Part of Hancher’s 52nd season

A celebration of prodigious talent—in the orchestra, on the podium, at the piano, and from the composer. 

America’s second oldest symphony orchestra—and one of its finest—presents an exploration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music under the baton of self-described “bon vivant” Stéphane Denève. From his first symphony, composed at age 8, to Mitridate, rè di Ponto, a work composed when the prodigy was just 14 years old, to his “Paris” Symphony, which draws from the composer’s emotions upon the death of his mother, this is music from a master performed masterfully. The orchestra will be joined by Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, himself a prodigy who arrived in Kansas City alone at 16 with no English but with an undeniable talent, for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20.

“[Abduraimov] coaxed sound of gossamer beauty from the keys and created shimmering halos around the notes.” — The Times, London

PROGRAM: 
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Symphony No. 1, K. 16
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466
MOZART: Overture to Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 87
Anna CLYNE: Within Her Arms 
MOZART: Symphony No. 31, K. 297, “Paris”

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Website