Kansas City Sinfonietta wraps up its opening concert series with PLAYground Music, a celebration of bold, brilliant, totally unhinged creativity. At the center of it all is a new ping pong concerto by Artistic Director Nicholas Perry Clark inspired by Andy Akiho’s ping pong concerto from one decade ago. A jaw-dropping double concerto for ping pong, this music zips, zaps, and bounces sound across the stage like nothing you’ve ever seen (or heard) in KC. Yes, you’re reading that right — ping pong. With an orchestra! A shattered narrative by Stefan Freund, with vivid text by James Stevens, weaves through the evening, while fierce new works by UMKC composers Kwan Leung Ling and Yingting Liu push sonic boundaries. Jurakhan’s KCietta-commissioned connective compositions guide the listener through the playful night and we kick things off with a rousing overture by Randall Woolf. Come for the ping pong — stay for the sonic mayhem.
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