| October 31, 2020 |
Guest conductor John Storgårds leads a program that includes the SLSO debut of the dazzling pianist Nikolai Lugansky on Rachmaninoff's ravishing Piano Concerto No. 3. Bartók's triumphant Concerto for Orchestra caps this program.
Program:
John Storgårds, conductor
Nikolai Lugansky, piano (SLSO debut)
Valentin SILVESTROV Hymne-2001 (First SLSO performances)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
This concert was originally broadcast live on April 22, 2017.
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| November 7, 2020 |
Former Music Director David Robertson tells a story through music with pieces that all have connections, obvious or not, to America. John Adams is one of the preeminent composers of our time as his The Chairman Dances is one of the most well-known excerpts from his groundbreaking opera Nixon in China. Violinist Gil Shaham delivers his rich interpretation of Korngold's sumptuous Violin Concerto, a crowning musical achievement of the Austrian-born composer who made a name for himself in Hollywood. The concert concludes with the symphony that perhaps defines American influence on the symphony: Dvořák's Symphony No. 9.
Program:
David Robertson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
John ADAMS The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
This concert was originally broadcast live on January 14, 2017.
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| November 14, 2020 |
Frequent SLSO collaborator Nicholas McGegan leads a festive smorgasbord of music from early music father Antonin Vivaldi. With several SLSO musicians as soloists, the evening concludes with an uplifting performances of Vivaldi's Gloria with sopranos Sherezade Panthaki and Leann Schuering and countertenor Jay Carter.
Program:
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Chris Dwyer, horn
Thomas Jöstlein, horn
Andrea Kaplan, flute
Jennifer Nitchman, flute
Bjorn Ranheim, cello
Jay Carter, countertenor (SLSO debut)
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano (SLSO debut)
Leann Schuering, soprano
Melody Lee, violin
Erin Schreiber, violin
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Amy Kaiser, director
VIVALDI Concerto for Strings in C major
VIVALDI "Gelosia, tu già rendi l'alma mia" from Ottone in villa
VIVALDI "L'ombre, l'aure, e ancora il rio" from Ottone in villa
VIVALDI "Nel profondo cieco mondo" from Orlando furioso
VIVALDI "Mentre dormi, amor formenti" from L'Olimpiade
VIVALDI "In braccio de' contenti" from Gloria ed Imeneo
VIVALDI Concerto for 2 Horns and Strings in F major
VIVALDI Concerto grosso in D minor
VIVALDI Gloria
This concert was originally broadcast live on December 2, 2017.
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