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2016/17 SEASON BRAVO
K ANSAS CIT Y SYMPHONY CLASSICAL SERIES
7 CONCERTS
OVATION
7 CONCERTS
MASTERWORKS
14 CONCERTS
PATRICK HARLIN Rapture KORNGOLD Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Michael Stern, conductor Stefan Jackiw, violin
STERN CONDUCTS MOZART’S REQUIEM
GUILMANT Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra W.A. MOZART Requiem
Michael Stern, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director Joélle Harvey, soprano Aleksandra Romano, mezzo-soprano Andrew Stenson, tenor Wei Wu, bass
OCT. 21-23
OCT. 21-23
A VIVID AUTUMN: BEETHOVEN and BRAHMS
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont DANIIL TRIFONOV Piano Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Michael Stern, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
NOV. 18-20
NOV. 18-20
MOZART, BEETHOVEN and HAYDN
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 W.A. MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito F.J. HAYDN Symphony No. 98
Bernard Labadie, guest conductor Robert Levin, piano
NOV. 25-27
NOV. 25-27
GELLER PLAYS BARTÓK plus DVOŘÁK’S FIFTH
KODÁLY Concerto for Orchestra BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 5
Cristian Măcelaru, guest conductor Noah Geller, violin
JAN. 13-15, 2017
JAN. 13-15, 2017
CHOPIN, BRAHMS and WAGNER
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn WAGNER Suite from Die Meistersinger
Asher Fisch, guest conductor George Li, piano
SCHUMANN’S “SPRING” and GORDON plays MOZART
MICHAEL GANDOLFI Suite from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation W.A. MOZART Flute Concerto in G Major SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
Michael Stern, conductor Michael Gordon, flute
ELATION and REFORMATION: SAINT-SAËNS plus MENDELSSOHN
WEBERN Passacaglia op. 1 DEBUSSY En blanc et noir SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
Jun Märkl, guest conductor Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
BEETHOVEN’S EIGHTH and PROKOFIEV’S PIANO CONCERTO NO.
HINDEMITH Ragtime PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 DAVID HERTZBERG for none shall gaze upon the Father and live BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Michael Stern, conductor Wei Luo, piano
SCHUBERT’S “UNFINISHED” SYMPHONY with MAHLER
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished” MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Michael Stern, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano Joseph Kaiser, tenor
FEB. 24-26, 2017
FEB. 24-26, 2017
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL: SIBELIUS’ SECOND
NIELSEN Overture to Maskarade EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA Fantasia (world premiere) RAVEL Tzigane SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Michael Stern, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
MAR. 24-26, 2017
MAR. 24-26, 2017
WAR and REMEMBRANCE with BRITTEN
BRITTEN War Requiem
Michael Stern, conductor Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director Christine Brewer, soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Stephen Powell, baritone
AX plays MOZART and STRAUSS’ MERRY PRANKS
DEBUSSY Jeux W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451 R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Michael Stern, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
NARONG PRANGCHAROEN Phenomenon BARBER Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Michael Stern, conductor Philippe Quint, violin
OPENING WEEKEND:
TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH
SEASON FINALE:
RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND and BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
SEPT. 30-OCT. 2
SEPT. 30-OCT. 2
JAN. 20-22, 2017
JAN. 27-29, 2017
JAN. 20-22, 2017
JAN. 27-29, 2017
FEB. 10-12, 2017
FEB. 17-19, 2017
FEB. 10-12, 2017
FEB. 17-19, 2017
MAY 5-7, 2017
MAY 5-7, 2017
JUNE 2-4, 2017
JUNE 2-4, 2017
JUNE 16-18, 2017
JUNE 16-18, 2017
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