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Music and Dance through January 27
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
The exciting American-Israeli violinist Gil Shaham takes a star turn at the Kansas City Symphony this weekend for not one, but two of the 20th century's most ambitious violin concertos, the "Violin Concerto" of Samuel Barber and Sergei Prokofiev's "Violin Concerto No. 2." Both rank among the major string concertos of the 20th century. In addition, the concert features a Shostakovich symphony and Igor Stravinsky's ballet score to "Pulcinella," one of this listener's absolute favorite ballet scores ... it's worth a listen, even without the dancing. Meanwhile, young mezzo-soprano Sasha Cook takes the Lied Center stage in Lawrence for a recital on Sunday afternoon featuring songs of Rossini, Berlioz, Mozart, Sondheim and Weill. It should be a treat.