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Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony

Name: Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
Start: 2026-02-08T14:00:00
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kansas City Symphony

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Experience a concert brimming with resilience and hope. Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, composed in just one month during World War II, is a celebration of spirit and strength. The composer stated that the symphony was intended as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit … I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamored for expression.” Hear this hymn to humanity plus Poli...

Program

Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose

Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5

Composer

Karol Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 2

Composer

Participants

Matthias Pintscher

Conductor

Leila Josefowicz

Violin

Kansas City Symphony

Producer

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3 dates (6 Feb - 8 Feb)

Feb

Fri

8:00 pm

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kansas City, MO, United States

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Feb

Sat

8:00 pm

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kansas City, MO, United States

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Feb

Sun

2:00 pm

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kansas City, MO, United States

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