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Growing Together With Allegro Choirs

Host

Stephen Steigman

Guests

Christy Elsner, founder and artistic director

Lexi Dixon, choir member

Program

Et Exsultavit from Magnificat in A minor

by Antonio Porpora

Allegro Con Brio

Antiphon

by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Allegro Choirs

Kurt Knecht, organ

Dixit Dominus, RV 595

by Antonio Vivaldi, arr. by Christy Elsner and Jacob Narverud

Allegro Choirs

2016 American Choral Directors Association Convention Ensemble

Exsultate Justi

by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

Allegro Con Spirito

Jagerchor from Der Freischutz

by Carl Maria von Weber

Allegro Con Spirito

2016 American Choral Directors Association Convention Ensemble

Choose Something Like a Star from Frostiana

by Randall Thompson

Allegro Con Brio

Hold On

by Trad. arr. by Stacey Gibbs

Allegro Con Brio

Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie

by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, arr by Moira Smiley

Allegro Con Brio

Captivity - No. 5 from Six Choral Songs for Treble Voices, opus 15

by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Allegro Con Brio

Offertorium from War Requiem Op. 66

by Benjamin Britten

Michael Stern, conductor

Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor

Stephen Powell, baritone

Kansas City Symphony Chorus - Charles Bruffy, director

El Desdichado from Bolero

by Camille Saint-Saëns

Allegro Con Brio

Learn more about Allegro Choirs, and see events and audition information at allegokc.org.

Our thanks to The Kansas City Symphony for their assistance. You learn more and see events at kcsymphony.org.

Copyright 2021 KCUR 89.3. To see more, visit KCUR 89.3.

Ashley Dixon, Christy Elsner, and Lexi Dixon after an April 2021 Allegro Choirs performance.
Zina Dixon /
Ashley Dixon, Christy Elsner, and Lexi Dixon after an April 2021 Allegro Choirs performance.
 Allegro Choirs at The White House - 2012
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Allegro Choirs at The White House - 2012

Stephen joined KCUR in October 2000 as the station's host of classical music. After working in the arts for ten years, Steigman made a somewhat associated switch to public radio. Stephen also worked for a number of orchestras and performing arts organizations - including the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Jerusalem Symphony in Israel, the Albany Symphony in New York, and the Aspen Music Festival. Stephen's love of public radio started at a young age when "shushed" by his father who wanted to listen to top-of-the-hour NPR news without interruption. His appreciation increased during high school, college (and beyond) with programs such as Car Talk, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Performance Today.
Sam Wisman