Classics Live brings you exclusive performances from throughout the KPR listening area. Our microphones travel to the Sunflower Music Festival, the Lied Center, the Ruel Joyce Recital series, the Great Spaces Music and Arts series, as well as performances recorded in Kansas Public Radio's live studio. Performers include the Emerson String Quartet, the Zoco Duo, Ensemble Iberica, and members of the Kansas City Symphony, among others. The series producer is KPR's Cordelia Brown, with recording engineer Chuck Smith. Darrell Brogdon hosts the program. Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Upcoming Shows
Tesla Quartet + Alex Fiterstein - April 27
When clarinetist Alex Fiterstein joined the Tesla String Quartet onstage at the Lied Center of Kansas, what else could they play but perhaps the best composition for clarinet quintet – Mozart’s. After that you’ll hear Gerald Finzi’s Bagatelles and two modern pieces by John Corigliano and Carolina Heredia.
The Kansas Virtuosi - May 4
Classics Live 165: With six KU professors of their instruments, this KU Music Department faculty and graduate student ensemble presents a Ruel Joyce Recital of William Grant Still’s Miniatures. Plus a trio and quintet by Ecuadoran composer Louis Humberto Salgado.
88 Squared - May 11
Classics Live 166: 88 Squared is the clever name of the Karen and Jeffrey Savage Piano Duo. They begin their Polsky Theater concert with Triana, describing a neighborhood in Seville, Spain. Followed by double piano pieces by Liszt, Chen Yi, Samuel Barber, and that famous Fantasy Suite Opus 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Maxim Lando - May 18
Classics Live 167: Maxim Lando is young prize-winning pianist whose stage presence matches his playing – both brilliant. The New York Times praised his “infectious exuberance” and “impressive delicacy.” Maxim’s Lied Center concert presents The Bach Chaconne, Beethoven’s 6th Piano Sonata, and more.
Tetiana Shafran - May 25
Classics Live 168: This young Ukrainian pianist gave a special piano recital at the Lied Center of Kansas featuring two by Chopin, a Rondo and Mazurka. Plus a concert suite from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet.
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KPR's Classics Live show brings Maxim's Lied Center performance to a wider audience.
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This Kansas City piano duo, Karen and Jeffrey Savage, fell in love with the Rachmaninoff suite for two pianos. They include it here in this Ruel Joyce Recital that KPR recorded at Johnson County Community College's Midwest Trust Center for the Performing Arts.
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Comprising KU music faculty plus some outstanding grad students, this Classics Live Ruel Joyce Recital features Miniatures by William Grant Still as well as chamber music by Ecuadoran composer Luis Humberto Salgado.
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A solid cello and piano concert recorded by KPR's Chuck Smith at the Midwest Trust Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, as part of their Ruel Joyce Recital Series. With chamber music by Louise Farrenc and Nadia Boulenger, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Astor Piazzolla.
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Clarinettist Alex Fiterstein is featured with the Tesla String Quartet.
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Chuck Smith of KPR recorded this Ruel Joyce Recital for Classics Live. With poetry by Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega and David Byrne.
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Classics Live 161 is a Ruel Joyce Recital that Chuck Smith recorded at Johnson County Community College.
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Brookside's Ruel Joyce Recital also featuring a few stories about Bach and Vivaldi.
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A Ruel Joyce recital featuring the pleasant combination of guitar and piano.
