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March 2018
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, conductor/Matthew Wild, director/Louisa Talbot, choreographer
Kansas City Symphony/Joyce Di Donato
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns! Our hometown star and international diva joins Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony to present works by Berlioz and Bernstein. Berlioz’s Death of Cleopatra foreshadows the dramatic stylings of the French composer’s later masterworks. Bernstein’s songs display the great American musician’s lyric genius and wit. Berlioz’s swashbuckling Le corsaire Overture and Bernstein’s timeless Symphonic Dances from West Side Story complete this captivating program.
Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Tong Chen/James John/Aaron Copland School of Music Orchestra and Concert Choir
The Aaron Copland School of Music Orchestra and Concert Choir, under the batons of James John and Tong Chen, offer an all-Bernstein program to honor the 100th Anniversary of the composer's birth and in memory of Maestro Maurice Peress, distinguished conductor of the orchestra (1930-2017). Hear Bernstein’s Symphony No.1: Jeremiah, the choral work Chichester Psalms, and "Make Your Garden Grow" from Candide. Maestro Peress, who planned this concert, began his career as assistant conductor under Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic. Bernstein's mentor Aaron Copland was a student of Rubin Goldmark, a member of Dvořák 's class of 1893 in New York City.
Zorá String Quartet/Dominic Armstrong/David Shifrin/Jiacheng Xiong
Chamber music and songs from a prodigiously gifted composer and conductor who traversed styles and genres with ease. This performance is part of Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Staatsoperette Dresden/Andreas Schüller
Orchestre National de France / Choeur et Maitrise de Radio France / Kelly Nassiev, sop/Yutaka Sado
Akademisches Orchester Berlin/Peter Aderhold
Lübecker Kammerorchester/Bruno Merse