SSSO 2025-26 Season — In Other Words

Posted by Kelly

Experience music inspired by literary greats, bringing their words to life through symphonic sound!

When you buy a subscription to the 2025–2026 Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra season, you lock in your favorite seats before the general public, receive an automatic 10% discount and get early access to our special event concerts that won’t go on sale until later this fall.

Build your own subscription. Two of our concerts are located at different venues. It’s up to you which four shows you’d like to see (and where!)

Subscriptions start at $65! Get yours today by calling the Box Office at (518) 346-6204.

  • Fate & Turmoil — Pianist Philip Fisher joins SSSO for Beethoven’s heroic “Egmont Overture,” Strauss’ dramatic “Macbeth,” and Bernstein’s jazz-infused “The Age of Anxiety.”
  • The Game is Afoot — Experience a thrilling journey into mystery with Glen Cortese’s “221B: A Sherlock Holmes Opera,” inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle. Guest artists to be announced.
  • Voices of Freedom — The program highlights powerful works blending music and literature, from Debussy’s “La Cathédrale Engloutie” to Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” featuring texts by Martin Luther King Jr., and Bob Dylan. Guest artists to be announced.
  • Poetic Echoes — Saratoga Voices joins SSSO for a literary-inspired finale, featuring Price’s “Four Songs from the Weary Blues,” Williams’ “Towards the Unknown Region,” and Mendelssohn’s magical “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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