Conductor Norman Huynh speaking on stage into a microphone

Pre-Concert Conversations

Pre-Concert Conversations are free to all ticket holders and start one hour prior to each classical concert. Learn about the music and musicians from experts in musicology.

 

  • Dec 6-7: Patrick Dupre Quigley, A Baroque Christmas 
  • Jan 10-11: Christopher Stark and Nina Shekhar, Dvořák’s New World
  • Jan 17 & 19: Peter Henderson, Stéphane Conducts Ravel
  • Jan 25-26: Samuel Hollister, Beethoven and Mahler 
  • Feb 14-15: Peter Henderson, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet
  • Feb 21 & 23: Peter Henderson, Brahms’ First Symphony
  • Mar 1-2: Erin Freeman, Beethoven’s Ninth
  • Mar 14 & 16: Amy Greenhalgh, Lintu Conducts Schumann
  • Mar 21-22: Samuel Hollister, Bernstein and Williams
  • Mar 28 & 30: Samuel Hollister, Debussy and Liszt
  • Apr 11-13: Amy Greenhalgh, Brahms’ Violin Concerto
  • Apr 26-27: Samuel Hollister, Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
  • May 3-4: Erin Freeman, Peer Gynt

Pre-Concert Conversations are sponsored by Washington University Physicians.