Metamorphosis

Welcome to our 2025-2026 Season! Our season opener takes its title from Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. It ends with the monumental and triumphant Symphony No. 1 by Brahms.

Scott Speck, conductor

 

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Saenger Theatre

This concert, including intermission, is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
(1786-1826)

Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes
(1895-1963)            by Carl Maria von Weber

INTERMISSION

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, C minor, Op. 86
(1873-1943)

 

 

TakeNote! Learn More, Enjoy More

Enhance your concert experience with Take-Note! Join music experts and explore the world of classical music from an in-depth perspective. This informative pre-concert talk begins at 6:30 p.m. before Saturday classical performances and 1:30 p.m. before Sunday classical performances in Room 1927 adjacent to the Saenger entrance on Joachim Street.

Bring the kids for FREE on Sunday!

Through MSO’s Big Red Ticket program, sponsored by Alabama Power Foundation and the Figures Foundation, students in grades K-12 can attend any classical Sunday matinee FREE when accompanied by a paying adult. It’s a great cultural opportunity and an amazing concert experience! Seats are limited, so please purchase tickets by phone at (251)432-2010. Please no children under 5 and no babies in arms. Want to bring a student on a Saturday? Student tickets are just $10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments from our Music Director and Program Notes will be added soon.

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