The UMKC Conservatory Hour - Beethoven in transition and Haydn’s final symphony

By Rodrigo Camargo,

Published July 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM CDT

UMKC Conservatory string players perform in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

The UMKC Conservatory Orchestra performs Haydn's very last symphony, plus UMKC Conservatory piano professors Sean Chen and Jeffrey Savage perform.

Host

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

Program

Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, Liebesleid
by Fritz Kreisler, arr. Rachmaninoff,
Sean Chen, piano

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
By Ludwig van Beethoven
Jeffrey Savage, piano

Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob I;104
by Joseph Haydn
UMKC Conservatory Orchestra
Conducted by Christopher Kelts

La plus que lente, L.121 (excerpt)
By Claude Debussy
Sean Chen, piano

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