Applaud guest conductor Gemma New as she returns to Kansas City in this highly imaginative and deeply satisfying program. In a first for the Kansas City Symphony, the orchestra performs Die Windsbraut by British-Russian pianist and composer Alissa Firsova. Inspired by the story of Alma Mahler and Oskar Kokoschka, Firsova’s expressionist music is lyrical, balancing…
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis…
In her 6th decade as an artist—and as prolific as ever, having released her 55th album earlier this year—Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins is taking a rare moment to look back on her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers. The cultural icon will perform an exclusive series of shows bringing to full bloom her chamber-folk masterwork supported…