St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Shostakovich’s Eighth Beauty In Darkness
Powell Hall · Saint Louis
14 Nov 2026
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Shostakovich’s Eighth Beauty In Darkness – Powell Hall, Saint Louis
- Date
- Saturday, 14 November 2026
- Time
- 19:30
- Duration
- 02:10
- Venue
- Powell Hall
- Address
- 718 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
- City
- Saint Louis
- Organisation
- St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
About this event
Shostakovich’s Eighth Beauty in Darkness is a thematic concert that explores the tension between the brutality of war and the indomitable spark of humanity. Anchored by Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8—a wartime requiem steeped in sorrow yet carrying the message that life is beautiful and the dark will pass—the program frames this symphony with visionary psalm settings by Felix Mendelssohn and Igor Stravinsky. This event also opens the St. Louis Symphony Chorus’s 50th anniversary season, with David Afkham leading the SLSO and Chorus in a program that moves from spiritual reflection to profound symphonic catharsis.
Cast & creative
Conductor
David AfkhamConductor
David AfkhamConductor
David Afkham
Chorus Director
Erin FreemanChorus Director
Erin Freeman- F
Composer
Felix Mendelssohn - M
Librettist
Martin Luther - I
Composer
Igor Stravinsky - D
Composer
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
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