SOI Autumn 2026: Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss

When

Sun, 16 August 2026

Where

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre: NCPA.Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400021, India

Price

INR 500–5000

Martyn Brabbins, conductor Annelien Van Wauwe, basset clarinet Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 In celebration of 20 years of the SOI, Chief Conductor Martyn Brabbins opens the Autumn 2026 Season with a grand programme. The orchestra launched its Beethoven symphonic cycle last season, and this concert begins with Symphony No. 2, which was composed at the threshold between Classical tradition and the bold Romantic voice he would soon unleash. Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto will be performed by acclaimed Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe, whose “playing has abundant warmth and lyricism, allied to a sinuous vocal quality” (Classical Source). The evening concludes with the vast, cosmic tone poem