St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

Season Finale

📍 This event takes place at Powell Hall

Sunday, May 31, 2026, 3:00pm Get Tickets

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Program

Samuel Hollister, conductor
Samuel Wenger-Stickel, violin

Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Kaija Saariaho Ciel d’hiver
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1

About this Concert

The St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra concludes its season with an expansive yet intimate program full of emotional contrast. Samuel Barber’s introspective, brilliant Violin Concerto opens with a stirring performance from violinist Samuel Wenger-Stickel, high school senior and winner of the 2026 YO Concerto Competition. Kaija Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver follows with a shift in mood and atmosphere, as delicate orchestral colors evoke the quiet expanse of a winter sky. The journey culminates in the bold, impassioned drama of Jean Sibelius’ First Symphony, unfolding from a solitary clarinet call into a sweeping, triumphant finale fitting for the YO’s last performance of the 25/26 season.

Artists

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Samuel Hollister

Conductor

Samuel Wenger-Stickel

YO Co-Principal Second Violin

St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

Special Thanks

Youth Orchestra programs are presented by the Tynewald Foundation and supported in part by the G.A., Jr. and Kathryn M. Buder Charitable Foundation, Gateway Metro Federal Credit Union, and the ESCO Technologies Foundation.

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Discover the future of orchestral music with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. YO musicians perform challenging orchestral repertoire while learning directly from the musicians and conductors of the SLSO.

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