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...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 30, 2018
Scott Speck conducts ‘Tis the Season! Our annual Christmas concert is a Mobile tradition, and we’ve packed this year’s program with the best of traditional holiday music set in a magical winter wonderland. Tickets on sale September 4, 2018. December...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 30, 2018
In 1897, the disastrous première of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony threw his promising career as a composer into disarray. For three agonizing years, he was unable to create anything significant. He found relief with the help of Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a psychoanalyst. “The...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 30, 2018
At the beginning of the 1930s, Orff produced a number of arrangements of early music. His researches in this area led to the creation of Carmina Burana. The texts come from a collection of earthy lyrics, discovered in a Bavarian monastery and dating from the twelfth...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 30, 2018
Out of Africa won seven Academy Awards, including picture and music score. Meryl Streep and Robert Redford headlined this sweeping romance, set during the 1910s, about a determined Dutch woman, owner of a coffee plantation in Africa, and her difficult relationships...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 22, 2018 | News
An Evening with Renée Fleming September 12, 2018 Purchase tickets here! The Mobile Symphony’s 2018-19 season features the best of classical music. Our gala opening concert with Renée Fleming will be the must-see event of the Gulf Coast’s arts season. Ms. Fleming is a...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 22, 2018 | News
18-19 Season Sneak Peek Enjoy! More details to come soon! MSO 2018-19 Season Brochure An Evening with Renée Fleming September 12, 2018 at 7:30 pm Scott Speck, conductor featuring critically acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming is one of the most acclaimed singers of...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 7, 2018
By the time Brahms began work on this marvelous violin concerto in 1878, he and Joseph Joachim had been friends for 25 years. One of the most outstanding musicians of the era, Joachim won fame as violinist, chamber musician, conductor, and composer. Like Brahms, he...
by Taylor Hollyer | May 7, 2018
Beethoven’s friends have left ample evidence of his deep love of nature. Hardly a day passed when he didn’t take a long walk through the woods and fields surrounding Vienna, drinking in the sights and sounds of the countryside. His sketchbook for his sixth symphony’s...
