Program Notes

Sep 8
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.

Sep 8
11 min

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
6 min

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
8 min

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
7 min

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
9 min

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

Mar 7
4 min

Program Notes: Youth Orchestra Features Concerto Competition Winner (March 19, 2023)

Stephanie Childress leads the Youth Orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich and concerto competition winner Ayman Amerin plays Brahms.

Mar 6
8 min

Program Notes: Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (March 16, 2023)

Stéphane Denève conducts Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Prokofiev, and Greig's Piano Concerto with pianist Vikingur Ólafsson as soloist.

Feb 27
8 min

Program Notes: Beethoven and Mendelssohn (March 10-11, 2023)

Nicholas McGegan conducts music inspired by the work of famed author Goethe: Beethoveen's Egmont and Mendelssohn's The First Walpurgisnacht.

Feb 20
7 min

Program Notes: Schumann's "Rhenish" Symphony (March 3-4, 2023)

Stephanie Childress conducts Schumann's "Rhenish" Symphony, a new work by Oswald Huỳnh, and a Haydn concerto with pianist Peter Henderson.

Feb 6
8 min

Program Notes: Debussy and Ravel (February 18-19, 2023)

Stéphane Denève conducts a program of Debussy, Chausson, and Ravel with Tessa Lark as soloist.

Jan 30
7 min

Program Notes: Tchaikovsky and MacMillan (February 10-11, 2023)

MacMillan conducts a program of MacMillan, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky with violinist Nikola Benedetti.

Jan 17
8 min

Program Notes: Bernstein and Sibelius (January 28-29, 2023)

Stéphane Denève conducts Bernstein (with violinist James Ehnes), Sibelius, and a world premiere by James Lee III.

Jan 9
8 min

Program Notes: Grimaud Plays Brahms (January 21-22, 2023)

Stéphane Denève, conductor, Hélène Grimaud, piano, perform music by Detlev Glanert, Kevin Puts, and Johannes Brahms.

Jan 2
8 min

Program Notes: Ravel's Piano Concerto in G (January 14, 2023)

Cristian Măcelaru and Alice Sara Ott. Saint-Saëns La foi, Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Nov 28, 2022
7 min

Program Notes: All Mozart (December 9-11, 2022)

Jane Glover conducts an all-Mozart program with SLSO Concertmaster David Halen.

Nov 21, 2022
4 min

Program Notes: Handel's Messiah (December 2-4, 2022)

Laurence Cummings and four talented guest vocalists make their SLSO debuts performing Handel’s Messiah with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus.

Nov 14, 2022
8 min

Program Notes: Pines of Rome (November 26-27, 2022)

Xian Zhang conducts a program full of Italian influence with the work of Respighi, Rossini, and Rachmaninoff performed by pianist George Li.

Nov 7, 2022
8 min

Program Notes: The Planets (November 18-20, 2022)

Stéphane Denève leads Gustav Holt's The Planets, the World Premiere of Connesson's Astéria, and music from Ngwenyama and Lee III.

Oct 31, 2022
6 min

Program Notes: Youth Orchestra Concert (November 13, 2022)

Norman Huynh leads the Youth Orchestra in a program that includes the work of Chabrier, Dvořák, Kats-Chernin, and Stravinsky.

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