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Music and Dance through March 31
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
“Rigoletto” continues at the Lyric Opera this week for its three final performances; this is your chance to hear some of the finest voices ever to grace the Lyric Opera stage. On Friday night associate conductor Steven Jarvi leads the Kansas City Symphony Chamber Players in an intriguing program in Olathe, featuring music of Nordic composers. That concert competes with the UMKC Conservatory’s performance of Brahms’ much loved “German Requiem” (Ein deutsches Requiem) at White Recital Hall under the baton of legendary choral conductor Joseph Flummerfelt. Saturday evening you can enjoy an unusual mix of works with the Imani Woodwind Quintet at UMKC, or head for Parkville to hear several outstanding performers with Park University’s music program, including Symphony concertmistress Kanako Ito, perform a concert of chamber works. Meanwhile, longtime Kansas City Symphony conductor Bill McGlaughlin is back in town this weekend for two performances with Elizabeth Suh Lane’s Bach Aria Soloists. For those of you vocal fans, the William Baker Festival Singers are presenting “A Celebration of Mozart” and Te Deum presents “Light in the Darkness” in two performances. For a somewhat lighter fare you can enjoy one of the two performances by the Heartland Men’s Chorus of British popular classics arranged for men’s chorus.