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St. Louis Symphony Extra — Brahms Requiem

Markus Stenz, conductor
Provided by St. Louis Symphony

We continue our live broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony's 2014-2015 season this weekend, and you can be right there with us from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4.

On select Saturday evenings, St. Louis Public Radio broadcasts the Symphony's performance over the air, bringing you a live classical music experience wherever you are.

Here's what's planned for you this weekend:

  • Brahms/Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs
  • Brahms A German Requiem

The works will feature:

Markus Stenz, conductor
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Patrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Amy Kaiser, director

Happy listening at 90.7 FM on air or online here! You can also follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #slsoLIVE to chat about the broadcast as it's happening and talk with other Symphony broadcast listeners before and after the performance.You can follow along with the broadcast yourself with this version of the same program symphony-goers have in the seats at Powell Hall. (below)

During intermission, we interview key symphony performers and special guests.

Listen to past interviews by subscribing to our St. Louis Symphony Extra Podcast. To subscribe, copy and paste the link below into iTunes or, to listen to individual episodes, click on the link to view in your browser.

Coming next: Oct. 10-12 Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

St. Louis Symphony Extra - October 4, 2014 by St. Louis Public Radio

Donna Korando started work in journalism at SIU’s Daily Egyptian in 1968. In between Carbondale and St. Louis Public Radio, she taught high school in Manitowoc, Wis., and worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the copy editor and letters editor for the editorial page from 1973-77. As an editorial writer from 1977-87, she covered Illinois and city politics, education, agriculture, family issues and sub-Saharan Africa. When she was editor of the Commentary Page from 1987-2003, the page won several awards from the Association of Opinion Page Editors. From 2003-07, she headed the features copy desk.