Program Notes: Stéphane Conducts Shostakovich (November 6-7, 2021)
James Lee III's Emotive Transformations, Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
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Tales from backstage, at the hall, and in the community
with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Nov 1, 20214 min
Program Notes: Mozart, Brahms, and Nikolaj (November 5, 2021)
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider shares the spotlight. He takes an equal place among the fine chamber musicians of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Oct 25, 20215 min
Program Notes: Fliter Plays Schumann (October 29-30, 2021)
This is a program about place, about home.
Oct 11, 20216 min
Program Notes: Changing Times (October 15-16, 2021)
In this program, time changes, time ripples, time collapses.
Oct 4, 20216 min
Program Notes: Made in America (October 9-10, 2021)
This is a program that travels backwards in time to get three very different views of America.
Sep 27, 20216 min
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."
Sep 21, 20216 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.
May 10, 20214 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, 20215 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, 20214 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, 20215 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, 20214 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, 20214 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, 20215 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, 20215 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.
Oct 28, 20204 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, 20204 min
Program Notes: Mendelssohn, Montgomery, and Frank
Jessie Montgomery’s Strum and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas both dance with abandon.
Oct 27, 20204 min
Program Notes: Schubert's Octet
The music on this program understands this all-too-human complexity.
Oct 27, 20204 min
Program Notes: Debussy and Ravel
This program features works from this golden age of the harp.
Oct 23, 20204 min
Program Notes: Night Music
Day eases into an unsettled night.
Strauss' Sextet from Capriccio; Mazzoli's Vespers for Violin; Schoenberg's Transfigured Night.
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