'Art Of The Present Moment'

By Dan Margolies,

Published August 25, 2021 at 8:34 AM CDT

Kansas City Symphony percussionist Dan Morris prepares to drive the Mahler hammer during an October 2019 world premiere performance of Daniel Kellogg's "The Golden Spike." — Kansas City Symphony percussionist Dan Morris prepares to drive the Mahler hammer during the October 2019 world premiere performance of Daniel Kellogg's "The Golden Spike."

This week the Kansas City Symphony on Classical KC features works that were commissioned or co-commissioned by the orchestra. We'll hear music by composers Daniel Kellogg, David Ludwig, Avner Dorman and André Previn.

An agreement with the Kansas City Symphony allows us to share audio for this program up to four weeks after the program's original air date. You can listen to currently available episodes here.

Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
by André Previn
Live performance, January 2015 (local premiere)

Frozen in Time (Percussion Concerto)
by Avner Dorman
Martin Grubinger, percussion
Live performance, April 2011 (U.S. premiere)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
by David Ludwig
Bella Hristova, violin
Live performance, April 2016 (local premiere)

The Golden Spike
by Daniel Kellogg
Live performance, October 2019 (world premiere)

Violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, conductor Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony strike a final chord during a performance of André Previn's "Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra."