St. Louis Symphony - Stravinsky’s Firebird: Flame and Fantasy

By Sam Wisman

Published November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM CST

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs The Firebird, November 2025

Igor Stravinsky’s complete score to the 1910 ballet The Firebird revolutionized orchestral music while reimagining an age-old fairy tale. Adding charge to this program is Guillaume Connesson’s Maslenitsa, whcih brims with the energy of a Slavic holiday festival.

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Host

Rod Milam
St. Louis Public Radio

Commentator

Jonathan Ahl
St. Louis Public Radio

Conductor

Stéphane Denève

Program

Guillaume Connesson's Maslenitsa (SLSO premiere)

Backstage intermission interviews
Stéphane Denève, music director
Samuel Hollister, assistant conductor

Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird

Stéphane Denève conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, November 2025

These broadcasts are produced by St. Louis Public Radio and made possible in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.