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  • Michael Stern returns as co-host for a program featuring music for our time, a classic concerto and a requiem for the living. We'll hear anthemic music by Jessie Montgomery and a concerto by Max Bruch with violinist Augustin Hadelich. Also, find out why Brahms' "A German Requiem" is a "desert island" piece for Michael Stern.
  • This week we'll hear major musical statements by Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dimitri Shostakovich that showcase symphonic form in full bloom. Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies will put each work in its artistic and historical context.
  • Hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies welcome violinist Stefan Jackiw for a program of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Korngold. Plus, Classical KC puts you back in the concert hall with not one but two surprise encores from Stefan.
  • In the third episode of our series featuring works that had their premieres in Paris, we'll hear music by Albéric Magnard, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Olivier Messaien. We'll also hear Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" as well as his celebrated orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition."
  • This week, Michael Stern and Dan Margolies continue an exploration of pieces related to London, with music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Edward Elgar and Johannes Brahms.
  • Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has inspired countless unique interpretations within art, literature, dance, theatre, music and film. We…
  • As Sue Sylvester on Glee, actress Jane Lynch delivered some of the best zingers ever written for television. Lynch has built a portfolio portraying what…
  • Kansas City is in the running for a $500,000 prize to make the metro healthier. We were selected due to the efforts of Aim4Peace, a group that seeks to…
  • Republican Roy Blunt has represented Missouri in Washington, D.C., for 19 years. After seven terms in the House of Representatives, Blunt moved to the…
  • Students from MINDDRIVE, a project-based learning organization, will unveil an experimental 3D-printed vehicle at the Kansas City International Auto Show.…
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