Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra ... Wednesday, March 14, 1984
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"In 1880, one hundred thirty-six years after the founding of St. Louis, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra was established. The orchestra, which holds the distinction of being only second in age to New York's Philhannonic (1842) among surviving American orchestras, was organized originally as the St. Louis Choral Society by a young German immigrant. For many years of its existence, the ensemble served its community well and acted as host to internationally prominent guest artists and conductors without itself acquiring a national reputation to rival other American orchestras. In the past twenty-five years, however, through an increasingly ambitious schedule of recording, touring, radio broadcasting, and hometown concert life, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has taken a place among our country's most respected. Its current Music Director and Conductor Leonard Slatkin--the orchestra's first American-born leader--has garnered high praise since he accepted its baton in 1979. His association with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra began in 1968, when his former teacher and its new music director Walter Susskind brought him to St. Louis. Thus, before becoming its chief conductor, he had served the orchestra as Assistant, Associate, and Principal Guest Conductor. In 1974 Slatkin attracted nationwide attention with his New York Philhannonic conducting debut, when he substi-tuted for the ailing Ricardo Muti on short notice. Since that time he has become one of the world's most prominent maestros and has conducted the major orchestras of the concert world. He is consistently praised for imaginative programing and for his rapport both with musicians and with audiences. ..."--Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
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Program: The Infernal Machine / Christopher Rouse -- Variations on an Original Theme, "Enigma," Op. 36 -- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 / Sergei Prokofiev
Includes: Chancellor's Introduction ; Introduction by Michael Budds ; Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Biographies
Includes: Chancellor's Introduction ; Introduction by Michael Budds ; Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Biographies