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

Classics Live 191:  Sunflower Music Festival 2023 // Jan 9
As we look forward to summer when the Sunflower Music Festival opens in Topeka, we present a few concerts from the 2023 Festival. This Classics Live is from opening night when the orchestra played Mozart’s Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s double piano concerto, and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony.

Classics Live 192:  Sunflower Music Festival 2023 // Jan 16
This chamber music night has two gorgeous pieces for oboe and harp together – Faure’s After a Dream, and his Sicilienne. Then it’s a rare performance of Max Bruch’s Opus Posthumous String Octet.

Classics Live 193:  Sunflower Music Festival 2023 // Jan 23
Chamber music from Michael Cohen – his harmonious Aria for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harp. Plus a Mozart Quartet for Piano and Winds, and the String Quintet in Eb from Max Bruch.

Classics Live 194:  Sunflower Music Festival 2023 // Jan 30
The full orchestra with fairy tale music by Gabriel Faure, and then a hilarious performance of Camille St-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, complete with the witty verses provided by Ogden Nash.