Springtime melodies from Bach, Haydn and Beethoven

By Dan Margolies,

Published March 8, 2023 at 3:49 PM CST

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern take a bow in Helzberg Hall

Celebrate the changing seasons with Kansas City Symphony performances of orchestral favorites including Bach's "Air on the G String" and "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3." We'll also hear Yo-Yo Ma as soloist on Haydn's "Concerto in D Major" and guest conductor Ludovic Morlot leads the orchestra through Beethoven's bucolic "Symphony No. 6."

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

Suite No. 3 in D major for Orchestra, BWV 1068
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Live performance, January 2014

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3/Amazing Grace
by Johann Sebastian Bach and Jennifer Higdon, arr. by Michael Stern
Virtual performance, March 2021

Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Live performance, March 2018

Andiam! - Din don, suona vespero (Bell Chorus)
by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Kansas City Symphony Chorus - Charles Bruffy, director
Live performance, October 2015

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 - Pastoral
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludovic Morlot, guest conductor
Live performance, January 2017