Program Notes: Carnival of the Animals (April 1-3, 2021)
This concert is music of rebirth. There is sunrise, nature, the hope of Spring. French and American cultures unite, giving us two dawns.
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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Mar 22, 20212 min read
SLSO Untold: In 1955, SLSO Gave Concert Tour to Industrial Plants
On March 22, 1955, the final of five performances took place at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation cafeteria near what was then known as Lam
Mar 19, 20215 min read
Program Notes: Songs, Prayers, and Rituals (March 26-28, 2021)
Our Spring season opens with music to cleanse your spirit: J.S. Bach, Ester Mägi, Arvo Pärt, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Mar 16, 20212 min read
SLSO Untold: The Surprising Connection between Taylor Swift and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
It turns out that Swift isn’t the first famous singer in her family.
Feb 24, 20213 min read
SLSO Untold: SLSO Gives World Premiere of N. Clark Smith’s Negro Folk Suite in 1933
In 1933, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of N. Clark Smith's Negro Folk Suite.
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Music for Winds
As a collection of instruments, the wind quintet should not get along. Oddly, this mismatched group makes beautiful music.
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Mendelssohn, Montgomery, and Frank
Jessie Montgomery’s Strum and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas both dance with abandon.
Oct 27, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Schubert's Octet
The music on this program understands this all-too-human complexity.
Oct 27, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Debussy and Ravel
This program features works from this golden age of the harp.
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Night Music
Day eases into an unsettled night.
Strauss' Sextet from Capriccio; Mazzoli's Vespers for Violin; Schoenberg's Transfigured Night.
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence
Music can be a time-travel device or a teleportation machine. A chord progression might whisk you back a decade or two...
Oct 18, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Metamorphosen
This program connects to our current world: there is a lot of anxiety, sadness, and division, and this music gives comfort to heal our souls
Oct 11, 20204 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Eroica
The ‘Eroica’ is full of hope, and this is the right piece to begin making music together again.
Feb 24, 20209 min read
Program Notes: Bolero
Friday, March 6, 2020, at 10:30AM Friday, March 6, 2020, at 8:00PM Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 8:00PM Stéphane Denève, conductor Timothy...
Feb 17, 20209 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven and Schubert
Saturday, Febuary 29, 2020, at 8:00PM Sunday, March 1, 2020, at 3:00PM Nicholas McGegan, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano HAYDN Symphony...
Feb 11, 20204 min read
St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra Alumni Relive Musical Memories At Special Concert
Take a look at a map of the United States. Now, fill in the map with states where an alumnus of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra...
Feb 9, 20208 min read
Program Notes: Bruckner's Seventh
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 8:00PM Sunday, February 16, 2020, at 3:00PM Rafael Payare, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SOFIA...
Feb 2, 20207 min read
Program Notes: Beethoven's Ninth
Friday, February 7, 2020, at 8:00PM Saturday, February 8, 2020, at 8:00PM Sunday, February 9, 2020, at 3:00PM Stéphane Denève, conductor...
Jan 27, 202012 min read
Program Notes: Sleeping Beauty
Friday, January 31, 2020, at 10:30AM Saturday, February 1, 2020, at 8:00PM Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor Saleem Ashkar, piano SCHUMANN...
Jan 13, 20208 min read
Program Notes: Thibaudet Plays Liszt
Saturday, January 18, 2020, at 8:00 PM Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 3:00 PM Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano WAGNER...
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