Late January and February St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concerts present a wide variety of artists and music at six venues
(December 28, 2023, St. Louis, MO) – Today, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced details of its late January and February concerts at six venues throughout the region. Concerts include classical and choral favorites, acclaimed guest artists, chamber music concerts, celebrations of Lunar New Year and Black History Month, and a concert tailored for children ages 3-6 and their families.
Tickets are on sale now. Tickets may be purchased at slso.org or by calling the Box Office at 314-534-1700. A full concert calendar is available at slso.org or on the SLSO’s mobile app available for iOS or Android. Audiences can attend a Pre-Concert Conversation, an engaging discussion about the music and artists on the program, one hour prior to each classical concert.
While the expansion and renovation of Powell Hall continues, the SLSO will perform late January and February concerts at several venues throughout the region: Stifel Theatre in downtown St. Louis (January 27-28, February 17-18, 23), the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in Grand Center (January 30), the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (February 2), The Sheldon (February 3 and 7), the J. Scheidegger Center for Performing Arts at Lindenwood University (February 10), and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (February 28). Shuttle service will be available for concerts at the UMSL’s Touhill Performing Arts Center and Stifel Theatre starting at $15 per seat. There will be two shuttle pick-up locations for performances at Stifel Theatre: Plaza Frontenac and St. Louis Community College–Forest Park. Shuttles for performances at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL will depart from Plaza Frontenac and free parking is available on the UMSL campus.
Musical Fables with Animation and Film
Saturday, January 27, 7:30pm CST
Sunday, January 28, 3:00pm CST
Stifel Theatre
1400 Market Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Grégoire Pont, illustrator and animator
Ken Page, narrator
Peter and the Wolf, the 2008 Oscar® Winner for Best Animated Short Film, directed by Suzie Templeton
Albert Roussel The Spider’s Feast (First SLSO performances)
Francis Poulenc Les Animaux modèles (First SLSO performances)
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
On January 27-28, Music Director Stéphane Denève leads the SLSO in a feast for the ears and eyes in a program that combines aural and visual art. French animator Grégoire Pont conjures an entire visual world with animation projected during the first SLSO performances of Albert Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast. Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is accompanied by the Academy Award-winning short film in a new reimagination of a concert hall staple. St. Louis native and Broadway veteran Ken Page joins Denève and the orchestra to capture the energy of Francis Poulenc’s colorful musical fables, Les Animaux modèles (Model Animals). Tickets start at $15.
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Live at the Pulitzer| Material and Memory
Tuesday, January 30, 7:30pm CST
Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 3716 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63108
Andrea Kaplan, flute
Tzuying Huang, clarinet
Andrea Jarrett, violin
Bjorn Ranheim, cello
Peter Henderson | organ, keyboard, and piano
Laurence Crane Riis (First SLSO performances)
Olly Wilson Echoes (First SLSO performances)
Christopher Stark Maple (First SLSO performances)
Allison Loggins-Hull Homeland (First SLSO performances)
Cassie Wieland to live in static (First SLSO performances)
Inspired by St. Louis’ past and present, the second St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Live at the Pulitzer concert of the 20th anniversary season features the first SLSO performances of five works, programmed in response to the art on display at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. The program invites engagement with the spirit of the city echoed through the sonic worlds of St. Louis-born Olly Wilson and current resident Christopher Stark, the curator of the 23/24 Live at the Pulitzer concerts. Allison Loggins-Hull prompts reflection, while Laurence Crane and Cassie Wieland create gentle spaces for continued contemplation. Tickets are $25.
Barber and Price
Friday, February 2, 10:30am CST*
Friday, February 2, 7:30pm CST
Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis
1 Touhill Circle, St. Louis, Missouri, 63121
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Valerie Coleman Umoja: Anthem of Unity (First SLSO performances)
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Florence Price Symphony No. 3 (First SLSO performances)
*Refreshments courtesy of Kaldi’s Coffee and Eddie’s Southtown Donuts.
Florence Price was a pioneer, a key figure in the Black Chicago Renaissance, championed by America’s finest performers. Her Third Symphony, written during the height of the Great Depression, combines deep passion with an ear for great tunes and danceable rhythms and receives its first SLSO performances in this program. Valerie Coleman’s Umoja seeks a union for family, community, nation, and race. Violinist Augustin Hadelich, an international sensation, and a St. Louis favorite, plays Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto. Tickets start at $15.
Family Concert | Tiny Tunes: The Lion and the Mouse
Saturday, February 3, 11:30am CST
The Sheldon Concert Hall
3648 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, 63108
Kevin McBeth, conductor
Michelle Byrd, narrator
With music by Edvard Grieg and W.A. Mozart, arrangements by Adam Maness.
SLSO education programs are presented by Steward Family Foundation and World Wide Technology.
Tiny Tunes is a 30-minute concert created especially for children ages 3-6, introducing families to the orchestra through storytelling and movement. In this program, two unlikely friends—the mighty lion and the little mouse—take audiences on an adventure that proves even the smallest acts of kindness can make a big difference. Familiar tunes from Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt bring the story to life as students dance and make music along with SLSO musicians. Arrive early for pre-concert activities for the whole family. Tickets are $15.
Live at The Sheldon: Ravel and Dvořák
Wednesday, February 7, 7:30pm CST
The Sheldon Concert Hall
3648 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, 63108
David Halen, curator and violin
Alison Harney, curator and violin
Beth Guterman Chu, viola
Melissa Brooks, cello
Peter Henderson, piano
Florence Price Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
Robyne Sieh New Work (World premiere)
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet in A major
Chamber music curated by David Halen (SLSO Concertmaster) and Alison Harney (SLSO Principal Second Violin).
The performance of Robyne Sieh’s work is presented in partnership with the Mizzou New Music Initiative.
SLSO Concertmaster David Halen and Principal Second Violinist Alison Harney lead the third Live at The Sheldon concert, a celebration of chamber music selected by musicians. The program showcases the lush sounds of Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet and Antonín Dvorák’s masterpiece Piano Quintet in A major, featuring SLSO Principal Keyboard Peter Henderson. A quartet gives the world premiere of a new work by Robyne Sieh, a University of Missouri student and rising composer. Tickets start at $31.
Lunar New Year
Saturday, February 10, 7:30pm CST
J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts at Lindenwood University
2300 W. Clay St., St. Charles, Missouri, 63301
Norman Huynh, conductor
Rulin Olivia Zhang, erhu
CECC dragon dance team
Thunder Drum team
Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture
Dai Wei The Dancing Moonlight (First SLSO performance)
Tan Dun Internet Symphony, “Eroica” (First SLSO performance)
Maurice Ravel “Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas” from Mother Goose Suite
G.F. Handel Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks
He Zhanhao The Butterfly Lovers (Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai) (First SLSO performance)
Igor Stravinsky Selections from The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Presented in partnership with the Chinese Education and Culture Center in St. Louis and the Asian American Chamber of Commerce St. Louis.
Welcome the Year of the Dragon with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Lindenwood University in St. Charles. Conductor Norman Huynh leads this hour-long musical Lunar New Year celebration featuring guest erhu soloist Rulin Olivia Zhang plus an exciting appearance by the Chinese Education and Culture Center dragon dance team and the Thunder Drum team. Tickets start at $27.
Carmina Burana
Saturday, February 17, 7:30pm CST
Sunday, February 18, 3:00pm CST
Stifel Theatre
1400 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63103
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Ying Fang, soprano (SLSO debut)
Sunnyboy Dladla, tenor (SLSO debut)
Thomas Lehman, baritone
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Andrew Whitfield, guest director
St. Louis Children’s Choirs | Alyson Moore, artistic director
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Lera Auerbach Icarus (First SLSO performances)
Richard Wagner “Liebestod” from Tristan and Isolde
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
Right from its famous opening notes, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana shakes Stifel Theatre to its foundation. Orff’s work charts the course of fate with songs of joy, love, and celebration, featuring a trio of soloists and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. Music Director Stéphane Denève crafts a first half trilogy of loss and fateful farewell. In Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, pure sounds fill the auditorium, then Lera Auerbach brings the heat of the sun in Icarus. The love-death from Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde ends with a salute to eternal love. Tickets start at $15.
Lift Every Voice: Celebrating Black History Month
Friday, February 23, 7:30pm CST
Stifel Theatre
1400 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63103
Kevin McBeth, conductor
BeBe Winans, vocals (SLSO debut)
St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus | Kevin McBeth, Director
Repertoire announced at a later date.
Presented by the Steward Family Foundation.
Supported by Bayer Fund.
The SLSO and its inimitable IN UNISON Chorus—marking its 30th year in 2024—continue a decades-long tradition in a one-of-a-kind celebration of Black History Month. The IN UNISON Chorus is made up of singers across St. Louis from all walks of life, from doctors and nurses to students and teachers, and is dedicated to the performance and preservation of music from the African diaspora. Soulful singer BeBe Winans joins the chorus and orchestra for this celebration. Tickets start at $27.
SLSO at Cathedral Basilica
Wednesday, February 28, 8:00pm CST
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
4431 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63108
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Brenda Rae, soprano (SLSO debut)
Davóne Tines, baritone (SLSO debut)
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Erin Freeman, guest director
Gabriel Fauré Pavane
Charles Koechlin Choral sur le nom de Fauré (First SLSO performance)
Lili Boulanger Pie Jesu (First SLSO performance)
Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Tickets available at cathedralconcerts.org.
Presented by BSI Constructors.
Voices soar to the rafters of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in a program led by Music Director Stéphane Denève. Opera stars Brenda Rae and Davóne Tines join the St. Louis Symphony Chorus in Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, reflecting on eternal rest and consolation. Two tranquil pavanes by Fauré and Maurice Ravel invite introspection, accompanied by reverent selections by Charles Koechlin and Lili Boulanger. Tickets start at $30.