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Steve Kraske welcomes Juliàn Zugazagoitia to talk about his new job and his plans to extend the Nelson Atkins's role in the community.Kansas City, MO –…

Asian Americans from Kansas and Missouri respond to the increased violence and racism they are seeing plus we provide answers to your COVID-19 questions.

An obituary linking a Kansas woman's death to her vaccination against COVID-19 was picked up by local media, and questions arose when several news outlets rushed to unsubstantiated conclusions. Plus, innovations in the metro's fitness industry are seeing gyms through the pandemic.

This week, Michael Stern and Dan Margolies explore three beloved works—one from the 19th century and two from the 20th century. We'll hear Alberto Ginastera's ebullient "Four Dances from Estancia," Johannes Brahms' beloved violin concerto featuring Midori, and a recent performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 with guest conductor Eduardo Strausser.

Join Michael Stern and Dan Margolies for a varied program that celebrates Danish master composer, Carl Nielsen. We'll hear his 'Overture to Maskarade,' 'Seven Pieces from Aladdin' and his Symphony No. 4: 'The Inextinguishable' led by guest conductor Thomas Wilkins. Plus, members of the Kansas City Symphony perform gorgeous smaller scale compositions by Edward Elgar and Richard Strauss.

This week, Michael Stern and Dan Margolies continue to celebrate the life and work of Leonard Bernstein. We'll hear his Suite from "On the Waterfront," "Three Meditations from Mass" and "Chichester Psalms." We'll also hear Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor and the rollicking "Academic Festival Overture" by Johannes Brahms.

This week, we'll hear the Kansas City Symphony perform two of Mozart's symphonies, including his 'Haffner,' which he wrote in a hurry to met a deadline and fulfill a promise to his father. We'll also hear exciting film music from Silvestre Revueltas and Beethoven's 'Emperor' piano concerto featuring pianist Jeremy Denk.

This week we'll hear three violin concertos from three different centuries. Geneva Lewis solos on Mozart's third concerto, Jennifer Koh takes on Missy Mazzoli's modern concerto and Augustin Hadelich shines in the only violin concerto that Jean Sibelius ever wrote. We'll also explore Hollywood's highest hill with "The Observatory" by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw.

Celebrate Halloween with two ghastly tone poems by Antonín Dvořák: "The Noon Witch" and "The Water Goblin." Plus, we'll see if The Kansas City Symphony can "embrace the madness" of Hector Berlioz's dark and emotional "Symphonie fantastique." We'll also hear Claude Debussy's "Danse sacree et profane" featuring harpist Katherine Siochi.

This week, hear the Kansas City Symphony perform Giuseppe Verdi's expanded string quartet known as the Symphony in E minor and Percy Grainger's anthropological 'Lincolnshire Posy' featuring the Symphony brass section. We'll also hear the third symphony by American iconoclast Charles Ives, and Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, which inspired John Williams' score for "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial."