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Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Nostalgia was a theme in all three works on Saturday night's performance: Kodály's "Dances of Galánta," Dvorák's "Cello Concerto in B Minor" and Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances."
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Cooking up a sonic storm
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Much has been written about Dame Evelyn Glennie. Articles abound reminding us that she is deaf, that she is a woman and that she is a percussionist. Without those qualifiers she is an artist, like any other, making her living playing on the stages of the most famous performance halls in the world. Focus, instead, on the music.
KCM VID: Owen/Cox Dance Group
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Brad Cox talks about an upcoming performance of the Owen/Cox Dance Group.
Music and Dance through October 28
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Kansas City’s arts organizations are in full gear now, and the next two weekends offer an overabundance of excellent performances. The 200th Mendelssohn anniversary brings us Symphony concert master Kanako Ito in the master’s Violin Concerto, and The Friends of Chamber Music presents the always entrancing group Anonymous 4, and the Harriman Jewell Series features British organist David Goode. And several community orchestras take the stage for ambitious programs of their own. Whew! Don’t complain about lack of choices, Kansas City!
A star in her own right
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony Kanako Ito is one of those hometown girls who didn't originally come from here. She is a native of Japan, but she chose Kansas City. And now this is home.
The Cypress Quartet: Late quartets of great masters
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
The Cypress String Quartet opened the UMKC Signature Series with an ambitious program that featured mature works of Mozart, Bartók and Beethoven to a nearly full house last Saturday night at White Recital Hall.
Three arts groups come together to present Purcell's "Fairy Queen"
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Known for its offbeat programming and for featuring young singers in major roles, the Civic Opera of Kansas City has done unusual pieces before. But why would they delve into the Baroque era to produce an opera by one of the most ancient, yet revered, composers of opera, Henry Purcell?