Kansas City Symphony Classical Series SPANISH NIGHTS and PROKOFIEV’S FIFTH

Saturday November 28, 2015 • 8pm • Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Center • Varies

1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO, 64108
8pm
Contact
8164710400

Carlos Miguel Prieto, guest conductor

Benjamin Hochman, pianist

ALBÉNIZ/ARBOS Three excerpts from Iberia

DE FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

The Kansas City Symphony celebrates the beauty and mystery of Spain with guest conductor and audience favorite, Carlos Miguel Prieto, who returns for his third appearance in five seasons. They perform excerpts from Albéniz’s masterpiece, Iberia, and pianist Benjamin Hochman plays de Falla’s brilliant Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Traveling onward, hear why Russian composer Prokofiev so aptly characterized his Fifth Symphony “as a symphony of the greatness of the human spirit, a song of praise of free and happy mankind.” Tickets start at $25.