Program Notes: Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (October 1-2, 2021)
Music can tackle the biggest questions. "When you listen to something, it influences the way you enter into the other musical worlds."
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tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with the st. louis symphony orchestra
- Sep 21, 2021
- 6 min
Program Notes: Tchaikovsky's Fourth (September 25-26, 2021)
Music Director Stéphane Denève heralds a season of resilience. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky fights demons to triumph in his Fourth Symphony.
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Program: Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown (September 18, 2021)
Experience the magic of Motown with the SLSO and special guest vocalists performing timeless hits
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Program Notes: Kishi Bashi (September 17, 2021)
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kishi Bashi makes his SLSO debut with a multimedia program including Improvisations on EO9066.
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: Equal Play
Our Equal Play concert is an annual tradition to honor composers who are women and celebrate Women’s History month.
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Shelley Washington's Middleground
Middleground is a celebration of Washington’s childhood in Missouri and Kansas. It’s a road movie in musical form.
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: Beethoven 7 (May 13-15, 2021)
Stéphane Denève: I judge a piece by its “soul presence.” The music takes you by the hand and leads you somewhere.
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
Program Notes: Peter and the Wolf (May 7-9, 2021)
Music connects with our inner child. Great art has the power to speak to all parts of our life.
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: Strauss and Mozart (April 30-May 2, 2021)
Have you ever found the orchestra’s wind section mysterious? This concert will unveil each of their sounds.
- Apr 19, 2021
- 5 min
Program Notes: Musical Journey (April 23-25, 2021)
Picture someone you know. Perhaps an old friend, someone you miss. What music would you match to these qualities?
- Apr 12, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: Airs and Dances (April 16-18, 2021)
Music whisks us to another time. Boccherini's music leaps, Mozart's glows, and Respighi's reflects.
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: Welcome, Stephanie (April 9-11, 2021)
This program is centered around the reawakening of nature and therefore life. It’s very fitting now, as we try to start anew.
- Mar 29, 2021
- 5 min
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.
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min
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 8, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes for the SLSO's first Chamber Music Livestream: Musical Smirks
This is a program of rogue moments, of creators letting loose.
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Program Notes: The Heart of the Matter
In this program, composers challenged by love, life, and death test their mettle.
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
Program Notes: Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
The composers on this program speak quite distinct musical languages, yet the spark for all three pieces is the same: love.
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
Program Notes: Mendelssohn, Montgomery, and Frank
Jessie Montgomery’s Strum and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas both dance with abandon.
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
Program Notes: Schubert's Octet
The music on this program understands this all-too-human complexity.
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