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COPLAND’S APPALACHIAN SPRING
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, October 10-11, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus
AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
MAURICE RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)
RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 1
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, October 31-November 1, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
George Li, piano
Kansas City Symphony Chorus
NICO MUHLY and NICHOLAS BRITELL Preludes (world premieres, piano solo)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2*
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF The Bells*
MATTHIAS CONDUCTS MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 7
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 7*
BRAHMS’ FOURTH SYMPHONY
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 9-10, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Roderick Cox, guest conductor
Avery Gagliano, piano (Almy Legacy Fund)
SAMUEL BARBER Essay No. 2
CLARA SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
PINES OF ROME AND BRUCH’S SECOND VIOLIN CONCERTO
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 16-17, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Kevin John Edusei, guest conductor
Jun Iwasaki, violin
SAMY MOUSSA Elysium
MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 2*
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome*
BEETHOVEN AND BEYOND
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2*
LISA STREICH (KC Symphony co-commission, world premiere)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4*
PROKOFIEV’S FIFTH SYMPHONY
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, February 6-7, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
MAURICE RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
SAINT-SAËNS’ FIRST CELLO CONCERTO AND STRAUSS
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Samuel Lee, guest conductor
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello
KAIJA SAARIAHO Du cristal (From Crystal)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
RICHARD STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Julian Kaplan, trumpet
Evan Hughes, baritone
Kansas City Symphony Chorus
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Spring
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Im Nebel, Trumpet Concerto (U.S. premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
FARRENC, SCHUMANN, AND DVOŘÁK
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Louis Langrée, guest conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
LOUISE FARRENC Overture No. 1
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
ROBERT SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Anu Tali, guest conductor
Chaeyoung Park, piano
EDUARD TUBIN Estonian Dance Suite
EDVARD GRIEG Piano Concerto*
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1*
GIL SHAHAM PLAYS BRAHMS
CADENZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, May 29-30, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
VARIOUS Genesis
JOHANNES BRAHMS Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 2
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
CADENZA | BRAVO | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, June 5-6, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
OLGA NEUWIRTH and MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Preludes (world premieres, piano solo)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY
SYMPHONIC PIAZZA | OVATION | MASTERWORKS
Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
JOAN TOWER Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
FLORENCE PRICE Piano Concerto
GEORGE GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue*
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”*
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