2008-2009 Classical Detours
Fridays at 6:30pm
$30 Reserved, limited availability
$20 General Admission
No passport required, no baggage to check.
Classical Detours returns to Friday nights,
which means you begin your weekend with
a pre-concert happy hour followed by the
SLSO taking you on an exciting, one-hour
musical tour of places far and near. Avoid
the rush hour on the most enjoyable detour
you’ll ever take.
Presented in partnership with The Boeing Company.
Complimentary beer sampling before each performance provided courtesy of Schlalfy Beer.
Doors open at 5:30pm with complimentary beer sampling and happy-hour pricing on other drinks and appetizers.
Discover America
- Friday, December 12, 2008 at 6:30pm
David Robertson, conductor
Carolyn Banham, english horn
Thomas Drake, Trumpet
JOHN WILLIAMS The Cowboys Overture
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
The Great Lover
Lonely Town: Pas de deux
Times Square: 1944
COPLAND Quiet City
RODGERS Carousel Waltz
BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
Audio Clip - Candide Overture (1:57)
Trying to find refuge from holiday music for at least one hour? Meet your friends after work (doors open at 5:30pm) to hoist a brew from Schlafly, enjoy some appetizers and get the weekend started with an American celebration, not a single “fa la la la la” to be heard. Instead, you’ll be entertained by music written by some of this country’s greatest composers: John Williams writing for a John Wayne movie, the pulse of city life found in a work by Aaron Copland, a waltz from Richard Rodgers’ lovely Carousel, and some razzle dazzle from Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town. No “Jingle Bells.” No “Rudolph.” The SLSO offers holiday relief. After the concert, stick around and join SLSO musicians for drinks and conversation in the Powell foyer. And if you are ready to go on the town afterward, the new Triumph Grill, just a hop, skip and jump from Powell on Olive, offers a glass of wine at half-price with your SLSO ticket. If you want to stay and dine, we suggest you make reservations at the Triumph Grill website, www.triumphgrill.com or by calling 314-446-1801.
Robertson
Latin American Carnival
- Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:30pm
David Robertson, conductor
Rhythm is as fine a way of defining a place
and a people as history, language or landscape.
To imagine Latin America is to hear
rhythms, wonderful variations of beat and
pulsation, and to feel lives moving with
distinctive grace. The SLSO makes Latin
rhythms sing in this Classical Detour.
Robertson
Middle East Crossroads
- Friday, March 20, 2009 at 6:30pm
David Robertson, conductor
The Middle East is where peoples of the
world—with disparate beliefs, customs,
religions, and histories—have converged for
most of human time. This passionate mingling
of cultures, these crossroads of hopes
and dreams are the source materials for the
finale to this season’s Classical Detours.
Robertson