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SLSO's Stéphane Denève And Marie-Hélène Bernard Recap Season Ahead Of Finale

(May 7, 2019) SLSO's music director designate Stéphane Denève and CEO  Marie-Hélène Bernard talk about wrapping up the 2018-2019 season and what's ahead for the symphony orchestra on Tuesday's talk show.
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SLSO's music director designate Stéphane Denève and CEO Marie-Hélène Bernard talk about wrapping up the 2018-2019 season and what's ahead for the symphony orchestra on Tuesday's talk show. ";s:

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s music director designate, Stéphane Denève, is set to close the season this weekend with Hector Berlioz’s “most celebrated work and an orchestral tour-de-force,” the“Symphonie fantastique.

Ahead of those concerts, Denève and SLSO CEO Marie-Hélène Bernard sat down with St. Louis on the Air guest host Jim Kirchherr to recap Denève’s first season at Powell Hall as music director designate and what’s in store for next season.

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What: “Symphonie Fantastique,” conducted by Stéphane Denève
When: 8 p.m. Friday, May 10 & Saturday, May 11, 2019; 3 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2019
Where: Powell Hall (718 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103)

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