Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off 92nd Season

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra (SSSO) will kick off its 92nd season, titled “In Other Words,” with appearances at both the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs and the MainStage at Proctors in Schenectady.

This season of SSSO features music inspired by literary greats like Arthur Conan Doyle, Martin Luther King, Jr., William Shakespeare, and more. The first concert, “Fate & Turmoil,” will be 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Zankel and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, at Proctors.

Beethoven’s “Overture to Egmont” will set the stage with heroic intensity, while Strauss’ “Macbeth” will bring Shakespeare’s tragic character to life in dramatic orchestral form. The program concludes when SSSO is joined by guest pianist Philip Edward Fisher for Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety,” a jazz-infused journey inspired by W. H. Auden’s epic poem.

Before each performance, patrons are invited to join Artistic Director and Conductor Glen Cortese for a free pre-concert talk. The talk for this first performance will be 6 p.m. at Zankel Music Center and 2 p.m. at Proctors

Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors in person, by phone at (518) 346-6204, or online at sssony.org.