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Presented by San Diego Symphony
3/5/2027 - 3/7/2027
 Edward Gardner, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Fantasy-Overture, Op. 18
RAVEL: Shéhérazade
DEBUSSY: La mer
British conductor Edward Gardner leads a vivid, ocean themed program exploring humanity’s eternal fascination with the sea – its stillness, storms, and mystery.
Mendelssohn’s youthful concert overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, inspired by Goethe’s poem, captures the peril of a ship becalmed with no wind to move it – an image of both physical and spiritual stagnation. A breath of air stirs, the sails fill, and the music surges with joyful momentum toward open waters.
Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest, after Shakespeare, transforms Prospero’s magical island into a world of tempest and tenderness, combining tempestuous storms with luminous love music for Miranda and Ferdinand before peace is restored.
Ravel’s sumptuous Shéhérazade, based on orientalist poems, evokes exotic voyages and sensual dreamscapes through glowing orchestral color and the voice’s seductive allure.
Debussy’s La mer, perhaps the most famous musical portrait of the sea, closes the program. Its three movements – From Dawn to Noon on the Sea, Play of the Waves, and Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea – trace the ocean’s transformations from calm to tempest and serenity again. For Debussy, the sea becomes both natural and human – vast, unpredictable, and deeply emotional.
Venue Jacobs Music Center
1245 Seventh Ave.
San Diego CA 92101
Details Regions: San Diego
Categories: Music > Classical
Event Phone: 619-235-0804 Performance Dates 3/5/2027 - 3/7/2027Friday, 03/05/2027
Sunday, 03/07/2027
Performance Times Friday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2:00 p.m.
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