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Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
SMITH arr. Sousa/Damrosch The Star-Spangled Banner
PUTS Virelai (World Premiere)
HIGDON blue cathedral
DEBUSSY La Mer
CONNESSON The Shining One
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Stéphane Denève’s first concert as SLSO Music Director is a joyous celebration, which includes the world premiere of a piece the SLSO commissioned in his honor. Gershwin’s much-loved An American in Paris is conducted by a Frenchman in St. Louis. Denève introduces the SLSO’s first Artist-in-Residence, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who plays a concerto that sparkles and swings, and Debussy shows off the color and vitality of this great orchestra and its new leader.
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