Kansas City Symphony: Bolero! May 21, 2010

Maestro Stern, our chorus and guest violinist Jennifer Koh weave a tapestry of ecstatic sounds, both sacred and profane, in these concerts. Contemporary American composer Jennifer Higdon has written a unique cycle of love songs for violin, chorus and orchestra on the poems of Jeanne Minahan. Paul Hindemith's ballet, 'Nobilissima visione,' tells the story of St. Francis of Assisi. 'Debussy's Prelude' is one of the most erotic instrumental works ever written, and Ravel's Bolero is an exercise in ecstatic obsession with the dance