Annual Forest Park Concert
Thu, Sep 19 at 7:00pm | Art Hill in Forest Park
Join us as we kick off the 24/25 season at our annual free concert in Forest Park. Music Director Stéphane Denève leads a program for everyone, featuring music from the upcoming year. Get comfortable on Art Hill with your drinks, snacks, and chairs and enjoy this St. Louis tradition.
For a limited time, enjoy $20 floor seats for select fall performances in the 24/25 season with promo code SLSOFALL20. Click below to see available concerts.
Getting to the Forest Park Concert
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Concert Program
Music Director Stéphane Denève and the SLSO will perform:
John Stafford Smith The Star-Spangled Banner (arr. by John Philip Sousa/Walter Damrosch)
J. Rosamund Johnson “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (arr. by Hale Smith)
Ludwig van Beethoven Molto vivace from Symphony No. 9
Hector Berlioz “Hungarian March” from The Damnation of Faust
W.A. Mozart Allegro from Symphony No. 31, “Paris”
Edvard Grieg “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Finale from Symphony No. 5
Richard Hayman Servicemen on Parade
Hugh Martin “The Trolley Song” from Meet Me in St. Louis (arr. by Salinger/Russ)
Scott Joplin The Cascades
John Williams Olympic Fanfare and Theme
John Williams Flying Theme from E.T.
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever
2024 Forest Park Vendors
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