The Kansas City Symphony: The Planets
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
I'm so pleased to once again join the Kansas City Symphony in a performance of the epic work The Planets by Gustav Holst!
From the KCS website:
Vimbayi Kaziboni, guest conductor; MingYu Hsu, viola; Sopranos and altos of the Kansas City Symphony Chorus
GIACINTO SCELSI Selections from Quattro Pezzi (su una nota sola)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets
Take a stellar musical trip as the Kansas City Symphony plays Gustav Holst’s The Planets! This astrological and astronomical trek includes a militant march for Mars (which inspired music for the movie “Gladiator”), a sweeping, majestic theme for Jupiter and the women of the Symphony Chorus joining the orchestra for the mysterious, otherworldly Neptune movement. Plus, our own principal viola, MingYu Hsu, takes a solo turn in Bohuslav Martinů’s Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra.
For further information and tickets, visit https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/27-the-planets