Special broadcast compilation to air Memorial Day weekend on KCPT in lieu of live concert
In collaboration with KCPT (Kansas City PBS) and generously supported by Bank of America, the Kansas City Symphony will present a “best of” broadcast compilation from the last several years. Music Director Michael Stern and community leaders will provide comments throughout. The broadcast airs at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 24 and again at 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 25 on KCPT/Channel 19. KCPT also will simulcast on YouTube TV through the PBS channel. Broadcast highlights include: Hometown favorites: Performances by Bobby Watson, The Elders and Jim Birdsall reciting a poem by John Musgrave. Special guests: Performances by MusiCorps and Oleta Adams, John Brancy, Capathia Jenkins and Jim Birdsall. Honoring troops: Favorites such as “Danny Boy,” “Taps,” “Armed Forces Salute,” “WWI Medley” and more. Orchestral showstoppers: Kansas City Symphony performs hits like “Sing Sing Sing,” “Hands Across the Sea,” “Saint Bailey’s Rag” and, of course, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
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2020/05/24 - 2020/05/25
Additional time info:
The broadcast will air at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 24 and again at 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 25 on KCPT/Channel 19. KCPT also will simulcast on YouTube TV through the PBS channel. The “best of” broadcast will replace the annual outdoor live concert, which is the largest free Memorial Day weekend concert in the Midwest. It regularly draws crowds of 50,000 people to the grounds of Union Station and the National WWI Museum and Memorial. The Symphony canceled the in-person festivities this year due to ongoing concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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