La Jolla Music Society Presents: New York Philharmonic

One stellar upcoming evening to mark on your calendar is Wednesday, May 4^th at 8:00pm. That is the night the New York Philharmonic will take their tour to the very fortunate San Diego and be presented by La Jolla Music Society. It will be a night to remember, as one of America’s oldest orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, will perform pieces by masters Beethoven and Sibelius. The New York Philharmonic will perform at Copley Symphony Hall, which is the performance center of the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center. 

Seating up to 2231 lucky viewers, the Copley Symphony Hall is the host of concerts, comedy shows, corporate & civic events, film screenings, and more. In 1929, The Fox Theatre movie palace - part of the nationwide Fox theaters chain - founded the property, which became the Copley Symphony Hall in 1984. It then became the property of the San Diego Symphony.

The Musical Arts Society of La Jolla was founded in 1941; now known as the La Jolla Music Society, it has the mission "to enhance the vitality and deepen the cultural life of San Diego by presenting and producing a dynamic range of performing arts for our increasingly diverse community."

With persistence for the advancement of instrumental music, the New York Philharmonic was founded in 1842, then called the Philharmonic Society of New York. Now conducted by Alan Gilbert, the Philharmonic’s Music Director since 2009, the internationally–acclaimed orchestra will amaze San Diego on May 4^th. Alan Gilbert studied at Harvard University’s Curtis Institute of Music as well as Julliard. He received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Curtis in 2010 and a Ditson Conductor’s Award from Columbia University. Then in 2014, Gilbert was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences followed by the reception of a Foreign Policy Association Medal for his commitment to cultural diplomacy.  

Alan Gilbert will conduct the orchestra according to a program that includes Ludwig Van Beethoven and Jean Sibelius. The music will include Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, originally composed in 1809-1810 inspired by Goethe’s 1787 play Egmont. When Goethe saw his work set to Beethoven’s music, he noted, "Beethoven has followed my intentions with admirable genius."

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 will also be presented in San Diego, which is a notorious favorite due to its exuberant rhythm. Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7, composed in 1924, and Finlandia, composed in 1900, will also be played throughout the evening. Symphony No. 7 is a triumphant score full of grandeur with a prevalent trombone theme; it was unofficially known as Finland’s national anthem. Finlandia closes with a triumphant reprise of the fierce opening and can be heard in the movies The Hunt for Red October and Die Hard 2.

Tickets for this New York Philharmonic concert at the Copley Symphony Hall are currently on sale through the Jacobs Music Center Ticket Office and at (619) 235-0804.