St. Louis Symphony - Mozart and Schumann - Scenes from the Rhine

By Sam Wisman

Published October 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM CDT

Conductor Kristiina Poska makes her SLSO debut in a concert that celebrates European folk music, including musical shapeshifting in a new composition by fellow Estonian, Ülo Krigul. Rising-star pianist Marie-Ange Nguci shines in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and Robert Schumann’s emphasizes the vibrant culture along the Rhine River in his Third Symphony.

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Host

Jonathan Ahl
St. Louis Public Radio

Commentator

Lauren Eldridge Stewart
Assistant Professor of Music at Washington University

Conductor

Kristiina Poska

Program

Proteus Pulse (US Premiere)
by Ülo Krigul

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marie-Ange Nguci, piano

Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este from Annees de pelerinage (encore)
by Franz Liszt
Marie-Ange Nguci, piano

Backstage intermission interviews
Kristiina Poska
Marie-Hélène Bernard - SLSO President and CEO
Marie-Ange Nguci

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 97, “Rhenish”
by Robert Schumann

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.