Jacobs Masterworks Concerts 2023-24

Jacobs Masterworks Concerts series ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets go on sale this summer and range from $29 to $105, unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m.: World premiere of Texu Kim’s Welcome Home!! Fanfare for Jacobs Music Center (commissioned by the San Diego Symphony); Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks; West Coast premiere of Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto (co-commissioned by the symphony); Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate; and Debussy’s La mer; conducted by symphony music director Rafael Payare, featuring saxophonist Steven Banks and soprano Liv Redpath.

Saturday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m.: New work by Carlos Simon (commissioned by the symphony); Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”; featuring Rafael Payare, soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano/ contralto Anna Larsson and the San Diego Festival Chorus.

Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m.: Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin Suite; Villalobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7; world premiere of Tarnopolsky’s Danse Macabre, a San Diego Symphony-commissioned work; and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring; featuring Rafael Payare.

Friday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m.: Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” conducted by Joshua Weilerstein.

Saturday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m.: Brahms’ Haydn Variations; Bach’s Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin; and Elgar’s Enigma Variations; featuring principal guest conductor Edo De Waart, violinist Jeff Thayer and oboist Sarah Skuster.

Saturday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m.: Clyne’s This Midnight Hour; Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor; and Strauss’ Aus Italien; conducted by Tianyi Lu, featuring pianist Jan Lisiecki.

Friday, Jan. 19, and Saturday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m.: Farías’ Estallido; Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor; and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique”; conducted by Paolo Bortolameolli, featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich.

Friday, Jan. 26, and Saturday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m.: Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in A major and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 in E major, conducted by Rafael Payare.

Friday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, Feb. 17, at 8 p.m.: Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin and La Valse; West Coast premiere of the symphony-co-commissioned work Ortiz’s Altar de bronce and Debussy’s Images; conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring trumpeter Pacho Flores.

Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m.: West Coast premiere of Bates’ Violin Concerto and Wagner’s Ring Without Words, conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring violinist Gil Shaham.

Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m.: Barber’s Second Essay for Orchestra; Rorem’s Concerto for English Horn; and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition; conducted by Ludovic Morlot, featuring English horn player Andrea Overturf.

Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.: Rimsky-korsakov’s Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; and Saint-saens’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, featuring pianist Stephen Hough.

Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m.: Sibelius’ Symphony No. 6 in D minor and Symphony No. 7 in C major; Thomas’ Street Song and Selections from Meditations on Rilke, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, featuring bass-baritone Dashon Burton.

Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, at 8 p.m.: Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, “Spring,” and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, conducted by Rafael Payare and directed by Gerard Mcburney.

Friday, April 12, at 8 p.m.: Roukens’ 365; Saint-saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2; and Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird (1945 Version); conducted by Otto Tausk, featuring pianist Lang Lang.

Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m.: Roukens’ 365, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite and Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird (1945 version); conducted by Otto Tausk.

Tuesday, May 7, at 8 p.m.:

Wagner’s Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung; Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor; and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor; conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring cellist Yo-yo Ma. $109-$299.

Saturday, May 11, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m.:

Gubaidulina’s Fairytale Poem; Ravel’s Piano Concerto; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, “Eroica,”; conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring pianist Jean-yves Thibaudet.

Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m.: Brahms’ Tragic Overture and Symphony No. 2 in D major; Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor; conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring violinist Daniel Lozakovich.

Friday, May 24, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 25, at 6 p.m.: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major and Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben; conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk.

2023-2024 CURRENTS SERIES Currents series ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets are $25 for each of the three concerts.

Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m.: “Difficult Grace,” featuring cellist, narrator/guide and movement artist Seth Parker Woods and dancer/ choreographer Roderick George.

Saturday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m.: Benavides’ and Koch’s Tres minutos; conducted by Nicolás Lell Benavides with librettist Marella Martin Koch.

Wednesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.: Rizaz’s “The Wonders We Carry Inside.”

2023-2024 JAZZ @ THE JACOBS SERIES

Jazz @ The Jacobs series ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets are $29-$79 for each of the three concerts.

Saturday, Nov. 25, at 8 p.m.: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn, featuring singers Champian Fulton and Mary Stallings.

Saturday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m.: Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” featuring trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, with additional artists to be announced.

Saturday, May 4, at 8 p.m.: The Music of Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Chick Corea and Art Tatum; lineup to be announced.

2023-2024 BROADWAY SERIES Broadway series ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets are $29-$79 for each of the two concerts.

Sunday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m.: Audra Mcdonald and the San Diego Symphony, $29-$79.

Sunday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.: “Broadway: Then and Now,” featuring director and pianist Rob Fisher.

2023-2024

FAMILY CONCERT SERIES

Family concert ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets are $20-$40 for each of the three concerts.

Saturday, Nov. 5, at 12 p.m.: “Because: A Symphony of Serendipity.”

Saturday, Feb. 3, at 11:30 a.m.: “The Mountain That Loved a Bird.”

Saturday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m.: “Philharmonia Fantastique.”

SPECIAL CONCERT OFFERINGS Friday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m.: The Airborne Toxic Event. $29-$125.

Sunday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m.: “Rock N’ Radio.” $29-$79.

SEASON SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS

All series ticket packages go on sale today at 10 a.m. Single tickets will go on sale this summer.

Phone: (619) 235-0804

Box office: Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center, 700 B St., downtown Online: jacobsmusiccenter.org Friday Series A: (10 concerts), $325 to $1,021; Friday Series B: (five concerts), $213 to $596; Friday Series C: (five concerts), $130 to $470 Saturday Series A: (16 concerts), $384 to $1,424; Saturday Series B: (eight concerts), $208-$752; Saturday Series C: (eight concerts), $208-$752

Sunday Series A: (10 concerts),

$240-$890; Sunday Series B: (five concerts), $130-$470; Sunday Series C: (five concerts), $130-$470

Jazz @ the Jacobs Series: (three concerts), $78-$213

Family Concert Series: (three concerts), $45-$105

Currents Series (three concerts): $66

KIN CHEUNG AP Chinese pianist Lang Lang will perform with the San Diego Symphony in 2024.

ARMANDO FRANCA AP Renowned American cellist Yo-yo Ma will be featured with the San Diego Symphony in the coming season.