Youth Symphony and SLSO -- Side-by-Side in Concert

Experience the moment when the remarkable St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra musicians take the stage to perform with their St. Louis Symphony Orchestra counterparts in a side-by-side concert led by Leonard Slatkin, SLSO Conductor Laureate and founder of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.

This is a one of a kind event featuring the grand master himself, Leonard Slatkin ... and both of the orchestras that he helped make famous. Playing together.

Tickets are required, but they are free*. There is a $1.00 service charge. Or, you can sit in the Dress Circle or Grand Tier above for just $10 a seat. As this is such a special performance, I have purchased a pair of the $10 Dress Circle seats.

RSVP now and get your tickets at https://shop.slso.org/7986/7989

Dinner reservations are at Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant at 242 S. Florissant Road in nearby Ferguson, just minutes from Touhill. Please arrive not later than 5:15. We are already overbooked on our reservation. Please do not add yourself at this time for dinner.

The larger group can meet in the lower lobby at Touhill at about 7:00. Please look for the group there and make sure I know you are there.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Kevin McBeth, narrator
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Joseph Schwantner New Morning for the World (Daybreak of Freedom)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante

Slatkin leads the combined musicians through Johannes Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture followed by Joseph Schwantner’s evocative New Morning for the World (Daybreak of Freedom), which features narrator and Director of SLSO’s IN UNISON Chorus Kevin McBeth channeling the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s stirring Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante brings the program to a powerful close.