Last night’s world premiere performance of Steve Mackey’s Stumble to Grace by Orli Shaham and the St. Louis Symphony conducted by David Robertson was fantastic by all accounts.
Right after the concert, Steve Mackey (@mackeysteven) tweeted:
I’m thrilled with Stumble to Grace premiere! Robertson and SLSO were brilliant. Sweet, elegant Shaham turns out to be a ferocious soloist!
And in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sarah Bryan Miller writes:
“Stumble to Grace” is a real tour de force for Shaham, who manages to make it all seem deceptively simple. She and Robertson made its difficult antithetical rhythms work and made it all seem like absolute fun; the orchestra did a superb job with its end of the deal – and Mackey gave everyone a lot to play with.
You can read the entire review HERE.
Tonight’s performance promises to be every bit as good. If you can’t get to Powell Hall tonight, you can hear the entire concert (including Mahler’s Symphony No. 1), on the radio. KWMU radio will broadcast the concert live tonight beginning at 8:00 pm (that’s 8 pm Central time; 9 pm Eastern time). In St. Louis, tune in to 90.7 FM on your radio. Outside of St. Louis, visit http://www.stlpublicradio.org/ on your computer for live webstreaming.
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