Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Julian Kaplan, trumpet
Evan Hughes, baritone
Kansas City Symphony Chorus
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Spring
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Im Nebel, Trumpet Concerto (U.S. premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Celebrate the power of poetry with this imaginative and wide-ranging program! The German composer Felix Mendelssohn fell in love with Shakespeare at a young age — even studying English to read the Bard’s works in their original language. Mendelssohn wrote effervescent incidental music for the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” including the famous Overture and the “Wedding March.” Our own Principal Trumpet Julian Kaplan solos in a concerto based on a hauntingly introspective poem by Hermann Hesse, and Rachmaninoff’s piece for baritone, chorus and orchestra tells a dramatic story of the transformative power of spring.