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COPLAND’S APPALACHIAN SPRING
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, October 10-11, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
MAURICE RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)
RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 1
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, October 31-November 1, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
George Li, piano
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
NICO MUHLY and NICHOLAS BRITELL Preludes (world premieres, piano solo)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2*
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF The Bells*
MATTHIAS CONDUCTS MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 7
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 7*
BRAHMS’ FOURTH SYMPHONY
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 9-10, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Roderick Cox, guest conductor
Avery Gagliano, piano (Almy Legacy Fund)
SAMUEL BARBER Essay No. 2
CLARA SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
PINES OF ROME AND BRUCH’S SECOND VIOLIN CONCERTO
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 16-17, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Kevin John Edusei, guest conductor
Jun Iwasaki, violin
SAMY MOUSSA Elysium
MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 2*
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome*
BEETHOVEN AND BEYOND
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2*
LISA STREICH (KC Symphony co-commission, world premiere)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4*
PROKOFIEV’S FIFTH SYMPHONY
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, February 6-7, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
MAURICE RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
SAINT-SAËNS’ FIRST CELLO CONCERTO AND STRAUSS
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Samuel Lee, guest conductor
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello
KAIJA SAARIAHO Du cristal (From Crystal)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
RICHARD STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Julian Kaplan, trumpet
Evan Hughes, baritone
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Spring
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Im Nebel, Trumpet Concerto (U.S. premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
FARRENC, SCHUMANN, AND DVOŘÁK
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Louis Langrée, guest conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
LOUISE FARRENC Overture No. 1
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
ROBERT SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Anu Tali, guest conductor
Chaeyoung Park, piano
EDUARD TUBIN Estonian Dance Suite
EDVARD GRIEG Piano Concerto*
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1*
GIL SHAHAM PLAYS BRAHMS
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
VARIOUS Genesis
JOHANNES BRAHMS Violin Concert
RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 2
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, June 5-6, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
OLGA NEUWIRTH and MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Preludes (world premieres, piano solo)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
JOAN TOWER Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
FLORENCE PRICE Piano Concerto
GEORGE GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue*
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”*
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