Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Kansas City Symphony review by Gayle G. Hathorne


A sizable audience gathered at the Lyric Theatre Friday night despite grueling winter weather to hear guest conductor, Asher Fisch direct the Kansas City Symphony in an evening of superlative music making. The program featured the United States premiere of a piece by Israeli composer, Menachem Wiesenberg, the Kansas City debuts of violinist Josef Spacek and cellist Camden Shaw in the Brahms Double Concerto, and a reading of Dvorak’s 7th Symphony that was delivered with transcendent exhilaration. Under Fisch’s masterful direction, the Kansas City Symphony was showcased in its finest form.

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