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Symphony Review: Gerstein and Denève celebrate Maurice Ravel

What’s better than an afternoon with the music of Maurice Ravel? Last Sunday the answer was: an afternoon with the music of Ravel performed by Stéphane Denève and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with ...

Created on 24 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Preview: The big D

"The Germans," observed the great violinist Joseph Joachim, "have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising, is Beethoven's." This weekend (Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 26) James ...

Created on 20 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Preview: Reveling in Ravel

This weekend (January 17 and 19) St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Music Director Stéphane Denève returns for a program devoted entirely to a composer I love almost as much as he does: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). ...

Created on 15 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Review: Hanzhi Wang takes the accordion to new levels in world premiere concerto

This past Saturday, January 11th, Opera Theatre’s Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari led the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) in a program consisting of “The School for Scandal Overture,” Op. 5, ...

Created on 13 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Preview: New world, new sounds

The regular concert season of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO)  resumes on this Friday and Saturday (January 10 and 11) as Opera Theatre’s Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari leads the orchestra ...

Created on 08 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Review: Childress and the SLSO light up New Year's Ev

The annual New Year’s Eve concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has always been a festive occasion and this year was no exception. Indeed, the mix of elegance and entertainment former SLSO ...

Created on 06 January 2025

Classical

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Symphony Preview: 'Tis the season, Part 5: Ring in the Ne

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s (SLSO) holiday programming concludes Tuesday, December 31, at 7:30 pm with the annual “New Year’s Eve Celebration” concert. This year the figure on the podium will be ...

Created on 29 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: 'Tis the season, part 4: Year of the Drago

Special St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) holiday programming continues this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, December 28 and 29) Scott Terrell Photo courtesy of the SLSO Saturday ...

Created on 27 December 2024

Visual & Performing Arts

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Street artist fnnch brings the bears to City Museum

... Photo courtesy of fnnch Chuck Lavazzi (CL): Your Honey Bears are based on the old squeezable bear-shaped honey jars. I remember them from my childhood. fnnch: Yeah, there was originally a patent ...

Created on 20 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: 'Tis the season, part

Special St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) holiday programming continues this week with one program at two different venues. That program is, of course, the traditional “Mercy Holiday Celebration.” Norman ...

Created on 17 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Review: Early holiday cheer with "A Baroque Christmas

It might seem counter-intuitive for a concert billed as “A Baroque Christmas” to feature only 20 minutes or so of actual Christmas music, but as far as I’m concerned, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concert ...

Created on 13 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: 'Tis the season, Part

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s regular concert season traditionally goes on hiatus during December, but special holiday events continue right up through New Year’s Eve. This week is relatively light, ...

Created on 11 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: 'Tis the season, part

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s regular concert season traditionally goes on hiatus during December, but that doesn’t mean the orchestra and chorus aren’t kept busy. Far from it, as a quick survey of ...

Created on 03 December 2024

Classical

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Symphony Review: Stéphane Denève's second mostly Mozart concert is completely lovabl

Last Friday and Saturday (November 15th and 16th) it was all Mozart (almost) all the time, as Music Director Stéphane Denève led the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in two symphonies, an opera overture, and ...

Created on 21 November 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: Swan songs

Twentieth century American composer William Grant Still (1985–1978) has been getting a fair amount of long-overdue attention in recent years. His one-act opera “Highway 1, USA” got an exceptional production ...

Created on 19 November 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: Sous le ciel de Paris

This weekend (November 15 and 16) Stéphane Denève conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the second of two programs devoted almost entirely to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). It’s ...

Created on 12 November 2024

Classical

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Symphony Review: The SLSOs Mozart "Requiem" brings light to a dark univers

“The universe is optimistic.” Thus spake Music Director Stéphane Denève at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra this past Saturday (November 9). The inspiration for that declaration, he said, was the fact ...

Created on 11 November 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: The final problem

This weekend (November 9 and 10) Stéphane Denève conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the first of two programs devoted almost entirely to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Think ...

Created on 05 November 2024

Classical

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Symphony Preview: E pluribus, unum concentus

It’s quite a mixed bag this weekend (October 18 and 19) as guest conductor David Danzmayr makes his third appearance with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since his notable local debut in 2021. During ...

Created on 15 October 2024

Classical

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Symphony Review: Noting musical nomads with the SLSO

“A wandering minstrel I,” sings Nanki-Poo as he introduces himself in “The Mikado”; “A thing of shreds and patches.” You wouldn’t call the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra “a thing of shreds and patches,” ...

Created on 03 October 2024