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The St. Louis Symphony - beginning October 2025
Specific Sundays from 2 - 4 p.m. and the following Wednesday, 8 - 10 p.m.
*Listen on demand at classicalkc.org/slso for two weeks following the initial broadcast date.
Classical KC extends its local reach to re-broadcast the most recent performances by the Grammy Award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the music, these broadcasts include backstage interviews with soloists and conductors like Leonard Slatkin, Stéphane Denève, Joyce Yang, Orli Shaham, Joyce DiDonato and many more.
These broadcasts are produced by St. Louis Public Radio and made possible in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Upcoming programs:
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2 - 4 p.m., and Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8 - 10 p.m.
(available on demand at classicalkc.org/slso until Sunday, Oct. 19)
Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man
Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
James Lee III’s Fanfare for Universal Hope
Kevin Puts’ House of Tomorrow with mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato
Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben
Stéphane Denève conducts
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2 - 4 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 22, 8 - 10 p.m.
(available on demand at classicalkc.org/slso until Sunday, Nov. 2)
Leonard Slatkin’s Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 with Emanuel Ax, piano
Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1
Leonard Slatkin conducts
Carnegie Hall Live - beginning October 2025
Specific Sundays from 2 - 4 p.m. and the following Wednesday 8 - 10 p.m.
Classical KC takes you inside the legendary Carnegie Hall for live performances by the biggest names in classical music, including the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic, London, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, Gustavo Dudamel, Anthony McGill and many more.
Upcoming programs:
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2 - 4 p.m., and Wednesday, Oct. 15, 8 - 10 p.m.
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Lang Lang, piano
Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia with Gustavo Castillo, baritone
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2 - 4 p.m., and Wednesday, Oct. 29, 8 - 10 p.m.
Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5
"Carnegie Hall Live" is made possible in partnership with WQXR and New York Public Radio.
Classical KC’s "Sounds Like with Sean Chen" - beginning November 2025
Wednesdays at 5:01 p.m. and 10:01 p.m., Thursdays at 12:01 p.m. and Saturdays at 7:01 a.m
On demand link coming soon.
Beethoven and Billy Joel? Electric Vehicles and Arvo Pärt? Brahms and Jiminy Cricket? Experience unexpected musical connections and custom mashups with Sean Chen, award winning pianist and Jack Strandberg/Missouri Endowed Professor of Piano at the UMKC Conservatory.
“Sounds Like with Sean Chen” is made possible with support from the UMKC Friends of the Conservatory.
Learn about the different ways to listen to Classical KC.
Valerie Kahler takes over for Fred Child as host of "Performance Today" - beginning November 2025
Monday - Saturday, 5 - 7 p.m.
After twenty-five prolific years as host and senior editor of America’s most popular classical music radio show, Fred Child will step down from "Performance Today" at the end of October. You’ll hear both Fred and new host, Valerie Kahler, on-air together until Valerie takes over permanently in November.
Stay tuned for more announcements regarding the exciting future of "Performance Today," and join Classical KC in celebrating Fred’s twenty-five years of amazing service to the arts.
"Concierto" moves to Sunday nights - beginning October 2025
Sundays, 10 p.m - 12 a.m.
Close out your weekend with host Frank Dominguez and "Concierto." Produced by WDAV Classical Public Radio, "Concierto" is America's first nationally distributed bilingual (Spanish-English) classical music program that calls special attention to the contributions to the art form by Latin-American and Spanish composers and performers.
