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13 Dec 2011
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Looking for that perfect gift for the music-lover in your life? Want to support musicians with Kansas City connections? Here’s a rundown of commercially available recordings released in 2011.
22 Nov 2011
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John Gay’s boisterous and bawdy “Beggar’s Opera” of 1728 gets a gritty, greasy update courtesy of the University of Kansas School of Music’s opera program.
22 Nov 2011
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Bringing minimalism to the Lied Center, the “Present Beauty” program performed by New York-based string quartet ETHEL was a cross-section of current minimalist streams.
15 Nov 2011
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Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance’s solid "Electronic Spaces" program on Saturday night was an impressive display of sound and video manipulation aided by soloists Eric Honour and Samuel Wells.
9 Nov 2011
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The Munich Symphony Orchestra performed Schoenberg’s earliest instrumental masterpiece and then were joined by Cape Cod-based choir Gloriae Dei Cantores for Mozart’s last.
7 Nov 2011
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An abrupt 180-degree shift from opulence of "Turandot," the Lyric Opera Kansas City’s updated version of Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" was an intimate ensemble affair with some over-the-top laughs.
1 Nov 2011
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The two-part program of two centuries of madrigals and sacred works presented by the Metropolitan Chorale on Saturday evening contained unexpected gems.
1 Nov 2011
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Members of Village Presbyterian Church and William Jewell College Concert Choirs joined soloists Sarah Tannehill Anderson and Jay Carter for the Midwestern premiere of John Tavener’s impressive "Lament for Jerusalem."
25 Oct 2011
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Mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer wears many hats as a singer, educator, competition judge, board member, and contributor for The Huffington Post. As Despina for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of "Così fan tutte," she gets to try her hand...
25 Oct 2011
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The Friends of Chamber Music’s Friday night performance by the Tokyo String Quartet at the Folly Theater was at times revelatory and other times reaffirming but always meticulously played with spell-binding musicality.
18 Oct 2011
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Halfway through its Fall 2011 tour, the St. Olaf Orchestra stopped at Blue Valley West’s impressive performing arts center on Monday to present a concert showcasing the talents of students and an alumnus composer.
18 Oct 2011
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The Lied Center of Kansas presented La Catrina Quartet on Sunday afternoon for a recital of modern Latin American music with Maurice Ravel's famed Quartet in F major as an added bonus.
11 Oct 2011
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With Copland’s Suite from “Appalachian Spring” as the centerpiece and two fine soloists in Deborah Wells Clark and Douglas Niedt, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra launched its 25th season of performing intimate orchestral works.
11 Oct 2011
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American performance pioneer, Laurie Anderson, opened the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ Vanguard Series on Sunday evening with wit, soundscapes, and stories.
4 Oct 2011
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Electroacoustic music, like its acoustic brethren, is capable of conveying the same principals of aesthetics that many hold dear. For eleven years, Electronic Music Midwest has presented these works in festival format with listener-friendly hour-l...
28 Sep 2011
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Produced by The Friends of Chamber Music, The Darwin Project is not only a tribute to the mastermind of evolution theory but also a documentation of musical evolution through history. Co-presenting with the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts ...
20 Sep 2011
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Director Garnett Bruce, whose rich body of work includes opera companies across the country and around the world from the San Francisco Opera to the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, is staging the Lyric Opera’s season-opening production of “Turandot...
20 Sep 2011
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Cuban-American lyric soprano, Elizabeth Caballero is reprising the role of Liù in her Kansas City debut at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of "Turandot." She spoke with KCM’s Lee Hartman about the character and how she prepares for a r...
20 Sep 2011
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The second night of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ Grand Opening christened Helzberg Hall, the new home of the Kansas City Symphony with performances by the Symphony, Itzhak Perlman, Bobby Watson, Diana Krall, Kevin Mahogany, the Kan...
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