NEW! FRIDAY SYMPHONIC PIAZZA SERIES
Bernard Labadie, guest conductor
Liv Redpath, soprano
Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Neal Davies, bass-baritone
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
W.A. MOZART Requiem
Start your weekend with our new must-see Friday night concert series and social experience, Symphonic Piazza. Prepare to escape, mingle, and be entertained as you enjoy the perfect combination of a shorter format concert with enjoyable and engaging lobby activities to share with family, friends, and our musicians. Arrive early and unwind with a signature beverage, then let our music take you on a journey to new places as you experience Friday evenings in a whole new way.
Based on popular demand, we've created the perfect combination of a shorter format concert and social experience with family, friends, and our musicians. You’ll be uplifted by this new classical music experience brought to life by Matthias Pintscher and our talented musicians. It’s your new go-to date night! The fun continues in the lobby after the concert, as we’ll have even more memorable things for you to experience.
We welcome guest conductor Bernard Labadie back to Kansas City in a deeply moving program featuring this cherished masterwork. Mozart’s Requiem runs the emotional gamut, from tender entreaties and tranquil sonorities to stormy wrath and complex counterpoint. Outstanding vocal soloists will join the Kansas City Symphony Chorus in this awe-inspiring work, left unfinished at Mozart’s untimely death. Completed by Franz Süssmayer, a copyist who assisted Mozart with his last two operas, the Requiem stands as tribute to a genius whose music has endured, touching hearts across the centuries. As Franz Schubert wrote in his diary, “O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, oh how endlessly many such comforting perceptions of a brighter and better life hast thou brought to our souls!”