St. Louis Symphony - From Mozart to Wagner - Mysticism and Wonder

By Sam Wisman

Published April 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM CDT

Jan Lisiecki performs one of Mozart’s spellbinding piano concertos at the center of a deeply spiritual program. Returning to the SLSO podium, Hannu Lintu leads the orchestra through Wagner’s shimmering melodies, Samy Moussa’s visionary expression of timelessness and paradise in Elysium, and the mysticism and wonder of Respighi’s Church Windows.

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Host

Rod Milam
St. Louis Public Radio

Commentator

Lauren Eldridge Stewart
Assistant Professor of Music at Washington University

Conductor

Hannu Lintu

Program

Richard Wagner's Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271, “Jeunehomme”
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Backstage intermission interviews
Hannu Lintu, guest conductor
Chris Tantillo, viola
Jan Lisiecki, piano soloist

Samy Moussa's Elysium

Ottorino Respighi's Church Windows

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.