New discoveries and old favorites: Exploring great beauty and strength

By Dan Margolies,

Published March 16, 2023 at 10:35 AM CDT

Guest conductor Gemma New leads the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, June 2022

Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies delve into a diverse program beginning with the tragically short life and beautiful music of Lili Boulanger. We'll also hear a chamber work from Astor Piazzolla, concertos from Alexandre Guilmant and Frédéric Chopin, and the world premiere of a violin concerto by Chris Rogerson.

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

D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)
by Lili Boulanger
Ryan Bancroft, guest conductor
Live performance, June 2022

Libertango
by Astor Piazzolla, arr. by Jeff Scott
Kayla Burggraf Michal - flute, Alison Chung - oboe, Raymond Santos - clarinet, Ann Bilderback - bassoon, David Sullivan - horn
Streaming performance, January 2021

Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 42
by Alexandre Guilmant
Paul Jacobs - organ
Live performance, October 2016

Violin Concerto No 1
by Chris Rogerson
Gemma New - guest conductor
Benjamin Beilman - violin
Live performance, June 2022

Concerto No. 2 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
by Frédéric Chopin
Jun Märkl - guest conductor
Andrew Tyson - piano
Live performance, November 2013

Violinist Benjamin Beilman joins the Kansas City Symphony for the world premiere of Chris Rogerson's "Violin Concerto No. 1", June 2022