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Mar 5, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026

  • Film + Live Orchestra
    HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON™ IN CONCERT

    Nicholas Buc, guest conductor
     
    Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition when he befriends one of his deadliest foes — a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, these unlikely heroes must fight against all odds to save both their worlds, in a thrilling experience for all ages. This acclaimed film is presented in HD in Helzberg Hall with composer John Powell’s Academy Award®-nominated score performed live to film by the Kansas City Symphony. Rated PG.
    How To Train Your Dragon© 2010 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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  • ROMEO AND JULIET

    NEW! FRIDAY SYMPHONIC PIAZZA SERIES
    Gemma New, guest conductor
    Kristina Fulton, oboe, Shirley Bush Helzberg Chair
     
    ALISSA FIRSOVA Die Windsbraut
    BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
    SERGEI PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet
     
    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 searing dissonance with tender romance.
     
    The Symphony’s Principal Oboe Kristina Fulton takes a star turn in Bohuslav Martinů’s elegant Oboe Concerto. Packed with zesty melodies and rich orchestral accompaniment, the Concerto’s warm ambiance is inviting. You’ll be amazed at the solo virtuosic flourishes while sparkling syncopations will make you want to dance.
     
    One of Sergei Prokofiev’s most brilliant masterworks is his ballet music for Romeo and Juliet. Filled with haunting melodies, flashes of exuberance, electrifying moments and heartrending pathos, this is unforgettable music befitting Shakespeare’s closing line: “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” It will be a tragedy if you miss this concert!
     
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  • MASTER CLASS WITH KRISTINA FULTON

    Throughout each concert season, the Kansas City Symphony’s Inside Music Series features a variety of guest artists and the Symphony’s very own musicians. On Saturday, March 15 at 11:00 a.m. in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Symphony presents its next free Inside Music Series Master Class event of the 2024/25 season led by Principal Oboe of your Kansas City Symphony, Kristina Fulton.
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  • BEN FOLDS WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY

    Ben Folds joins your KC Symphony for two incredible nights! Widely regarded as one of the major musical influences of our generation, the Emmy-nominated artist has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums and numerous collaborations. His last album was a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that soared to #1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
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  • ULTIMATE JOHN WILLIAMS

    Jack Everly, guest conductor
    Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
     
    The music of John Williams has transported us beyond our imagination to new worlds. Journey with us on a heart-pounding adventure through space and time as your Kansas City Symphony performs all of your John Williams favorites — from “Superman” to “Star Wars” and so much more!
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  • ON STAGE WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
     
    Imagine sitting on stage in Helzberg Hall up close and personal with Kansas City Symphony musicians, guest artists and your host for the evening: Music Director Matthias Pintscher. Experience On Stage, a new immersive live music concert like no other in Kansas City!
     
    This one-of-a-kind chamber music experience is exclusively designed for 100 audience members. As you arrive at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, you'll be greeted by an elevated VIP Experience made just for you, complete with specialty beverages and flavorful small bites. Then, you'll be escorted to your seats on stage in Helzberg Hall, where your senses will come alive in an immersive performance, packed with artistry and adrenaline. Just feet away from your host, Matthias Pintscher, world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and your very own Kansas City Symphony musicians, On Stage empowers you to experience the music closer than ever before. 
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  • TCHAIKOVSKY'S "PATHÉTIQUE"

    NEW! FRIDAY SYMPHONIC PIAZZA SERIES
    Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
     
    JOAN MAGRANÉ FIGUERA (Kansas City Symphony commission and World Premiere)
    CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Concerto No. 5 in F Major for Piano and Orchestra, “Egyptian”
    PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, “Pathétique”
     
    Music Director Matthias Pintscher is joined by visionary pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in this concert that traverses the world. The program even begins with a world premiere — a new piece commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony from Catalan composer Joan Magrané Figuera. Figuera’s music is a deep exploration of the nature of sound, searching for new shades of tone colors in a microcosmic interior world. Intensely focused and yet remarkably free, his music unfolds organically.
     
    A renowned virtuoso, Thibaudet debuts with the Symphony in a tour de force: Saint-Saën’s remarkable Piano Concerto No. 5, sometimes called “Egyptian” for its exotic sounds — and the fact that Saint-Saëns composed it while wintering in Egypt. Superbly crafted, the concerto places extreme technical demands on the pianist due to its breathtaking blizzard of notes cloaked in sophisticated melodic garb. You’ll love the rich harmonies and beguiling romantic themes.
     
    Closing the program, you’ll luxuriate in the rich sound of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. The unabashed brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s music will have you cheering and the sheer emotion of the work’s last movement will touch your very soul.
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  • MOZART, BRITTEN AND HAYDN

    Jane Glover, guest conductor
    Ying Li, piano
     
    BENJAMIN BRITTEN Suite on English Folk Tunes, “A time there was…”
    W.A. MOZART Concerto No. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra
    BENJAMIN BRITTEN Young Apollo for Piano, String Quartet and String Orchestra
    F.J. HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D Major, “London”
     
    Noted Classical specialist Jane Glover takes the podium for a delightful program of music by Mozart, Haydn and Britten. Quintessentially English composer Benjamin Britten wrote this Suite on English Folk Tunes as a nostalgic homage to the popular songs of his youth, viewing the bygone era through a decidedly modern lens. By turns high-spirited and somber, the music readily conjures English eccentricities in a most delightful way.
     
    An early work by Britten, Young Apollo, will feature Ying Li, a pianist rapidly achieving renown for her graceful playing, perfectly suited for Britten’s transparent writing. Inspired by John Keats’ poem “Hyperion” about the ascendancy of the new Olympian gods, Britten described Young Apollo as “bright and brilliant music.”
     
    Ying Li also performs Mozart’s ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 23. The epitome of elegance, Mozart’s music will soothe your soul with its honeyed phrases and gracious sparkle. The whispered tender endearments of the second movement are heavenly and the sheer exuberance of the final movement is like a sunny day. 
     
    Franz Joseph Haydn set the standard for the symphonic form and his last one, No. 104, “London,” is an absolute marvel. The “rock star” composer wrote the symphony for his second visit to London and its winning combination of masterful craftsmanship and catchy melodies drove the fans wild. You’ll rave about it, too!
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  • DECADES: BACK TO THE 80s

    Eric Jacobsen, guest conductor
    Colin Smith, vocalist
    Katrina Rose, vocalist
    Aaron LaVigne, vocalist
     
    Back to the 80s is a power packed evening of the decade’s #1 hit songs, including "The Power of Love," "Time After Time," "Material Girl," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Footloose," "Addicted to Love" and many others. Featuring the music of iconic 80s stars like Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News, Phil Collins, Queen, Joe Cocker and others, Back to the 80s contains all new arrangements by Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik and features three incredible vocalists.
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  • DEBUSSY'S NOCTURNES

    Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
    Sophia Burgos, soprano
    Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
     
    GABRIEL FAURÉ Masques et bergamasques         
    FRANCIS POULENC Gloria
    CLAUDE DEBUSSY Nocturnes
     
    Matthias Pintscher leads your Kansas City Symphony in Gabriel Fauré’s Masques et bergamasques, a thoroughly enchanting suite drawn from incidental music for a divertissement staged in Monte Carlo. Fauré’s music readily captures the essence of the masked balls and rustic dances alluded to in the title, offering refined accompaniment to the glamourous mystique of the event.
     
    Soprano Sophia Burgos is featured in Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, one of his signature works. The Symphony Chorus shines in this music, filled with rhythmic verve and suave syncopations. Lush and inviting dissonances paired with sensuous chord progressions are part of his glittering harmonic palette. Lyrical phrases encounter angular counterpoint, much like Poulenc’s paradoxical personality. This radiant and often playful music is a perfect juxtaposition of sacred and secular.
     
    French composer Claude Debussy’s Nocturnes are dreamy examples of his impressionist style. He said he chose the title “Nocturnes” for “all the various impressions and the special effects of light that the word suggests.” The first movement paints a picture of floating clouds with wistful parallel chords, while the second celebrates a festival atmosphere, complete with a parade passing by. The final movement depicts the sea and its countless rhythms, with the song of the mythical Sirens (sung by a wordless women’s chorus) woven throughout.
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  • SAILING – SOFT ROCK HITS OF THE 70S AND 80S

    Jason Seber, guest conductor
    Morgan James, vocalist
    Doug Wamble, guitar and vocals
    John Scarpulla, saxophone and vocals
     
    Ahh, yes. Let us take you on a bodacious yacht rock adventure through the 70s and 80s. Imagine yourself sailing to Catalina or dropping the top on your LeBaron as you crank up rad music on your Walkman. Christopher Cross, Toto, Hall & Oates, Dan Fogelberg and so many more. Guest conductor Jason Seber has created a program that will make you want to wear shoulder pads and leg warmers again. Pop the collar of your Izod polo and join us. Be sure to sing along, Muffy.
     
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  • Film + Live Orchestra
    JAWS™ IN CONCERT — 50th ANNIVERSARY!

    Damon Gupton, guest conductor
     
    “Get out of the water!” The original movie blockbuster, with an Academy Award®-winning score that made John Williams a household name, Jaws is the ultimate film + live orchestra experience. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley and directed by Steven Spielberg, this masterpiece of suspense tells the tale of a small New England seaside community terrorized by a predatory great white shark during the busiest weekend of the tourist season — the 4th of July. You may need a bigger boat!
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  • MAHLER'S THIRD SYMPHONY

    Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
    Jasmin White, contralto
    Kansas City Symphony Women’s Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
    Allegro Choirs of Kansas City, Christy Elsner, creative director and founder
     
    GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
     
    A towering work of genius, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 will take you on a musical journey encompassing a world of emotion. Led by Music Director Matthias Pintscher, the Symphony’s virtuosity will be on full display. Contralto Jasmin White brings their incandescent sound and exquisite musicianship to this masterwork, joined by the Symphony Chorus women and a children’s choir. Mahler famously said, “A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” He set out to accomplish just that and his Third Symphony is a profound work encompassing existential questions, serene contemplation and eloquent grandeur. You’ll hear moments of warm tenderness, orchestral thunder and everything in between. Mahler poured his soul into this music, saying, “In it the whole of nature finds a voice.”
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  • BEETHOVEN AND WAGNER

    NEW! FRIDAY SYMPHONIC PIAZZA SERIES
    Johannes Debus, guest conductor
    Augustin Hadelich, violin
     
    RICHARD WAGNER arranged Henk de Vlieger | Parsifal: An Orchestral Quest
    LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra
     
    A spectacular year of music comes to a close with this epic concert. Guest conductor Johannes Debus returns to Kansas City, joined by violin superstar Augustin Hadelich for Beethoven’s singular Violin Concerto. Bask in its serene beauty, lyrical power and amazing athleticism. You’ll agree — it’s one of the top violin concertos of all time.    
     
    Drawing on his tremendous expertise in opera, Johannes Debus leads your Kansas City Symphony in an orchestral suite from Richard Wagner’s final opera, Parsifal. Its noble story unfolds with music of sensuous refinement and transcendent expressiveness. Follow Parsifal’s transformation from a naïve youth into a hero with a holy mission of redemption. A rapturous end to a glorious season!  
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