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For 15 years Kansas Public radio has hosted and broadcast musicians that perform live during screenings of silent films from the early 20th century. This years guests were Ben Model, Jeff Rapsis, piano, keynote speaker Scott Eyman and festival founder Bill Shaffer.

Suite Populaire Espagnole is a collection of Spanish folk songs arranged for violin and piano by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). The suite is a metaphorical journey through Spanish culture. Falla was a leading Spanish composer in the early 20th century. He blended impressionist styles with traditional Spanish music. His most popular chamber work is Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs), which he arranged for soprano and piano in 1914

Suite Populaire Espagnole is a collection of Spanish folk songs arranged for violin and piano by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946). The suite is a metaphorical journey through Spanish culture. Falla was a leading Spanish composer in the early 20th century. He blended impressionist styles with traditional Spanish music. His most popular chamber work is Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs), which he arranged for soprano and piano in 1914.

L'amour des trois oranges, Op. 33, is a 1921 satirical French-language opera by Sergei Prokofiev. He wrote his own libretto, basing it on the Italian play L'amore delle tre melarance, or The Love for Three Oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам Lyubov k tryom apyelsinam) by Carlo Gozzi, and conducted the premiere, which took place at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on 30 December 1921.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the Manfred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini, the Capriccio Italien, and the Serenade for Strings.

"Scherzo à la russe", Op. 1, No. 1, is part of the first published work of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1867, Two Pieces for Piano, Op. 1. It is based on a Russian folk tune in B-flat major, that the composer had earlier used in his first attempt to write a string quartet. It was first called Capriccio (Italian, "whim") but was later changed to "Scherzo à la russe". The other piece in the work was called "Impromptu" in E-flat minor, Op. 1, No. 2.