Saturday night’s concert of “The Movie Music of John Williams” by music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is sold out, reports director of communications Adam Crane. There are still some tickets left for Sunday afternoon’s performance,…

David Robertson contemplates possible tweaks to his chili recipe.

From Eddie Silva, blogger-in-chief for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, comes this spoonful of news, suggesting that music director David Robertson comes by his gustatory metaphors naturally:

Not only is David Robertson an…

D-Rob

I’m not in New York City this week with music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - but the SLSO’s director of communications, Adam Crane, is there. (This time, unlike last spring, the soloist made it.)

The program,…

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, but SLSO president and CEO Fred Bronstein won’t be with them.

Instead, he’ll be at the White House with the Obamas for a…

Here's looking at you, kid.

You’re probably aware that the next SLSO Presents concerts will feature music David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in “The Movie Music of John Williams.”

Now a special fillip has been added to the performances:…

(This is the unedited version of the review that will appear on STLToday and in Sunday’s A&E section.)
There’s no real secret about David Robertson’s true musical love: he is most engaged by works that pique his voluminous curiosity and challenge…

Yo-Yo Ma

There’s good news, bad news, and good news about the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s first gala concert in a decade, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma, on Saturday, October 24.

The good news, for the SLSO, is that the gala is sold-out,…

Adams

Composer John Adams is well known to St. Louis audiences through the performances of music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. (Their Nonesuch recording of Adams’s “Doctor Atomic” Symphony and “Guide to Strange Places” continues to reap…

David Robertson

Don’t forget: the second of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s live Saturday night broadcasts on KFUO-99.1 FM takes place tonight, starting at 8 p.m. Central Time.

It’s well worth hearing (see my previous post, a review of the concert), with…

The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets are as much about pageantry as about music-making. On Friday night at Powell Symphony Hall, they delivered on both.

Clad in distinctive high-necked white blouses and red service caps, the 14 trumpeters were an impressive sight…