Early Music Missouri continues its collaborative presentations with the St. Louis Art Museum on December 11, 2026 with a free concert of Baroque holiday music from Italy. The program takes place in Farrell Auditorium as part of SLAM’s Festive Friday events. This performance reprises Early Music Missouri’s popular 2025 program of holiday music by three of the most renowned composers of the Baroque era. Selections from Arcangelo Corelli’s famous Christmas Concerto will be bracketed by George Frideric Handel’s Gloria for solo soprano and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria for soloists, choir and string ensemble. This concert of High Baroque masterpieces will offer an entertaining and inspiring musical start to the holiday season.
The concert is free and open to the public. Parking lots on Art Hill offer free street parking while the SLAM parking garage offers paid, covered parking with direct access to the museum.
Early Music Missouri is the region’s foremost promoter and presenter of Early Music concerts. Its performances feature Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert performers from the region and nation.
