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World-Class Performances Close to Home
You don’t have to journey to the world’s distant capitals to experience the pinnacle of human creativity. While the pyramids remain in Cairo and the Parthenon stands in Athens, the greatest masterpieces of music are alive, breathing, and waiting for you right here at home. The Mobile Symphony brings the real thing to our own backyard with a vitality that rivals any stage on earth. From the visceral energy of Beethoven & Blue Jeans, to the timeless elegance of Chopin, to the jaw-dropping thrills of John Williams, this is your music, played by your orchestra. No recording can replicate the combustion that happens when we all gather at the Saenger. You are the most essential part of that experience. The Mobile Symphony is our shared musical vehicle. Thank you for joining us on this extraordinary ride.
– Scott Speck, Music Director
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Spectacular!
Spectacular!
Three vivid musical canvases launch the Mobile Symphony's season with spectacular colors, as we celebrate the connection between the visual and musical arts. Berlioz's Roman Carnival depicts a wild Mardi Gras celebration during the lifetime of Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Our former Compo...
Beethoven & Blue Jeans
Beethoven & Blue Jeans
Dress down for one of the most uplifting concerts of the year. This program contains TWO fifths of Beethoven -- the symphony and the piano concerto. Beginning with the most famous four notes in music history, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is the ultimate journey from struggle to triumph. The majestic P...
Swing into the Holidays!
Swing into the Holidays!
Our holiday concerts are a highly anticipated Gulf Coast family tradition! This year, we are kicking up the excitement with a program of jazz and swing. With a contagious smile and captivating charm, the conductor, trumpet virtuoso, singer and actor Byron Stripling has ignited audiences across the g...
Cellobration
Cellobration
A fiery fuse burns throughout this concert of sweeping Romantic and Eastern European melodies. Presented here for the first time, Johann Strauss's exuberant overture to The Gypsy Baron fills the stage with Hungarian flair and operatic melodrama. The emotional heart of the concert beats during Saint-...
Four Seasons
Four Seasons
It's eight seasons for the price of four! Beloved violinist Chee Yun returns to Mobile with her signature double-take on The Four Seasons. The colorful Baroque tone-paintings of Antonio Vivaldi -- some of the earliest true masterpieces of musical description and humor -- alternate with the Four Seas...
Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax
One of the finest pianists of our time, Emanuel Ax has the soul of a poet, the technique of a dynamo and the spirit of a collaborator. For his first visit to Mobile, he brings the deeply lyrical Piano Concerto No. 2 by Frederic Chopin, a work overflowing with graceful melodies and acrobatic pianisti...
The Music of Star Wars
The Music of Star Wars
The Mobile Symphony closes out their 2026-2027 Season with a sweeping collection of John Williams’ most popular works from his Star Wars soundtracks - just in time for May the Fourth! From its unforgettable 1977 opening fanfare from a galaxy far away, John Williams's music to Star Wars has defined...
CONCERT SPOTLIGHT
Spectacular!
October 10 & 11, 2026
Three vivid musical canvases launch the Mobile Symphony’s 2026-2027 season with spectacular colors, as we celebrate the connection between the visual and musical arts.
Berlioz’s Roman Carnival depicts a wild Mardi Gras celebration during the lifetime of Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Former MSO Composer-in-Residence Kenji Bunch brings the bold cartoon imagery of Pop art to life in a contemporary masterpiece inspired by the paintings of Roy Lichtenstein. And Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition portrays the whimsical, fantastical, sometimes monstrous creations of artist Viktor Hartmann.
Together these works highlight the power of music to paint pictures with the limitless palette of the modern symphony orchestra. We hope you’ll join us as we open this extraordinary season!
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