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This week we continue our celebration of May birthdays and May performances. We'll hear works by Mozart, Wagner and Mendelssohn. We'll also hear Erich Korngold's Symphonic Serenade in a virtual performance led by Kansas City Symphony Associate Conductor Jason Seber.

This week, hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies take a look back and a look forward with a program commemorating anniversaries — including the launch of 91.9 Classical KC a year ago. We'll hear music by Bernstein, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, as well as a performance of Chen Yi's "Fountains of KC" from the Kansas City Symphony's opening subscription concert in Helzberg Hall nearly a decade ago.

This week Michael Stern and Dan Margolies share works that are meant to inspire young music fans and are somehow also tied to academe. Featured are Brahms' Academic Festival Overture and Second Symphony, Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice and Narong Prangcharoen's Phenomenon.

This week, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies walk listeners through a program that invokes darkness, the supernatural and the other-worldly. We'll also hear what Halloween was like for a young Michael Stern, and feature a few tricks and treats along the way.

The TV series Star Trek went where no one had gone before, both in its day and in the reality it created. Now, we Earthlings are using instruments and…

In light of a campaign season some view as the most rancorous in recent history, we look at the role civility still plays in politics. Then,…

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average edges closer to 20,000 points, the Smart Money Experts share advice on how to respond to record highs in all three…

From the singular twang of a flat-picked guitar to the tight harmonies of a bluegrass band, folk music is more than a sound — it’s an essence. Local…

With their cameras, the best photographers can change how we see and think about the world around us. For more than 50 years, Henry Grossman has made…

Uncertainty surrounds the Affordable Care Act, as some Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace it. Today, a former Obama administration official…