Mozart Celebration
This November, join us for a celebration of Mozart’s genius with two weekends of captivating concerts.
Experience the haunting beauty of his unfinished Requiem alongside the playful charm of his early symphonies. Each performance offers a unique glimpse into the life and legacy of one of classical music’s greatest composers. Don’t miss this chance to immerse yourself in the magic of Mozart!
Mozart’s Requiem
Sat, Nov 9 at 7:30pm & Sun, Nov 10 at 3:00pm
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Josh Lovell, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Erin Freeman, director
W.A. Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Detlev Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs
W.A. Mozart Requiem, K. 626
The SLSO’s Mozart celebration begins at the very end. The sorrow and beauty of the unfinished Requiem speaks across centuries. Acclaimed bass-baritone Dashon Burton finds darkness and hope in an arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Four Serious Songs.
Mozart’s Journey
Fri, Nov 15 at 7:30pm & Sat, Nov 16 at 7:30pm
📍 Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 1, K. 16
W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466
W.A. Mozart Overture to Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 87
Anna Clyne Within Her Arms
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 31, K. 297, “Paris”
The second concert of our Mozart celebration captures a composer on the move. We meet Mozart as an eight-year-old, dashing off his First Symphony in London. Then he’s in Italy, writing the fun-loving opera Mitridate, rè di Ponto. A stop in France for the fizzing “Paris” Symphony leads us to his later home in Vienna, where he wrote the Piano Concerto No. 20, performed with intensity here by Behzod Abduraimov.