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In February 2020, barely a month before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shuttered all live events, the San Diego Symphony announced the summer lineup for the 2020 summer debut season of its new outdoor concert venue at Embarcadero Marina Park South, The Shell.
This August, 13 months after its originally scheduled July 2020 opening, the newly renamed Rady Shell at Jacobs Park will belatedly open with a lineup that boasts stars from the worlds of classical music, rock, R&B, jazz, mariachi, Broadway and beyond.
Confirmed acts include at least three Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Motown vocal icon Gladys Knight, Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson and Police co-founder Stewart Copeland, who will drum at the Aug. 27 world premiere “Police Deranged for Orchestra” concert.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diego Symphony and Music Director Rafael Payare have curated a special 2021 digital season that strives to inspire and connect with its audience while in-person performances cannot occur due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From January to May 2021, the San Diego Symphony will release monthly orchestral virtual concerts featuring Music Director Rafael Payare and San Diego Symphony musicians. The monthly concerts will be livestreamed for at-home viewing launching January 29.
Kicking off the series on Friday, January 29, at 7 p.m. is Wagner Meets Mozart, led by Music Director Rafael Payare. The San Diego Symphony’s brass section resounds throughout Copley Symphony Hall with works by the great opera composer Richard Wagner. The program begins with Wagner’s Prelude to Act III from Die Meistersinger and the deeply moving and powerful Siegfried’s Funeral March from Götterdämmerung. The program closes with Mozart’s intimately charming Symphony No. 29.
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Three months after it canceled its entire fall 2020 concert season, the San Diego Symphony has announced that COVID-19-induced restrictions has forced the cancellation of in-person performances through May of 2021.
“Since the COVID-19 pandemic closed Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center’s doors to audiences in March 2020, the San Diego Symphony has continuously prioritized the health and safety of its musicians, staff, audiences, as well as its social responsibility,” according to a statement released this week. “The organization (has announced) a continued commitment to sharing music virtually while in-person performances cannot occur, with all previously scheduled events canceled through May 2021.”