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Cyber Monday 2018
Less Monday,
More Friday
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50% off of Friday concerts through the end of the season!*
CHOOSE FROM THIS EXCITING LINEUP OF CONCERTS
Fri, Nov 30
Mozart and Dvořák
Witold Lutosławski wrote his charming Polish folk music-based Little Suite in response to criticism of his First Symphony as being “too modern." Antonín Dvoŕák’s Sixth Symphony brought him international recognition, and shows his developed style following German traditional form infused with Czech folk melodies. Concertmaster Jeff Thayer performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final violin concerto, which contains a hint of international influence in the final movement.
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Fri, Dec 7
Vivaldi and Bach with Avi Avital
Renowned artist Avi Avital performs two well-known Baroque concertos on the mandolin in his Jacobs Masterworks debut with the San Diego Symphony. The juxtaposition of baroque with Russian masterworks, including tributes by Anton Arensky and Igor Stravinsky to Piotr Tchaikovsky, creates a rich textural contrast.
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Fri, Dec 21
Noel Noel
The San Diego Symphony invites you to make Copley Symphony Hall your home for the holidays at our annual “Noel Noel” concert. Broadway darling Bryonha Marie Parham (Ragtime, Book of Mormon, Porgy and Bess, Prince of Broadway, After Midnight) will amp up the Christmas mood with her powerhouse voice and her 100-watt personality as she sings magical favorites including "Believe" from Polar Express and “White Christmas.” Choirs fill the hall with joy in traditional favorites like "Carol of the Bells, " “Silent Night” and "Sleigh Ride." Sing your own heart out with the symphony during the audience-sing-along and visit with the North Pole’s most famous resident! Join us to celebrate the beauty of Copley Symphony Hall adorned for the season and the music of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.
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Fri, Jan 11
Payare & Weilerstein: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Music Director Designate Rafael Payare makes his only Jacobs Masterworks appearance this season with acclaimed cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the SDSO’s first-ever performance of Benjamin Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 was performed months after the death of Stalin, and is a self-reflective composition containing embedded messages of personal identity.
The Los Angles Times has published a rhapsodic review of cellist Alisa Weilerstein's recent performances at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Hall.
Fri, Jan 18
The Young Romantics: Mendelssohn, Liszt & Berlioz
The Romantic movement was launched by the three early innovators on this program, who shook the world and shaped the future with these youthful masterworks – Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique - all originating in the bountiful year of 1830. Michael Francis (Mainly Mozart Festival Music Director) conducts, with rising star pianist Rodolfo Leone.
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Fri, Jan 25
Matt’s Playlist: Beethoven, Stravinsky & Schubert
Enjoy the concert version of a playlist curated by composer-conductor and 2018 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Award recipient Matthew Aucoin. "Matt’s Playlist" shuffles music written in radically different times and places and allows us to hear music in new ways and discover new and unexpected connections between new music and music written centuries ago – all of which looks ahead to the future. Internationally acclaimed baritone Rod Gilfry makes a special appearance to sing selections from Aucoin's own opera, Crossing, based on the poetry of Walt Whitman.
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Fri, Feb 15
Augustin Hadelich Returns: Dvořák, Bartók & Brahms
The San Diego Symphony welcomes back one of our favorite musical friends of the past decade, violinist Augustin Hadelich, recently named Instrumentalist of the Year (2018) by Musical America, for this musical journey through Central and Eastern Europe.
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Fri, Feb 22
A Celebration of Frank Sinatra with Michael Feinstein
In this show celebrating the magic of Frank Sinatra, Michael Feinstein and his trio will perform favorites with contemporary surprises. Expect to be transported to several different decades of music hearing some of your favorite swinging American standards made famous by Sinatra. There will be many fun twists and turns in this “Seasons of Sinatra” show.
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Fri, Mar 1
Edo de Waart Conducts Mahler 4
Pre-eminent conductor Edo de Waart, who thrilled San Diego audiences last season with his interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, returns for Mahler’s song-driven Fourth Symphony. Guest soprano Joélle Harvey, in her SDSO debut, also sings on Samuel Barber’s haunting and nostalgic snapshot of early 20th century Tennessee, Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
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Fri, Mar 22
Puccini’s Glorious Mass
Opera genius Giacomo Puccini wrote his Messa di Gloria as a graduation exercise at the age of 22. In it we hear ideas that would later find their way to his well-loved operas. Italian conductor Speranza Scappucci, who is at home in the opera house or concert hall, makes her San Diego Symphony debut in these performances.
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Fri, Apr 12
Ling Conducts Brahms
Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling has created a tradition in San Diego with his performances of the symphonies of Johannes Brahms. Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki makes his San Diego debut in the Second Concerto of Frédéric Chopin, the recording of which brought Lisiecki to world-wide attention at the age of 14.
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Fri, May 3
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Copley Symphony Hall’s mighty Robert Morton theater organ takes center stage in two of the most famous orchestral works written for the “King of instruments.” Leading the concert will be Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling. Guest organist will be internationally recognized San Diego native Chelsea Chen in her Jacobs Music Center debut.
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Fri, May 24
Season Finale with Cristian Măcelaru: Rachmaninoff, Strauss & Bernstein
A banquet of popular composers is on the menu for this season finale concert which includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s passionate Second Piano Concerto as well as playful masterpieces by Richard Strauss and Leonard Bernstein, all led by frequent guest conductor Cristian Măcelaru.
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