Concerts · St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, November 15, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Shostakovich's Eighth: Beauty in Darkness
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra · Powell Hall · St. Louis, Missouri
Program
- Felix Mendelssohn Psalm 114, for double chorus and orchestra, Op. 51 "When Israel out of Egypt came"
- Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
- Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 "Stalingrad"
Artists
- David Afkham Conductor
- St. Louis Symphony Chorus Ensemble, Chorus
- Erin Freeman Other, Director
Running time: about 1 h 42 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Stravinsky's three-movement choral symphony sets Latin psalm texts for chorus and a wind-heavy orchestra without violins or violas, a staple of the choral-orchestral repertoire. More about Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms →
About this concert
Conductor David Afkham leads the SLSO and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, directed by Erin Freeman, in Shostakovich's wartime Symphony No. 8 alongside choral psalm settings by Mendelssohn and Stravinsky, opening the chorus's 50th anniversary season.
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