The 2010-2011 Season

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

Hot! Hot! Hot! A Night at the Copa

An Evening of Latin Music, Dance and Romance with the St. 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 St. Louis Symphony does the cha cha, merengue, samba, mambo and more, accompanied by live Latin dancers.

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 from Sweden & the St. Louis Symphony

The world’s best ABBA show comes to St. Louis for one night only. Arrival from Sweden 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

David Halen, violin
Susan Narucki, soprano

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

Program in conjunction with stylus, a project by Ann Hamilton

Free Forest Park Concert

Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 7pm

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

SMITH arr. Sousa/Damrosch   The Star-Spangled Banner
TCHAIKOVSKY  Festival Coronation March (Coronation March for Alexander III)
COPLAND    Variations on a Shaker Melody
TCHAIKOVSKY    March from Nutcracker
GOUNOD    Funeral March of a Marionette
CHAPLIN arr. Hayman    "Smile" from Modern Times
KHACHATURIAN    Sabre Dance from Gayane
SHOSTAKOVICH    Festive Overture, op. 96
RACHMANINOFF    Vocalise
HANDEL arr. Harty    Selections from Water Music
RODGERS arr. Bennett   The Sound of Music: A Symphonic Picture
arr. Hayman    "When the Saints Go Marching In"
SOUSA   Stars and Stripes Forever

Excerpt from Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever (1:32)

Bell Plays Tchaikovsky

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

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

David Robertson, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin (Whitaker Guest Artist)

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

It’s been 11 years since superstar violinist Joshua Bell last played with the St. Louis Symphony. They reunite for two performances of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which Bell recently recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic. Bell’s first appearance with the St. Louis Symphony was for his Carnegie Hall debut, under the direction of Music Director Leonard Slatkin. He went on to gain worldwide fame for his performance on the soundtrack to the film The Red Violin. The Washington Post has proclaimed "The American violinist with movie-star good looks has emerged as one of the finest musicians of his generation." We welcome Mr. Bell back with open arms.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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

The 2010-11 St. Louis Symphony season celebrates Russian composers in our year-long Russian Festival. The popularity of Tchaikovsky is easy to understand, he invites you in with a pretty tune, and then makes the pretty beautiful. Tchaikovsky’s world is linked by pulsation, harmony, and melody. There may be a restless agitation in his Symphony No. 5, but it is overwhelmed by a romantic call to life.

PreConcert Perspective with Amy Kaiser one hour prior to each concert.

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 (St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra)

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

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

Town Hall Meeting at Powell Hall

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6-7pm
with a reception following in the foyer

Join Music Director David Robertson and President Fred Bronstein on the Powell Hall stage as they answer your questions about the St. Louis Symphony. David and Fred will discuss a range of topics and take your questions and comments.

Please email your RSVP by Friday, September 24 to RSVP@slso.org.

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.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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 (Whitaker Guest Artist)

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 St. Louis Symphony! 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.

PreConcert Perspective with Peter Henderson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Grieg Piano Concerto (1:47)

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

St. Louis Symphony 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..

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Copland Clarinet Concerto (1:59)

Schubert Mass No. 6

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Elizabeth Schleicher, soprano
TBA, alto
Keith Boyer, tenor
Steven Slusher, tenor
Mark Freiman, bass
St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

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

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

PreConcert Perspective with Amy Kaiser one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Schubert Mass No. 6 (1:56)

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 St. Louis Symphony.

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
GOUNOD Funeral March of a Marionette
JOHN WILLIAMS Music from Jurassic Park
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
JOHN WILLIAMS Superman March

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

Excerpt from Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (1:58)

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.

PreConcert Perspective with Peter Henderson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (1:58)

Pulitzer Series Concert

- Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

Daniel Lee, cello

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.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Scheherazade (1:56)

Alexander Nevsky

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

David Robertson, conductor
Elena Manistina, mezzo soprano
St. 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 St. Louis Symphony. It’s also a rare chance to hear Stravinsky’s equally patriotic First Symphony, written while he was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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 (Whitaker Guest Artist)
Olga Kern, piano

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

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

PreConcert Perspective with Peter Henderson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Rachmaninoff Rhapsody (1:14)
Excerpt from Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 (1:58)

Brahms 1

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor (Whitaker Guest Artist)

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 St. Louis Symphony for music from his homeland and Brahms First Symphony.

PreConcert Perspective with Hugh Macdonald one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (1:49)

Michael W. Smith’s Christmas with the St. Louis Symphony

- 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 St. Louis Symphony 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 St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus and the St. Louis Symphony.

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 St. Louis Symphony’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!

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 St. Louis Symphony, 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 St. Louis Symphony for the 5th annual New Year’s Eve celebration, full of musical surprises.

Circus Flora with the St. Louis Symphony

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 St. Louis Symphony 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 St. Louis Symphony’s own David Halen, this is a blockbuster program, not to be missed.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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
St. 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.”

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (1:08)

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 (Whitaker Guest Artist)
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 St. Louis Symphony in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Both artists make their debuts at these concerts.

PreConcert Perspective with Hugh Macdonald one hour prior to each concert.

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 (Whitaker Guest Artist)

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 St. Louis Symphony 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.

PreConcert Perspective with Peter Henderson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Mahler Symphony No. 6 (1:26)

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.

PreConcert Perspective with Hugh Macdonald one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter,” (1:31)

Peter and the Wolf

FAMILY CONCERT
Recommended for children ages 5-12

- Sunday, February 13, 2010 at 3pm

Courtney Lewis, conductor

ROSSINI  The Barber of Seville Overture
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 St. Louis Symphony In Unison® Chorus and the St. Louis Symphony.

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 St. Louis Symphony.

Excerpt from "Hallelujah" peformed by Chris Botti (1:17)

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.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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

Carnegie Hall Concert

Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8pm - more info

Carnegie Hall, New York City 

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.

PreConcert Perspective with Amy Kaiser one hour prior to each concert.

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.

PreConcert Perspective with Amy Kaiser one hour prior to each concert.

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 St. Louis Symphony celebrate these Baroque masterpieces, featuring renowned virtuoso Gabriele Cassone in Hummel’s stunning Trumpet Concerto.

PreConcert Perspective with Hugh Macdonald one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Handel Water Music (1:51)

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.

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
St. Louis Symphony Chorus
    Amy Kaiser, director
The St. Louis Children's Choirs
    Barbara Berner, director

HOWARD SHORE  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The St. Louis Symphony 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
St. 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.”

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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

David Robertson, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY  Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 10

There’s no better match for the most popular piano concerto ever written. Yefim Bronfman will dazzle audiences with his digital dexterity. The New York Times said Bronfman, “tore through this staggeringly difficult piano part with such technical command and tireless energy that I bet he could have played it right through a second time and once again not dropped a single note.”

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

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 (Whitaker Guest Artist)

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.”

PreConcert Perspective with Peter Henderson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (1:04)

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
St. Louis Symphony Chorus
   Amy Kaiser, director
The St. Louis Children’s Choirs
   Barbara Berner, director

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE  Symphony No. 3 (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.

PreConcert Perspective with David Robertson one hour prior to each concert.

Excerpt from Carmina burana (1:22)

Bernadette Peters

Friday, May 13, 2011 at 7:30pm - Due to a scheduling conflict, this concert has been cancelled. For information on ticket refunds, please call (314) 534-1700.

PROGRAMS, ARTISTS, DATES & PRICING ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE