The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stéphane Denève and with mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, stages Mahler's Symphony No. 3 as the climax of its classical season.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is closing out its classical season at Powell Hall with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3, conducted by Stéphane Denève. It's a big way to wrap things up—the SLSO bills it as the most extraordinary symphony of them all, and the orchestra is staging it as the climax of the whole classical concert season.
Mahler himself put it plainly: "The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything!" Across six movements, the piece takes you through the trials and triumphs of life, the mysticism and terrors of natural forces, and the intimacy of conversations between God and man. It's a long, sweeping work that doesn't hold back, and hearing it live is a different experience than listening at home.
It's not just the orchestra on stage. Mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford joins in, along with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, directed by Erin Freeman, and the St. Louis Children's Choirs, with Dr. Alyson Moore as artistic director. With the full orchestra, a professional chorus, and a children's choir all involved, the scale of the performance matches the scale of the music.
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There are two chances to catch it: Friday, May 7, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 9, at 3 PM. The Friday performance runs about an hour and 50 minutes, including intermission.
