Program Notes: An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma (May 3, 2024)
Program May 3, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello Claude Debussy La Mer De l’aube à midi sur la mer (From dawn to noon on...
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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Apr 9
- 12 min
Program Notes: Verdi's Requiem (April 27-28, 2024)
Program April 27-28, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Hulkar Sabirova, soprano Judit Kutasi, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Adam...
- Apr 5
- 11 min
Program Notes: Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto (April 19-21, 2024)
Program April 19-21, 2024 John Stogårds, conductor Marie-Ange Nguci, piano Jean Sibelius Rakastava (The Lover), op. 14 The Lover The Path...
- Mar 14
- 10 min
Program Notes: Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto (March 22-23, 2024)
Program March 22-23, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor Tom Borrow, piano Hector Berlioz Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Julia Wolfe Pretty...
- Mar 8
- 15 min
Program Notes: Romeo and Juliet (March 16-17, 2024)
Program March 16-17, 2024 Stéphane Denève, conductor The Big Muddy Dance Company Kirven Douthit-Boyd, artistic director Adam Schoenberg...
- Feb 22
- 14 min
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
- 16 min
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
- 13 min
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
- 11 min
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
- 11 min
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
- 9 min
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
- 13 min
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
- 15 min
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, 2023
- 9 min
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, 2023
- 11 min
Program Notes: Korngold and Dvořák (November 17-19, 2023)
Program November 17-19, 2023 Christian Reif, conductor Randall Goosby, violin Vítězslava Kaprálová Rustic Suite, op. 19 Erich Wolfgang...
- Nov 6, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 11 min
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, 2023
- 12 min
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, 2023
- 12 min
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, 2023
- 11 min
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.
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