Symphony music librarian Elena Lence Talley: the right music in the right place at the right time

By Dan Margolies,

Published March 3, 2021 at 1:23 PM CST

Special guest Elena Lence Talley, Principal Music Librarian with the Kansas City Symphony, offers her unique perspective on some of her favorite works and also shares what elements of her job keep her up at night. We'll hear performances of Brahms, Stravinsky and Mozart featuring piano soloist Emanuel Ax.

An agreement with the Kansas City Symphony allows us to share audio for this program for a limited time. You can listen to currently available episodes here.

Hosts

Michael Stern, conductor
Dan Margolies

Guest

Elena Lence Talley, Principal Music Librarian

Program

Symphony No. 4
by Johannes Brahms
Live performance, October 2012

Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Emanuel Ax, piano
Live performance, April 2016

Petrouchka
by Igor Stravinsky
Live performance, January 2016

Learn more about Elena at kcsymphony.org

The Kansas City Symphony performs Petrouchka, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Joan Tower's Tambor April 1-3 with guest conductor Christian Reif. You can learn more at tickets.kcsymphony.org.