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08/09 CHRONOLOGICAL SEASON SCHEDULE |
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NUMBER OF CONCERTS |
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DAY OF WEEK |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
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SERIES |
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| A Fine Madness JOHN ADAMS Guide to Strange Places RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra |
David Robertson, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano |
Sep 26 |
Sep 27 |
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| Currie x 3 MOZART The Abduction from the Seraglio Overture STEVEN MACKEY Time Release BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 |
David Robertson, conductor Colin Currie, percussion |
Oct 3 |
Oct 4 |
Oct 5 |
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| Classical Charms PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” MOZART Sinfonia concertante, K. 364 STRAVINSKY Scènes de Ballet BIZET Symphony in C |
Hans Graf, conductor David Halen, violin Jonathan Vinocour, viola |
Oct 10 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 12 |
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Scaling Infinity BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 |
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor | Oct 17 |
Oct 18 |
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Pictures at an Exhibition MUSSORGSKY/SHOSTAKOVICH Dawn on the Moskva River from Khovanshchina MESSIAEN Les offrandes oubliées STRAVINSKY Capriccio MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition |
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor Peter Serkin, piano |
Oct 24 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 26 |
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Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day MENDELSSOHN Fair Melusine Overture HAYDN Sinfonia concertante HANDEL Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day |
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Barbara Orland, oboe Andrew Gott, bassoon Alison Harney, violin Melissa Brooks, cello Laura Claycomb, soprano Thomas Cooley, tenor Saint Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director |
Nov 1 |
Nov 2 |
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Beat Movement MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE A Prayer Out of Stillness STEVEN MACKEY Violin Concerto (US Premiere) STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring |
David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin John Patitucci, electric bass and electric bass guitar |
Nov 14 |
Nov 15 |
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Pinchas Zukerman BARTÓK Viola Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 9 |
David Robertson, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, viola |
Nov 21 |
Nov 22 |
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Tricksters RAVEL Mother Goose Suite BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 R. STRAUSS Don Juan R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks |
Marc Albrecht, conductor Orli Shaham, piano |
Nov 28 |
Nov 29 |
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| Warm Music for Cold Nights BARBER Essay No. 1 CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 3 |
Michael Christie, conductor Louis Lortie, piano |
Dec 5 |
Dec 6 |
Dec 7 |
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| El Niño (A Nativity Oratorio) JOHN ADAMS El Niño |
David Robertson, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Steven Rickards, Daniel Bubeck Brian Cummings, countertenors Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone Saint Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director The St. Louis Children’s Choirs Barbara Berner, director |
Dec 13 |
Dec 14 |
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| Opera Night VERDI La forza del destino Overture VERDI arias from La Traviata PUCCINI arias from Madama Butterfly and Gianni Schicchi WAGNER Symphonic Suite from “The Ring of the Nibelungs” including “Ride of the Valkyries” |
James Gaffigan, conductor Kelly Kaduce, soprano |
Jan 9 |
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| Susan Graham WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde BERG Seven Early Songs BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 |
Philippe Jordan, conductor Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano |
Jan 16 |
Jan 17 |
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| Dancing with Fate BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances |
Edward Gardner, conductor Johannes Moser, cello |
Jan 23 |
Jan 24 |
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| Emanuel Ax HAYDN Symphony No. 92, “Oxford” R. STRAUSS Burleske GEORGE BENJAMIN Dance Figures SZYMANOWSKI Symphony No. 4 (Symphonie concertante) |
David Robertson, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano |
Jan 30 |
Jan 31 |
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| Seasons of the Heart CHEN YI Si Ji (Four Seasons) ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 |
Xian Zhang, conductor Daniel Lee, cello |
Feb 6 |
Feb 7 |
Feb 8 |
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| Verdi’s Requiem (P) VERDI Requiem |
David Robertson, conductor Christine Brewer, soprano Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano Marcus Haddock, tenor Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass Saint Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director |
Feb 13 |
Feb 14 |
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| Light Play LISZT Les Préludes DVORÁK Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ” |
Jun Märkl, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano Todd Wilson, organ |
Feb 27 |
Feb 28 |
Mar 1 |
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| Dance/Music MARCH 6 PROGRAM BACH Movements from Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 & 1 STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue & Riffs RAVEL Boléro |
David Robertson, conductor Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Performing Bach, Stravinsky and Bernstein) |
Mar 6 |
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| Dance/Music MARCH 6 PROGRAM MOZART Symphony No. 40 BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge RAVEL Boléro |
David Robertson, conductor Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Performing Mozart and Britten) |
Mar 7 |
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| Beethoven’s “Pastoral” VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis NIELSEN Flute Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” |
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Mark Sparks, flute |
Mar 13 |
Mar 13 |
Mar 14 |
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| Beethoven’s “Emperor” BRETT DEAN Carlo BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben |
David Robertson, conductor Richard Goode, piano |
Mar 21 |
Mar 22 |
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| Transformations WAGNER Parsifal, Good Friday Music ZIMMERMANN Canto di Speranza KAIJA SAARIAHO Mirage (US Premiere) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 |
David Robertson, conductor Karita Mattila, soprano Anssi Karttunen, cello |
Mar 27 |
Mar 29 |
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| The Damnation of Faust BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust |
David Zinman, conductor Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone Joshua Winograde, bass Saint Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director The St. Louis Children’s Choirs Barbara Berner, director |
Apr 17 |
Apr 18 |
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| Nadja ELGAR Cockaigne Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 |
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin |
Apr 24 |
Apr 25 |
Apr 26 |
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| Showing Off RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 DEBUSSY/RAVEL Sarabande FRANCK Symphony in D minor |
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano |
May 1 |
May 2 |
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Ode to Joy (P) THOMAS ADÈS Asyla BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral” |
David Robertson, conductor Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano Jennifer Dudley, mezzo-soprano Brandon Jovanovich, tenor Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone Saint Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director |
May 8 |
May 9 |
May 10 |
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(P) Denotes Premium Concert |
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