St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Did you know you can listen to complete SLSO concerts at any time on our website? In a unique partnership with 90.7 KWMU St. Louis Public Radio , SLSO concerts are broadcast each Saturday night then are available for streaming for a limited time on slso.org. Right now, listen to performances of classics like Brahms Symphony No. 2, Vivaldi's Gloria, and Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, as well as exciting new pieces, like the U.S. premiere of Tan Dun's Contrabass Concerto: The Wolf.

#ICYMI Here's full video of Music Director Stéphane Denève conducting the 2020 Nobel Prize Concert this week! He's joined by pianist Igor Levit in Beethoven's triumphant Fifth Piano Concerto.

As Music Director Stéphane Denève and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra prepared to kick off the 2020/2021 season with socially distanced concerts in Powell Hall, he and the trombones of the orchestra recorded the opening piece for this uncommon season, Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5.

December packs a lot of holidays and special occasions into a short amount of time. One you might not have on your listand that the SLSO couldn’t resist celebratingis International Tango Day. Watch the full video and series here: https://www.slso.org/holidays

Hey Taylor Swiftcongrats on the new album! We love your song honoring your grandmother, Marjorie Finlay. Want to follow in her footsteps and come sing with us sometime? We dug up our old program books to see the St. Charlesnative’s name in print. When she performed with us in January 1962, she sang arias from Puccini and Gounod, along with a couple other selections.

FEATURE FRIDAY: Take a five-minute breather this Friday morning for some music with Aleck Belcher, the SLSO's Associate Principal Double Bassist. In this video, he performs two movements of Dave Anderson's Four Short Pieces for Solo Double Bass, the Prelude and Scherzando. Aleck, an Indiana native, is in his second full season with your SLSO.

FEATURE FRIDAY: We hope you can take a brief moment to enjoy music this morning. Tod Bowermaster, Third Horn, gives this performance of Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? from James M. Stephenson’s Maytudes. Stephenson’s work is one of 31 etudes he composed during the month of May 2020. Tod has held the position of Third Horn with the SLSO since 1995.

A December 2017 concert led by conductor Nicholas McGegan filled Powell Hall with the music of Vivaldi, with works familiar and unfamiliar. It made for "a Baroque evening that was unusual but well-done." St. Louis Post-Dispatch You can enjoy this concert again at 8:00pm Saturday on 90.7 KWMU St. Louis Public Radio or on slso.org for a limited time (https://bit.ly/32834Sm).

Who's in need of some holiday spirit? Handel's Messiah, with its universally recognized Hallelujah Chorus, should do the trick. This massive oratorio, with 53 musical numbers, was given a "first-rate" ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch) performance by the orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Chorus, and soloists in a 2015 performance. Listen to this favorite of the holiday season again this Saturday at 8:00pm on 90.7 KWMU St. Louis Public Radio.

Each Veterans Day, the United States remembers, honors, and commends the country’s service membersall who have served and currently serve in its military. The holiday coincides with Remembrance Day and Armistice Day, each solemnly commemorating the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the World War I armistice took effect. This year, an ensemble of SLSO musicians, including an Army veteran, gathered to pay musical tribute to service members with the Armed Services Medley. Learn more: http://slsostories.org//slso-songs-of-america-armed-servic

Prokofiev's beloved Peter and the Wolf has introduced generations of listeners to orchestral music. Your SLSO Education team put together this at-home resource you can use to foster a love of music with your child