September 28, 2024 Rebroadcast
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Nyx; Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour; Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique. Stéphane Denève conducted (recorded May 11, 2019 and January 18, 2020).
Live Broadcasts
During the regular St. Louis Symphony Orchestra season, select concerts are broadcast on 90.7 KWMU on Saturday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Most concerts are available on the SLSO website for 30 days following the broadcast. Program Notes for past broadcasts are also available to browse.
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Lauren Eldridge Stewart
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Rod Milam
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Jonathan Ahl (Guest Host)
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Upcoming Concert
March 29, 2025 Broadcast
Music Director Stéphane Denève will lead the orchestra in a program that includes Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations featuring tenor Michael Spyres (pictured), Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer also featuring Michael Spyres and Franz Liszt’s Les Preludes.
During the intermission we will talk with Stéphane Denève.
Hear Rod Milam's conversation with pianist Kirill Gerstein:
2024-2025 Season Schedule
October 5, 2024
Antonín Dvořák’s Carnival Overture; Gabriela Lena Frank’s Concertino Cusqueño; Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6. Cristian Măcelaru conducts (recorded October 4, 2024).
October 19, 2024
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade; Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with Conrad Tao, piano; James MacMillan’s One; Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation.” David Danzmayr conducts.
October 26, 2024
Cindy McTee’s Timepiece; Domenico Scarlatti’s / arr. Leonard Slatkin Five Sonatas for Orchestral Wind Ensemble; Daniel Slatkin’s Voyager 130 (U.S. Premiere); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Leonard Slatkin conducts (recorded October 25, 2024).
November 9, 2024
Valerie Coleman Umoja; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich, violin; Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded February 2, 2024).
November 16, 2024
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No.1, K.16; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 with Behzod Abduraimov, piano; Mozart’s Overture to Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 87; Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms; Mozart’s Symphony No. 31, K. 297, “Paris.” Stéphane Denève conducts.
November 23, 2024
William Grant Still’s Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius; Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yeol Eum Son, piano; Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. Jonathon Heyward conducts (recorded November 22, 2024).
December 7, 2024
Claudio Monteverdi’s Toccata from L’Orfeo; W.A. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Overture; Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture; Giacomo Puccini’s Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut; Vincenzo Bellini’s “Casta Diva” from Norma with Melissa Brooks, cello; Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” from La Gioconda; Ambroise Thomas’ Mignon Overture; Georges Bizet’s Les Toréadors from Carmen Suite No. 1; Pablo de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy with Erin Schreiber, violin; Jacques Offenbach’s Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann; Offenbach’s “Can-Can” from Orpheus in the Underworld. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded March 3, 2024).
January 11, 2025
Samuel Barber’s The School for Scandal Overture; Nina Shekhar’s Accordion Concerto (World Premiere) with Hanzhi Wang, accordion; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Daniela Candillari conducts.
January 18, 2025
Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with Kirill Gerstein, piano; Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with Kirill Gerstein, piano; Ravel’s Bolero. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded January 17, 2025).
February 15, 2025
Anna Clyne’s PALETTE Concerto (World Premiere); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Nikolai Lugansky, piano; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy. Stéphane Denève conducts.
February 22, 2025
Outi Tarkiainen’s The Ring of Fire and Love; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 with Saleem Ashkar, piano; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. David Afkham conducts (recorded February 21, 2025).
March 1, 2025
Kevin Puts’ Silent Night Elegy and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Ellie Dehn, soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, Issachah Savage, tenor, Morris Robinson, bass and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Amy Kaiser director. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded February 8, 2020).
March 15, 2025
Kaija Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver; Magnus Lindberg’s Viola Concerto (U.S. Premiere) with Lawrence Power, viola; Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Hannu Lintu conducts (recorded March 14, 2025).
March 22, 2025
John Williams’ Theme from Seven Years in Tibet; Guillaume Connesson’s Lost Horizons Violin Concerto (U.S. Premiere) with Akiko Suwanai, violin; Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call; Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront. Stéphane Denève conducts.
March 29, 2025
Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations with Michael Spyres, tenor; Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with Michael Spyres, tenor; Franz Liszt’s Les préludes. Stéphane Denève conducts (recorded March 28, 2025).
April 12, 2025
Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto with Francesca Dego, violin; Jean Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala). John Storgårds conducts.