The UMKC Conservatory Hour - Melodious Bach and Beethoven’s beginnings

By Rodrigo Camargo,

Published May 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM CDT

Members of the UMKC Conservatory Graduate Fellowship String Quartet

This week on The UMKC Conservatory Hour, the Conservatory Graduate Fellowship String Quartet performs Beethoven’s glorious first string quartet, and former Conservatory faculty members play piano and orchestral works by J.S. Bach.

Host

Rodrigo Camargo
Rodrigo Camargo is a Brazilian composer currently pursuing his DMA in Composition at the UMKC Conservatory.

Program

Partita No.1 in B-flat major BWV 825
By J.S. Bach
Alon Goldstein, piano

Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major Op.18 No.3
By Ludwig van Beethoven
UMKC Graduate Fellowship String Quartet
Qiufan Chen, violin I
Caroline Beckman, violin II
Chung-Wen Lee, viola
Seungchan Song, cello

Orchestral Suite in D Major BWV 1068
By J.S. Bach
UMKC Conservatory Orchestra
Conducted by Kevin Noe

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