Classical KC

Pianist and composer Chad Lawson releases a double album recorded at Abbey Road, joined on some tracks by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Esther Yoo and cellist/composer Peter Gregson.

On this week's Sound Currents, explore music from Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American composers.

Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with Turtle Island Quartet founder, composer, and violinist David Balakrishnan. We'll hear music from their Oct. 2 performance in Kansas City with Terence Blanchard as well as works from throughout the group's history.

Antonio Rosetti was a Bohemian composer who wanted an Italian name. Vasily Kalinnikov was the son of a police officer and a struggling composer who died young with great promise ahead. Hear lively and tuneful works by both composers.

One of the world's greatest living composers, John Adams, has a new opera, and the prompter keeps Anthony and Cleopatra from flying off the rails.

The Pulitzer-winning, MacArthur "genius" co-founder of Bang on a Can looks for the grit in music, whether she's writing a string quartet or one of her history-based oratorios.

Enjoy music that explores the changing seasons on this week's Sound Currents.

Richard Strauss wrote a lot more music than the big tone poems for which he’s rightly famous. This week, we’ll hear the first concerto he wrote and music from one of his loveliest but lesser-known operas.

Hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies continue their celebration of September birthdays with the Sinfonia in G Minor by J.C. Bach, Robert Schumann's cello concerto, two short works by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and "The Planets" by Gustav Holst in a performance led by the late Bramwell Tovey.

The passing of Britain’s longest reigning monarch and one of the world’s most remarkable people merits a special show in her honor. We’ll hear music that she loved as well as music that was important in her life and role as Queen for 70 amazing years.

After immigrating to the U.S., Jorge Sosa refined his musical voice. On this week's Sound Currents, hear works from Mexican and Mexican-born composers.

The Last Night of the Proms is one of the most joyous events in classical music. There’s a degree of enthusiasm and audience participation that’s hard to top. Hear live recordings from over the years on the same weekend as the 2022 Last Night.