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Starting at the top, from: Season Opener Mozart’s
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Cosí fan tutte with Edo de Waart, conductor;
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Todd Levy, clarinet; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Karen Gomyo, violin; Orli Shaham, piano; Jennifer Koh, violin; Sonora
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Slocum, flute; Frank Almond, violin; Ingrid Fliter, piano; Samuel West,
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2015.16 Guest Artists Conductors Lawrence Renes Christopher Seaman Hans Graf Anu Tali Joshua Weilerstein Jun Märkl Ben Gernon Courtney Lewis Asher Fisch Carlos Kalmar Jeffrey Kahane Carlos Miguel Prieto
Soloists Augustin Hadelich Jon Kimura Parker Karen Gomyo Orli Shaham Jennifer Koh Ingrid Fliter Samuel West Narek Hakhnazaryan Natasha Paremski Joyce Yang
MSO Virtuosi Frank Almond, violin MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director Todd Levy, clarinet Sonora Slocum, flute
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Enjoy a new twist on old favorites with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s
2015.16 Season. Fifty-six years in the making, it’s better than ever. Old or new, it doesn’t really matter: great music is great music. Nestled between Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, you’ll find contemporary classics by Gershwin, Copland, and Stravinsky. Be enchanted with one-night-only special performances by America’s most beloved vocalists of all time, Renée Fleming whose performance credits include the Super Bowl, plus the sensational, multi-faceted Rufus Wainwright. Remember Augustin Hadelich, Karen Gomyo, Jennifer Koh, and Joyce Yang? See how these young artists have grown as they return to Milwaukee to share their flourishing talent center stage with the MSO. Beginning to end, it’s another season of excellence for Milwaukee’s pride and joy. You’ll see what audiences have been cheering about. Be there for the hear — and wow. Expect to be impressed.
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Mozart’s great Don Giovanni came across powerfully, without distraction. The insightful casting, engaging singing and acting, tasteful direction, Edo de Waart’s astute conducting, and the orchestra’s sensitive playing added up to a classy triumph…This Don Giovanni ranks as one of the greatest accomplishments in the MSO’s history.” Rick Walters Shepherd Express
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Opening Weekend
The Mozart Cycle Continues 18 + 20 Septe m ber 2015
Così fan tutte Edo de waart conductor Mozart Così fan tutte
Following last season’s triumphant presentation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony continue their survey of the Mozart / da Ponte operas with the delightful Così fan tutte, featuring an internationally acclaimed cast, live on the stage of Uihlein Hall. Great opera in Milwaukee as de Waart conducts Mozart!
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An American in Paris Edo de Waart conductor | Todd Levy clarinet John Adams The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra Wm. Schuman Symphony No. 6 Copland Clarinet Concerto Gershwin An American in Paris Gershwin’s jazzy musical postcard highlights this all-American program. Also featuring masterworks by John Adams, William Schuman, and with our own Todd Levy, Aaron Copland’s haunting Clarinet Concerto.
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30 + 31 Oc tober 2015
Hadelich Plays Beethoven Edo de Waart conductor | Augustin Hadelich violin Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 At his gold medal competition win, the audience stood, cheered, and wept. Violinist Augustin Hadelich has been hailed as a courageous, powerful virtuoso. Now he returns to the Milwaukee Symphony for Beethoven’s towering Violin Concerto. And Edo de Waart conducts the electrifying Fifth Symphony of Danish master Carl Nielsen.
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Hadelich played with crisp, spirited precision, and with a ringing tone of brilliant sheen. His outgoing personality as an artist came through, tempered by graceful elegance, connecting with the audience more than many virtuosos. After pronounced applause he let it rip in an encore of Paganini Caprice No. 24, a dazzling display of nearly every possible violin technique. Rick Walters Shepherd Express
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21 N ov e m ber 2015
Schubert + Grieg
Lawrence Renes conductor | Jon Kimura Parker piano Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Composed in 1822, it languished unperformed for over forty years. Never finished, it was heard only in Schubert’s fevered imagination. Experience Schubert’s immortal “Unfinished” Symphony. Plus, the brilliant Jon Kimura Parker plays Grieg’s beloved Piano Concerto.
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The Firebird
Christopher Seaman conductor | Karen Gomyo violin Elgar In the South, Op. 50, “Alassio” Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Dukas La Peri, poème dansé Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
An enchanted tale that has delighted generations. The first masterpiece of a musical genius, experience Stravinsky’s The Firebird. And the smoldering Karen Gomyo performs Sibelius’s bracing Violin Concerto. She “played with golden radiance,” raved the Sydney Morning News.
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The highlight was Karen Gomyo’s account of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Violin, with every note and nuance emerging with clarity and exquisite taste. Besides infinite, fluent technique, Gomyo’s elegant phrasing revealed insightful, captivating artistic touches. Rick Walters
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30 + 31 Janua ry 2016
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Hans Graf conductor | Orli Shaham piano Lutosławski Musique funèbre Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” Music of power. And of passion. Tchaikovsky’s final work — the “Pathétique” Symphony. And, Orli Shaham plays Bartók’s last music, the lyrical Piano Concerto No. 3.
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5 + 6 February 2016
The Artistry of Jennifer Koh Edo de Waart conductor | Jennifer Koh violin Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Anna Clyne Within Her Arms Adès Three Studies from Couperin, for chamber orchestra Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky competition winner Jennifer Koh, says The Strad, is a “risk-taking, high octane player. A scorching talent that should on no account be missed...” Experience her astonishing artistry in Bartók’s blazing Violin Concerto.
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Violinist Jennifer Koh delivered an emotionally searing, uncluttered performance of the concerto. She gave a commanding performance, playing with absolute clarity and control as she conveyed the aching grief at the heart of the piece. Elaine Schimdt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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20 + 21 February 2016
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Anu Tali conductor | Sonora Slocum flute Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Nielsen Flute Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 A symphonic masterpiece of bracing sweep and epic grandeur. Hear the Milwaukee Symphony perform the Second Symphony of Sibelius. And the orchestra’s Sonora Slocum takes center stage for Carl Nielsen’s lyrical Flute Concerto.
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4 + 5 March 2016
Dvoˇrák + Brahms Joshua Weilerstein conductor | Frank Almond violin Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a John Corigliano Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 [old No. 2] A Milwaukee Symphony specialty. Dvořák’s spirited Seventh Symphony, one of his finest. Plus, Brahms’s joyous “Haydn Variations.” And with Concertmaster Frank Almond, John Corigliano’s Chaconne from his mystical score for the film The Red Violin.
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Debussy’s La mer
Jun MÄrkl conductor | Ingrid Fliter piano
Ravel Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave” Debussy La mer “Music,” said Claude Debussy, “must be as boundless as the wind, the sky, the sea…” The symphonic waves of La mer suggest more than the tumult of the sea. Here was the new language of musical Impressionism that influenced music and musicians throughout the last century. What began with Debussy continued through Ravel, two masters who colored their sound with radiant orchestral palettes.
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19 + 20 March 2016
Shakespeare’s King Edo de Waart conductor | Samuel West actor MSO Chorus Lee Erickson, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, “Drumroll” Walton Henry V (A Shakespeare Scenario) This may be Shakespeare’s greatest, grandest history, enduring for four centuries. Now, experience its spectacle as Edo de Waart leads William Walton’s music for Laurence Olivier’s Henry V with the rousing soliloquies read by screen and television star Samuel West of the Royal Shakespeare Company, winner of the London Critic’s Circle award for his recent Hamlet.
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Mozart festival at the 31 Ma rch – 1 + 2 Ap ri l 2016
Mozart + More
Ben Gernon conductor | Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 300a (297), “Paris” Stravinsky Symphony in C major Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His was a genius that proclaimed itself early, developed swiftly, and vanished all too soon. This program features two of Mozart’s exquisite symphonies, alongside reflections of the classical style by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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8 – 10 April 2016
Mozart’s “Jupiter” Courtney Lewis conductor Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 189 Stravinsky Apollon musagète Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Today, two hundred and fifty years after his birth, the music of Mozart still speaks to us, moves us, and leaves us breathless. Guest conductor Courtney Lewis leads Mozart’s great, final Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter,” plus one of Mozart’s earliest masterpieces in the form, Symphony No. 28.
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Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto
Francesco Lecce-Chong conductor | Natasha Paremski piano Barber Essay No. 1, Op. 12 Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Still in her early 20’s, Natasha Paremski has captured the applause of audiences around the globe. “Natasha Paremski came, played, and conquered,” raved Chicago’s Classical Review. “Paremski attacked the fusillade of octaves with virtuosic élan.” See her perform Rachmaninoff’s tour de force, the Third Piano Concerto.
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… the Thursday morning account of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 by the young Russian pianist Natasha Paremski, who made her orchestra debut on this occasion. It’s a monster work. With the exception of a few daredevils like Vladimir Horowitz, who practically owned the work for many years, any number of major pianists used to shy away from it as being too difficult. MICHAEL ANTHONY Star Tribune
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Brahms festival
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30 April + 1 May 2016
7 May 2016
Powerful + Lyrical
Noble + Great
Edo de Waart conductor Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
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Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony complete their survey of Brahms’s symphonies
Each work can be counted among music’s
with the passionate Third and the great and
towering masterpieces. Edo de Waart and the
noble Fourth. Come face to face with the genius
Milwaukee Symphony invite you to celebrate
of Brahms.
the Romantic genius of Johannes Brahms’s four symphonies — beginning with the powerful First and the lyrical Second.
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28 + 29 May 2016
Verdi’s Requiem Asher Fisch conductor | MSO Chorus Lee Erickson, director Verdi Requiem It is a work of such imposing power, that no music can dare to match it in its scope and glory. The Milwaukee Symphony, Chorus, and soloists, all under Asher Fisch, present the concert experience of a lifetime: the dramatic majesty of Giuseppe Verdi’s awe-inspiring Requiem.
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Beethoven’s “Eroica” Carlos Kalmar conductor
Martinu Memorial to Lidice Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 in E minor Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica” Come to the Marcus Center and hear the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra perform one of Beethoven’s towering achievements, the mighty Symphony Number Three, the “Eroica.” Plus, works of Martinu and Vaughan Williams composed in reaction to the horrors of war.
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17 – 19 Ju ne 2016
Rhapsody in Blue Jeffrey Kahane conductor + piano Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue The fascinating rhythms of George Gershwin will fill the air as Jeffrey Kahane plays and conducts Rhapsody in Blue, and Ravel’s jazz-inspired Piano Concerto in G. Plus, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Copland’s stirring Appalachian Spring.
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Kahane and the players gave marvelous performances of both works, delivering the Beethoven piece with the ensemble sensitivity one expects from chamber musicians who have worked together for years. They brought the Berlioz work with color, excitement, character and precision. Elaine Schimdt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Season finale: 24 – 26 ju ne 2016
1812 Overture
All Tchaikovsky Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor | Joyce Yang piano Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams” Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 49 It’s all-Tchaikovsky! The 1812 Overture roars throughout the Marcus Center. Joyce Yang returns for the impassioned First Piano Concerto. And the too-rarely encountered First Symphony, “Winter Daydreams,” will enthrall!
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The Firebird
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The Artistry of Jennifer Koh Edo de Waart, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
4 March 2016
Dvoˇrák + Brahms Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Frank Almond, violin
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Rhapsody in Blue Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano
24 June 2016
Season Finale
Friday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Chase.
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31 October 2015
Edo de Waart, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
Edo de Waart, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
An American in Paris 23 January 2016
The Firebird
Christopher Seaman, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin
20 February 2016
Hadelich Plays Beethoven 30 January 2016
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” Hans Graf, conductor Orli Shaham, piano
Saturday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Rockwell Automation.
21 November 2015
Schubert + Grieg Lawrence Renes, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano
6 February 2016
The Artistry of Jennifer Koh Edo de Waart, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
12 March 2016
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
5 March 2016
Dvoˇrák + Brahms
Debussy’s La mer
19 March 2016
2 April 2016
9 April 2016
Edo de Waart, conductor Samuel West, actor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Mozart + More
Mozart’s “Jupiter”
Anu Tali, conductor Sonora Slocum, flute
Shakespeare’s King
9 April 2016
Mozart Festival
Mozart’s “Jupiter”
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Frank Almond, violin
Mozart Festival Ben Gernon, conductor Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
23 April 2016
Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano
7 May 2016
28 May 2016
Brahms Festival
Noble + Great
Verdi’s Requiem
Jun Märkl, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano
Mozart Festival
Courtney Lewis, conductor
30 April 2016
Brahms Festival
Powerful + Lyrical Edo de Waart, conductor
11 June 2016
Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Edo de Waart, conductor
Asher Fisch, conductor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
18 June 2016
25 June 2016
Season Finale
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano
All Tchaikovsky
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
Rhapsody in Blue
Season Finale
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
25 June 2016
All Tchaikovsky
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7:00 p Pre-concert: Meet the Music | 8:00p Performance 31 October 2015
26 September 2015
Edo de Waart, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
Edo de Waart, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
Hadelich Plays Beethoven 23 January 2016
21 November 2015
Christopher Seaman, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin
Lawrence Renes, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano
The Firebird
Schubert + Grieg
6 February 2016
30 January 2016
Edo de Waart, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
Hans Graf, conductor Orli Shaham, piano
The Artistry of Jennifer Koh 5 March 2016
Dvoˇrák + Brahms Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Frank Almond, violin
19 March 2016
Shakespeare’s King
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathètique” 20 February 2016
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Anu Tali, conductor Sonora Slocum, flute
12 March 2016
Edo de Waart, conductor Samuel West, actor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Debussy’s La mer
2 April 2016
23 April 2016
Mozart Festival
Mozart + More Ben Gernon, conductor Narek Hakhnazaryn, cello
30 April 2016
Brahms Festival
Powerful + Lyrical Edo de Waart, conductor
28 May 2016
Verdi’s Requiem
Saturday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Rockwell Automation.
An American in Paris
Asher Fisch, conductor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
18 June 2016
Rhapsody in Blue Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano
Jun Markl, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano
Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano
7 May 2016
Brahms Festival
Noble + Great Edo de Waart, conductor
11 June 2016
Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
25 June 2016
Season Finale
All Tchaikovsky
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
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Mozart’s Così fan tutte Edo de Waart, conductor
31 January 2016
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathètique” Hans Graf, conductor Orli Shaham, piano
21 February 2016
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Anu Tali, conductor Sonora Slocum, flute
20 March 2016
Shakespeare’s King Edo de Waart, conductor Samuel West, actor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir
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Brahms Festival
Powerful + Lyrical Edo de Waart, conductor
29 May 2016
Verdi’s Requiem
Asher Fisch, conductor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
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One Night Only S at urday, 12 September 2015
The Best of Rufus Wainwright Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet” and praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Grammy nominee Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. Hear him this September, live in Uihlein Hall.
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John Adams The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra Wm. Schuman Symphony No. 6 Copland Clarinet Concerto Gershwin An American in Paris Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Elgar In the South, Op. 50, “Alassio” Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Dukas La Peri, poème dansé Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
Hadelich Plays Beethoven
Schubert + Grieg
The Firebird
Lutosławski Musique funèbre Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Anna Clyne Within Her Arms Adès Three Studies from Couperin, for chamber orchestra Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Nielsen Flute Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a John Corigliano Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (old No. 2)
The Artistry of Jennifer Koh
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Dvoˇrák + Brahms
Ravel Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave” Debussy La mer Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, “Drumroll” Walton Henry V (A Shakespeare Scenario)
Shakespeare’s King
Edo de Waart, conductor Samuel West, actor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Jun Märkl, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano
Debussy’s La mer
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Frank Almond, violin
Anu Tali, conductor Sonora Slocum, flute
Edo de Waart, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
Hans Graf, conductor Orli Shaham, piano
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”
Christopher Seaman, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin
Lawrence Renes, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Edo de Waart, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
Edo de Waart, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet
An American in Paris
Edo de Waart, conductor
Mozart’s Così fan tutte Mozart Così fan tutte
2015.16 Classics For the Saturday 18 Series, combine Saturday 9A+ 9B 7B
03.04
02.05
01.22
10.30
09.18
03.19
02.20
01.23
09.26
03.05
01.30
10.31
01.23
10.31
9A
03.12
03.19
03.05
02.06 02.06
11.21
7C
7A
EVE
SAT
8:00p
FRI
8:00p
09.20
MAT
03.12
03.20
02.20 02.21
01.30 01.31
11.21
09.26
9B
SUN
2:30p
Mozart Festival
Brahms Festival
Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 189 Stravinsky Apollon musagète Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Barber Essay No. 1, Op. 12 Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Mozart’s “Jupiter” at the Pabst
Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto
26 May 2016
Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
06.24
06.17
06.18
05.07
04.09
04.02
06.11
06.18
05.28
04.30 04.30
04.09
06.25 06.25
05.28
04.23
04.02
05.29
05.01
06.25 06.26
06.11
05.07
04.23
For complete concert descriptions, see pages 6– 29. Programs subject to change. Friday Prelude Series: 25 September, 20 November, 11 March, 22 April, 06 May, and 10 June at 11:15a. Please consult Prelude brochure or mso.org for more information.
Renée Fleming
Special Performance
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
All Tchaikovsky
Season Finale: 1812 Overture
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano
Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams” Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Martinu Memorial to Lidice Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 in E minor Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
Verdi Requiem
Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Asher Fisch, conductor MSO Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
Verdi’s Requiem
Edo de Waart, conductor
Symphonies 3 + 4: Noble + Great
Edo de Waart, conductor
Symphonies 1 + 2: Powerful + Lyrical
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 300a (297), “Paris” Stravinsky Symphony in C major Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a
Ben Gernon, conductor Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
Mozart + More at the Pabst
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One Night Only Th u r sday, 26 May 2016
RenĂŠe Fleming From the Metropolitan Opera, to the Super Bowl, to A Prairie Home Companion and more, beloved soprano RenĂŠe Fleming redefines what it means to be a modernday diva. She returns to sing her personal favorites in one spectacular must-see performance with the MSO. The voice, the wardrobe, the humanitarian: which is more stunning?