September 26, 2026
Hector Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Overture; Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman, piano; Andrea Tarrodi’s Liguria; Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Stéphane Denève conducts.
St. Louis Public Radio produces and broadcasts concerts on Saturday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., during the regular St. Louis Symphony Orchestra season.
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Music Director Stéphane Denève will lead the orchestra in Hector Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Overture; Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman (pictured), Andrea Tarrodi’s Liguria and Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
During the intermission we will talk with Stéphane Denève and Yefim Bronfman.
Program Notes Noted Program BookHector Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Overture; Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman, piano; Andrea Tarrodi’s Liguria; Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Anna Meredith’s Nautilus; Jean Sibelius’ Scene with Cranes; Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs with Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano and nyckelharpa; Traditional/arr. Patoulidou’s Kalevala Melody; Sibelius’ Luonnotar with Patoulidou; Claude Debussy’s La Mer. Dalia Stasevska conducts (recorded October 2, 2026).
Ülo Krigul’s Proteus Plus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with Marie-Ange Nguci, piano; Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” Kristiina Poska conducts.
George Walker’s Folksongs for Orchestra; Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Julia Bullock, soprano; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.” Stéphane Denève conducts.
Michael Tilson Thomas’ Agnegram; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Daniil Trifonov, piano; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Felix Mendelssohn’s Psalm 114 (When Israel out of Egypt Came) and Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Erin Freeman, director. David Afkham conducts.
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead; Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto with Himari, violin; Modest Mussorgsky / orch. Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition. John Storgårds conducts.
Kaija Saariaho’s Lumière et Pesanteur (Light and Gravity); Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Jeremy Denk, piano; Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. Dinis Sousa conducts.
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s New Year’s Eve Celebration
Ring in 2027 with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Aubrey Logan, vocalist and trombone. Samuel Hollister conducts.
Detlev Glanert’s Vexierbild. (Hidden Image.); Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with James Ehnes, violin; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Miguel Farías’ Retratos Australes (Southern Portraits); Kris Bowers’ For a Younger Self (Violin Concerto) with Charles Yang, violín; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Paolo Bortolameolli, conducts.
Mel Bonis’ Salomé from Trois femmes de légende; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Yeol Eum Son, piano; Richard Strauss’ / arr. Manfred Honeck/Tomáš Ille Elektra Symphonic Suite. Anja Bihlmaier conducts.
Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre; Guillaume Connesson’s Cello Concerto with Johannes Moser, cello; Sergei Prokofiev’s Selections from Waltz Suite and Scythian Suite. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Francis Poulenc’s Gloria with Sarah Aristidou, soprano; Maurice Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) with Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano (L’Enfant); Marianne Lambert (Bergère, Une pastourelle, La Chouette, La Chauve-souris), soprano; Elliot Madore (L’Horloge, Comtoise, Le Chat), baritone; Nicholas Newton (Le Fauteuil, L’Arbre), bass-baritone; Sara Couden (Maman, La Tasse, La Libellule), contralto; Angel Raii Gomez (Le petite vieillard, La rainette, La théière), tenor; Sarah Mesko (La Chatte, L’Ecureuil, Patre), mezzo-soprano, the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Erin Freeman, director and members of the St. Louis Children’s Choirs, Dr. Alyson Moore, artistic director. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Kevin Puts’ Bassoon Concerto with Andrew Cuneo, bassoon; Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. David Danzmayr, conducts.
Aaron Copland’s Our Town; John Adams’ Frenzy: a short symphony; Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 5, “Liberty” with Kevin Short, bass-baritone and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Teddy Abrams conducts.
Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times) with Lauren Snouffer, soprano, Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor, Ben Brady, bass-baritone and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Erin Freeman, director; Gabriela Ortiz’s Revolución diamantina (Glitter Revolution) with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts.
Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, violin; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Carlos Simon’s “Wake Up!” Concerto for Orchestra; Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with Scott Andrews, clarinet; Christopher Stark’s Violin Concerto “Vesper Flight” with Erin Schreiber, violin; Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Stéphane Denève conducts.
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasía on Greensleeves; Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 6; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 with Olga Kern, piano; Leonard Slatkin conducts (recorded April 16, 2027).
Zoltán Kodály’s Dances of Galánta; Roberto Sierra’s Salseando with Pacho Flores, trumpet; Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano, sopranos and altos of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Erin Freeman, director and St. Louis Children’s Choirs, Dr. Alyson Moore, artistic director. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded May 7, 2027).