Classical KC

Morris said she plans to focus on growing KCUR and diversifying its staff, leadership and audience.

What is sacred to Kansas City chamber choir Te Deum? Host Alison DeSimone speaks with Matthew Shepard and Rupal Gupta, from Te Deum, about performing with period instruments, and how they define sacred music. We'll hear performances of Brahms, Bach, Poulenc and more.

Organist Jan Kraybill selects works that showcase the organ in different roles, including music by Saint-Saëns, Gounod and Guilmant. We'll also be joined by Josh Jones, principal percussionist with the Kansas City Symphony, who will play Vivaldi on marimba with Jan on harpsichord. Plus, we'll hear Yo-Yo Ma in "Three Meditations" from Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

Host Robert MicNichols Jr. speaks with Jade Powers, Assistant Curator at The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, about The Underground Railroad and the exhibit "Selections from Night Coming Tenderly, Black" by photographer Dawoud Bey. We'll also hear an oratorio based on the writings of William Still from composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell.

Guest host Robert McNichols Jr. speaks with pianist and composer Evangelos Spanos about growing up in Larissa, Greece, his versatility and compositional style, and some Greek composers we need to know about.

Steve Lewis and Kathryn Hilger from Kansas City's Midwest Chamber Ensemble visit with Classical KC.

Sean Chen, Thomas Rosenkranz, and Alon Goldstein of the UMKC Conservatory visit with Angie Chan Ramirez and Classical KC.

Scott Steele, Sharra Wagner, and Sascha Groschang of Kansas City's newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble speak with Classical KC about new music.

Members of Kansas City's Landlocked Opera join us to talk about the new company, their education programs, and what they've doing during the pandemic.

The Kansas City Ballet's first performance of "The Nutcracker" was in 1972. And for many families across the metro, the production is a holiday tradition. But for the first time in nearly 50 years a pandemic has put the show on hold.

American Wild Ensemble will honor legendary pilots Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman in "American Aviatrix," premiering online starting Dec. 10.

Musicians Coleen Dieker and Beau Bledsoe discuss Iberian music, genre hopping and performing during a pandemic.