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The St. Louis Symphony
Sundays from 2 - 4 p.m. and Wednesdays 8 - 10 p.m.

*Coming Fall 2025*

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 and conductors like Leonard Slatkin, Stéphane Denève, Joyce Yang, Orli Shaham, Joyce DiDonato and many more.

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

Commentator

Lauren Eldridge Stewart

Assistant Professor of Music at Washington University

Upcoming programs:

Sunday Oct. 5th 2 - 4 p.m., and Wednesday Oct. 8th 8 - 10 p.m.

Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man
Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
James Lee III’s Fanfare for Universal Hope
Kevin Puts’ House of Tomorrow with mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato
Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben
Stéphane Denève conducts

Sunday Oct. 19th 2 - 4pm and Wednesday Oct. 22nd 8 - 10pm

Leonard Slatkin’s Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 with Emanuel Ax, piano
Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1
Leonard Slatkin conducts