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Conductor Dima Slobodeniouk joins the SLSO for the first time, leading the orchestra in Peter Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Wu Wei plays a stunning concerto by Finnish composer Jukka Tiensuu on the sheng, a mouth organ and one of the oldest-known Chinese instruments, dating back more than 3,000 years. Plus, we'll hear Lotta Wennäkoski’s Flounce.

If you were expecting surfing music by Brian Wilson — think again! Instead, enjoy excellent music from four sons of Johann Sebastian Bach who were famous in their own right. We’ll have "fun fun fun until daddy takes the clavichord away!"

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the greatest film composers of the early 20th century. He composed a brilliant score for the 1940 film “The Sea Hawk” starring Errol Flynn. It’s been called “the best swashbuckling film of all time,” and the music is spectacular and great fun.

Humanity is at the core of this transformative program that includes Sergei Prokofiev's wartime Fifth Symphony, and RE|Member by Reena Esmail. And composer Billy Childs expresses trauma, resilience, and empowerment within the Black American experience through his poignant symphonic poem, Diaspora, brought to life by saxophone soloist Steven Banks.

Few composers have brought more joy and sheer fun to audiences than Gioachino Rossini. Hear his music as reimagined by Ottorino Respighi and Benjamin Britten into suites that are sure to charm and delight you.

The Magic Flute is a story that blends fairy tale and philosophy. One of Mozart’s most brilliant orchestral scores, this magnificent, extravagant opera-in-concert production combines the talents of the SLSO, a cast of acclaimed vocalists including Kansas City born tenor Ben Bliss, and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and Children's Chorus.

Celebrate 250 episodes of "From the Archives" with Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, known as “The Great.” Its “heavenly length” (as described by Robert Schumann), today seems just perfect, and Schubert gives us melodies as only he can. We’ll hear it in a spectacular live performance by the Gunter Wand and the Berlin Philharmonic.

Enjoy a program of music inspired by the Spring season. Some of the works had literary inspirations, some are prayers for spring, and others a celebration of new life after winter, but all capture the beauty of the season in vivid tone-painting.

Sam Wisman is Production Director for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives.