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ALT: Text exchange: “| *am* going to see an Icelandic pianist in a couple weeks (Vikingur Olafsson, who's the hot ticket these days). Does that count?” “Almost - is this him?” Picture of beagle at piano keyboard
I mention the recital + Icelandic pianist coincidence.
Dr. Progenydóttir, good scientist, synthesizes data.
Her conclusion: “…is this him?”
💁🏻♀️🎹🐶
#VikingurOlafsson #ClassicalMusic #dogs
#SLSO
ALT: Text exchange: screen capture of Olafsson’s wiki bio. “Eh, not quite. Needs glasses...” “Even if I didn't know this man was Icelandic, that's what my first guess would be (followed by Portland Oregon)” Image: Characters from TV series Portlandia, captioned “We put birds on things”
Not quite.
“Even if I didn’t know he was Icelandic,
that would be my first guess.
(Or Portland.)”
🤦🏻♀️🎹🐶
#VikingurOlafsson #ClassicalMusic #dogs
#SLSO
My wife and I had a great time taking a behind-the-scenes tour of the newly-renovated Powell Hall, the landmark venue that's home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. I wrote up some of the stories we heard from our guide. You can read them here: harrisonline.com/powell-symph... #slso
'David Robertson and Orli Shaham bring joy and living composers to Powell Hall'
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from orlishaham.com
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #PowellHall #NewMusic #ClassicalMusic
Fine. I got a ticket to the recital—but please talk me out of the concerto program on the weekend because that’s the musical equivalent of stopping in for a cannoli and leaving as part owner of an entire bakery.
Mar 26. Víkingur Ólafsson in Recital
Powell Hall #slso #stl #ClassicalMusic
'IN UNISON and Coltrane'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from Facebook
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #BlackHistoryMonth #SLSO #INUNISON #BlackMusic #PowellHall
'An electrifying ‘Eternal’'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Lawrence Bryant | St. Louis American
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #RAC #ARPA #EternalTribute #SLSO #TinaTurner #LiveMusic
Special Guest Brittany Howard returned to the stage for an electric encore of the Tina Turner classic “The Best” during the finale of “Eternal: A tribute to Tina Turner”on Sunday evening accompanied by SLSO🔥🫶🏿💛🖤🎶
📸 Dawn Suggs | St. Louis American
#SLSO #stlamerican
'Tina Turner’s eternal flame'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Courtesy photos
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #TinaTurner #SLSO #CitySC #PowellHall #STLCulture
'Saxophone concerto one of two SLSO premieres'
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from steven-banks.com
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #LiveMusic #SaxophoneMagic #PowellHall
The hot sauce challenge, BTW, was one of the musicians’ ideas. For every $2500 in donations pledged, a musician would eat a hit of hot sauce, then play their instrument.
Associate principal oboe Philip Ross was fired up for the first round. Yow! #SLSO
Video:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRxUSes...
Better than the SLSO hot sauce challenge, tho. (Would the Arch still have its storm-thwarting magic if it was turned into a harp, Kian?)
youtube.com/watch?v=-85Z...
#SLSO #GatewayArch #KianSoltani #STL
'Lifting the legacy of Black composers'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Taylor Marrie | St. Louis American
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #RAC #ARPA #LetItResound #BlackComposers #FlorencePrice #INUNISON #SLSO #BlackMusicHistory
Composer bridged the Black church & concert hall
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Wiley Price | St. Louis American
His music lived in that rare space where classical precision met the raw ache of the Black church...
#SLSO #RAC #stlamerican
Kevin McBeth, director of the IN UNISON Chorus, directs a rehearsal at Manchester United Methodist Church. The IN UNISON Chorus performed with SLSO in a benefit concert for tornado victims at the Fabulous Fox Theatre.
From left: Rochelle Calhoun, Gwendolyn Wesley and Candice Boyd rehearse with St. Louis Symphony's IN UNISON Chorus at Manchester United Methodist Church.
Mark Cereghino and Ousmane Gaye, bottom row, during a rehearsal at Manchester United Methodist Church.
Though the May 16 tornado brought pain to many in IN UNISON Chorus, they still made a joyful noise to help others. For more stories with 💙 like this one from Jeremy D. Goodwin, donate. 💙 stlpr.org/give 📷 Cristina Fletes-Mach #stlpr #slso #InUnisonChorus #ULSTL #news
I have never seen a more vivid solo performance before an orchestra…
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Kian Soltan. Photo by Marco Borggreve
#SLSO #STLLivingIt #StLouis #stlamerican
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SLSO oboe & bassoon play the sounds of smiles at the Sheldon 🎼🎺💫
🖋 Chris King for St. Louis American
📸 Jeff Scott's Instagram
www.stlamerican.com/arts-and-entertainment/l...
#SLSO #STL #stlamerican
'Kevin John Edusei leads SLSO on subtle, thoughtful program for Thanksgiving weekend'
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from kevinjohnedusei.com
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #ClassicalMusic #ThanksgivingConcert
(The post text, BTW, is from a post by SLSO on other social. We need an edit button!! Until then, imagine quotation marks at beginning and end. And #SLSO needs to get over here, too…)
Wide shot of St Louis symphony, chorus and soloists on the main stage at Powell Hall, the home to the symphony. View is from main floor orchestra seat. Architectural style is Gothic Revival (I think)—lots of cream and gold pillars and accents. Audience was a full house and the sea of heads can be seen in the foreground.
So the space crunch muted some acoustic underscoring of the divided worlds. It was still stunning, and being back at Powell Hall was like going home.
Pic is of Powell Hall stage when the last of the performers were onstage. Click for wide view. Wee bit tight!
3/3 #STL #SLSO
#SLSO performance left me exhausted and awestruck, with how they captured Britten’s tangled beauty, drama, and devastation. I’m oddly grateful for a piece that remains so moving and relevant. (Go read some Wilfred Owen, peeps.)
BUT, re: Britten creating an impression of separate worlds…
1/3
#STL
'SLSO performs Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff with naturalness and grace'
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from www.demarremcgill.com
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #ClassicalMusic #Arts
'Berglund leads SLSO in thrilling program with note of resisting fascism'
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Taylor Marrie | St. Louis American
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #StLouisArts #PowellHall #LiveMusic
'Classically Chuck Berry'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Wiley Price | St. Louis American
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #ChuckBerry #SLSO #StLouisMusic
There were moments when the textures of all the stringed instruments interlaced so deeply and with such resonance, it felt complete in a way that almost nothing ever feels complete is.🎻🎺🥁🌟
🖋 Chris King for The St. Louis American
📸 Wiley Price | St. Louis American
#SLSO #STLLivingIt #stlamerican
'Symphony’s 146th season introduces expanded Jack C. Taylor Music Center, $140M in upgrades'
🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Taylor Marrie | St. Louis American
#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #SLSO #StLouisArts #PowellHall
Top: Symphony musicians in concert garb lining stairway. Bottom: Hockey players. Caption: SYMPHONY SEASON HOCKEY SEASON YUP, IT'S THE HAPPIEST TIME OF THE YEAR!
STL Symphony and STL Blues hockey have had a season opener conflict (for me) on the same day just once.
They did have the decency to schedule 5 hours apart, tho, so I had time to run home and change out of a jersey and into a dress.
(It’s my happiest time of year again!) #NHL #SLSO #STLBlues
Crowd on Art Hill in Forest Park (STL), a large steep hill that drops down to a terraced basin with fountains. Foreground, back of Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park. In the background is the temporary bandshell for the symphony set up at the edge of the Grand Basin in Forest Park. Free annual season kickoff festivities.
#STL 🎵 🎻 Tonight’s the night!
The symphony continues its half-century+ tradition of season kickoff with a free concert, festivities, fireworks in Forest Park.
It’s so much more than a blanket on Art Hill, tho. If you’ve never been, GO!
A wonderful annual gift from #SLSO:
slso.org/get-tickets/...
#STL #SLSO
“This album celebrates the SLSO's dynamic partnership with Stéphane [Denève] through commissions and dedications composed by Puts, who…will serve as the SLSO’s Composer in Residence for the 2025/26 season.”
outhere-music.com/en/news/delo...
Magnus Lindberg's Viola Concerto is perhaps the worst piece of music I have ever had to sit through. I used to view Christopher Rouse's Bassoon concerto as the pinnacle of modern aural assaults but it is far surpassed by this composition. Whereas Rouse demonstrates his contempt for the Bassoon […]
