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Mon, Oct 26, 2009
There was a plethora of choral music concerts in the metro this past week with at least five major performances. Among those offerings were the concerts by the Kansas City Chorale and the Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Stern's lively interpretation of Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto yielded an invigorating pulse. With that driving force he deftly led the musicians through nuanced dynamics that made the work shimmer. For technical execution, hats off to the cellos and basses for their remarkable precision and clarity in the lower register, a realm that does not often equate with dexterity and nimbleness.
Wed, Oct 29, 2008
Brad Cox talks about an upcoming performance of the Owen/Cox Dance Group.
Tue, Oct 27, 2009
On November 6th, 1959, Catharine Crozier, one of America's great organists of her generation, gave the initial recital on the massive Aeolian-Skinner organ in the Community of Christ (then RLDS) Auditorium in Independence. Over 7,000 people attended that event!On November 6th, 2009, Jan Kraybill, current Director of Music and Principal Organist of the Community of Christ Church, will replicate that recital, playing the same music that Dr. Crozier played.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Performances coming up this week include the Lyric Opera’s H.M.S. Pinafore opening on November 6 and two outstanding string quartet recitals, the Cypress String Quartet at the Lied Center in Lawrence and the St. Lawrence String Quartet with The Friends of Chamber Music at the Folly Theater. For fans of contemporary music this is the high season – the NewEar Contemporary Music Ensemble features the compositions of Steven Hartke, and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance is presenting an entire festival devoted to the music of octogenarian composer George Crumb.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Last Saturday night, while streets were blocked to crowds watching the bonfires of WaterFire float down Brush Creek, an intimate crowd of ancient music lovers gathered at the Visitation Catholic Church for a journey within. There the serenely scintillating voices of Anonymous 4 imparted the cloistered incantations of 13th century royal Castilian nuns in a bonfire for the soul.
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