CALENDAR

Symphonie Fantastique

HOLLYWOOD

ITALY TRAVEL

In the Hall of the Mountain King

The Cinematic Music of John Williams

RIVERS

MOST WONDERFUL TIME

FATE AND FANTASY COLLIDE
Eric Garcia, conductor
David Kim, violin

SPACE EXPLORER

OPENING NIGHT

Oklahoma! in Concert
Collaboration with Topeka Civic Theatre

Suzuki Teacher Training with Kirsten Marshall

LOVE TRIANGLE
Music and words by Clara and Robert Schumann and Brahms

Serve as an adjudicator for the chamber music category,
Semifinal round in United States Division Midwest Region.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT'S COMPLICATED

Barber — School for Scandal Overture
Wagner — Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
With Ben Wager, Bass-Baritone
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Puccini — Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo from Act. III
Strauss — Rosenkavalier Suite

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Gonzalo Farias, David T. Beals III Associate Conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocalist
Hugh Panaro, vocalist
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director

IN LOVE AT CHRISTMAS

Your favorite holiday songs performed alongside
Springfield Catholic, Greenwood, Nixa, and Willard High School Choirs.

CAPITOL FEDERAL® HOLIDAY CONCERT

Holiday Favorites
With UMKC Conservatory Choirs

LOVE AND LOSS

Higdon — Blue Cathedral
Barber — Violin Concerto
With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin
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Brahms — Symphony No. 4

Family Fun Costume Concert
Christopher Kelts, Conductor

Funeral March of Marionette (Gounod)
Ghostbusters (Ray A. Parker, Jr.)
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky)
Batman Theme (Elfman)
Superman Theme (J. Williams)
Dance Macabre (Saint-Saens)

SCHOOL DAYS CONCERTS: ‘ASK GOOGLE’

Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra: Introduction
Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture: Finale
Richard Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
John Williams – Music from Jurassic Park
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – Movement 1
Borodin – Polovtsian Dance No. 3
James Horner – The Mask of Zorro
John Williams – Indiana Jones: Raiders March

STRAUSS’ ALPINE SYMPHONY
Michael Stern, conductor
Josh Jones, percussion

IMAN HABIBI: Jeder Baum Spricht (Every Tree Speaks)
ADAM SCHOENBERG Losing Earth, Percussion Concerto
RICHARD STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

BROTHERLY LOVE

Beethoven — Symphony No. 9
With the UMKC Conservatory Choirs
and Topeka Festival Singers

Jennifer Forni, Soprano
Kristee Haney, Mezzo-Soprano
Jared Rogers, Tenor
Richard Todd Payne, Baritone

BROADWAY’S LEADING MEN

Jack Everly, guest conductor
Heartland Men’s Chorus, Shawn Cullen, artistic director/conductor
Ben Crawford, guest vocalist
Jim Hogan, guest vocalist
Jacob Dickey, guest vocalist
Shereen Pimentel, guest vocalist

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE™ IN CONCERT
Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor

Serve as an adjudicator for online chamber music category
Online & In-person in Recanati, Italy

John Storgårds, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Sterling Elliott, cello

KAIJA SAARIAHO: Ciel d’hiver
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102
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SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, op. 104

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano

SHELLEY WASHINGTON: Both (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
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BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98

Masterclasses with David Halen,
Concertmaster of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Sleeping Beauty with Sibelius' Violin Concerto

Ryan Bancroft, guest conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Lili Boulanger D'un matin de printemps
Jean Sebilius Violin Concerto
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Suite from Sleeping Beauty

"A New World Together"
William Intriligator, conductor
Timothy Hagen, flute

Michi Wiancko: La Folia Variations
Tracey Rush: Last Breath
Ellen Taafe Zwillich: Flute Concerto
With Timothy Hagen, flute
INTERMISSION
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

FLAMENCO
An Evening of Flamenco Dance with Ensemble Iberica

DANCE AROUND, AROUND

Johann Strauss II: Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring Waltz) Op. 410
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33
With Bryan Cheng, Cello
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "The Titan"

SCHOOL DAYS CONCERTS: ‘WORLD TRAVELERS'

Georges Bizet: Carmen: Prélude to Act I
Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op.314
Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor: Act II, Polovstian Dance No. 17
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from ‘Rodeo’
John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon
Howard Shore: Symphonic Suite from The Lord of the Rings
John Williams: Star Wars Suite for Orchestra

PAS DE DEUX

David Briggs, Organ

Amy Beach — Bal Masque
David Briggs — Organ Concerto
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis and Chloe

PAS DE DEUX

Amy Beach: Bal Masque Op. 22 (1894)
Johannes Brahms: Gersang der Parzen Op. 89 (1882), With the Missouri State University Chorale
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus (1954)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite Op. 20 (1875)
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 (1912), With the Missouri State University Chorale

SENTIMENTAL SARABANDE

Gabriella Lena Frank — Coqueteos — from Leyendas
INTERMISSION
William Grant Still — Summerland
Benjamin Britten — Simple Symphony
Antonin Dvorak — Serenade for Winds

EN POINTE the Capitol Federal® Holiday Concert

Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky — Nutcracker Selections
With the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble
Other holiday favorites

BACK 2 BRAHMS

Daniel Hege, conductor
Michael Brown, piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Michael Brown: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

FANCY FOOTWORK

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert Op. 77 (1911)
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 (1878)
INTERMISSION
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G min, Op. 16 (1912)
With Simon Karakulidi, Piano

HOMECOMING DANCE

Arturo Marquez — Danzon No. 2
Pablo Sarasate — Carmen Fantasy
With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin
Pablo Sarasate — Zigeunerweisen
With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin

INTERMISSION
Igor Stravinsky — Firebird (1945)

Celebration of Hispanic Heritage month
Troy Peters, conductor

Performances include the beloved Cielito Lindo, the rousing Zacatecas,
as well as works from international classics like
William Grant Still’s Danzas de Panama and many more.