SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY, RAFAEL PAYARE

and ALISA WEILERSTEIN

STERN AUDITORIUM/PERELMAN STAGE AT OCTOBER 13, 2023

Continuing its rapid transformation under Music Director Rafael Payare and CEO

Martha Gilmer, the San Diego Symphony will perform at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 13, 2023 marking their first performance there in ten years. The exciting musical program will feature the New York premiere of a San Diego Symphony commission by composer Carlos Simon, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5—part of the Orchestra’s ongoing exploration of the composer’s symphonies—and Dvořák’s celebrated Cello Concerto with soloist Alisa Weilerstein.

Music Director Rafael Payare is thrilled to return to Carnegie for his first performance with the San Diego Symphony. “For any orchestra, an appearance at Carnegie Hall is a thrilling showcase. For us, it is also the prelude to a return to San Diego to inaugurate our newly renovated home, Jacobs Music Center, now made more beautiful and enjoyable than ever.”

The Carnegie Hall concert will be the first for the Orchestra with Rafael Payare conducting, and Payare and Weilerstein’s first performance together in the New York area. Upon returning to San Diego, the Orchestra will offer a season of wide-ranging programs—from Mahler’s staggering “Resurrection” Symphony to staged performances of Prokofiev’s music for Romeo and Juliet—to reintroduce audiences to Jacobs Music Center following a $125 million renovation and restoration. Other season highlights include The Ring Without Words, a symphonic journey through Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle, conducted by Rafael Payare as an homage to his mentor, Lorin Maazel; world premieres of compositions by Texu Kim, Carlos Simon, and Vladimir Tarnopolsky; and the West Coast premieres of works by Mason Bates, Gabriela Ortiz, and Billy Childs.

Friday, October 13, 8PM

Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)

Rafael Payare, Conductor

Alisa Weilerstein, Cello

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

CARLOS SIMON: New Commission

DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor

For tickets and more information, visit CarnegieHall.org