This is the long awaited, triumphant opening night concert of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park that you can't afford to miss! The starry evening combines a world premiere San Diego Symphony commission from celebrated American composer Mason Bates, delicious classical excerpts, world-class guest artists (like pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and rising young bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green), heart-pounding song selections and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, all led by Music Director Rafael Payare in his public concert debut at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

EPSG:4326

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park® Opens: A Celebration with Rafael Payare and The San Diego Symphony

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Los Angeles, CA (August 13, 2021) - GRAMMY®, TONY®, and Emmy® Award-winning recording artist and songwriter BEN PLATT today announces his biggest North American headline tour thus far, set to kick off February 23, 2022, at Orlando, FL’s Amway Center. The tour will hit San Diego’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on Sunday, April 3 and will culminate with the tour finale on April 8, 2022, at Los Angeles’ legendary Hollywood Bowl. Among the tour’s indisputable highlights will be Platt’s first ever headline show at New York City’s world-famous Madison Square Garden, set for March 6, 2022. A full list of tour dates can be found below.

BEN PLATT: THE REVERIE TOUR with Special Guest Jake Wesley Rogers

A night to celebrate a pair of Russian Romantics! Principal Guest Conductor Edo de Waart leads the Orchestra in Sergei Rachmaninoff's melodic and shimmering Symphonic Dances. The virtuosic pianist Simon Trpčeski performs Piotr Tchaikovsky's beloved Piano Concerto No. 1.

EDO DE WAART & The Russian Romantics

About</a>
	<div>
	<div>
	From “A Slow Boat to China” to “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” Frank Loesser wrote hundreds of hit songs for Broadway and Hollywood. His scores for the shows Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and The Most Happy Fella are still among the most beloved of all time, and his Oscar®-winning songs for the movies are sung the world over. “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” “If I Were a Bell,” “Once in Love with Amy” and many more favorites will be performed by a trio of Broadway stars, with Ted Sperling hosting and leading the San Diego Symphony.

LUCK BE A LADY: Ted Sperling Celebrates the Songs of Frank

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59E40S_EQSY

The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THv6htilWtI

The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

CHICAGO - The Musical – In Concert is a sensational tale of sin, corruption and all that jazz with a ripped-from-the-headlines story about fame and scandal, and one show-stopping song after another. In celebration of one of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s most beloved musicals, Rob Fisher and Tom Thompson created this full-length concert adaptation featuring a five-member cast of seasoned Broadway performers and a fresh new orchestral arrangement created by Bill Elliot for a full symphony orchestra, including every song from the original score and interstitial spoken dialogue.CHICAGO The Musical – In Concert is produced by Artist Management Partners Productions Worldwide LLC (AMP), in association with National Artists Management Company, featuring Rob Fisher conducting the San Diego Symphony and soloists performing songs from the hit musical Chicago, currently the longest running musical on Broadway.

CHICAGO The Musical — In Concert

About</a>
	<div>
	<div>
	Bring your kids and grandkids for this special daytime performance of Peter and the Wolf. Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in this classic "symphonic fairy tale" by Serge Prokofiev, which will be narrated by celebrated spoken word artist Gill Sotu.

PETER AND THE WOLF Conducted by Rafael Payare

About</a>	<div>	<div>	Following on the huge success of "Beethoven v. Coldplay," "Brahms v. Radiohead" is conductor Steve Hackman's epic symphonic synthesis of Radiohead's album OK Computer and Johannes Brahms' First Symphony, utilizing a full 70-piece orchestra and three pop vocalists.The piece stays in the romantic sound world of Brahms, using only the instruments he would have used to debut his Symphony, but woven in, superimposed, and inserted are the melodies and music of Radiohead. At times we hear the melodies and words of Radiohead suspended over Brahms’ original music; at times we hear the orchestra playing the music of Radiohead but with the dense counterpoint of Brahms. Every combination is explored, and we constantly move from one to the other — but the piece is seamless and many times the audience is left wondering which is which, and how the combination was even possible.

Steve Hackman's BRAHMS V. RADIOHEAD

One of the most successful indie-rock duos of the 1990's, Indigo Girls, light up the night at The Rady Shell with their passionate songwriting and unforgettable harmonies, all backed by the warm textures of the San Diego Symphony conducted by Sean O'Loughlin.

INDIGO GIRLS

Renowned pianist and La Jolla Music Society SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan performs Maurice Ravel's sublime Concerto in G. Music Director Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s monumental and glorious Titan, an earlier, five-movement version of his famous Symphony No. 1. The evening opens with Reinaldo Moya's hauntingly beautiful work inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.

PAYARE, BARNATAN AND MAHLER @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

NEA Jazz Master and 20-time Grammy®-winning guitar icon Pat Metheny presents his latest band project: Side-Eye, featuring pianist and keyboardist James Francies and drummer Joe Dyson.

PAT METHENY SIDE-EYE with James Francies & Joe Dyson

It is with deep regret, respect and consideration that Bobby McFerrin has decided to cancel his appearance at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego. He looks forward to making music with you all in the future.

BOBBY MCFERRIN [cancelled]

Join Capathia Jenkins, Tony DeSare and conductor Steven Reineke  as they recreate some of the magic LIVE of Frank singing with Ella and several other of the great Ladies of American Song. Featured songs include: “This Could Be the Start of Something Big,” “Come Fly with Me,” “Hallelujah I Love Him So,” The Lady is a Tramp,” “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” “New York, New York” and more!

Frank Sinatra and the Great Ladies of Song

Join singer/songwriter and two-time Grammy® Award winner Jason Mraz live in concert featuring the San Diego Symphony. From "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" to "Lucky," this special stop includes world premieres of Mraz performing his songs arranged specifically for symphony orchestra – all from San Diego’s newest iconic waterfront venue: The Rady Shell. This is a collaboration you do not want to miss!

Jason Mraz

In the spectacular climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Return of the Jedi (1983) sees Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia, joined by Yoda and the Ewoks in an adventure across the galaxy as Darth Vader prepares to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Watch the complete film unfold on the screen as the San Diego Symphony performs John Williams’ legendary score live. 

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI — In Concert

Viva Brasil! Latin music legend Sergio Mendes returns for a night of bossa nova & samba together with popular music themes and timeless hits like "Mas Que Nada!"

SERGIO MENDES with the San Diego Symphony

More than 50 years after The Beatles recorded their final studio album, Abbey Road, Classic Albums Live will perform the masterpiece in its entirety, cover to cover. Experience many of the most recognizable Beatles songs, including "Something," "Come Together," and "Here Comes the Sun" from this iconic album.

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE Performs The Beatles — Abbey Road

Hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon was released on March 1, 1973, and subsequently charted for more than 900 weeks, selling an estimated 45 million worldwide. Classic Albums Live performs the groundbreaking album in its entirety, including megahits “Money,” “Us and Them” and “The Great Gig in the Sky,” note for note and cut for cut!

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE Performs Pink Floyd — Dark Side of the Moon

Summer in San Diego would not be complete without the San Diego Symphony’s “1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular” and that beloved tradition now continues at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park! Conductor and audience favorite Gemma New returns to lead the Orchestra in a program of Russian favorites, including Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and the 1812 Overture.

1812 TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR

Neo-soul/Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. has achieved global impact following six Grammy® Award nominations and four wins. Throughout 2019 Clark ascended to greater heights with the release of This Land – his third full-length studio album which bowed at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, marking his third consecutive Top 10 debut. The album and single of the same name attracted acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork Media and more.  The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program.

GARY CLARK JR. with Special Guest Suzanne Santo

Relive the celebrated cult classic, The Goonies, screened with the full score performed live by your San Diego Symphony. What happens when a group of kids comes across a map leading to One-Eyed Willy’s pirate treasure? Released in 1985 to both critical and commercial success, grossing over $61 million that year, The Goonies has been a childhood rite of passage for many generations! Celebrate one of the most enchanting films of the ‘80s as "Goonies Never Say Die!"

Events in San Diego, CA

The Rady Shell at Jacobs ...

San Diego Symphony

BEN PLATT: THE REVERIE TO...

San Diego Symphony

EDO DE WAART & The Russia...

San Diego Symphony

LUCK BE A LADY: Ted Sperl...

The Artelize Podcast and ...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast - A ...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast: A l...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast and ...

Artelize

CHICAGO The Musical — In ...

San Diego Symphony

PETER AND THE WOLF Conduc...

Steve Hackman's BRAHMS V....

INDIGO GIRLS

San Diego Symphony

PAYARE, BARNATAN AND MAHL...

San Diego Symphony

PAT METHENY SIDE-EYE with...

San Diego Symphony

BOBBY MCFERRIN [cancelled...

San Diego Symphony

Frank Sinatra and the Gre...

San Diego Symphony

Jason Mraz

San Diego Symphony

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE ...

San Diego Symphony

SERGIO MENDES with the Sa...

San Diego Symphony

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE Perfo...

San Diego Symphony

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE Perfo...

San Diego Symphony

1812 TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACU...

San Diego Symphony

GARY CLARK JR. with Speci...

San Diego Symphony

The Goonies — In Concert

San Diego Symphony