The St. Louis Symphony
Select Sundays from 2 - 4 p.m. and Wednesdays 8 - 10 p.m.
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Classical KC extends its local reach to re-broadcast the most recent performances by the Grammy Award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the music, these broadcasts include backstage interviews with soloists, conductors and orchestra members.
These broadcasts are produced by St. Louis Public Radio and made possible in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Hosts
Rod Milam
St. Louis Public Radio
Jonathan Ahl
St. Louis Public Radio
Commentators
Lauren Eldridge Stewart
Assistant Professor of Music at Washington University
Jennifer Gartley
Director of Programming and Applied Music at Washington University
*An agreement with the St. Louis Symphony allows us to share audio for this program up to two weeks after the program's original air date.*
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Celebrate the transformative power of music and community as nearly 300 musicians fill the stage and captivated audiences fill Powell Hall. The SLSO performs the lush soundscapes of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé, collaborations with the IN UNISON and St. Louis Symphony Choruses, and music by two of the SLSO’s dearest friends. -
Assistant Conductor Samuel Hollister makes his SLSO classical debut leading the orchestra in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s exhilarating Third Symphony and an imaginative work that gazes skyward by composer and environmentalist Gabriella Smith. Gabriela Montero takes on Prokofiev’s emotionally turbulent Third Piano Concerto in her SLSO debut. -
Jan Lisiecki performs one of Mozart’s spellbinding piano concertos at the center of a deeply spiritual program. Returning to the SLSO podium, Hannu Lintu leads the orchestra through Wagner’s shimmering melodies, Samy Moussa’s visionary expression of timelessness and paradise in Elysium, and the mysticism and wonder of Respighi’s Church Windows. -
Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony creates a soul-stirring orchestral experience. This monumental symphony is paired with a new concerto by Carlos Simon performed by two of the brightest stars in the string world: three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn and Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods. -
Dedicated to Music Director Stéphane Denève and the SLSO, Kevin Puts’ Concerto for Orchestra is a complex, beautiful, and satisfying emotional journey. This music resonates in Powell Hall alongside a new work by Chinese composer Jasmine Guo and Beethoven’s heroic Emperor Piano Concerto, performed with finesse by acclaimed pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. -
Music by three of America’s most respected contemporary composers comes together for a thrilling ride to the far corners of the galaxy. The orchestra performs John Adams’ driving fanfare and selections from John Williams’ iconic film scores. The SLSO also plays "Contact" by composer-in-residence Kevin Puts, featuring the Grammy-winning trio, Time for Three. -
Experience stunning performances and sensational stories featuring remarkable women. Anna Sułkowska-Migoń opens her SLSO debut with a dynamic overture by fellow Polish musician, Grażyna Bacewicz. Leila Josefowicz displays her formidable talent in Berg’s soul-searching Violin Concerto, and the orchestra conjures the magic of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. -
David Robertson, SLSO Music Director from 2005 to 2018, returns to conduct works by four American musical luminaries. Robertson’s own piano concerto, written for and performed by Orli Shaham, Steven Mackey’s Turn the Key, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Something for the Dark, and Leonard Bernstein’s Second Symphony features a solo piano voice representing the composer’s own introspective journey. -
The Magic Flute is a story that blends fairy tale and philosophy. One of Mozart’s most brilliant orchestral scores, this magnificent, extravagant opera-in-concert production combines the talents of the SLSO, a cast of acclaimed vocalists including Kansas City born tenor Ben Bliss, and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and Children's Chorus. -
Humanity is at the core of this transformative program that includes Sergei Prokofiev's wartime Fifth Symphony, and RE|Member by Reena Esmail. And composer Billy Childs expresses trauma, resilience, and empowerment within the Black American experience through his poignant symphonic poem, Diaspora, brought to life by saxophone soloist Steven Banks.
