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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Apr 25, 20227 min read
Program Notes: From The Sea to The Stars (April 30-May 1, 2022)
Amy Kaiser's final concert as Director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus.
Apr 18, 20227 min read
Program Notes: Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony (April 22-23, 2022)
Kirill Karabits conducts the SLSO in Franghiz Ali-Zadeh's Nagillar, Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto, and Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.
Apr 4, 20226 min read
Program Notes: New World Symphony (April 8-10, 2022)
Stephanie Childress conducts Jean Sibelius' En Saga, Jessie Montgomery's Rounds with pianist Awadagin Pratt, and Antonin Dvorak's New World.
Mar 14, 20226 min read
Program Notes: Thibaudet Plays Gershwin (March 18-19, 2022)
Stéphane conducts Lee, Gershwin with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Rachmaninoff.
Mar 7, 20227 min read
Program Notes: Stéphane Conducts The Firebird (March 12-13, 2022)
Stéphane Denève conducts Garrop, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, and Stravinsky.
Feb 28, 20225 min read
Program Notes: Mozart's Requiem (March 4-6, 2022)
Dmitry Sinkovsky conducts, sings, and plays violin; and guest soloists and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus join for Mozart's Requiem.
Feb 7, 20227 min read
Mendelssohn and Bach (February 11-12, 2022)
Stephane conducts Bach, Haydn, Wagner, and Mendelssohn
Jan 31, 20225 min read
Program Notes: Chan Conducts Tchaikovsky (February 5-6, 2022)
Elim Chan conducts Tan Dun's The Tears of Nature with Martin Grubinger, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2.
Jan 24, 20225 min read
Program Notes: Adams Conducts Adams (January 28-29, 2022)
John Adams conducts music by Gabriella Smith and Jean Sibelius, and his own piano concerto with Jeremy Denk.
Jan 10, 20226 min read
Program Notes: Romeo and Juliet (January 15-16, 2022)
Stéphane Denève conducts music of Valerie Coleman, Samuel Barber, and Sergei Prokofiev.
Jan 5, 20225 min read
Program Notes: Stéphane, Beethoven, and Brahms (January 7-8, 2022)
Stephane Deneve conducts Glanert's Brahms-Fantasie, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Shai Wosner, and Brahms Symphony No. 1
Nov 29, 20215 min read
Program Notes: Nic McGegan's Bach (December 3-5, 2021)
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in C major, Cello Concerto in A major, Sinfonia in E minor
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 6 and No. 1
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Program Notes: Scheherazade (November 27-28, 2021)
In memory of Sarah Bryan Miller
Jake Heggie: The Work at Hand
Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Nov 15, 20214 min read
Program Notes: Schubert's Great (November 19-20, 2021)
Anna Clyne's PIVOT, Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, and Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9
Nov 8, 20215 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (November 13-14, 2021)
Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers, Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto, and Ludwiv van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Nov 1, 20215 min read
Program Notes: Stéphane Conducts Shostakovich (November 6-7, 2021)
James Lee III's Emotive Transformations, Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
Nov 1, 20214 min read
Program Notes: Mozart, Brahms, and Nikolaj (November 5, 2021)
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider shares the spotlight. He takes an equal place among the fine chamber musicians of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Oct 25, 20215 min read
Program Notes: Fliter Plays Schumann (October 29-30, 2021)
This is a program about place, about home.
Oct 11, 20216 min read
Program Notes: Changing Times (October 15-16, 2021)
In this program, time changes, time ripples, time collapses.
Oct 4, 20216 min read
Program Notes: Made in America (October 9-10, 2021)
This is a program that travels backwards in time to get three very different views of America.
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