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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Conductor David Robertson
4 tours and 7 concerts at Carnegie Hall in 24 months between April 2005 and March 2007
 The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has offered a wide range of programs during their recent visits to Carnegie Hall showcasing the depth of their talent and the mastery of their conductor and music director David Robertson.
The programs have included Copland's Lincoln Portrait with Paul Newman, an all Debussy program of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Jeux and several Ives pieces including The Unanswered Question and Symphony No. 2.
They have programmed many works by John Adams including Century Rolls with pianist Orli Shaham, and On the Transmigration of Souls with the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus and the Saint Louis Children's Concert Choir.
In addition there was Jarrell's Cassandre at the Zankel Hall and Feldman's Coptic Light. Also in the programs for the last several visits have been beautiful performances of Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
The forthcoming visits in March and April 2007 will include performances of Bartok's piano concerto with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and the New York premiere of George Benjamin's Sudden Time. Featured in March 2007 will also be Sibelius Symphony No. 2 and Britten's Les Illuminations and one more Mahler work his Adagio from Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Minor and one more John Adams Harmonielehre.
All in all a most interesting set of programs and received with great acclaim by the NY critics and the discerning NY public.
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