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Michael Stern and Dan Margolies close out a year of Kansas City Symphony broadcasts with famous concertos by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, Dvorak's "Scherzo capriccioso" and a few surprises.

In the second episode featuring works that had their premieres in Paris, we'll hear music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Debussy. Plus, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies will take listeners inside the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for the legendary 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."

This week we'll hear the Kansas City Symphony perform a trio of twos: Beethoven's Second Symphony, Brahms' Second Piano Concerto and Ravel's Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.

Join co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies as they explore Gustav Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 2 in C minor, known as the "Resurrection." We'll also hear the trumpet blasts and celebratory bells of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture led by guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.

Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies present a diverse selection of music exploring the darkness of the world's deepest cave, the rugged beauty of the Finnish countryside, the lush possibilities of a 100-year old concerto and the power of a modern orchestral showpiece.

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.