Opening weekend for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is Saturday, September 17th and Sunday 18th, and the concerts feature a work by contemporary composer Natalie Joachim, who spoke with afternooon host Tom Sudholt about the meaning behind this deeply personal work. From the SLSO website: JACQUES IBERT EscalesNATHALIE JOACHIM Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti)ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 Celebrate Opening Weekend…
Opening weekend for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is Saturday, September 17th and Sunday 18th, and Stephane Deneve spoke with Julie Schuster about these first concerts and their theme of “Postcards from Faraway Places.” From the SLSO website: JACQUES IBERT Escales NATHALIE JOACHIM Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti) ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 Celebrate Opening Weekend and enjoy a…
Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève, talks with host Julie Schuster about his busy summer (which included his family’s move to St. Louis), and the annual concert he “adores”… the season-opening free concert on Art Hill in Forest Park that takes place September 14th at 7pm. For more information about the…
Ron Himes, the Founder and Producing Director of The St. Louis Black Repertory Company, tells listeners about the first production in The Black Rep’s 46th season: The African Company Presents Richard III, which is on stage September 7-25. Find out more and purchase tickets here. From The Black Rep website: It’s 1821 in New York,…
Acrylic artist Bala Thiagarajan, a first-time exhibitor at the Saint Louis Art Fair, joins Julie Schuster to tell listeners about the kind of art she creates and how it brings joy to viewers as well as connects to Bala’s childhood experiences in India. Learn more about what she loves the most about art fairs (hint:…
Executive Director of the St. Louis Art Fair, Sarah Umlauf, gives listeners all the details about this year’s fair, from the theme (“Love is in the Art”) to information about the exhibitors, entertainment, food and drink, even the parking (there’s a new shuttle service)! Learn how many people it takes to put on one of…
Hear an interview excerpt with Allison Felter, musician and member of the All-American Alumni Band; and composer and arranger Kim Scharnberg, board president of the All-American Alumni Band. The pair talk about the history of the group and some of the soloists you can expect to hear at the concert this Sunday, September 4th at…
Director David Kaplan shares how the vision for the 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis production of “The Rose Tattoo” came to be and what realizing that vision has meant to him. From the festival website: The Rose Tattoo is a tale of love, death, and resilience in a downtrodden but hopeful 1940’s immigrant…
Actor Bradley Tejeda shares his insights into the 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis production of “The Rose Tattoo”, how it relates to the work of Italian film director Federico Fellini, and what audiences should watch for as they experience the Big Top version of this play. From the website: The Rose Tattoo is a…
Actor Rayme Cornell shares her insights about the 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis production of “The Rose Tattoo”, the arts community in St. Louis, and her very personal connection to playwright Tennessee Williams. See Rayme under the Big Top through August 28th as Serafina Delle Rose. From the festival website: The Rose Tattoo…