Upcoming live broadcasts:

January 28, 2012  – SIBELIUS’ En Saga; LISZT’S Piano Concerto No. 1; and TCHAIKOVSKY’S Symphony No. 4 

February 4, 2012  – WEBER’S Oberon Overture; MENDELSSOHN’S Violin Concerto; and SCHUBERT’S Symphony No. 9, "The Great"

February 18, 2012  – MOZART’S Le nozze di Figaro Overture, K. 492; CORELLI’S Concerto grosso in F major, op. 6, no. 6; SCARLATTI’S Aria TBD from Il primo omicidio; BACH’S Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048; ANNA CLYNE’S Within Her Arms; STRAVINSKY’S Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks”; and MARTINŮ’S Toccata e due canzoni

February 26, 2012  – WAGENAAR’S Cyrano de Bergerac Overture; MOZART’S Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503; and BRAHMS’ Symphony No. 4

March 3, 2012  – DEBUSSY’S  Printemps; SAARIAHO’S  Quatre Instants; and STRAVINSKY’S  The Firebird

March 17, 2012  – BEETHOVEN’S Symphony No. 1; BEETHOVEN’S Piano Concerto No. 2; and BEETHOVEN’S Symphony No. 8

March 31, 2012  – BACH’S Mass in B minor

APRIL 14,  2012  – RACHMANINOFF’S Symphonic Dances; RAVEL’S Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; and PROKOFIEV’S Scythian Suite

APRIL 21,  2012  – SMETANA’S Sárka from Má vlast; DVOŘÁK’S Cello Concerto; and TCHAIKOVSKY’S Symphony No. 2, "Little Russian"

APRIL 28,  2012  – RIMSKY-KORSAKOV’S Skazka; SHOSTAKOVICH’S Symphony No. 1; and RACHMANINOFF’S Piano Concerto No. 2

APRIL 28,  2012  – RACHMANINOFF’S Piano Concerto No. 3; and BEETHOVEN’S Symphony No. 5

St. Louis Public Radio's live broadcasts
of the St. Louis Symphony are sponsored in part by SLUCare:

and by Purcell & Amen, Estate Planning and Elder Law

St. Louis Public Radio would like to thank all the musicians of the St. Louis Symphony and the Musicians Association Of Saint Louis Local 2-197 of the American Federation of Musicians for helping to make our live broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony’s Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series concerts, possible.

Commentator Adam Crane is the Vice President for External Affairs for the St. Louis Symphony. He was appointed Director of Communications for the St. Louis Symphony in 2008. Prior to this post, he served as Director of Public Relations for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. During his tenure with the LA Phil., he became an integral part of a story about a former Juilliard student, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, who ended up on the streets of Los Angeles homeless and schizophrenic yet held tight to his music. Crane introduced Ayers to the LA Phil and became an integral part of a book, The Soloist, based on a series of columns written by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez. The book was also made into a Dreamworks movie released last April starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.

Crane’s experience also extends to the record industry, where he worked for several years as a U.S. Classical Product Manager for some of the world’s most distinguished artists on the Deutsche Grammophon/Decca/Philips labels.   

A native of St. Louis, Crane is a voting member of the Recording Academy, a Board Member for NAMI St. Louis, and was recently named one of the 2010 “40 under 40” by the St. Louis Business Journal. Crane also plays the cello, enjoys listening to all types of music, and is happy to cheer for his beloved Cardinals from the home stands at Busch stadium.