Experience a St. Louis favorite with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s annual free Forest Park Concert, Thursday, September 21, 2023, in a musical celebration that is capped off with a spectacular fireworks display. Pack a picnic and a blanket and relax with family and friends on Art Hill.

Stéphane Denève, conductor
Members of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Members of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus | Kevin McBeth, director

John Stafford Smith (arr. Sousa/Damrosch) The Star-Spangled Banner
J. Rosamond Johnson "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Johann Strauss, Jr. On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Johann Strauss, Jr. Radetzky March
Sergei Prokofiev March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges
Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture
Georges Bizet Selections from Carmen Suite No. 1 & 2
Pietro Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Florence Price "Juba Dance" from Symphony No. 3
George Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture
John Williams "The Raiders March" from Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams Dry Your Tears, Afrika from Amistad
Samuel Ward "America the Beautiful"
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever

This concert is free and open to the public.

Performed in memory of Mary Ann Lee.