A spectrum of orchestral color from Smetana, Ravel, Barber and Bartók

By Dan Margolies,

Published March 31, 2023 at 8:51 AM CDT

Conductor Paolo Bortolameolli and pianist Conrad Tao take a bow with the Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, April 2022

Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies celebrate the birthdays of Bedřich Smetana, Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber and Béla Bartók. We'll hear works such as Smetana's crowd-lpleasing "Overture to the Bartered Bride," Ravel's "La valse," Barber's "Essay No. 2," Bartok's "Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin" and more music that showcases the full range of the Kansas City Symphony.

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

Overture to The Bartered Bride
by Bedřich Smetana
Aziz Shokhakimov - guest conductor
Live performance, November 2022

La valse - poème chorégraphique
by Maurice Ravel
Live performance, April 2019

Suite of Five Pieces from Ma Mere L'Oye
by Maurice Ravel
Gemma New - guest conductor
Live performance, June 2022

Essay No. 2, Op. 17
by Samuel Barber
Johannes Debus - guest conductor
Live performance, Novemer 2021

Divertimento for String Orchestra
by Béla Bartók
Streaming performance, March 2021

Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
by Béla Bartók
Paolo Bortolameolli - guest conductor
Live performance, April 2022