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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Feb 22, 202414 min read
Program Notes: Operatic Favorites (March 3, 2024)
Program March 3, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Melissa Brooks, cello Erin Schreiber, violin Claudio Monteverdi Toccata from L'Orfeo...
Feb 5, 202416 min read
Program Notes: Carmina Burana (February 17-18, 2024)
Program February 17-18, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Ying Fang, soprano Sunnyboy Dladla, tenor Thomas Lehman, baritone Arvo Pärt...
Feb 5, 202413 min read
Program Notes: Lunar New Year (February 10, 2024)
Program February 10, 2024 Norman Huynh, conductor Rulin Olivia Zhang, erhu Chinese Education and Culture Center Dragon Dance Team Thunder...
Jan 23, 202411 min read
Program Notes: Barber and Price (February 2, 2024)
Program February 2, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Valerie Coleman Umoja: Anthem of Unity (2019) Samuel Barber...
Jan 21, 202411 min read
Program Notes: Musical Fables (January 27-28, 2024)
Program January 27-28, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Ken Page, narrator Grégoire Pont, illustrator and animator Albert Roussel Le...
Jan 14, 20249 min read
Program Notes: Rhapsody in Blue (January 21, 2024)
Program January 21, 2023 Leonard Slatkin, conductor Aaron Diehl Trio, jazz trio Jeffery Siegel, piano Paul Turok A Joplin Overture Mary...
Jan 4, 202413 min read
Program Notes: An American in Paris (January 13, 2024)
Program January 13, 2024 Leonard Slatkin, conductor Scott Andrews, clarinet Darius Milhaud La Création du monde, op. 81a (The Creation of...
Jan 3, 202415 min read
Program Notes: Porgy and Bess (January 12, 2024)
Program January 12, 2024 Leonard Slatkin, conductor Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin Peter Henderson, piano George Antheil A Jazz Symphony...
Nov 16, 20239 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Second Symphony (December 1, 2023)
Program December 1, 2023 David Danzmayr, conductor Jelena Dirks, oboe Jessie Montgomery Strum for string orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams...
Nov 6, 202311 min read
Program Notes: Korngold and Dvořák (November 17-19, 2023)
Program November 17-19, 2023 Christian Reif, conductor Randall Goosby, violin VÃtÄ›zslava Kaprálová Rustic Suite, op. 19 Erich Wolfgang...
Nov 6, 20235 min read
Program Notes: Cavalleria rusticana In Concert (November 11-12, 2023)
Program November 11-12, 2023 James Gaffigan, conductor Heidi Melton, soprano (Santuzza) Antonio Poli, tenor (Turiddu) Meredith Arwady,...
Oct 30, 202311 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto (November 3, 5, 2023)
Program November 3, 5, 2023 Stéphane Denève, conductor Paul Lewis, piano Christoph Willibald Gluck *arranged by Felix Mottl "Dance of the...
Oct 5, 202312 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto (October 20-21, 2023)
Program October 20-21, 2023 Elim Chan, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano Elizabeth Ogonek Moondog (first SLSO performance) Ludwig van...
Oct 5, 202312 min read
Program Notes: Mozart and Brahms (October 13 & 15, 2023)
rogram October 13, 15, 2023 Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Benjamin Beilman, violin Hannah Eisendle heliosis (U.S. premiere) W.A. Mozart...
Sep 8, 202311 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's First Piano Concerto (September 29-30, 2023)
Jonathan Biss performes Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Sep 7, 202311 min read
Program Notes: Opening Weekend with Hilary Hahn (September 23-24, 2023)
After 21 years, Hilary Hahn returns to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor.
Apr 26, 20236 min read
Program Notes: The Damnation of Faust (May 5-6, 2023)
Music Director Stéphane Denève performs one of his favorite works, Hector Berlioz's Damnation of Faust, with a dream cast of vocalists.
Apr 24, 20238 min read
Program Notes: The Rite of Spring (April 29-30, 2023)
Program April 29-30, 2023 Stéphane Denève, conductor Piotr Anderszewski, piano Gabriela Lena Frank Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra (2017)...
Apr 10, 20237 min read
Program Notes: Slatkin Conducts Strauss (April 22-23, 2023)
Conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to lead a Spanish themed program with cellist Joshua Roman and violist Beth Guterman Chu.
Apr 3, 20239 min read
Program Notes: Elgar's Enigma Variations (April 15-16, 2023)
Stephanie Childress conducts Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations and pianist Lisa de la Salle performs Frédéric Chopin's Second Piano Concerto
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