ST. LOUIS – The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra are pleased to announce the next series of chamber concerts in an ongoing collaboration between the two institutions.   The pieces are performed by members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra within the Main Gallery of the Pulitzer and relate to the current exhibition, Ideal (Dis-) Placements: Old Masters at the Pulitzer.

Ideal (Dis-) Placements Concert Series Schedule

Nov 11 & 12, 2008
PAT METHENY/arr. Vieaux         
Five Songs in the Form of a Baroque Suite
[also including the music of J.S. BACH and WEISS – exact works TBA]
* Jason Vieaux, guitar

STEVEN MACKEY                     
Physical Property (1992)

HENDRIX/arr. Mackey                
Work TBA

Dec 17, 2008
MESSIAEN                         
Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (1944)
* Molly Morkoski, piano

Jan 28, 2009
* David Robertson, conductor

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA               
Meditation on Bach Chorale:
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (1993)

STOCKHAUSEN                        
Adieu (1966)

HARRISON BIRTWISTLE          
Bach Measures (1996)
March 18, 2009

PHILIPPE MANOURY             
Pluton for piano and live electronics (1988)
May 20, 2009

JONATHAN HARVEY          
Death of Light, Light of Death (1998)

HELMUT LACHENMANN      
Allegro sostenuto (1986-88)

The aim of this ongoing collaborative series is to explore with musical means the unique possibilities the Pulitzer building provides: an intimate setting to experience music, art and architecture.  Chamber works are selected by David Robertson, SLSO Music Director, and relate to installations on view at the Pulitzer.

Tickets are available through the Powell Symphony Hall box office at 314-534-1700 or through their website, ww.slso.org. Tickets for each concert are $20 and $10 for students.  Availability is limited due to venue size (100 tickets). Visit www.pulitzerarts.org for more information on the exhibition and concert series.

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