New CD On Sale Now
The latest Symphony CD, music inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, is available now at all area Barnes & Noble stores, or click here to purchase online. A collaboration between Michael Stern, the Symphony and Reference Recordings, the CD features the first modern recording of the suite by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and an exceptional performance of the Sibelius suites.
Family Series
Single tickets and subscriptions are now available for the four-concert 2008-09 Family Series. Click here for details.
Video Games Live
The Symphony will perform music from the most popular video games of all time. Performers, synchronized lighting, electronic percussionists and live action combine to create an explosive entertainment experience on Saturday, November 1 at 8 p.m. at The Midland by AMC. Click here for tickets.
Kansas City's Own Joyce DiDonato - Sept. 26, 27, 28 Music Director Michael Stern and the Symphony welcome mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato to open the new 2008-09 Classical season. A native of Kansas City, DiDonato has been lauded by Opera News as "elegant, unaffected and enchanting." A variety of Classical subscription packages are now available for purchase. Order today!
Tchaikovsky's Fifth - Oct. 3, 4 Dynamic Music Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, returns to Kansas City to lead Tchaikovsky's impassioned Fifth Symphony. Plus, acclaimed young pianist Markus Groh plays Liszt and Mozart.
Elgar's Cello Concerto - Oct. 17, 18, 19 Beautiful, yet bittersweet, Elgar's Cello Concerto was written shortly after the end of World War I - a lament for the incalculable losses sustained in "the war to end all wars." Music Director Michael Stern and the Symphony welcome magnetic young cellist, Daniel Müller-Schott, who is making his Kansas City debut for this performance.
Stern Conducts Berlioz & Wagner - Oct. 24, 25, 26 Be there as Music Director Michael Stern leads the combined forces of the Kansas City Symphony and Chorus in Hector Berlioz's Te Deum, an epic work of sublime beauty and thundering power. Works of Haydn, Wagner and Kernis provide inspiration and context for the Berlioz.
Five By Design in "Club Swing" - Oct. 31 Five by Design celebrates the swing movement from 1937-1955, highlighting the songs, events and personalities that defined the era. The repertoire embraces rich standards from Nat King Cole, Cole Porter, Benny Goodman, Louie Prima, Steve and Eydie and many others. Wonderful costumes and sets complete this return to the heyday of swing!
