Ruth Reinhardt Conducts Sibelius

Ruth Reinhardt, a young conductor from Germany with a master’s degree in that discipline from The Juilliard School, makes her Kansas City Symphony debut from February 10 to 12 with “programmatic imagination,” something she is known for. She’ll also introduce us to a work by little-known Polish composer and violinist Grażyna Bacewicz whose spirited Overture gives us a melodic, violin-forward flourish, first bloomed in World War II Poland. Billy Childs, a four-time Grammy Award winner, will offer a classical/pop/jazz saxophone concert, co-commissioned by the KC Symphony. And finally, Jan Sibelius takes us to Finland and the bracing Nordic landscape with Symphony No. 5. Don’t miss the concluding six chords. Click here for tickets and show times.