 4 to public audiences in a legendary concert that also premiered his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. Soloist Jeremy Denk, hailed by The New York Times as “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs” joins Music Director Rafael Payare and the Symphony for this brilliant program to close the season. The second half features Strauss’s evocative and sweeping Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). A tone poem of epic proportions, Ein Heldenleben is one of the most inspiring pieces ever composed for orchestra and one of the most challenging, with substantial technical demands for every instrument.

The University Club atop Symphony Towers is pleased to offer pre-concert prix-fixe dinners to subscribers on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Experience true fine dining in San Diego with an unprecedented view. The University Club's renowned executive chef and experienced culinary team offer extraordinary seasonal menu items featuring only the freshest of ingredients.

A CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF JACOBS MUSIC CENTER

Opening Night

TO INCLUDE RECEPTION, OPENING NIGHT CONCERT, DINNER AND MORE

SAVE THE DATE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 5:00 PM