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    Pictures at an Exhibition


    Saturday, September 29, 2012 8:00PM


    Tickets Not On Sale








    HELZBERG HALL | KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

    MICHAEL STERN MUSIC DIRECTOR
    VADIM GLUZMAN VIOLIN

    ADAM SCHOENBERG Finding Rothko
    TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
    MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

    Our “Symphonic Pictures” season theme is celebrated with the most famous such work in the repertoire, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. Vadim Gluzman makes his KCS subscription debut in Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Violin Concerto. A contemporary “pictures” work, Adam Schoenberg’s Finding Rothko, starts the season with a flourish.

    Join Music Director Michael Stern and musicians of the Kansas City Symphony in Brandmeyer Great Hall after the performance with champagne for the opening of our 2012-2013 Season.

    Friday's Concert
    Sponsored by
    Adam’s Schoenberg’s “Symphonic Pictures” was commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony and
    Music Director Michael Stern with a grant from the Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation