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Final Month of the Season at San Diego Symphony
These aren't just concerts, these are events
Anton Bruckner, finally.
The San Diego Symphony is set to wrap up the 2024-2025 Jacobs Masterworks series with several exciting concerts in May. These concerts will conclude the Jacobs Music Center’s maiden season. These aren’t just concerts, they are events. The programming highlights the symphony's commitment to presenting both timeless masterpieces and innovative contemporary works.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Yoshimatsu, Smetana, Dvorak
- Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
The merry month of May starts with two concerts on Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4. The main course for these concerts is Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 8. I’m coming off a week of listening to Dvořák all day every day, so this will be an exclamation point for my personal experience of the great Czech composer.
Video:
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
There is a rarity on the program as well. Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Soprano Saxophone Concerto was written about 20 years ago, and it sounds interesting. If you’re a fan of the saxophone, this is your chance to hear it in an orchestral setting.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Chin & Bruckner
- Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Cellist Alicia Weilerstein and San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare perform Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11. This is the concert I’ve been waiting for. Last year was the 150th anniversary of Bruckner’s death, and his Symphony No. 7 was scheduled, but got pushed back due to the delays on the Jacobs Music Center renovations.
I’m not sure about the cello concerto by Chin but Weilerstein is a tremendous performer. I am sure about the Bruckner. This concert could set a new high water mark for Payare and the orchestra.
Video:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
The concerts on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, feature Camille Saint-Saëns and Dmitri Shostakovich. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet tackles Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5: Egyptian. The title Egyptian was given to this concerto because Saint-Saëns composed it while visiting the temple at Luxor.
Rafael Payare has proven himself a willing and able conductor of Shostakovich. This time around, he is taking on the epic war-time Symphony No. 7. Written in 1941, Shostakovich submitted the symphony in 1942 as a dedication to the city of Leningrad and the horrific battle fought there.
Video:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
The final concerts of the season are on Friday, May 23, Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25. The season started with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, and it will end with Mahler's Symphony No. 3. This is the only piece programmed, due to its epic length and scope. There doesn’t really need to be another piece when Mahler is on the ticket.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Saint-Saenzs & Shostakovich
- Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
All four of these concerts are full of exciting and massive pieces of music. All the stops are being pulled and the 2024-2025 season is coming to a thundering conclusion.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Final Month of the Season at San Diego Symphony
These aren't just concerts, these are events
Final Month of the Season at San Diego Symphony
These aren't just concerts, these are events
Anton Bruckner, finally.
The San Diego Symphony is set to wrap up the 2024-2025 Jacobs Masterworks series with several exciting concerts in May. These concerts will conclude the Jacobs Music Center’s maiden season. These aren’t just concerts, they are events. The programming highlights the symphony's commitment to presenting both timeless masterpieces and innovative contemporary works.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Yoshimatsu, Smetana, Dvorak
- Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
The merry month of May starts with two concerts on Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4. The main course for these concerts is Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 8. I’m coming off a week of listening to Dvořák all day every day, so this will be an exclamation point for my personal experience of the great Czech composer.
Video:
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
There is a rarity on the program as well. Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Soprano Saxophone Concerto was written about 20 years ago, and it sounds interesting. If you’re a fan of the saxophone, this is your chance to hear it in an orchestral setting.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Chin & Bruckner
- Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Cellist Alicia Weilerstein and San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare perform Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11. This is the concert I’ve been waiting for. Last year was the 150th anniversary of Bruckner’s death, and his Symphony No. 7 was scheduled, but got pushed back due to the delays on the Jacobs Music Center renovations.
I’m not sure about the cello concerto by Chin but Weilerstein is a tremendous performer. I am sure about the Bruckner. This concert could set a new high water mark for Payare and the orchestra.
Video:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
The concerts on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, feature Camille Saint-Saëns and Dmitri Shostakovich. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet tackles Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5: Egyptian. The title Egyptian was given to this concerto because Saint-Saëns composed it while visiting the temple at Luxor.
Rafael Payare has proven himself a willing and able conductor of Shostakovich. This time around, he is taking on the epic war-time Symphony No. 7. Written in 1941, Shostakovich submitted the symphony in 1942 as a dedication to the city of Leningrad and the horrific battle fought there.
Video:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
The final concerts of the season are on Friday, May 23, Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25. The season started with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, and it will end with Mahler's Symphony No. 3. This is the only piece programmed, due to its epic length and scope. There doesn’t really need to be another piece when Mahler is on the ticket.
Upcoming Event
Jacobs Masterworks: Saint-Saenzs & Shostakovich
- Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
All four of these concerts are full of exciting and massive pieces of music. All the stops are being pulled and the 2024-2025 season is coming to a thundering conclusion.
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