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April 2020
Kansas City Symphony presents Midori Plays Dvořák: A Celebration of Isaac Stern
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
This blockbuster program with Michael Stern and your Kansas City Symphony reveals Beethoven’s lighter side in his joyous Fourth Symphony. Berlioz described the beautiful second movement as “breathed by the archangel Michael.” Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, with its flights of fancy and festive Czech folk music, gets the superstar treatment from Midori, another disciple of Isaac Stern. Drawing inspiration from Spanish and French poetry, This Midnight Hour by Anna Clyne seeks to “evoke a visual journey for the listener.” Tickets from…
Find out more »December 2021
Heartland Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert ‘Joy’
Heartland Men’s Chorus launches its 36th season of inspiring Kansas City audiences with its production of Joy! This post-pandemic holiday tour-de-force features dynamic musical selections from traditional nostalgia to the infamously outrageous. After more than a year without in-person rehearsals and performances, the singers of HMCKC are bursting at the seams to bring back the seasonal sass that marks the traditional start to KC’s holiday festivities. Join HMCKC for a high-energy holiday experience that will leave you singing JOY to…
Find out more »January 2022
Opus 76 Quartet – ‘Mozart & Dvořák’
Overland Park, KS 66210 United States
“The significance of this event is hard to overestimate… lyricism at its finest." – KC Arts Beat Described as a “brilliant young string quartet” by London’s Spectator and giving “certainly passionate performances” by The Kansas City Star, Opus 76 Quartet are proud to be artists-in-residence at MTC. Their residency, which began as digital artists-in-residence in 2021, saw them embark on a number of critically acclaimed recording projects in partnership with The Midwest Trust Center as part of their innovative digital…
Find out more »Kansas City Symphony Presents Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Concert Film + Live Orchestra
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, and Hermione Granger™ return for this unforgettable film concert event. Experience Harry and his friends racing through the Department of Mysteries, practice Defense Against the Dark Arts in secret, and endure Professor Umbridge™ with Nicholas Hooper’s iconic score. Relive the magic with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ displayed on a giant screen in high-definition and accompanied by your Kansas City Symphony.
Find out more »Kansas City Symphony Presents Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss’s meditation on mortality, Death and Transfiguration lifts the curtain on this concert. Despite the title, this is not music of grief, but uplifting serenity. The dazzling virtuoso Vadim Gluzman returns to the KCS as soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The slow movement is shimmeringly beautiful; but there is also restlessness and lament in the concerto, reflecting the uncertainty of the 1930’s when it was written. But the call for justice is the heart of this program,…
Find out more »Park ICM Presents Violinist Elmar Oliveira
Mission Woods, KS 66205 United States
Elmar Oliveira is an American violinist whose remarkable combination of impeccable artistry and old-world elegance sets him apart as one of our most celebrated living artists. Mr. Oliveira remains the first and only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow’s prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition and was the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. He will be joined by Park International Center for Music Collaborative Pianist, Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich. Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A…
Find out more »February 2022
Kansas City Symphony Presents Prokofiev’s Fifth, with Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Dvořák’s Othello Overture was originally conceived as the middle work of a trilogy; between the two other overtures, one celebrating nature and the other, the revelry at a carnival, this one is a musical depiction of all of the themes in Shakespeare’s drama: love, conflict, jealousy and heartbreak, the full spectrum from joy to tragedy. At 21 years of age, Zlatomir Fung is a rising star, with an already long list of awards and accomplishments to his credit. The youngest…
Find out more »Kansas City Symphony Presents Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi in Concert Film + Live Orchestra
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Luke Skywalker heads a mission to rescue Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt and faces Darth Vader one last time. Experience “Return of the Jedi” in this remarkable concert event, featuring your Kansas City Symphony performing John Williams’ iconic score live as the complete film is shown on a giant screen in Helzberg Hall.
Find out more »Kansas State University Kaleidoscope Concert
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Join the Kansas State University Music Department for a musical Kaleidoscope featuring the K-State Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, and Concert Jazz Ensemble. Special guest musicians representing high school orchestra programs from across the Kansas City Metro will join the KSU Symphony Orchestra as they kick off this magical night. Admission is free.
Find out more »Kansas City Symphony Presents Free Symphony Happy Hour Concert
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Musicians of the Kansas City Symphony perform a one-hour chamber music program that will add joy- and Mozart's Piano Quintet- to the middle of you week. Cash bars open at 5 p.m. and the concert begins at 6 p.m.
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