Music & Arts | August 2024

Classical Tahoe features world-renowned musicians who worked together to bring music to the shores of Lake Tahoe.
Episode #305
Episode #306
Prairie Winter showcases Kansas in its dramatic winter glory. This episode features the beautiful, serene winter in the snowy and frozen landscapes, including Pillsbury Crossing, Cottonwood Falls and Monument Rocks.
Winds of Renewal features the stunning renewal of life among the Kansas landscape, including Rock City and the Baker Wetlands. And we can't forget the Kansas wind, making the controlled burns dotting the prairie landscapes and arrival of Kansas crops, dance with new life.
This program depicts an innovative, multi-media version of Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition, enhancing the music of Mussorgsky with accompanying artwork of the ages. Gerard Schwarz, Music Director of the Frost Symphony Orchestra, and Jill Deupi, Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, combined their expertise to produce this tribute.
Amber Waves, features the maturity of Kansas crops, the majestic sunsets settling the heat of the day, and the beautiful sunflowers that begin dotting the landscape at the end of summer. Witness amber waves of grain, vivid green corn and soybeans, and the stunning rust color of milo as it is ready for harvest, as well as the views from the Arikaree Breaks, the Smokey Hills and more.
It's a Met debut for Ivo Van Hove as he gives a new take on Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual open-air concert from the gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, featuring Andris Nelsons as guest conductor joined by soprano Lise Davidsen as guest soloist.
Go behind the scenes as an alliance of art organizations in the Texas Panhandle collaborate to perform Beethoven's masterpiece, Missa Solemnis.
Flights of Color takes us on an aerial journey through the spectacular beauty of Kansas in autumn. We feature the waning sunflowers and wildflowers, the changing colors of our trees and Kansas landscapes, and the sunsets arriving earlier each day with the impending winter.
Ashley Ruiz is a "hope dealer," dedicating herself to paying for people's laundry in low-income communities. This inspires Lee Brice to create a celebratory midtempo guitar jam that he debuts to a lively group of Ashley's friends and family.
American Anthems is a 6 Episode series that will continue thru September 2024.
Lee Brice creates a guitar jam for a "hope dealer."
Peter Mattei stars in Mozart's tragicomedy "Don Giovanni."
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy. Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann also makes her Met debut, conducting the cast led by baritone Peter Mattei in the title role alongside bass-baritone Adam Plachetka as Leporello