A sonic spectacular: wasps, birds, rivers and the organ in all its glory

By Dan Margolies,

Published October 20, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT

Michael Stern leads the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, Spring 2012.

Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies celebrate the October birthdays of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Charles Ives and Camille Saint-Saens. We'll hear the Grammy Award-winning Paul Jacobs as soloist in Saint-Saens' powerful "Organ Symphony."

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Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

The Wasps — Aristophanic Suite
by Ralph Vaughan Williams
From the album Enigma Variations - The Wasps - Greensleeves

Cantus arcticus — Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op. 61
by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Live performance, June 2018

Three Places in New England
by Charles Ives
Live performance, April 2012

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, "Organ Symphony," Op. 78
by Camille Saint-Saens
Paul Jacobs, organ
Live performance, June 2012