Historical June 1978 notice. Dates, fees, services and contact information describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is presenting five special concerts at Laumeier Park, Geyer and Rott Roads, on June 14, 15, 17, and July 6 and 7, at 8:00 p.m. These concerts present a wide variety of music featuring opera, classical, popular and contemporary works.
The first three concerts, June 14, 15 and 17, feature Exxon/Arts Endowment conductors Peter Perret and Gerhardt Zimmermann, Assistant Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. The Endowment Conductors program is a long-range cooperative effort of the Exxon Corporation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and leading orchestras throughout the country, aimed at developing future music directors for American symphony orchestras.
Sopranos Marianna Christos and Eleanor Bergquist return to St. Louis to join Maestros Perret and Zimmermann and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in the first two concerts at Laumeier Park. Wednesday, June 14, Peter Perret and Marianna Christos present “An Evening of Opera and Song;” Thursday, June 15, Gerhardt Zimmermann and Eleanor Bergquist present “A Night at the Opera.” Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra perform “Music for a Summer Night” on Saturday, June 17, featuring Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” complete with cannon.
Highlighting the concerts on July 6 and 8 will be two outstanding guests, Lorin Hollander and Aaron Copland. Lorin Hollander, piano, appears with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, July 6, in a program of Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G major” and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Aaron Copland conducts the concert on Saturday, July 8, which includes works by Copland, Ives, Bernstein, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
The public is invited to bring blankets and lawn chairs to these outdoor concerts which are sponsored by St. Louis County with assistance from the Missouri Arts Council.
General admission is $1 for the concerts on June 14, 15 and 17; and $3 for adults, $1 for students, children and senior citizens on July 6 and 8.
For information, phone Powell Symphony Hall, 533-2500.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1978.
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Archival transcription note: Opening list says July 6 and 7; the detailed program says July 6 and 8. Both printed versions are preserved.
Original source: SD_Times1978_06.pdf, printed page(s) 1; PDF page(s) 1.
