16 Classics 2017
It’s Edo’s final season. BE THERE FOR EVERY LAST NOTE.
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2016.17 Guest Artists CONDUCTORS
Join us as we celebrate the orchestra Edo has built. The MSO’s 2009.10 season marked the beginning of the Era of Edo. Seven seasons and 174 performances later, the Era of Edo has come full circle. Maestro Edo de Waart has guided our orchestra along the road to excellence. And we have arrived. Edo’s final season begins with an astounding cast of internationally-acclaimed opera artists in a semi-staged production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. From there, the season is peppered with an array of exceptional artists, some familiar, some new. Expect nothing less than thrilling performances by pianists Emanuel Ax, Ronald Brautigam, the Naughton sisters, Behzod Abduraimov, and Jeremy Denk. Enchanting vocalists are sure to leave you speechless, yet cheering. Cellist Zuill Bailey and violinist Itzhak Perlman provide breathtaking performances. And MSO principal players showcase their brilliance as soloists. There’s no doubt: premiere orchestra builder Edo de Waart has left an indelible mark on the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. It’s Edo’s final season. Be there for
Karina Canellakis David Danzmayr Yaniv Dinur JoAnn Falletta Asher Fisch Matthew Halls Carlos Kalmar Christoph König Cristian M˘acelaru Larry Rachleff Anu Tali SOLOISTS
Behzod Abduraimov Emanuel Ax Zuill Bailey Ronald Brautigam Jeremy Denk Joélle Harvey Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Anna Larsson Amanda Majeski Susanne Mentzer Christina & Michelle Naughton Itzhak Perlman Elina Vähälä Rachel Willis-Sørenson MSO VIRTUOSI
Frank Almond, violin Susan Babini, cello Todd Levy, clarinet Ilana Setapen, violin MSO Chorus
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Season Opener
This season’s must-see performance —— the conclusion of our da Ponte Mozart Cycle
The Marriage of Figaro EDO DE WAART conductor | ROBIN GUARINO director
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony’s performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte have left audiences cheering. Now their Mozart cycle comes to a triumphant conclusion. One of the greatest operas ever conceived, The Marriage of Figaro, features an internationally acclaimed cast, live on the stage of Uihlein Hall. It’s the operatic event of the year!
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Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms EDO DE WAART conductor EMANUEL AX piano RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSON soprano STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks STRAUSS Four Last Songs BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 The Washington Post describes his artistry as “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous…” Emanuel Ax joins Edo de Waart for Brahms’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 2. And Rachel Willis-Sørenson sings the poignant Four Last Songs from the twilight of Richard Strauss’s long career.
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The Glory of the Basilica YANIV DINUR conductor | MSO CHORUS BÅNG Hav WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal BRAUN Chapter 3 from Song of Songs BRAHMS Nänie JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Ocean “Like the sea at dawn, Become Ocean presents a gorgeous surface, yet its heaving motion conveys overwhelming force…tonally centered, almost to the point of lushness,” wrote Alex Ross in The New Yorker. “It may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical history. I went away reeling.” Experience this Pulitzer-prize winning masterwork in the splendor of the Basilica of St. Josaphat.
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Elgar’s Enigma
DAVID DANZMAYR conductor | TODD LEVY clarinet
TAUSKY Coventry FINZI Clarinet Concerto ELGAR Enigma Variations “I can only write when the spirit moves me," confided Sir Edward Elgar. But when he was inspired, his music could move an entire kingdom. The great and noble Enigma Variations are miniature portraits of the composer’s friends, loved ones, and even himself. The moving “Nimrod” variation is one of the greatest moments in the repertoire.
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Romeo + Juliet
CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor | FRANK ALMOND violin HAYDN Symphony No. 966 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo & Juliet
Prokofiev’s sensuous music illuminates Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden love. And MSO Concertmaster Frank Almond plays an early violin concerto by the teenage Mozart.
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de Waart Conducts Beethoven
EDO DE WAART conductor | CHRISTINA & MICHELLE NAUGHTON pianos BRITTEN Simple Symphony POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Experience Beethoven’s magnificent Symphony No. 4 — and once again encounter his genius. And, the electrifying Christina & Michelle Naughton play Poulenc’s captivating Concerto for Two Pianos.
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Scheherazade
JOANN FALLETTA conductor | ZUILL BAILEY cello CORIGLIANO Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Sensuous, exotic, even erotic, Scheherazade is a spectacular showpiece for the Milwaukee Symphony. Also, the incomparable Zuill Bailey plays Saint-Saëns’s brilliant First Cello Concerto. “A consummate cellist.” raves Fanfare Magazine.
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Triumphant Shostakovich CARLOS KALMAR conductor | ELINA VÄHÄLÄ violin BRITTEN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 Shostakovich’s triumphant Tenth Symphony is a personal testament written following Stalin’s death, and the beginning of a new musical freedom for the composer. Elina Vähälä is one of the foremost interpreters of Britten’s blistering concerto. “Britten's solo lines use percussive attacks as much as drawn-out phrases,” reported The Oregonian, “and hers were spellbinding…”
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Tchaikovsky ’s Fourth
ASHER FISCH conductor | AMANDA MAJESKI soprano
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1 WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 His life in constant turmoil, Tchaikovsky poured his soul into each of his symphonies. Symphonies that would express his inner anguish and romantic passions as no music had ever dared to. Asher Fisch leads the searing Fourth Symphony. Wagner-master Fisch also leads the Wesendonck Songs — Wagner’s setting of poetic dreams by the woman he loved, and could never win.
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Poulenc’s Gloria
CHRISTOPH KÖNIG conductor | MSO CHORUS
RESPIGHI Belfagor Overture POULENC Gloria SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 This is music that stirs the soul…and celebrates the spirit. Hear the magnificent Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in Poulenc’s inspiring Gloria. Also, Christoph König conducts Robert Schumann’s joyous Fourth Symphony.
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The Planets
EDO DE WAART conductor | MSO WOMEN’S CHORUS
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ESCHER Musique pour l’esprit en deuil HOLST The Planets Majestic in its scope. Dazzling in its sound. There is nothing to match the experience of hearing, live in concert, The Planets. Experience the ultimate trip through the galaxy as the Milwaukee Symphony and Edo de Waart perform Gustav Holst’s sonic celestial showpiece. Also, Debussy’s impressionistic masterpiece, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
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Beethoven Triple Concerto
EDO DE WAART conductor | JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN piano | JAIME LAREDO violin | SHARON ROBINSON cello BACH-SCHOENBERG Chorales BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
A Beethoven rarity! The exuberant Triple Concerto, expertly played by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo, and cellist Sharon Robinson. Plus, Mendelssohn’s symphonic souvenir of his visit to the highlands, the “Scottish” Symphony.
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Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart KARINA CANELLAKIS conductor | JEREMY DENK piano
MESSIAEN Hymne du Saint Sacrament MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 FRANCK Le chasseur maudit BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 “Jeremy Denk played with tremendous verve and contagious brilliance,” reported the Los Angeles Times. Hear him in Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 19. Plus, Beethoven’s delightful Eighth Symphony under the baton of rising maestro Karina Canellakis.
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Mozart’s Requiem at the Basilica
MATTHEW HALLS conductor | MSO CHORUS MOZART Requiem Mozart’s was a genius that proclaimed itself early. Developed swiftly. And vanished all too soon. The Milwaukee Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and soloists, under acclaimed conductor Matthew Halls, performs Mozart’s final testament — the immortal Requiem. A profoundly affecting concert experience — in the magnificence of the Basilica of St. Josaphat.
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Rachmaninoff + Beethoven ANU TALI conductor | BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV piano RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 No other musical statement can match its raw power and bracing energy. Experience Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, plus Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with 25-year old piano sensation Behzod Abduraimov.
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12 + 13 MAY 2017
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 EDO DE WAART conductor | RONALD BRAUTIGAM piano MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 ELGAR Symphony No. 1 Ronald Brautigam played Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Edo de Waart six seasons ago — and audiences were left cheering. Now he returns for the poetic Piano Concerto No. 4. Also, Edo de Waart conducts Elgar’s regal First Symphony.
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Majestic Bruckner EDO DE WAART conductor | SUSAN BABINI cello BLOCH Schelomo BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 Bruckner’s vast symphonic landscape, the Seventh Symphony, is a specialty of Edo de Waart. Epic in its scope. Unrivaled in its power and majesty. The Orchestra’s principal cellist plays the soulful Schelomo of Ernest Bloch.
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26 – 28 MAY 2017
Mahler Symphony No. 3: Edo de Waart’s Grand Finale
EDO DE WAART conductor | ANNA LARSSON mezzo-soprano | MSO WOMEN’S CHORUS MAHLER Symphony No. 3
“Imagine,” wrote Gustav Mahler, “a symphony so vast that it reflects the whole world. An instrument on which the universe plays.” Edo de Waart concludes his tenure as Music Director with Mahler's colossal Symphony No. 3, which transforms all of nature into music.
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Barber’s Violin Concerto
LARRY RACHLEFF conductor | ILANA SETAPEN violin DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture BARBER Violin Concerto PIERRE JALBERT New Work LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
The haunting, exquisite Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber is one of the very finest of the last century, and the ideal showpiece for MSO Associate Concertmaster Ilana Setapen. This final concert of the season showcases the virtuosity of the Milwaukee Symphony in Lutosławski’s luminous Concerto for Orchestra.
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7:00p Pre-concert Meet the Music 8:00p Performance 10:00p Post-concert Talkback
Friday 7 11 NOVEMBER 2016
Romeo + Juliet
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin
13 JANUARY 2017
Scheherazade
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
27 JANUARY 2017
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano
24 FEBRUARY 2017
The Planets
Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus
03 MARCH 2017
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
12 MAY 2017
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano
26 MAY 2017
Edo’s Finale
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Friday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Chase.
Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus
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Saturday 7
7:00 p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 8:00p Performance Unless otherwise indicated
A 7:00p | 17 SEPTEMBER 2016
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor
24 SEPTEMBER 2016
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
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7:00p | 17 OR 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
22 OCTOBER 2016
19 NOVEMBER 2016
Edo de Waart, conductor
BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT
Edo de Waart, conductor
de Waart Conducts Beethoven
Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
The Glory of the Basilica
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Edo de Waart, conductor Christina + Michelle Naughton, pianos
12 NOVEMBER 2016
05 NOVEMBER 2016
21 JANUARY 2017
Romeo + Juliet
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin
28 JANUARY 2017
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano
04 MARCH 2017
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
08 APRIL 2017
Rachmaninoff + Beethoven
Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano
27 MAY 2017
Edo’s Finale
Mahler Symphony No. 3
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Elgar’s Enigma
David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
14 JANUARY 2017
Scheherazade
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
25 FEBRUARY 2017
The Planets
Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus
11 MARCH 2017
Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart
Karina Canellakis, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
13 MAY 2017
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano
Triumphant Shostakovich
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin
11 FEBRUARY 2017
Poulenc’s Gloria
Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus
01 APRIL 2017 BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT
Mozart’s Requiem Matthew Halls, conductor MSO Chorus
20 MAY 2017
Majestic Bruckner Edo de Waart, conductor Susan Babini, cello
17 JUNE 2017
Barber’s Violin Concerto Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin
Saturday 9 A 7:00p | 17 OR 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor
24 SEPTEMBER 2016
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
7:00 p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 8:00p Performance Unless otherwise indicated For our Saturday18 Series, simply combine Series 9A and 9B, and add October 22.
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Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor
05 NOVEMBER 2016
Elgar’s Enigma
David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
19 NOVEMBER 2016
12 NOVEMBER 2016
Edo de Waart, conductor Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos
Romeo + Juliet
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin
14 JANUARY 2017
Scheherazade
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
28 JANUARY 2017
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano
de Waart Conducts Beethoven 21 JANUARY 2017
Triumphant Shostakovich
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin
11 FEBRUARY 2017
Poulenc’s Gloria
Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus
04 MARCH 2017
The Planets
Beethoven Triple Concerto
11 MARCH 2017
08 APRIL 2017
Karina Canellakis, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano
25 FEBRUARY 2017 Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus
Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart 13 MAY 2017
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano
27 MAY 2017
Edo’s Finale
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus
Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Rachmaninoff + Beethoven
Saturday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Rockwell Automation.
20 MAY 2017
Majestic Bruckner Edo de Waart, conductor Susan Babini, cello
17 JUNE 2017
Barber’s Violin Concerto Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin
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Sunday Matinee
1:30p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 2:30p Performance Unless otherwise indicated
4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor
20 NOVEMBER 2016
de Waart Conducts Beethoven
Edo de Waart, conductor Christina + Michelle Naughton, pianos
22 JANUARY 2017
Triumphant Shostakovich
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin
12 FEBRUARY 2017
Poulenc’s Gloria
Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus
26 FEBRUARY 2017
The Planets
Edo de Waart, conductor
09 APRIL 2017 Sunday matinee performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Johnson Controls.
Rachmaninoff + Beethoven
Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano
28 MAY 2017
Edo’s Finale
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus
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Elgar’s Enigma
Respighi Belfagor Overture Poulenc Gloria Schumann Symphony No. 4
Poulenc’s Gloria
Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Britten Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Corigliano Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles Saint-Säens Cello Concerto No. 1 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Britten Simple Symphony Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth
Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin
Triumphant Shostakovich
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
Scheherazade
Edo de Waart, conductor Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos
de Waart Conducts Beethoven
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin
Romeo + Juliet
David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Haydn Symphony No. 96 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Bång Hav Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal Braun Chapter 3 from Song of Songs Brahms Nänie John Luther Adams Become Ocean
The Glory of the Basilica
Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørenson, soprano
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Strauss Four Last Songs Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
For the Saturday 18 Series, combine Saturday 9A+ 9B; includes the Basilica performance on October 22, 2016.
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
Edo de Waart, conductor
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
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Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart
Mozart’s Requiem at the Basilica
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Elgar Symphony No. 1 Bloch Schelomo Bruckner Symphony No. 7
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Majestic Bruckner
Edo’s Finale
Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
27 September 2016 | 7:30p
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For complete concert descriptions, see pages 6– 29. Programs subject to change. Friday Prelude Series: 23 September, 04 November, 10 March, 07 April, 19 May, and 16 June at 11:15a. Please consult Prelude brochure or mso.org for more information.
Itzhak Perlman
Special Performance
Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin
Barber’s Violin Concerto
Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, soprano MSO Women’s Chorus
Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
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