Poetry in motion, with music from Rimsky-Korsakov to William Grant Still

By Dan Margolies,

Published December 14, 2022 at 1:55 PM CST

Guest conductor Peter Oundjian leads the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, November 2021

It's poetry in motion as co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies explore a wonderfully dramatic set of music including Beethoven's "Leonore Overture No. 3," William Grant Still's "Poem for Orchestra," Alexander Scriabin's "The Poem of Ecstasy," Hector Berlioz's "Le Corsaire Overture," and a recent performance by the Kansas City Symphony of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's sweeping symphonic poem: "Scheherazade."

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

Leonore Overture No. 3
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Live performance, March 2015

Poem for Orchestra
by William Grant Still
Joshua Weilerstein, guest conductor
Live performance, January 2022

Le Poeme de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy)
by Alexander Scriabin
Live performance, January 2016

Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
by Hector Berlioz
Live performance, March 2018

Scheherazade, Op. 35
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Live performance, November 2021