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Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with Véronique Mathieu and Shah Sadikov of NAVO - the chamber music collective and interdisciplinary arts organization that strives to make great classical music accessible to all. We'll hear NAVO perform music by Ingrid Stölzel, Lili Boulanger and Franz Joseph Haydn.

Kertész was a master interpreter who breathed life into the music he conducted. We’ll hear that ability on display in recordings of music by Dvořák and Brahms.

New music for a New Year! We have brilliant piano concertos by John Adams and Thomas Adès. It’s a fascinating view into the evolution of the concerto as we know it.

50 composers were asked to write one variation on a little waltz, but Beethoven created 33 variations of such creativity and originality that it has been described as the “greatest piano work of all.”

It’s the weekend before the 247th celebration of our nation’s independence. We have an all-American lineup that will make the perfect soundtrack for your own celebration.

Gustav Mahler’s first symphony is now one of his most popular works, but at its premiere he was flogged by critics for the symphony’s unconventional style. This thrilling ode to nature remains a work of sheer genius and shows how ahead of his time he was.

Kertész used his experience in the opera house to shape a masterful interpretation of Mozart’s Symphony No. 39. We’ll also hear music by Beethoven and his Hungarian countryman, Zoltan Kodaly.

Kertész, one in the long line of great Hungarian conductors, had a huge repertoire and masterful skills at interpreting music. In the first show of this series featuring him, we’ll hear examples of how be inspired both musicians and audiences.

Here’s a Christmas playlist with music from the 16th to the 20th century. It’s like a musical progressive dinner! Enjoy while you baste, sip, and wrap.

Beethoven was a virtuoso pianist and there's no better way to showcase his gifts than in the piano concerti he composed. We’ll hear selections from a new recording of the complete Beethoven piano concerti featuring the impeccable playing of Garrick Ohlsson.