Harriman-Jewell Series

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 18 September 2010 - 8:00 PM

The season opens with the new dynamic dance company, Trey McIntyre Project. With its “fresh and forward-thinking choreography” (Washington Post) the Idaho-based ensemble that debuted in the summer of 2005 was an immediate sensation. “Trey McIntyre is doing something right,” Dance Magazine’s Wendy Perron explained. “Anchored in strong craft, his dances invite the audience to enjoy his mix of classical ballet, playful movement invention, and down-home humor.” The company will perform McIntyre's acclaimed 2007 creation Wild Sweet Love,danced to a soundscape of love songs by Queen, Lou Reed, Roberta Flack, José Alfredo Jimenez, The Partridge Family, Felix Mendelssohn, and The Zombies. The evening’s program will include two additional works: McIntyre's 2007 Pork Songs, a playful and pensive work danced to, well, songs about pork; and a brand new commission, Arrantza, in celebration of Basque communities and culture, set to traditional Basque music.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

McIntyre: Arrantza

Ensemble: Trey McIntyre Project

McIntyre: Pork Songs

Ensemble: Trey McIntyre Project

McIntyre: Wild Sweet Love

Ensemble: Trey McIntyre Project

Renée Fleming- Soprano

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 9 October 2010 - 8:00 PM

This concert is sold out; however, a wait list will be taken beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, September 27. Call 816-415-5025. (We often are able to accommodate those on wait lists; we encourage you to call.)

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. Known as “the people’s diva,” she continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls. “Fleming is as glamorous as a diva can get, but there’s little that’s diva-ish about her beyond her knockout looks,” wrote Lloyd Schwartz for the Boston Phoenix. “She’s become so comfortable with her celebrity that she can confide in the audience as if we were her old friends, and tell us about how she once dropped her microphone and how much she loves what she’s singing. And we love her all the more.”

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Renée Fleming (Soprano)

Chloë Hanslip- Violinist | Free Discovery Concert

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 15 October 2010 - 7:00 PM

Now 22, British violinist Chloë Hanslip is already an established international artist of distinction. “[Hanslip] is likely to become the greatest violinist of her generation,” wrote Limelight’s Christopher Latham. Her recent recording of John Adams’ Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra entered the U.K. Classical Charts at number 2. Philip Clark, writing in Gramophone, concluded that “Playing like this should secure Chloë Hanslip’s reputation for life.” When she was just 11, Hanslip was a featured performer in a BBC presentation Masterclass, led by charismatic Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov. (In 1993, the Harriman-Jewell Series presented Vengerov in his American recital debut.)

Use the "Tickets" button above to print tickets at home now or call 816-415-5025 for assistance (limit: four tickets per household). Seating is first come, first served.

The intent behind the Harriman-Jewell Series Discovery Concerts is to introduce excellence and artistry to new audiences by eliminating a cost barrier. The free events begin at 7 p.m. (earlier than other evening performances) to better accommodate the schedules of families with children. Please tell friends about this free concert.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3

Artist: Chloë Hanslip (Violin)

Szymanowski: Myths (3), Op. 30

Artist: Chloë Hanslip (Violin)

Stravinsky: Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano

Artist: Chloë Hanslip (Violin)

Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 75

Artist: Chloë Hanslip (Violin)

Houston Ballet II

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 30 October 2010 - 8:00 PM

The Houston Ballet II, the venerable Houston Ballet’s smaller ensemble, is well suited for the Folly Theater’s intimate space. “They might be called ‘II’ but there’s nothing second-fiddle about these young dancers,” declared ArtsHouston’s Nancy Wozny. The company has planned a program to include the extravagant third act (the wedding and celebration) from the classic love-story ballet Raymonda, and Stanton Welch’s The Long and Winding Road set to Peter Breiner’s captivating, Baroque-styled orchestration of The Beatles’ songs. Additional program details will be announced closer to the event’s date.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Raymonda (Welch)

Ensemble: Houston Ballet II

The Long and Winding Road (Welch)

Ensemble: Houston Ballet II

Gautier Capuçon- Cellist and Gabriela Montero- Pianist

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 5 November 2010 - 8:00 PM

When celebrated instrumentalists Gautier Capuçon (cellist) and Gabriela Montero (pianist) met they quickly moved from fast friends to musical partners. The young duo developed the program to be performed in Kansas City that includes Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, and Prokofiev cello and piano sonatas. Their collaborative work of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev compositions was released as an album in 2008 titled Rhapsody on Virgin Classics. Gramophone recently praised Capuçon for “distinctive, characterful, and intense performances.” Montero famously performed in a quartet that included Series favorites Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman at the 2009 United States Presidential Inauguration Ceremony.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119

Artists: Gabriela Montero (Piano); Gautier Capuçon (Cello)

Mendelssohn: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in D major, Op. 58

Artists: Gabriela Montero (Piano); Gautier Capuçon (Cello)

Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19

Artists: Gabriela Montero (Piano); Gautier Capuçon (Cello)

Emanuel Ax- pianist in recital | Richard Harriman Memorial Benefit

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Monday, 8 November 2010 - 7:00 PM

Emanuel Ax is a beloved giant among performing artists of our day. The pianist has played for the Harriman-Jewell Series 10 times, most recently in a duo recital with pianist Yefim Bronfman in 2008, and has appeared four times with cellist Yo-Yo Ma beginning with his Series debut in 1984. This longstanding relationship is evident in Ax’s request to play a benefit recital in tribute to Series founder and artistic director Richard Harriman, who died on July 15, 2010. Ax captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. The Washington Post music critic recently declared that “Ax is an extremely satisfying pianist; he is at home in a wide variety of music and his pianism is always thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous.”

Tickets: $45 or $4.50
(The ticket amounts represent the 45 seasons of events that Richard Harriman brought to Kansas City audiences. The lesser amount honors Harriman’s desire to keep world-class performances affordable).

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Alessio Bax- Piano | Free Discovery Concert

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 20 November 2010 - 7:00 PM

Winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant for 2009, Alessio Bax is universally praised for his lyrical playing and insightful interpretations. The Italian-born pianist has won the hearts of critics and audiences across the globe since taking first prize at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition in 2000. “Great music-making has the illusion of spontaneity—and a quality of ecstasy,” Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News declared. “Start to finish, Mr. Bax sounded as if improvising the music on the spot. He went wherever its spirit, now tempestuous, now sublime, took him. If clarity was occasionally sacrificed to earthquake, wind and fire, so be it. But introspective music became an out-of-body experience… go-for-broke, blood-stirring playing like this was an experience to treasure.” This is a Free Discovery Concert; tickets will become available online and by phone at 816-415-5025 beginning two months prior to the event.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Alessio Bax (Piano)

The King's Singers Holiday Concert

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 11 December 2010 - 8:00 PM

The kings of sing will “come a-caroling” to Kansas City in an eighth appearance on the Series. The six a cappella Brits, instantly recognizable for their spot-on intonation and impeccable vocal blend, can flawlessly sing their way from seriously medieval to comical pop. “The King’s Singers have somehow managed to leap across narrow boundaries and pull in a wide audience of enthusiastic fans,” reported the Dallas Morning News. “Part of the King’s Singers’ secret is an endearing informality and a recognition that art and fun are not mutually exclusive.”

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Traditional: Rise up, shepherd, and follow

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Carl Davis

Christmas Eve by Rossetti

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A Poem

Pettman: The Angel Gabriel

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Traditional: Noël nouvelet

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Philip Lawson

Traditional: What child is this?

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Bob Chilcott

Ballad of the Bread-Man by Causley

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A Poem

Tchaikovsky: Children's Songs (16), Op. 54

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Jeremy Lubbock

The Crown of Roses

Bach: O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493 (O little one sweet)

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Traditional: Lullay My Liking

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Philip Lawson

Christmas 1915 by MacKaye

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A Reading

Gruber: Silent Night

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: John Rutter

Collin: The Quiet Heart

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Eddi's Service by Kipling

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A Poem

Rutter: There is a flower

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Traditional: Joy to the World

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Philip Lawson

Saint-Saëns: Sérénade d'hiver

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A correspondence by Norwich

Ensemble: The King's Singers

A Reading

Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Arranger: Geoffrey Keating

Various: Simple Christmas Gifts

Ensemble: The King's Singers

Selections from the lighter side of the KS repertoire

Joshua Bell- Violin

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 22 January 2011 - 8:00 PM

Joshua Bell, who will play his fourth recital for the Series, has enchanted audiences worldwide with his breathtaking virtuosity and tone of rare beauty. “The American violinist with movie-star good looks has emerged as one of the finest musicians of his generation, whose interpretations can be seriously set beside and favorably compared to players twice his age. Dead players too,” wrote the Washington Post.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Joshua Bell (Violin)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet- Pianist

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 28 January 2011 - 8:00 PM

Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the Series for a fourth appearance to play an all-Liszt recital. The French-born pianist is in the prime of his career, enthralling audiences worldwide with his profound and poetic artistry, enlightened interpretations, and thrilling concerts. “Every note he fashions as a pearl…the joy, brilliance, and musicality of his performance could not be missed,” reported the New York Times.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Liszt: Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année, S 163

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Polish Songs (6) for Piano (Chopin), S 480

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Ballade for Piano no 2 in B minor, S 171

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Isolde's "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan", S 447

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Liszt: Venezia e Napoli, S 162

Artist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)

Joyce DiDonato- Mezzo Soprano

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Sunday, 13 February 2011 - 3:00 PM

Come celebrate St. Valentine’s one day early and get ready to fall in love again. Wherever she sings, Joyce DiDonato earns rhapsodic reviews. Called the “flame-toned American mezzo” by London’s Daily Telegraph, DiDonato is among the world’s most enchanting performers. She will return to sing her fourth recital for the Series on her birthday and in her hometown. “Some performers just seem to have it all. So it was when mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato took the stage Wednesday night at the Folly Theater,” wrote Timothy McDonald for the Kansas City Star of her 2009 appearance. “Simply put, the concert, presented by the Harriman-Jewell Series, was the musical event of the season.”

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 25 February 2011 - 8:00 PM

The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is arguably the most active orchestra on the African continent and substantially contributes to making Cape Town part of the global culture. The Orchestra will perform for the Series as part of its first American tour under the direction of guest conductor Martin Panteleev. The concert’s program will include Walton’s Johannesburg Festival Overture, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, and Stravinsky’s Firebird (1919 version). Russian-born violin soloist Phillippe Quint will join the Orchestra for Korngold’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 35.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Walton: Johannesburg Festival Overture

Ensemble: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Martin Panteleev

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Ensemble: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Martin Panteleev

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)

Ensemble: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Martin Panteleev

Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35

Artist: Philippe Quint (Violin)

Ensemble: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Martin Panteleev

Stephen Costello- Tenor

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 5 March 2011 - 8:00 PM

The recipient of the 2009 Richard Tucker Award “has a lyric tenor voice of great beauty: Stephen Costello will be a big star,” London’s Spectator announced last September. The Harriman-Jewell Series continues its trademark tradition of presenting the American recital debuts of world-class performing artists at the beginning of extraordinary careers. The Philadelphia native’s Kansas City appearance will mark the Series’ 20th American recital debut presentation, a tradition of discovery that began with tenor Luciano Pavarotti in 1973.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Stephen Costello (Tenor)

Natasha Paremski- Pianist | Free Discovery Concert

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 12 March 2011 - 7:00 PM

“Natasha Paremski has certainly the muscle for a successful career,” announced the New York Times. With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, 22-year-old pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. She continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over audiences and critics alike. “Paremski performs with flawless technique and unbeatable energy,” wrote BBC Music Magazine. Born in Moscow, Natasha began her piano studies at age four. In 1995 she immigrated with her family to the United States and became a United States citizen in 2001. Her growing list of awards includes the Prix Montblanc 2007, the 2006 Gilmore Young Artist Award, top prize in the 2002 Bronislaw Kaper Awards sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and top prize in the Young Artists in Carnegie Hall 2000 International Piano Festival.

This is a Free Discovery Concert; tickets will become available online and by phone at 816-415-5025 beginning two months prior to the event.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Artist: Natasha Paremski (Piano)

I Musici de Montréal

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 8 April 2011 - 8:00 PM

For its third Series appearance, the ever-thrilling I Musici de Montréal led by cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky will present a dynamic feast of music and visual art. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition will come alive with acoustical splendor by the orchestra coupled with the projected, animated works by Yuli Turovsky’s daughter, the talented artist/violinist Natasha Turovsky. “Knowing that most of the paintings by Victor Hartmann which inspired his friend Mussorgsky were lost,” the elder Turovsky explained, “I asked Natasha to paint the Pictures—inspired by the music—inspired by the Pictures. After it was done, the next idea was to make these Pictures and their personages to ‘dance’ with the music. In this ‘symbiotic’ form, the public will listen as well as ‘see’ the music." The concert will open with works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal

Conductor: Yuli Turovsky

Shostakovich: Pieces (2) for String Octet, Op. 11

Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal

Conductor: Yuli Turovsky

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48

Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal

Conductor: Yuli Turovsky

Russian National Ballet Theatre- Romeo and Juliet

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Saturday, 30 April 2011 - 8:00 PM

The Russian National Ballet Theatre has become a mainstay ensemble for the Series in recent years: first with Swan Lake in 1999, then La Bayadère in 2006 and “Great Moments from Russian Ballets” in 2009. “Russia may have lost the Cold War, but it's still the unquestioned superpower of the ballet world,” the Kansas City Star’s Lisa Jo Sagolla wrote of the company’s most recent return. For its fourth appearance, the Company will dance the favorite story ballet Romeo and Juliet to the music of Tchaikovsky. The evening will open with Mikhail Fokine’s masterwork Chopiniana, which features a score that celebrates the musical genius of Frédéric Chopin. The 50-member ensemble is led by artistic director Elena Radchenko, a former principal dancer with Russia's Bolshoi Ballet.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Chopiniana (Fokine)

Ensemble: Russian National Ballet Theatre

The Aluminum Show

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Thursday, 5 May 2011 - 7:30 PM

The whole family will take a shine to this brilliant show that uses special effects, creative mechanisms, and acrobatic dance to make inanimate objects come to life. “The real triumph of the Israeli-born ‘The Aluminum Show’ is that while the sum of its parts adds up to something unique, its individual elements aren't so unfamiliar,” wrote reviewer Chuck Darrow. “The production borrows liberally from various sources, including Mummenschanz (perhaps its closest relative), Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, Stomp and even the pre-Sesame Street Muppets.” Creator Ilan Azriel mastered the avant-garde uses of the various metallic elements assisted by Yuval Kedem, an expert in designing accessories and effects. The result is a foil-packed performance full of energy, emotion, and even personality, as the silver industrial materials create a luminous and reflective world. The Show’s creators like to “keep it fresh” and will roll out a dazzling, reworked production for 2011.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Ensemble: The Aluminum Show

The Aluminum Show

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

Friday, 6 May 2011 - 8:00 PM

The whole family will take a shine to this brilliant show that uses special effects, creative mechanisms, and acrobatic dance to make inanimate objects come to life. “The real triumph of the Israeli-born ‘The Aluminum Show’ is that while the sum of its parts adds up to something unique, its individual elements aren't so unfamiliar,” wrote reviewer Chuck Darrow. “The production borrows liberally from various sources, including Mummenschanz (perhaps its closest relative), Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, Stomp and even the pre-Sesame Street Muppets.” Creator Ilan Azriel mastered the avant-garde uses of the various metallic elements assisted by Yuval Kedem, an expert in designing accessories and effects. The result is a foil-packed performance full of energy, emotion, and even personality, as the silver industrial materials create a luminous and reflective world. The Show’s creators like to “keep it fresh” and will roll out a dazzling, reworked production for 2011.

Presenter: Harriman-Jewell Series

Program TBA

Ensemble: The Aluminum Show

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