50 Free Ticket Program:

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra offers 50 free tickets to the public for selected Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series concerts (except Coffee Concerts) based on availability. To receive your free ticket you must have a 50 Free Membership Card. To get your card simply stop by the Saint Louis Symphony Box Office and sign up for your free card. The card entitles you to a free ticket for up to six Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series per season. To redeem for your ticket, present your card and a valid picture ID at the Box Office window 90 minutes before a valid concert.  Tickets will be handed out for 30 minutes or until all 50 tickets have been distributed.  Cards will be punched each time you receive a ticket. Tickets are given to valid free ticket card holders on a first come basis. One free ticket card per person per season.

Copland Clarinet Concerto

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8pm

David Robertson, conductor
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Scott Andrews, clarinet
Roger Kaza, horn

COPLAND  Clarinet Concerto
STRAVINSKY  Symphony in Three Movements
BRITTEN  Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 9

SLSO Principals are in the spotlight in this signature David Robertson program. Principal Clarinet Scott Andrews is featured in Copland’s jazzy Clarinet Concerto, which was commissioned by the great Benny Goodman. Principal Horn Roger Kaza is featured in Britten’s spine-tingling song cycle. David Robertson conducts Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony, written as a celebratory anthem of Russian victims in World War II, and Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, written in direct response to the “scorched earth” events of World War II.

Excerpt from Copland Clarinet Concerto (1:59)

Alexander Nevsky

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 8pm

David Robertson, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

STRAVINSKY  Symphony No. 1
STRAVINSKY  Three Sacred Choruses
PROKOFIEV  Alexander Nevsky

Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky was written for the 1938 film of the same name. Recordings don’t really do it justice, so take advantage of this rare opportunity to hear the evocative, nationalistic score performed live by David Robertson and the SLSO. It’s also a rare chance to hear Stravinsky’s equally patriotic First Symphony, written while he was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov.

Excerpt from Alexander Nevsky (1:58)

PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE