SEPTEMBER

TchaikovskY Spectacular

TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR | FRI, SEPTEMBER 1

Christopher Dragon, conductor

Steven Lin, piano

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 23

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49

The last classical concert of the 2023 Summer Season features Tchaikovsky’s iconic 1812 Overture, and audience favorite and frequent Rady Shell guest conductor Christopher Dragon.

COUNTING CROWS: BANSHEE SEASON TOUR WITH FRANK TURNER | SUN, SEPTEMBER 3

For more than two decades, the Grammy® and Academy Awardnominated rock band Counting Crows has enchanted listeners worldwide with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. Exploding onto the music scene in 1993 with their multiPlatinum breakout album, August and Everything After, the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, selling more than 20 million records worldwide, and is revered as one of the world’s most pre-eminent live touring rock bands.

The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program. This performance begins at 6:30 PM.

VAN MORRISON | MON, SEPTEMBER 4

Van Morrison is a Grammy® Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who is widely considered one of the most important living artists of our time. He has albums that are ranked greatest in the entire rock and roll canon. He has over 150 songs featured in major motion pictures, including his hits “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Moondance,” “Wild Night” and “Gloria.”

The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program.

BUDDY GUY: DAMN RIGHT FAREWELL WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM | THU, SEPTEMBER 7

Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues.

Guy’s Damn Right Farewell Tour, with special guest Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, will see The Americana Music Association

Lifetime Achievement Award winner performing hits from throughout his career, in addition to his new #1 album, The Blues Don’t Lie.

The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program.

BEBOP AND BEYOND: THE MUSIC OF CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE | SAT, SEPTEMBER 9

Charles McPherson, saxophone

Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet

Jeremy Pelt, trumpet

Antonio Hart, alto sax

Joe Farnsworth, drums

Gerald Clayton, piano

David Wong, bass

Band leaders Charles McPherson and Gilbert Castellanos bring some of the most beloved charts from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to the Rady Shell stage, featuring a band made of up of some of the top jazz players in the U.S.

The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program. Musicians from the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory will perform a pre-concert set.