Wichita Symphony

April 26, 2013 Denise Neil The Wichita Eagle Wichita Festivals Inc. announced Friday morning the rest of its musical lineup for the festival, which is scheduled for May 31 to June 8. The list includes Mike Finnigan and the Phantom Blues Band, Beatles tribute band American English, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Go-Go’s, …

May 5, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent The Century II Convention Center was aglow with nostalgia Saturday night as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra was joined by guest conductor Michael Krajewski and guest artists A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle to perform a Simon and Garfunkel retrospective. The guest artists established an amiable rapport with the audience …

April 28, 2013 Alice Mannette Eagle Correspondent The Simon and Garfunkel Retrospective performers are not imitating a legend — they simply are honoring one. Singer/songwriter’s Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s ballads propelled them to stardom in the 1960s. A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle will sing several of Simon and Garfunkel’s Grammy Award-winning songs and well-known …

April 7, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent The Wichita Symphony Orchestra crowned its 2012-13 Classics Season on Sunday afternoon with great fanfare and flourish, performing a powerful program of works in the Century II Concert Hall under the baton of Music Director Daniel Hege. From the first notes of the overture to the final notes …

March 31, 2013 BY ALICE MANNETTE Eagle Correspondent The Wichita Symphony Orchestra ends its classics season next weekend with popular works by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Aaron Copland. Internationally renowned German pianist Markus Groh will perform a piano concerto written by his nation’s most famous composer, Beethoven. Beethoven wrote Piano Concerto No. 5 …

March 31, 2013 BY ALICE MANNETTE Eagle Correspondent Just as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra prepares to present its final classics concert of the current season, it also is ramping up for its 70th classics season, which begins in October and will include flying acrobats, guest artists and Beethoven’s Ninth. Music Director and Conductor Daniel Hege …

March 10, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent Music director Daniel Hege lead the Wichita Symphony in an energetic and expressive program in the Century II Concert Hall on Saturday night, balancing the light-hearted sensibilities of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the deeply introspective work of Gustav Mahler. The first portion of the program featured WSO principal …

March 3, 2013 Alice Mannette Eagle Correspondent   Next weekend, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra plays one of Mozart’s least-known gems. Along with Gustav Mahler’s 4th Symphony, the orchestra will play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314. Mozart composed the work in 1777. And although the piece was written for a specific …

March 1, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent The Texas Tenors – Marcus Collins, J.C. Fischer and John Hagen – brought their signature blend of country music and opera to Wichita, as they joined the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Daniel Hege in concert in the Century II Concert Hall on Thursday evening. After a …

February 24, 2013 Alice Mannette Wichita Eagle Correspondent They wowed millions of Americans when they appeared on “America’s got Talent” in 2009. Now they’re dazzling audience members nationwide with their vibrato and operatic virtuoso. On Thursday, The Texas Tenors will hit the Wichita stage with a mix of country, opera and Broadway tunes. Raised in …