Events
Kansas City Symphony performs Five Freedom Songs
- featured work:
- Five Freedom Songs
- presenter:
- Kansas City Symphony
- https://www.kcsymphony.org/
- venue:
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
- 1601 Broadway Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States + Google Map - https://www.kauffmancenter.org/
- event category:
- Performances
Michael Stern, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
FREDERICK DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Five Freedom Songs (Kansas City Symphony co-commission)
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4
English composer Frederick Delius’ rich orchestration of The Walk to the Paradise Garden portrays the timeless gaze between young lovers. We are thrilled to showcase one of America’s leading young composers, Jessie Montgomery, with a new work co-commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony. A talented violinist, Montgomery has a unique ability to use symphonic sounds to convey complex thoughts and emotions. Giving voice to Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs is Julia Bullock, a soprano superstar known for her deep sense of social consciousness. Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony delves into themes of childhood, innocence and spirituality, with Bullock’s angelic soprano expressing the child’s vision of heaven that is at the heart of this compelling work. Voice and symphony orchestra meld together in serene beauty.