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Classical KC presents a grab bag of amazing Kansas City Symphony performances, including concertos featuring violinist Maria Ioudenitch, trumpeter Julian Kaplan and guitarist Jiji Kim, as well as evocative tone poems by Anatoli Liadov and Richard Strauss.

Classical KC presents another grab bag of amazing Kansas City Symphony performances led by accomplished guest conductors. Music by Dvořák, Debussy and Gerónimo Giménez, plus Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 in G Major featuring pianist Andrew Watts.

CNN political commentator Bakari talks about race, Trump and the January 6 insurrection, and the Film Critics look at contenders for the movie industry's top prizes.

It's poetry in motion as co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies explore a wonderfully dramatic set of music including Beethoven's "Leonore Overture No. 3," William Grant Still's "Poem for Orchestra," Alexander Scriabin's "The Poem of Ecstasy," Hector Berlioz's "Le Corsaire Overture," and a recent performance by the Kansas City Symphony of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's sweeping symphonic poem: "Scheherazade."

In the spirit of a new year, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies highlight five works never before heard on these broadcasts. We'll hear Mozart's "Serenade No. 11 for Winds," Haydn's "Symphony No. 64," "Rainbow Body" by Christopher Theofanidis, Carlos Simon's "Warmth From Other Suns," and the "Burlesque in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra" by a young Richard Strauss.

As our May birthday celebration of Peter Tchaikovsky and Johannes Brahms continues, we'll hear Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra" and Symphony No. 6 paired with Brahms' Symphony No. 2.

Michael Stern and Dan Margolies celebrate the birthday of Richard Strauss and explore his musical life. We'll hear early works such as "Also Sprach Zarathustra" and "Don Juan," plus later works like the "Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier'" and his moving "Four Last Songs."

This week, compare and contrast the seventh symphonies of Jean Sibelius and Gustav Mahler: two of the 20th century's great symphonists. Sibelius' work is concise and direct while Mahler's is sprawling and vast. Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies will explore the reasons behind each composers approach.

With an affectionate nod to the Kansas City Ballet, this week co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies showcase three works linked to dance. We'll hear live performances of John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," a suite from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3.