Friday, September 4th | 8:00 P.M.

Helzberg Hall

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The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra will open its 29^th Concert Season with monumental and dramatic symphonies by Mozart and Mendelssohn on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Bruce Sorrell will conduct the concert and prelude the performance with a pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. 

Kansas City’s own Chamber Orchestra launches the season with music Maestro Bruce Sorrell calls “thrilling and life affirming” in the beautiful acoustics of Helzberg Hall. Mozart’s monumental final symphony, the “Jupiter,” unleashes musical forces to create one of the most powerful experiences in the concert hall, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 bristles with drama and the creative energy of a young master. These two great symphonies will make a spectacular Labor Day weekend celebration and are paired with Rossini’s witty and energetic overture to La scala di seta.

Music Director Bruce Sorrell says of the great Jupiter symphony by Mozart: “Mozart’s final symphony, the magnificent ‘Jupiter’, displays the master composer at the fullest manifestation of his genius. The culmination and unleashing of musical forces is one of the most powerful experiences in the concert hall: thrilling and life affirming, crowning Mozart’s achievement as one of the greatest composers for orchestra of all time.”

Mendelssohn’s first symphony showcases a genius in the making and was composed when he was only 15. The KCCO is excited to perform this symphony for the first time. The concert will open with Rossini, who composes with such wit and verve that many of his opera overture tunes have become a part of pop culture – often used in music for TV ads.  The La scala di seta overture features cascades of notes which thrill the ear and set toes tapping.

Music Director Bruce Sorrell

Individual concert tickets for Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 range from $18 to $40 with senior and student discounts available. Tickets are  available through the Kauffman Center Box Office at 816.994.7222 or online at kauffmancenter.org. Season tickets are available by calling 816.960.1324 or by visiting kcchamberorchestra.org.

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