An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

Jacobs Music Center, San Diego, USA

Tuesday 7 May 2024

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: San Diego, USA

Starts at: 20:00

Programme

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 3

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Overview

The transcendent cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Elgar’s achingly beautiful concerto, one of the most well-known and revered of cello concertos, in this one-night-only performance. Written near the end of WWI, Elgar’s valedictory work is a searing response at once both tender and pained. Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s passionate 5th Symphony, an emotion-filled journey rife with brilliant melody.

Venue Info

Jacobs Music Center - San Diego
1245 Seventh Avenue

The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center, home of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, is a world-class facility that can host concerts, comedy shows, corporate & civic events, film screenings and more inside its performance chamber, known as Copley Symphony Hall.

Once reopened in the 2023-24 season, the new hall will be equipped with state-of-the-art digital sound and lighting technology, and will have a capacity of up to 1823 patrons. Embedded inside the performance chamber is a full-sized Robert Morton pneumatic pipe organ.

The Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall began life as The Fox Theatre movie palace in 1929, part of the famous nationwide Fox Theatres chain. It became the property of the San Diego Symphony in 1984 and was extensively renovated at that time.

In early 2022, the San Diego Symphony made the decision to take on a major project to restore and renovate its historic home, the Jacobs Music Center, as a long-term commitment to the vitality of downtown San Diego and an investment in the artistic ambitions of the orchestra. The project honors the history of the Jacobs Music Center’s building, while greatly enhancing the musical and performance experience for artists and audiences alike, resulting in a premier venue for music presentations.