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.
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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Apr 26, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 6, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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.
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
Program Notes: Beethoven's Fourth Symphony (November 11-12, 2022)
John Storgårds conducts Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, the U.S. Premiere of Grime's Violin Concerto, and Sibelius' Night Ride and Sunrise
- Oct 17, 2022
- 5 min
Program Notes: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto (October 28-29, 2022)
Thomas Søndergård conducts Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Stephen Hough, plus music of Liadov and Prokofiev.
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