Name: Lights, Camera, Orchestra!
Start: 2025-09-27T19:30:00
Location: Temple Theatre

Fouad Fakhouri

Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra

Celebrate the season with one of the Great Lakes Bay Region’s most cherished holiday traditions. The Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra opens the evening with beloved holiday favorites, filling the Temple Theatre with warmth, joy, and festive spirit. In the second half, members of the Saginaw Bay Youth Orchestra join their professional SBSO counterparts side-by-side on stage for an inspiring celebration of community, mentorship, and music. Together they will perform additional holiday classics along with a selection of timeless orchestral masterworks, creating a memorable evening for audiences of all ages.

Holiday Harmony

Temple Theatre

Rod Bieber’s Young People’s Concert

Internationally acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning pianist Sergei Babayan joins the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, one of the most beloved and virtuosic works for piano and orchestra. Audiences will recognize its famous 18th Variation, immortalized in the romantic film Somewhere in Time, filmed just north of us on Mackinac Island. The program also features Anna Clyne’s evocative Restless Oceans, a vivid musical portrait of the sea, and concludes with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5—a sweeping masterpiece of power, beauty, and triumph. From cinematic romance to dazzling virtuosity and orchestral grandeur, Passion & Power promises an unforgettable musical journey.

Passion & Power

The season concludes with a celebration of musical brilliance, passion, and heroism. Bartók’s vibrant Romanian Folk Dances opens the program with colorful rhythms and infectious energy inspired by Eastern European folk traditions. The spotlight then turns to the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra’s own Concertmaster, Sonia Lee, whose artistry and leadership have become a hallmark of the orchestra’s performances. She will be featured as soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, the beloved “Turkish” Concerto, a work of elegance, charm, and dazzling virtuosity. The evening culminates with Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3, Eroica—a bold and inspiring masterpiece that forever changed the course of music history. Powerful, uplifting, and deeply moving, this season finale celebrates the artistry of the SBSO and the enduring power of great music.

Eroica

SBSO goes to the movies with a collection of film scores and video game themes including James Bond, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Medal of Honor, Mission Impossible, The Simpsons, and more!