Help with Purchase info
Return to SLSO Homepage Click for more info 2010-11 Season
Subscribe to our upcoming concerts feed
How to Order Tickets

Online ticket sales end 3 hours before the start of each concert. A $2.50 per ticket service fee ($1.50 per ticket for Family & Youth Orchestra concerts) is added to all phone & internet orders.

Many free community events will take place throughout the 2009-2010 season. View our Community Events Listing.

The 2009-2010 Season

Explore the complete list of performances scheduled for our 2009-2010 Season including the Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series.




Previn
Previn

André Previn

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by American Airlines

Click to purchase online - Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8pm

André Previn, conductor and piano (Whitaker Guest Artist)

ANDRÉ PREVIN Diversions *
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

In honor of his 80th birthday, Andre Previn returns to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with one of his signature programs. Previn’s own Diversions is followed by Rachmaninoff’s radiant Symphony No. 3. and for the finale, Previn will play/conduct Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No. 24.

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

* Living Composers Series supported by the National Endowment for the Arts

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 excerpt (1:21)

Radio Promo (1:02)


Ward Stare
Stare

American Heritage

FAMILY CONCERT

Click to purchase online - Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3pm - Please note this concert is almost sold out.  The only sections with seats remaining together are the Orchestra Rear & Terrace Circle sections. Only single seats remain (ie, not next to each other) in other sections.

Ward Stare, conductor

BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
JOPLIN Maple Leaf Rag
JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List
                              Erin Schreiber, violin
COPLAND Hoedown
COPLAND Appalachian Spring (excerpts)
JOHN ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine


Ward Stare
Stare

Young Adult Concert

EDUCATION SERIES (grades 7-12)
Presented by Bank of America Foundation

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 10am

BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
COPLAND Hoedown
COPLAND Appalachian Spring (excerpts)
JOPLIN Maple Leaf Rag
JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List

American music is as diverse as the people who make it.

Call (314) 286-4156 or email to education@slso.org to order tickets.


Orli Shaham
Shaham

Orli Shaham Plays Mozart

ORCHESTRAL SERIES


Click to purchase online - Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Click to purchase online - Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3pm

Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Orli Shaham, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

Pianist Orli Shaham joins the Saint Louis Symphony for Mozart’s eloquent Piano Concerto Number Twenty, which Beethoven admired for its elegance, beauty and tenderness.  In contrast, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 is widely recognized for its intellectual depth and heart-wrenching fate motif.

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

Please note: There will be no late seating for these concerts. Patrons arriving after the start of the concert will not be seated until intermission.

Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 excerpt (1:59)

Radio Promo (1:02)


RELATED LINKS

Now Available! Dr. Atomic CD
The premiere recordings of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony and Guide to Strange Places, performed live at Powell Hall by the SLSO under the direction of Music Director David Robertson, is available now for purchase.
Gil Shaham
Shaham

Gil Shaham Plays Prokofiev

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by The Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation

Click to purchase online - Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 8pm

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin (Whitaker Guest Artist)

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Rapture *
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony

The SLSO is thrilled to welcome Gil Shaham as soloist in two distinct programs of concertos by Prokofiev, Mozart and Stravinsky. A recent recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Award, Shaham is recognized worldwide as one of the most virtuosic and engaging violinists of our time.

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

* Living Composers Series supported by the National Endowment for the Arts


Doctor Atomic Symphony: III. Trinity excerpt (1:17)


Gil Shaham
Shaham

The Phenomenal Gil Shaham

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by The Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation

Click to purchase online - Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin (Whitaker Guest Artist)

STRAVINSKY Danses concertantes
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2, K. 211
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” K. 425

The SLSO is thrilled to welcome Gil Shaham as soloist in two distinct programs of concertos by Prokofiev, Mozart and Stravinsky. A recent recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Award, Shaham is recognized worldwide as one of the most virtuosic and engaging violinists of our time.

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

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 excerpt (1:17)


RELATED LINKS

California Tour - Los Angeles


Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 8pm - Tickets & More Info

Disney Hall, Los Angeles

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

STRAVINSKY Danses Concertantes
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2, K. 211
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” K. 425


Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!


Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:30pm - SOLD OUT!
National Public Radio Presents
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
in association with St. Louis Public Radio

Please note:  This event is a rental of Powell Hall and is not presented by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

RELATED LINKS

California Tour - Palm Desert


Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 8pm

McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Rapture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony


RELATED LINKS

California Tour - UC-Davis


Friday, April 16, 2010 at 8pm - Tickets & More Info

Mondavi Center, UC-Davis

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Rapture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony


RELATED LINKS

California Tour - San Francisco


Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8pm - Tickets & More Info

Davies Hall, San Francisco

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Rapture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony


RELATED LINKS

California Tour - San Francisco


Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 7pm - Tickets & More Info

Davies Hall, San Francisco

David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

STRAVINSKY Danses Concertantes
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2, K. 211
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” K. 425


Pinchas Zukerman
Zukerman

Pinchas Zukerman

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by Thompson Coburn LLP

Click to purchase online - Friday, April 23, 2010 at 10:30am (Coffee Concert)
Click to purchase online - Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 3pm

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/violin/viola (Whitaker Guest Artist)

BACH Violin Concerto No. 1
HINDEMITH Trauermusik
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
BRAHMS Serenade No. 2

Audience favorite Pinchas Zukerman has been a musical phenomenon for four decades. Equally respected as a violinist, violist, conductor, pedagogue and chamber musician, Pinchas Zukerman is an undisputed master of the violin and viola. Zukerman makes his long awaited return to St. Louis playing double duty as both conductor and soloist in this program.

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


Community Concert

FREE SPECIAL EVENT

Sunday, April 25 at 6pm

Robert Ray, conductor
Roland Carter, guest conductor
Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus

West Side Missionary Baptist Church
4675 Page Boulevard

Distinguished composer, conductor, educator, and pianist, Roland Carter, will be the guest conductor, leading the chorus in a number of his own works and arrangements. In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the IN UNISON Chorus and to commemorate the final concert under the baton of Robert Ray, who is retiring at the end of this season, the 2009-10 ensemble will be joined by former members of the chorus in performing Dr. Ray's "Gospel Mass."


Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Pulitzer Concert


Click to purchase online - Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Blvd

STOCKHAUSEN   Mantra (1970)


Classical Mystery Tour

SLSO Presents Classical Mystery Tour:
A Tribute to the Beatles

IN CONCERT FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

Click to purchase online - Friday, April 30, 2010 at 7:30pm

Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert.  The show presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as they were written.  Hear "Penny Lane" with a live trumpet section; experience the beauty of "Yesterday" with an acoustic guitar and string quartet; enjoy the rock/classical blend on the hard edged "I Am the Walrus."  From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you've never heard them: totally live and with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.


Christine Brewer
Brewer

Wagner’s Greatest Hits

ORCHESTRAL SERIES
Presented by The Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation

Click to purchase online - Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3pm

David Robertson, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano (Whitaker Guest Artist)
Alan Held, bass-baritone (Whitaker Guest Artist)

WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
WAGNER Three Excerpts from Act III of Die Meistersinger
WAGNER Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries and Final Scene of Die Walküre

The SLSO and David Robertson perform Wagner’s greatest hits! Enjoy The Ride of the Valkyries plus selections from Tristan and Isolde and Die Meistersinger. St. Louis’ favorite soprano Christine Brewer shines as soloist.

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

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries excerpt (1:46)


Horacio Gutierrez
Gutiérrez

Rachmaninoff Second Concerto - Season Finale

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES


Click to purchase online - Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 8pm
Click to purchase online - Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 3pm

Robert Spano, conductor (Whitaker Guest Artist)
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Christine Goerke, soprano
Brett Polegato, baritone
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
            Amy Kaiser, director

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1, “A Sea Symphony”

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano conducts the SLSO season finale. Soloist Horacio Gutierrez makes his SLSO debut in three performances of Rachmaninoff’s legendary Second Piano Concerto. Vaughan Williams’ fluid, ethereal “Sea Symphony” features the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus and text from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.

Please note: There will be no late seating for these concerts. Patrons arriving after the start of the concert will not be seated until intermission.

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

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 excerpt (1:56)

Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1 excerpt (2:00)


RELATED LINKS
Ward Stare
Stare

Youth Orchestra


Click to purchase online - Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 3pm

Ward Stare, conductor
Andrew Robson, flute
Winner Youth orchestra Concerto Competition

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
MOZART  Concerto for Flute No. 1 in G major, K. 313
STRAVINSKY  Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)


RELATED LINKS
Ozomatli
Ozomatli

SLSO Presents Ozomatli


Click to purchase online - Friday, May 14, 2010 at 8pm

The Grammy® Award-winning multicultural group teams up with the SLSO in their very first orchestral tour. Notorious for their urban-Latino-hip hop-funk collision, Ozomatli and the SLSO will take you around the world, and it’s a trip you won’t want to miss.

“If the America-as-melting-pot model beats out America-as-segregated-patchwork, this is what the block party of the future will sound like.”—PopMatters


Liza Minnelli
Minnelli

SLSO Presents Liza Minnelli


Click to purchase online - Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 8pm

Songstress and Tony® Award winner Liza Minnelli joins the SLSO for one unforgettable evening. Liza will sing sensational American standards in a glamorous and intimate concert with Liza and her quartet. 


RELATED LINKS
Richard Hayman
Hayman

SLSO Presents An Afternoon with Richard Hayman


Click to purchase online - Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 2pm

SLSO Pops Conductor Emertius Richard Hayman comes home for a very special 90th Birthday Celebration. Hear your favorite Hayman arrangements of standards, plus the quintessential Hayman harmonica!



 

PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE


2010-2011 subscriptions are on sale now! Visit our 2010-2011 Season pages for more information on subscribing today.

Many free community events will take place throughout the season. View our Community Events Listing.

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 on Monday, May 10, 2010:  Bernadette Peters, 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 & Chris Botti.


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents Bernadette Peters


Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:30pm


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents The Music of ABBA


Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 7:30pm

Ward Stare, conductor


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


Mozart Violin Concerto

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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


AMERICAN ARTS EXPERIENCE-ST. LOUIS

Rhapsody in Blue

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

Gala with Renée Fleming


Saturday, October 2 at 7pm

David Robertson, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Program to be determined



Dvorák 8

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
DVORÁK  Symphony No. 8


Shostakovich 4

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


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


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents Psycho


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

Ward Stare, conductor

HITCHCOCK/        Psycho (with film)
HERRMANN



Ax Plays Brahms

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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


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


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


Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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


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



PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents Michael W. Smith


Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 7:30pm 


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

A Gospel Christmas


Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 7:30pm

Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus
TBD, guest artist


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Holiday Celebration


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



PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents Chaplin's City Lights


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

David Robertson, conductor

CHAPLIN   City Lights (with film)



PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

New Year's Eve Concert


Friday, December 31, 2010 at 7:30pm

David Robertson, conductor


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


Brahms’ Requiem

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

David Robertson, conductor
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

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


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


Mahler 6

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

Semyon Bychkov, conductor

MAHLER  Symphony No. 6


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


Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration


Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7:30pm

TBD, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus


PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

SLSO Presents Chris Botti


Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:30pm


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”


Carnegie Hall Concert


Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8pm

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”


All-Russian Program

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


Zarathustra

ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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


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


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
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Amy Kaiser, director

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


Bronfman Plays Tchaikovsky

PREMIUM ORCHESTRAL SERIES

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

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2

RCHESTRAL 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


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
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



 

PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE