St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Brahms & Vaughan Williams

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Brahms & Vaughan Williams at Powell Symphony Hall

Some Sunday afternoons deserve more than a quiet couch. On April 18, 2027, at 3:00 PM, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis with a program built around Brahms and Vaughan Williams. It is a live orchestral concert, and it asks you to do something rare: set the phone down, step out of routine, and let big music fill the room.

The pairing is the draw. Leonard Slatkin conducts Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves and his Symphony No. 6, then turns to Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1. That means a conductor shaping every phrase, a full orchestra in motion, and a program that moves between very different musical worlds. If you love orchestral music, you know the difference between hearing a work and being in the room when it unfolds. Here, you get to choose the room.

Then there is the soloist. Olga Kern is the piano soloist for the Brahms concerto, which puts one performer at the center of a work built on drama and dialogue with the orchestra. Bring a friend, a partner, or a family member who appreciates a serious classical afternoon, and give yourselves something to talk about long after the final note. Plans like that stay with you in a way another night at home never will. Choose your seats for this Powell Symphony Hall performance and reserve your place for Brahms & Vaughan Williams.