The 2010-2011 Season

Explore the complete list of performances scheduled for our 2010-2011 Season including the Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series.

Single tickets for most concerts on-sale to the public Monday, August 2, 2010.  The following SLSO Presents concerts on-sale to the public now:  Bernadette Peters, Hot! Hot! Hot! A Night at the Copa, The Music of ABBA, Gala with Renée Fleming, Psycho, A Gospel Christmas, Michael W. Smith, SLSO Holiday Celebration, Chaplin City Lights, New Year's Eve Concert, Circus Flora, Chris Botti & Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Just Added! SLSO Presents Hot! Hot! Hot! A Night at the Copa

An Evening of Latin Music, Dance and Romance with the Saint Louis Symphony

- Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:30pm

Victor Vanacore, conductor/pianist/arranger
Andrzej and Jennifer Przybyl, dancers

Grammy® Award winner and audience favorite Victor Vanacore returns to St. Louis with Hot! Hot! Hot!: A Night at the Copa. Powell Hall heats up when the Saint Louis Symphony does the cha cha, merengue, samba, mambo and more, accompanied by live Latin dancers.

SLSO Presents The Music of ABBA

Media support provided by the Vital Voice

- Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 7:30pm

Ward Stare, conductor
With ABBA Tribute Band Arrival and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

The world’s best ABBA show comes to St. Louis for one night only. Arrival recreates the ABBA experience, from every note of the music, right down to costume replicas. Powell Hall goes retro with performances of ABBA greatest hits including "Dancing Queen," and "Voulez Vous."

Pulitzer Series Concert

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

GYÖRGY KURTÁG  Kafka-Fragmente, op. 24 (1985-87)

Program in conjunction with stylus, a project by Ann Hamilton

Forest Park Concert

Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 7pm

Forest Park, Art Hill, St. Louis
Ward Stare, conductor

Bell Plays Tchaikovsky

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

KALINNIKOV  Symphony No. 1
PROKOFIEV  Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY  Violin Concerto

Superstar violinist Joshua Bell joins the SLSO for two performances of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which he recently recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic. Bell gained worldwide fame for his performance on the soundtrack to the film The Red Violin and the Washington Post says, “The American violinist with movie-star good looks has emerged as one of the finest musicians of his generation.”

Excerpt from Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (1:32)

Mozart Violin Concerto

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by The Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation

Friday, September 24, 2010 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 8pm

Louis Langrée, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

SCHNITTKE  Moz-Art à la Haydn
MOZART  Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 5

Celebrated as one of the world’s premiere concert violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers joins the SLSO for Mozart’s bright and proud Violin Concerto No. 3. The New York Times says Meyers has “playing that flows from the heart.”

Excerpt from Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (1:59)

All-Tchaikovsky

FAMILY CONCERT
Recommended for children ages 5-12.

Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3pm

Ward Stare, conductor
Jecoliah Wang, violin (Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra)

TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Swan Lake
TCHAIKOVSKY Lilac Dance from Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Scherzo and Finale from Symphony No. 4

The great storytelling master, in two of his most popular stories ever written—Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.

Rhapsody in Blue

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Sponsored by MasterCard
Part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis

Friday, October 1, 2010 at 8pm 
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 3pm  

David Robertson, conductor
Orli Shaham, piano

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite
GERSHWIN  Rhapsody in Blue
IVES  Symphony No. 2

George Gershwin’s romantic, jazzy masterpiece has been a true crossover hit since its debut in the roaring 1920s. It’s a dream vision of New York with rhythmic drive that rises above the hustle and bustle of the city.

Excerpt from Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1:58)

An Evening with Renée Fleming

Media support provided by KMOX and St. Louis Magazine

- Saturday, October 2 at 7pm

David Robertson, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Soprano Renée Fleming returns to St. Louis! Often called "the people's diva," Fleming charms audiences around the world with her vocal intelligence and musical grace. She will enchant you with an evening of her favorite arias.

Gala packages: 
Gala package guests will enjoy pre-concert cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and post-concert dinner and dancing at the Wells Fargo Advisors Atrium. For more info, please visit slso.org/gala.

Watts Plays Grieg

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3pm

Gilbert Varga, conductor
André Watts, piano

STEVEN MACKEY  Turn the Key
GRIEG  Piano Concerto
DVOŘÁK  Symphony No. 8

St. Louis audience favorite André Watts returns for his 20th appearance with the SLSO! While the Seventh is a stormy romantic work, Dvořák’s pastoral and exuberant Eighth Symphony draws its inspiration more from the Bohemian folk music that he loved.

Copland Clarinet Concerto

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, October 15, 2010 at 7pm (Soundcheck Concert for students only) 
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)

Beethoven 4

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8pm

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 4
SCHUBERT  Mass No. 6 in E-flat major

SLSO favorite Nicholas McGegan returns to Powell Hall to lead the orchestra in one of Beethoven’s lesser performed, but highly celebrated Fourth Symphony. The Saint Louis Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for the powerful masterpiece, Schubert’s Mass No. 6.

SLSO Presents Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho

- Friday, October 29, 2010 at 7:30pm 
- Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 7:30pm

Ward Stare, conductor

HITCHCOCK/        Psycho (with film)
HERRMANN

One of the greatest suspense thrillers of all time, this cinematic masterpiece comes alive on Halloween weekend with Bernard Herrmann’s spine-tingling score performed live by the SLSO.

Howl at Powell

FAMILY CONCERT
Recommended for children ages 5-12.

Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 3pm

Ward Stare, conductor

BACH/STOKOWSKI Toccata and Fugue in D-minor
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
JOHN WILLIAMS Music from Jurassic Park
GOUNOD Funeral March of a Marionette

Dress your kids up for Halloween and bring them to Powell Hall for a costume contest and a special Halloween concert

Ax Plays Brahms

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by The Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation

Friday, November 5, 2010 at 10:30am  (Coffee Concert)
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 3pm

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

STRAVINSKY  The Fairy’s Kiss
BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 1

Whether in recital or sharing the stage with an orchestra, Emanuel Ax always thrills audiences with his unmatched virtuosity.

Pulitzer Series Concert

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

PIERRE BOULEZ  Domaines (1961-68)
XENAKIS  Nomos alpha (1965-66)
PETER EÖTVÖS  Psalm 151 (1993)

Program in conjunction with stylus, a project by Ann Hamilton

Scheherazade

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, November 12, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 8pm

David Robertson, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
THOMAS ADÈS  Concentric Paths (Violin Concerto)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral setting of the fantasy tale of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights is shimmering, colorful and evocative of the Oriental narrative. Leila Josefowicz performs Thomas Adès cyclic and challenging violin concerto Concentric Paths, which concludes with spiraling high jinks.

Excerpt from Scheherazade (1:56)

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)

Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by Thompson Coburn LLP

Friday, November 26, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 3pm

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano

ARVO PÄRT  Fratres for Strings and Percussion
RACHMANINOFF  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 5

Welcome back, Maestro! SLSO Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin and the SLSO reunite for three performances of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, which earned them the 1984 Grammy for Best Classical Orchestral Recording.

Brahms 1

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, December 3, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 8pm

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

ALBÉNIZ  Suite española
FALLA  The Three-Cornered Hat Suites Nos. 1 and 2
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 1

Never lacking in energy and intensity, Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos joins the SLSO for music from his homeland and Brahms First Symphony.

SLSO Presents Michael W. Smith’s Christmas with the SLSO

- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 7:30pm  

For more than 25 years, Michael W. Smith has been the reigning king of contemporary Christian music. For this very special Christmas concert, Smith joins the SLSO for live performances of songs from his enormously popular Christmas recordings.

A Gospel Christmas

- Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 7:30pm

Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus
Wintley Phipps, vocalist

A night of soul-stirring Gospel music to celebrate the most joyous of seasons with the Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus and the SLSO.

Holiday Celebration

Permanently endowed by Monsanto Fund

Edwin Outwater, conductor

- Friday, December 17, 2010 at 2pm                      
- Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:30pm                      
- Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 2pm

Bring the whole family for the SLSO’s Holiday Celebration, featuring popular songs and orchestral pieces that define the spirit of the season. After the show, enjoy eggnog, hot chocolate, and a special visit from Santa in the festive atmosphere of Powell Hall!

SLSO Presents Chaplin's City Lights

Media support provided by KMOX

- Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 7:30pm

David Robertson, conductor

CHAPLIN   City Lights (with film)

Charlie Chaplin not only wrote, directed and starred in the 1931 film City Lights, he composed the musical score to accompany it. The SLSO, under the direction of Music Director David Robertson, will perform an updated orchestration of the musical score to City Lights, accompanied by Chaplin’s famous film.

New Year's Eve Concert

Media support provided by KMOX

- Friday, December 31, 2010 at 7:30pm

David Robertson, conductor

Join David Robertson and the SLSO for the 5th annual New Year’s Eve celebration, full of musical surprises.

Circus Flora with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

25th Anniversary Celebration

- Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 7pm
- Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 2pm
- Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 7pm

In celebration of Circus Flora’s 25th anniversary, Powell Hall will become home to St. Louis’ most beloved and nationally acclaimed circus. The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Circus Flora join forces for just three performances of this unique collaboration.

Pulitzer Series Concert

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

DONATONI  La Souris sans sourire (1988)
STOCKHAUSEN   In Freundschaft (1977)
STEVEN MACKEY   Ground Swell (2007)

Program in conjunction with stylus, a project by Ann Hamilton

Pictures at an Exhibition

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, January 14, 2011 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
David Halen, violin

LIGETI  Concert Românesc
BRAHMS  Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY  Pictures at an Exhibition

The familiar melodies of Pictures at an Exhibition with its broad, majestic themes, bright trumpets, and narrative sweep will stay in your mind for days. Paired with one of the most popular violin concertos ever written, played by the SLSO’s own David Halen, this is a blockbuster program, not to be missed.

Excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition - 1. Promenade (1:58)

Brahms Requiem

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, January 21, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 8pm

David Robertson, conductor
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

PETER EÖTVÖS  Seven (Memorial for the Columbia Astronauts)
BRAHMS  Ein deutsches Requiem

With its German text and emphasis on consoling the living, Brahms’ decidedly non-Latin Requiem was unlike anything that had come before it. Brahms’ beloved Requiem is the perfect complement to Seven, Peter Eötvös’ memorial for the astronauts of the shuttle Columbia. Eötvös says the work is “the musical expression of my sympathy towards the seven astronauts who lost their lives while exploring space in fulfillment of a fundamental dream of mankind.”

Beethoven 7

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, January 28, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 3pm

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

SCHUBERT  Symphony No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH  Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 7

Famous for its rhythmic pulse, the Seventh Symphony was one of Beethoven’s greatest hits from the moment it premiered in 1812. As part of our season-long Russian Festival, Semyon Bychkov conducts 2010 Gilmore Artist Kirill Gerstein and the SLSO in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Both artists make their debuts at these concerts.

Excerpt from Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (1:58)

Mahler 6

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, February 4, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8pm

Semyon Bychkov, conductor

MAHLER  Symphony No. 6

From the opening march to the searing finale with its hammer blows, this is Mahler’s most deeply personal work—one he originally titled Tragic. The SLSO is thrilled to welcome Russian conductor Semyon Bychkov for these performances of Mahler 6. Bychkov has enjoyed a highly successful 12-year tenure as music director of Cologne’s WDR Symphony Orchestra. They recently
received the BBC “Disc of the Year” Award for their recording of Wagner’s Lohengrin.

Jupiter Symphony

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 8pm

Bernard Labadie, conductor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Daniel Lee, cello

MOZART  Chaconne from Idomeneo, K. 366
MOZART  Selected Arias
TCHAIKOVSKY  Variations on a Rococo Theme
MOZART  Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter,” K. 551

When Danny Lee was only 11, the great Mstislav Rostropovich embraced the young musician as student and protégé, noting that he played Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations “much better than I did when I was 15.” As the last of the three symphonies he composed in rapid succession just before his death, some have said the Jupiter sums up what had happened in symphonic music up to that point, and that it foreshadows the work of Beethoven.

Peter and the Wolf

FAMILY CONCERT
Recommended for children ages 5-12

Sunday, February 13, 2010 at 3pm

Program includes:

L. MOZART   Toy Symphony
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Meet the instrument families as they come together to tell the story of Peter and the Wolf. The lively music of Prokofiev paired with actors from the Really Inventive Stuff Theater Company will inspire you to create your own stories.

Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration

Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7:30pm

TBD, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus

An annual celebration with the Saint Louis Symphony In Unison® Chorus and the SLSO.

SLSO Presents Chris Botti

Sponsored by Macy’s

- Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:30pm

The one and only Chris Botti makes his debut at Powell Hall with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in this one night only special event. One of the world's top instrumentalists, Botti's breathtaking smooth jazz stylings will blend beautifully with the sumptuous sounds of the SLSO.

Pulitzer Series Concert

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

JONATHAN HARVEY   Mortuos plango, vivos voco (1980)
PHILIPPE MANOURY   En écho (1993-94)

Program in conjunction with Dreamscapes exhibition

Tchaikovsky 6

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, February 25, 2011 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Anthony Marwood, violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
STEVEN MACKEY  Beautiful Passing (Violin Concerto)
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

As part of our season-long Russian Festival, Music Director David Robertson conducts Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, his Pathétique Symphony, known for its evocative power of emotion and its heart-breaking finale.

Excerpt from Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (1:47)

Carnegie Hall Concert

David Robertson, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
THOMAS ADÈS  Concentric Paths (Violin Concerto)
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 3pm

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH  Violin Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF  Symphony No. 2

Former Concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden made his U.S. conducting debut here in St. Louis. We welcome him back now as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony to conduct an all-Russian program as part of our season-long Russian festival. Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma will astonish audiences with her rendition of Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto.

Excerpt from Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (1:45)

Zarathustra

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by Thompson Coburn LLP

Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8pm

Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arnaldo Cohen, piano

LISZT  Mephisto Waltz No. 1
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 4
LIGETI  Atmosphères
R. STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra

Famous for its fanfare “Sunrise” introduction, Richard Strauss’ tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra gained worldwide popularity after its use in Stanley Kubrick’s cult classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Excerpt from R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (1:34)

Baroque Gems

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, March 25, 2011 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8pm

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Gabriele Cassone, trumpet
Erik Harris, double bass

BACH  Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
HUMMEL  Trumpet Concerto
VANHAL  Double Bass Concerto
HANDEL  Selections from Water Music

The Baroque era was an age of scientific discoveries of Galileo and Newton, mathematical advances of Descartes, Newton and Leibnitz, and the birth of composers George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach. Nicholas McGegan and the SLSO celebrate these Baroque masterpieces, featuring renowned virtuoso Gabriele Cassone in Hummel’s stunning Trumpet Concerto.

Carnival of the Animals

FAMILY CONCERT
Recommended for children ages 5-12

Sunday, March 27, 2010 at 3pm

Ward Stare, conductor

Program includes:
SAINT-SAËNS   Le Carnaval des animaux
                          (Carnival of the Animals)

Lions, and Elephants, and Characters with Long Ears... Oh, my! Carnival of the Animals is a parody of the zoological kind that will have the whole family giggling.

SLSO Presents The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

- Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7pm
- Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 7pm
- Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 2pm

Ludwig Wicki, conductor

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra brings J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary imagination to vivid life with his awardwinning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Presented in its entirety, this unique performance of film and score together creates a new and dramatic live concert experience.

Mahler 2

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8pm 
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

BARBER  Prayers of Kierkegaard
MAHLER  Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

David Robertson leads the Orchestra and Chorus in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, the work that marked the composer’s rise to fame. The first movement is one of his most ambitious passages, encompassing everything from tragedy and triumph to passion and lyricism. After leading its premiere Mahler said, “One is battered to the ground, and then raised on angels’ wings to the highest heights.”

Excerpt from Mahler Symphony No. 2 (1:58)

Pulitzer Series Concert

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

David Robertson, conductor

SALVATORE SCIARRINO   Lohengrin (1982)

Program in conjunction with Dreamscapes exhibition

Bronfman Plays Tchaikovsky

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by Thompson Coburn LLP

Friday, April 15, 2011 at 8pm  
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 3pm

Excerpt from Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 (1:47)

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 8pm

Ward Stare, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY  Piano Concerto No. 2
SCRIABIN  Symphony No. 2

Our season-long Russian Festival finale features back-to-back performances of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos. In the first week, Yefim Bronfman plays No. 1 and in the second week, Stephen Hough plays the rarely performed Second Piano Concerto. The Guardian says Stephen Hough has “the most perfect piano playing conceivable.”

Carmina Burana

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 8pm
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Cyndia Sieden, soprano
Richard Troxell, tenor
David Adam Moore, baritone
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director
The St. Louis Children’s Choirs
Barbara Berner, director

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE  New Work (World Premiere)
ORFF  Carmina burana

David Robertson concludes the 2010/11 concert season with a blockbuster finale of Orff’s Carmina burana. With more than 300 musicians on stage, Orff’s popular masterpiece is guaranteed to give you goosebumps.

Excerpt from Carmina burana (1:22)

SLSO Presents Bernadette Peters

Media support provided by the Vital Voice

- Friday, May 13, 2011 at 7:30pm
(Note: rescheduled from Fri. Sep. 10 - view press release)

The incomparable Bernadette Peters joins the SLSO for one night only. Performing songs from her acclaimed Broadway career, as well as from her Grammy®-nominated recordings, Bernadette Peters performs standards by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and more.

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