It’s a Christmas miracle! Santa makes an early test flight to Kansas City and finds our David T. Beals III Associate Conductor Jason Seber at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts — in need of a little Christmas…now!
Our KC Symphony musicians perform a beautiful version of “Rock of Ages,” after violinist Susan Goldenberg explains the significance, celebrations and wonder of Hanukkah.
Do you know where Santa parks his sleigh while making a stop at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts? Or where Reindeer Races take place? It’s all Up on the Housetop. Please enjoy our KC Symphony musicians performing this gorgeous new arrangement.
Cherished holiday traditions stay with us forever. KC Symphony violinists Alex Shum and Nancy Beckmann share meaningful memories of the season, as you enjoy our Suite of Carols — “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Away in a Manger.”
“Suite of Carols for Strings” by Leroy Anderson
© Woodbury Music Company LLC. Used with permission. www.leroyanderson.com
Imagine dashing through the snow with us! Our KC Symphony musicians present a delightful version of the favorite “Sleigh Ride,” and percussionist David Yoon gives us a behind-the-scenes sleigh bell tutorial.
“Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson/arr. Bud Caputo
© Woodbury Music Company LLC. Used with permission. www.leroyanderson.com
We love the spirited KC Symphony Christmas Festival sing-along. Here, our David T. Beals III Associate Conductor Jason Seber explains how you can still join us and sing from home, as the orchestra performs “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing,” “The First Noel” and “Deck the Halls.” To view or download the Christmas Angels Sing-along lyric sheet, click here.
Italian baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli, father of the Concerto Grosso, composed his Christmas Concerto (Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 no. 8) as early as 1690 with publication in 1714. Calm, refreshing and peaceful, we perform this stunning piece featuring our KC Symphony soloists Sunho Kim, Tamamo Gibbs and Mark Gibbs. Enjoy the lovely sounds, with instrumentation meant to mimic those of old Italian shepherds’, like various pipes and bagpipes one might hear in the Sicilian countryside. Please savor this glittering jewel.