Powell Hall News
concert hall, former theater and movie theater in St. Louis, Missouri
Commemorations 2025 (Inauguration: Powell Hall (St. Louis))
- St. Louis
- United States of America
Last update
2024-03-28
Refresh
2023-12-11 04:30:00
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4, Paganini Rhapsody (CD Review)
[…] captured on the master tapes was not fully realized when played back on even the finest of listening equipment in music lovers’ homes. But thanks to contemporary digital technology, the engineers at Naxos have been able to go back to the original analog master tapes and create high-definition digital masters that preserve as faithfully as possible the sound that was originally captured by Elite Recordings in 1976 and 1977 when these musicians were originally assembled at Powell Hall in St. Louis. The efforts of those engineers have helped ensure that for music lovers, the wait was worth it, as both the music and the sound on this new release are first-rate. These “outer” concertos of Rachmaninoff are great fun, marked by energy and enthusiasm, which Simon, Slatkin, and the SLSO deliver in abundance without ever getting carried away into histrionics. As a bonus, we get a fine performance of the Rhapsody on […]
2022-03-23 12:36:46
Built in 1925 as a movie theater, Powell Hall was originally named the St. Louis Theater and became the permanent home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) in 1968. It was also added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The concert hall’s redevelopment will be the first major renovation project […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-03-20 01:30:08
StLAmerican.com: Black composer [James Lee III] opens perfect SLSO program of Gershwin and Rachmaninoff
James Lee III (Todd Rosenberg) The St. Louis American Chris King for The St. Louis American March 19, 2022 A group of students from Marquette High School filed up the carpeted steps at Powell Hall on Friday, guided by an instructor. They were very lucky, because this weekend the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Stéphane Denève, is performing a program that offers a perfect introduction to symphonic music. The centerpiece of the program, which concludes the first half, is George Gershwin's "Concerto in F" (1896). The lush interplay of the orchestra's sections spotlit guest pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as he took delight in playing Gershwin's jaunty, striding piano lines. At times the orchestra fell silent as the piano was joined in mini duets: with a wood block, a xylophone, the cello section. The composition […]
2019-12-05 15:31:08
A cover conductor’s perch in Powell Hall, Saint Louis Symphony.
A cover conductor’s perch in Powell Hall, Saint Louis Symphony. Touch here for the full post on the
or
- map: Concert halls - North America
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): P...