Copland's Appalachian Spring

Name: Copland's Appalachian Spring
Start: 2025-10-10T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-10T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Fri Oct 10 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | Kansas City, KS

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director

AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
MAURICE RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)

Music Director Matthias Pintscher invites you to this must-see opening weekend featuring two spellbinding ballets performed in their entirety. Appalachian Spring, a shining example of Aaron Copland’s American sound, features the iconic melody “Simple Gifts.” French composer Maurice Ravel composed his ballet Daphnis et Chloé several decades earlier; his passionate melodies and lush orchestration paint a musical portrait of a dreamlike world filled with love and adventure.