by Tamara | Nov 19, 2018 | News
This December, the Mobile Symphony is partnering with WKRG for their Magical Christmas Toy Drive, which distributes toys to local children in need. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to our ‘Tis the Season concert on either December 15 or...
by Tamara | Oct 9, 2018 | News
Overture to William Tell, Gioachino Rossini Where have you heard it before? As the theme to The Lone Ranger By the time Rossini set to work on William Tell in 1828, he had already announced that it would be his final opera. Premiering in Paris in 1829, this...
by Tamara | Oct 9, 2018 | News
Time for Three (Tf3) is a classically-trained string trio that explores a variety of musical genres. The members of the group are violinist Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violinist Charles Yang, and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer. This group defies any traditional genre...
by Tamara | Sep 20, 2018 | News
Experience Respighi’s Roman Festivals through the eyes of our great conductor Scott Speck: “Judging by his music, the great Italian composer Ottorino Respighi loved one thing more than all else: his adopted hometown of Rome. He celebrated it in three...
by Tamara | Sep 20, 2018 | News
Strauss began his opera Der Rosenkavalier, a “comedy for music” on a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, in 1909 and completed it on September 26, 1910. The suite begins with the bold, erotic horn music , Der Rosenkavalier’s calling card. The following music introduces...
