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Great composers and their next moves — part 1

Pianist Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms' Concerto No. 2 with Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, January 2015
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Pianist Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms' Second Piano Concerto with Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, January 2015.

This week we'll hear the Kansas City Symphony perform a trio of twos: Beethoven's Second Symphony, Brahms' Second Piano Concerto and Ravel's Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.

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

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Pinchas Zukerman, guest conductor
Live performance, May 2015

Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Cholé
by Maurice Ravel
Live performance, June 2015

Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
by Johannes Brahms
Yefim Bronfman - piano
Live performance, January 2015

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Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career.
Sam Wisman is a Senior Producer for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3. Email him at samwisman@classicalkc.org.