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It’s Easter weekend and an appropriate time to feature some of the wonderful music inspired by this ancient celebration. It’s even better when the music is by two of the greatest composers in history.

William Walton created music for film adaptations of Shakespeare plays and Hector Berlioz wrote one opera inspired by Shakespeare. We’ll hear music from each in today’s show.

Grab a seat in between the enormous black and white marble columns inside Kirkwood Hall at the Nelson-Atkins Museums of Art and enjoy a performance by the Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Chorale. Charles Bruffy will lead the Chorale in works by Benedict Sheehan, Rene Clausen, Ēriks Ešenvalds and others.

Classical KC takes you inside the Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri for a June 2023 performance by the Liberty Community Chorus: ”Then Sings My Soul.” During this special 20th anniversary concert, we’ll hear the chorus, under the direction of Bryan Taylor, organist Jan Kraybill and other assembled musicians perform a diverse selection of choral works.

For over two centuries there have been arrangements of full symphonies for small instrumental ensembles. We’ll hear beloved symphonies by Brahms and Haydn in chamber music settings that are as compelling as they are charming.

Stephen Steigman and Dawn Schnake chat with Music Director Charles Bruffy, Soprano Lindsey Lang, and Tenor Frank Fleschner.

Alison DeSimone and Classical KC speak with Lyric Opera of Kansas City about their projects this fall and the upcoming production of Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors."

Classical KC interviews Ben Spalding and Kayleigh Aytes of Kansas City's Spire Chamber Ensemble.

Classical KC speaks with Fountain City Brass Band's Artistic Director Lee Harrelson, Conductor Joseph Parisi, and principal baritone Helen Harrelson.

Members of Kansas City's Landlocked Opera join us to talk about the new company, their education programs, and what they've doing during the pandemic.