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March 2018
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.
Houston Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada/Hilary Hahn
Boston Symphony, Tanglewood Festival Chorus & American Boychoir/Giancarlo Guerrero
Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rhode Island Philharmonic/Victor Yampolsky
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.
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