2023.24 MSO Season Guide

CLASSICS, POPS AND MORE

EXPERIENCE FUN & THRILLS!

JOIN YOUR MSO FOR THE 2023.24 SEASON AT THE BRADLEY SYMPHONY CENTER

Revel in big hits and delightful musical moments with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. From unforgettable Classics favorites to the heartfelt soul of jazz and blues, there is something to ignite everyone’s interest during this electrifying season.

I’m thrilled to welcome you to a season experience packed with familiar masterpieces alongside exciting new debuts, designed to help us connect and celebrate the joy and energy we experience together live. It’s my great pleasure to announce our new 2023.24 Artistic Partner, Dashon Burton, who is not just an extraordinary vocal artist with a wide range of musical interests, but also a gifted communicator about the wonderful paths music can pave.

I can’t wait to welcome you in our beautiful Bradley Symphony Center as we gather to share the glory of live performance with our Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.”

KEN-DAVID MASUR MUSIC DIRECTOR

JOYCE YANG

BYRON STRIPLING

MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO

RANDALL GOOSBY

RUTH REINHARDT

VISIT MSO.ORG FOR FULL SEASON DETAILS

SEASON OPENER

BEETHOVEN NO. 5

CLASSICS

FRI SEP 22, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT SEP 23, 2023 7:00 PM | SUN SEP 24, 2023 2:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

DASHON BURTON bass-baritone

DANIEL KIDANE Be Still

ELEANOR ALBERGA The Soul’s Expression

SCHUBERT Entr’acte from Rosamunde

SPECIAL | ONE NIGHT ONLY

CLASSICS

SCHUBERT Du bist die Ruh

SCHUBERT Erlkönig

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

SCHUBERT Romance from Rosamunde

Music Director Ken-David Masur opens the season with an unforgettable program, including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, “the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man” (E.M. Forster), as well as a selection of beloved vocal gems by Schubert.

VIOLENT FEMMES WITH ORCHESTRA

TUE OCT 3 , 2023 7:30 PM

Milwaukee’s hometown punk band Violent Femmes joins forces with the MSO for a full orchestra experience of their cult classics “Add It Up,” “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Gimme the Car,” and more. Once hailed as the “soundtrack to male puberty,” the first record of Violent Femmes amplified teenage angst and alienation in the 1980s, and their legacy continues to this day on rock stations across the nation as a pillar of the American underground punk movement.

BRAHMS, STRAVINSKY & PRAYER FOR UKRAINE

YEFIM BRONFMAN

29-30 SEP CLASSICS

FRI SEP 29, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT SEP 30, 2023 7:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

YEFIM BRONFMAN piano

VALENTYN SILVESTROV Prayer for the Ukraine

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY Petrushka

Acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman, “a marvel of digital dexterity, warmly romantic sentiment, and jaw-dropping bravura” (Chicago Tribune) joins the MSO for Brahms’s commanding First Piano Concerto. This program begins with Prayer for the Ukraine, a yearning expression of solidarity and resistance by Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov, and ends with Stravinsky’s Petrushka, which ballet impresario Diaghilev called “such a work of genius that I cannot contemplate anything beyond it.”

GERSHWIN CELEBRATION WITH MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO

6-8 OCT POPS

FRI OCT 6, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT OCT 7, 2023 7:30 PM | SUN OCT 8, 2023 2:30 PM

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL conductor

TATIANA LADYMAY MAYFIELD vocalist

MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO

The phenomenal long-standing jazz partnership of the Marcus Roberts Trio shines in our Pops season opener, featuring tributes to the great 20th century composer George Gershwin. Vocalist Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield performs favorite jazz standards like ’S Wonderful and Fascinating Rhythm, plus the orchestra presents highlights from one of America’s favorite operas, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The Marcus Roberts Trio then joins the MSO for an unforgettable rendition of Rhapsody in Blue.

LEILA JOSEFOWICZ

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER conductor

LEILA JOSEFOWICZ violin

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Assonanza

DEBUSSY “Ibéria” from Images pour orchestre

RAVEL Boléro

Conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher leads the MSO in his violin concerto Assonanza, written in partnership with violinist Leila Josefowicz, who performs here. This program also includes Debussy’s “Ibéria,” with movements evoking Spanish street life and bustling markets, as well as Ravel’s iconic Boléro.

ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN

3-4 NOV BEETHOVEN & LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN

FRI NOV 3, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT NOV 4, 2023 7:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN piano

BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN Emporium

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS

CHERYL FRAZES HILL chorus director

BEETHOVEN Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt (“Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”)

BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy

Composer and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán performs his own Emporium, a piano concerto whose influences include jazz and Cuban culture. These concerts also include the overture to Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, and The Milwaukee Symphony Chorus joins the MSO for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS FILM WITH ORCHESTRA

SAT OCT 28, 2023 7:30 PM | SUN OCT 29, 2023 2:30 PM

Tim Burton’s frightfully spectacular 1993 stop-motion animated musical is a timeless treasure for all ages. This Halloween and Christmas mash-up follows the misguided Pumpkin King Jack Skellington as he schemes to take over Christmas with the help of his Halloween townsfolk. The full feature film plays on the big screen while the MSO performs Danny Elfman’s darkly charming soundtrack live.

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All Rights Reserved.

SPECIAL FAMILY PRICING SYMPHONY IN SPACE!

SUN NOV 5 , 2023 2:30 PM

Join the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in a galaxy far, far away as we explore music inspired by the mysteries of the universe. Movements from Gustav Holst’s masterwork The Planets will be complimented by John Williams’s iconic Main Theme from Star Wars and much more!

Part of the Joan Steele Stein Family Series. Family-friendly pre-concert activities begin one hour before the performance.

EDO DE WARRT

DE WAART CONDUCTS ELGAR

FRI NOV 10, 2023 11:15 AM | SAT NOV 11, 2023 7:30 PM

EDO DE WAART conductor

JOYCE YANG piano

Music Director Laureate Edo de Waart conducts Elgar’s First Symphony, which took Elgar a decade to write due to the pressure of composing in Beethoven’s shadow — but with its intense and hopeful music, it became an immediate and enduring success. Plus, pianist Joyce Yang returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

ELF ™ IN CONCERT FILM WITH ORCHESTRA

FRI NOV 24, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT NOV 25, 2023 7:30 PM

SUN NOV 26, 2023 2:30 PM

24-26 NOV

Experience your favorite Christmas film transformed with the music of a live symphony orchestra in Elf™ in Concert! For the first time ever, audiences can rediscover the magic of this holiday classic while a live symphony orchestra performs John Debney’s wonderful score and Santa Claus soars across the big screen in high-definition.

ELF and all related characters and elements © & ™ New Line Productions, Inc. (s22)

RUTH REINHARDT RETURNS

RUTH REINHARDT

17-18 NOV CLASSICS

FRI NOV 17, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT NOV 18 , 2023 7:30 PM

RUTH REINHARDT conductor ANDREI IONIȚĂ cello

JONATHAN CZINER Rear-view

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Ruth Reinhardt returns to conduct Brahms’s bittersweet Fourth Symphony; the composer seems to look back on this life with solemnity before facing the future with joy. Shostakovich brings his own contemplative mood to his Second Cello Concerto, performed here by Andrei Ioni ță , “one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade” (The Times ).

HOLIDAY JAZZ WITH DEE ALEXANDER

SAT DEC 2 , 2023 7:30 PM

DEE ALEXANDER vocalist

JOHN MCLEAN guitar

JOHN MCLEAN & DEE ALEXANDER

2 DEC

Bradley Symphony Center Presents programs do not include MSO musicians.

Don’t miss a special one-night-only performance of Dee Alexander, “Chicago’s first lady of jazz,” serving up the winter holiday season in style with show-stopping standards and spirituals to lift your soul. Accompanied by guitarist and composer/arranger John McLean and a collection of Chicago’s finest musicians, the Alexander McClean Project achieves new musical heights on stage at the Bradley Symphony Center.

JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ELGAR Symphony No. 1

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

FRI DEC 8, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT DEC 9, 2023 7:30 PM | SUN DEC 10, 2023 2:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS

CHERYL FRAZES HILL director

HANDEL Messiah

BACK TO THE FUTURE

FILM WITH ORCHESTRA

30-31 DEC FILM

SAT DEC 30, 2023 7:30 PM | SUN DEC 31, 2023 2:30 PM

Handel’s Messiah, one of the most revered oratorios of all time, has become one of the most anticipated traditions of the holiday season. While the Bradley Symphony Center is decked in festive splendor, the orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus fill the concert hall with Handel’s sacred sounds, including the exalted “Hallelujah” chorus.

Join Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), and a time-traveling DeLorean for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel to the past, present, and future – setting off a time-shattering chain reaction that disrupts the space-time continuum! Now, fans old and new will experience the thrill of Back to the Future like never before – on a big hi-def screen with a full symphony orchestra performing Alan Silvestri’s dazzling musical score live in sync with the movie.

© Universal City Studios LLC and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BYRON STRIPLING

HOLIDAY POPS

THU DEC 14, 2023 7:30 PM [ADD-ON] | FRI DEC 15, 2023 7:30 PM

SAT DEC 16, 2023 2:30 PM [ADD-ON] | SAT DEC 16, 2023 7:30 PM

SUN DEC 17, 2023 2:30 PM | TUE DEC 19, 2023 7:30 PM [ADD-ON]

BYRON STRIPLING conductor & trumpet

MAMIE PARRIS vocalist

POPS 14-17 & 19 DEC

CLASSICS

STEVE HACKMAN PRESENTS: BEETHOVEN X COLDPLAY 20 JAN

SPECIAL

SAT JAN 20, 2024 7:30 PM

STEVE HACKMAN conductor

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS

Conductor and composer Steve Hackman delivers a remarkably deft interweaving of two distinct musical traditions born centuries apart. Beethoven’s monumental third symphony is metamorphosed into a grand oratorio, integrating the popular melodic lines and profound lyrical expressions of Coldplay’s greatest hits.

BERNARD LABADIE

LABADIE CONDUCTS MOZART

FRI JAN 26, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT JAN 27, 2024 7:30 PM

BERNARD LABADIE conductor

MATTHEW ERNST trumpet

26-27 JAN CLASSICS

RIGEL Symphony in C minor

HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto MOZART Symphony No. 40

Esteemed conductor Bernard Labadie leads the MSO in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, an urgent masterpiece which celebrates the trials and triumph of the human spirit.

The MSO’s own Principal Trumpet Matthew Ernst plays Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto, composed to demonstrate the instrument’s versatility and range. Rigel’s distinctive Fourth Symphony opens the program with drama.

MOZART OBOE & SYMPHONY

FRI FEB 2, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 3, 2024 7:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

KATHERINE YOUNG STEELE oboe

KATHERINE YOUNG STEELE

2-3 FEB CLASSICS

MOZART Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”

MOZART Oboe Concerto in C major REGER Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Mozart

The MSO’s Principal Oboe Katherine Young Steele takes center stage with Mozart’s Oboe Concerto, one of the most treasured showpieces for the instrument. Opening this celebration of Mozart’s genius is his staggeringly inventive “Haffner” Symphony.

JORGE FEDERICO OSORIO

BEETHOVEN PIANO & PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

FRI FEB 9, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 10, 2024 7:30 PM

IVÁN LÓPEZ-REYNOSO conductor

JORGE FEDERICO OSORIO piano

9-10 FEB

REVUELTAS Redes Concert Suite BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

The MSO is delighted to welcome Mexican conductor Iván López-Reynoso for his U.S. symphonic debut! López-Reynoso conducts Ravel’s orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky’s impressionistic Pictures at an Exhibition, as well as Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, featuring López-Reynoso’s compatriot and pianist Jorge Federico Osorio.

ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY

FEVER: A PEGGY LEE CELEBRATION

16-18 FEB

FRI FEB 16, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 17, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN FEB 18, 2024 2:30 PM

STUART CHAFETZ conductor

ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY vocalist

Tony Award nominee, songwriter, and pop/jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway presents an engaging night of songs and stories to celebrate one of America’s most beloved artists, the iconic Peggy Lee. Over a career spanning seven decades, Lee was a trailblazer for female songwriters and was dubbed the “Queen of American pop music” and “the female Frank Sinatra.” Her sultry tone and incredible span of recordings are showcased by Callaway and the full orchestral power of the MSO.

POPS

RANDALL GOOSBY

GOOSBY PLAYS MENDELSSOHN

23-25 FEB

CLASSICS

SPECIAL FAMILY PRICING

MUSICAL MAGIC:

LARRY PAINTER AND THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE

FAMILY 3 MAR

CLASSICS

FRI MAR 8, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT MAR 9, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAR 10, 2024 2:30 PM

FRI FEB 23, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 24, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN FEB 25, 2024 2:30 PM

SUN MAR 3, 2024 2:30 PM

CHRISTIAN REIF conductor

JADER BIGNAMINI conductor

PEJAČEVIĆ Overture in D minor

GEORGE LI piano

RANDALL GOOSBY violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Mendelssohn could not shake a particularly stunning melody until he wrote it down; this unforgettable music opens his Violin Concerto. Violinist and 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient Randall Goosby, who “plays like an angel with nothing to prove” (L.A. Times) tackles his masterpiece. Conductor Christian Reif also leads Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which in turn gives every section of the symphony a chance to dazzle.

Jader Bignamini, Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducts audience favorite, Gershwin’s rowdy An American in Paris, along with Bernstein’s boisterous On the Town episodes. Pianist George Li joins the MSO for Ravel’s playful, jazz-tinged Piano Concerto in G to complement this vibrant program.

Go on a magical musical adventure with Larry Painter, an aspiring wizard studying at the Frogbumps Virtual Academy. Through his encounter with the MSO, Larry learns that music and storytelling might be some of the best magic of all!

Part of the Joan Steele Stein Family Series. Family-friendly pre-concert activities begin one hour before the performance.

GEORGE LI

DASHON BURTON - ARTISTIC PARTNER

TCHAIKOVSKY 6 & BRAHMS SONGS

FRI MAR 1, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAR 2, 2024 7:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

DASHON BURTON bass-baritone

1 -2 MAR

CLASSICS

DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Thrace

BRAHMS/GLANERT Vier Präludien und Ernste

Gesänge (Four Preludes and Serious Songs)

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

This evocative program opens with the pastoral nostalgia of Dobrinka Tabakova’s Thrace. Later, Artistic Partner Dashon Burton takes the stage for Brahms’s “Serious Songs,” and one of the most popular symphonies ever written, Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony, gives itself over entirely to emotion, tragedy, and passion.

BERNSTEIN & GERSHWIN

JADER BIGNAMINI conductor

GEORGE LI piano

8-10 MAR

CLASSICS

FRI MAR 8, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT MAR 9, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAR 10, 2024 2:30 PM

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL Valse nobles et sentimentales

Gershwin An American in Paris

Jader Bignamini, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducts Gershwin’s rowdy audience favorite, An American in Paris. Pianist George Li joins the MSO for Ravel’s playful, jazz-tinged Piano Concerto in G to complement this vibrant program.

CLASSICS

SHAYNA STEELE

NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES

15-17 MAR POPS

FRI MAR 15, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAR 16, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAR 17, 2024 2:30 PM

SHAYNA STEELE vocalist

Charismatic and talented jazz vocalist Shayna Steele takes the stage with your MSO to pay tribute to the likes of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong, and more. Explore the early music that started the Blues and is at the heart and soul of nearly every form of popular music of the past 100 years! Songs include St. Louis Blues,

BACH FEST I: BRANDENBURG

KEN-DAVID MASUR

MAHAN ESFAHANI

BACH FEST II: MAGNIFICAT

23-24 MAR CLASSICS

SAT MAR 23, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAR 24, 2024 2:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

MAHAN ESFAHANI harpsichord & leader

RACHELL ELLEN WONG violin & leader

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS

CHERYL FRAZES HILL chorus director

J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

J.S. BACH Harpsichord Concerto in A major

J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in A minor

J.S. BACH Magnificat in D major

Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday celebration continues with Bach’s Magnificat, which celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2023. The Milwaukee Symphony Chorus lends its power to the Magnificat’s story, in which Mary first discovers she will bear God’s son.

22-23 MAR

FRI MAR 22, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAR 23, 2024 2:30 PM [ADD ON]

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

MAHAN ESFAHANI

harpsichord & leader

RACHELL ELLEN WONG

violin & leader

J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E major

J.S. BACH Suite No. 3 in D major

Happy birthday, Bach! In celebration, the MSO performs two complete programs of Bach favorites. This first of two programs includes two of Bach’s famed Brandenburg Concertos, the balanced and brilliant Violin Concerto in E major, and finally the Orchestral Suite No. 3 with its cherished “Air” movement for strings.

SONIC SYMPHONY

6-7 APR

WITH ORCHESTRA SPECIAL CLASSICS

SAT APR 6, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT APR 7, 2024 2:30 PM

For over thirty years, Sonic the Hedgehog has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world. The iconic hero of Sega’s most popular franchise makes his Bradley Symphony Center debut in a performance devoted to the blue blur’s musical world.

Presented by MPG Live. All Rights Reserved.

THE INDIGO GIRLS

WITH ORCHESTRA

SAT APR 20, 2024 7:30 PM

20 APR SPECIAL

Join Amy Ray and Emily Saliers for an intimate evening of song, featuring breathtaking orchestral arrangements of classic hits and unfamiliar gems alike.

MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

3-5 MAY

FRI MAY 3, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAY 4, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAY 5, 2024 2:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

Oscar-winning composer John Williams’s music has been a staple of cinema for decades, capturing all the excitement and emotion to truly elevate the audience movie-going experience. Music Director Ken-David Masur explores the many monumental works of his mentor and friend John Williams in a celebration of iconic film scores that continue to touch the lives of generations.

STEWART GOODYEAR

LISZT PIANO & SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

26-28 APR CLASSICS

FRI APR 26, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT APR 27, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN APR 28, 2024 2:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

STEWART GOODYEAR piano

LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1

LISZT Totentanz

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Stewart Goodyear, “one of the best pianists of his generation” (Philadelphia Inquirer ), performs two works by Liszt, beginning with his dazzling and dramatic First Piano Concerto. Next is Liszt’s Totentanz, or “Dance of Death,” whose phantasmagoric music provides an excellent transition to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, a musical hallucination full of dark revels, unrequited love, and a journey to the underworld.

TAKEMITSU & THE SORCERER’S

FRI MAY 17, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAY 18, 2024 7:30 PM

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

THIRD COAST PERCUSSION

WOMEN OF THE MILWAUKEE

SYMPHONY CHORUS

17-18 MAY

POPS CLASSICS

APPRENTICE: FEATURING THIRD COAST PERCUSSION CLASSICS

DUKAS Fanfare from La Peri

TAKEMITSU From me flows what you call Time

DEBUSSY Nocturnes

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Grammy-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion takes the stage for Tōru Takemitsu’s From me flows what you call Time, which calls for unusual bells suspended from the ceiling and played using long, colorful ribbons. Debussy’s Nocturnes entrance the audience through a trio of mystifying tone poems and the concert concludes with Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

MEGUMI KANDA

SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERT ORCHESTRA FAMILY REUNION!

SUN MAY 19, 2024 2:30 PM

19 MAY

Sensory friendly concerts are designed for people of any age on the autism spectrum or with a sensory sensitivity and their families, but all are welcome! Concert modifications include dimmed house lights remaining on during the performance, flexible seating, relaxed house rules, on-stage hosts, available sensory kits, noise reduction headphones, quiet areas, concert social narratives, and more.

Part of the Joan Steele Stein Family Series. Family-friendly pre-concert activities begin one hour before the performance.

CARMINA BURANA & FATE NOW CONQUERS

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

DASHON BURTON bass-baritone

MEGUMI KANDA trombone

LATIN FIRE

ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ conductor

31 MAY 1-2 JUN POPS

Enrico Lopez-Yañez, principal pops conductor of the Nashville Symphony, leads this passion-filled, energetic celebration of Latin American orchestral hits paired with the firework playing of highly acclaimed Costa Rican trumpeter Jose Sibaja and vocalist Mónica Abrego. In addition to being the lead trumpet of the Boston Brass, Sibaja has recorded with such artists as Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Celia Cruz, and many others. This high-octane concert is sure to make you dance and sing along!

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS

CHERYL FRAZES HILL chorus director

ORFF Carmina Burana

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers

TAN DUN Three Muses in Video Game

Artistic Partner Dashon Burton and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus lend their voices to Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and the MSO showcases Principal Trombone Megumi Kanda in Tan Dun’s Three Muses in Video Game, challenging the soloist to evoke three ancient Chinese musical instruments.

JOSE SIBAJA trumpet MÓNICA ABREGO vocalist

SEASON FINALE:

HADELICH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY

FRI JUN 14, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT JUN 15, 2024 7:30 PM

AUGUSTIN HADELICH violin

14-15 JUN

12-14 MAY CLASSICS

CLASSICS

SEE YOU SOON AT THE BRADLEY SYMPHONY CENTER!

Visit mso.org for the most up-to-date season details. All programs and artists subject to change.

LYATOSHYNSKY Grazyhna

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7

Thrills await in this unforgettable film-with-live-orchestra experience! Stephen Spielberg’s original summer movie blockbuster, with an Academy Award®-winning score by John Williams, became a cultural phenomenon in 1975 and set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, forever changing the movie industry. Experience one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, with the powerful score performed live on stage. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major

The MSO holds nothing back in its epic season finale. Augustin Hadelich – indisputably one of the greatest violinists of today – joins the MSO for Tchaikovsky’s timeless Violin Concerto. This grand finale opens with a masterpiece by Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky; his symphonic poem Grazyhna follows a brave heroine into battle and never rests until she tastes victory.

SPECIAL PRICING

STUDENT DISCOUNT

MSO Student Rush tickets are available for just $25 (plus tax) on the day of all regular season Classics, Pops, or Film with Orchestra concerts! Enjoy the best available seating (excluding box seats) with a valid student ID. One ticket per valid ID. Offer is based on availability and excludes Special Presentations, Co-Promotions, Bradley Symphony Center Presents, and one-night-only concert events.

SENIOR DISCOUNT

Seniors 65 or older may purchase MSO tickets at 50% off regular prices on the day of the concert. Tickets must be purchased in person at the Bradley Symphony Center Box Office or presenting venue. One ticket per valid ID. Offer is based on availability and excludes Friday Prelude, Sunday Matinee, Co-Promotions, Bradley Symphony Center Presents, and one-night-only concert events.

MILITARY DISCOUNT

All past or present U.S. Military personnel and up to 3 guests save 50% on tickets for all regularly scheduled Pops, Film With Orchestra, and evening Classics concerts on the day of the performance. Must purchase in person with a Military ID, DD-214, or other proof of Military service. Offer is based on availability and excludes Special Presentations, Co-Promotions, Bradley Symphony Center Presents, and one-night-only concert events.

STUDENT GROUPS & EDUCATORS

The MSO is committed to supporting the education of young people through all kinds of music and experiences. In addition to a discount of up to 50% on concert tickets, student groups may choose to take advantage of special post-concert activities such as backstage tours and Q & A sessions. Teachers are also eligible for our Educator Discount, a 50% savings on any Friday evening Classics subscription series (excluding box seats). Please call Luther Gray at 414.226.7840 for more information.

KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor

GOOD TO KNOW

BOX OFFICE

The MSO Box Office is located at the Bradley Symphony Center at 212 West Wisconsin Avenue and has easy access, street-level walk-up windows for in-person service.

PHONE 414.291.7605

EMAIL tickets@mso.org

Office Hours (for phone and walk-up service): Mon - Fri 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sat 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm 90 minutes before all performances

Please note that the Box Office is not open post-performance. Visit mso.org for up-to-date ticketing information.

ELECTRONIC TICKETING

The MSO offers convenient touchless e-ticketing for performances at the Bradley Symphony Center. E-tickets are sent via email and can be printed at home or displayed on a mobile device at the concert hall. E-tickets will be available to subscribers by contacting the Box Office during Subscriber Priority Week, August 21-25, 2023. Mailed tickets and Will Call pick-up are also available.

WHAT TO WEAR

To enjoy the music to its fullest, it’s important to be comfortable. Most people wear business casual, but you’ll see everything from nice jeans to suits to dressy dresses. In the interest of other patrons who may have allergies, we ask that you refrain from wearing scented products such as cologne or perfume.

GOOD TO KNOW

PROGRAM NOTES

Learn the story behind the music by reading our digital program notes at mso.org/program. Once in Allen-Bradley Hall, you’ll also find them in our program book, Encore, for handy reference.

LATE SEATING

Concerts will begin promptly, so please be on time. Patrons who must leave the hall during the performance will be seated or reseated between complete works or at intermission. Re-entry will be at the discretion of the House Manager.

AFTER THE CONCERT

Meet your friends in the lobby after the concert. Drinks and bites are available to purchase in the Ellen & Joe Checota Gallery following most performances.

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BRADLEY SYMPHONY CENTER AMENITIES

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Resonance Food Co. offers a variety of choices, prepared on-site by our full-time chefs. Beginning 90 minutes before each performance, enjoy tasty treats and libations at numerous bar locations throughout the Bradley Symphony Center. Be sure to stop by the Chef’s Carving Station in the Ellen & Joe Checota Atrium for made-to-order, handcarved sandwiches, sides, and desserts.

On select Friday and Saturday evenings, enhance your pre-concert

ASSISTIVE LISTENING

The concert hall inside the Bradley Symphony Center is equipped with a T-coil loop system. Patrons with compatible hearing aids need no additional equipment. If you do not have a compatible device, loop receivers are available for loan.

BRAILLE & LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS

The MSO offers Braille and Large Print program books for all performances. Please inquire with an usher when you arrive at the venue.

SENSORY INCLUSIVE INITIATIVE

KultureCity has partnered with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra to make the Bradley Symphony Center and all of the programs and events that the venue hosts to be sensory inclusive. This initiative promotes an accommodating and positive experience for all guests and fans with a sensory issue who visit the Bradley Symphony Center. Visit mso.org/accessibility to access our venue’s social story –a helpful tool for planning your visit – and to learn more information.

QUIET ROOM

The Bradley Symphony Center has a Quiet Room located in the pre-theater lobby on the first floor. The Quiet Room, equipped with a sink, comfortable seating, and warm lighting, is available for any patron who needs a private space to escape for a few minutes. From nursing mothers to someone who needs a space to meditate, pray, or just be alone for a minute, this space is available at any time.

QUIET AREAS

throughout the Bradley Symphony Center. Wheelchair seating is available on both levels of Allen-Bradley Hall. Bariatric chairs, with a width of 30” and capacity of 800 lbs., are available upon request. Many orchestra-level aisle seats are also equipped with swing-away end panels.

Additional Quiet Areas are located in the Historic Exhibit on the lower level and in the Phone Booth Area on the second level. These spaces can help patrons who are feeling overwhelmed escape for as little or as long as they need. Quiet Areas are marked by KultureCity signage.

SENSORY KITS

Sensory bags containing special KultureCity VIP badges, fidget tools, noise canceling headphones, and other resources are available for checkout (at no cost by leaving an ID) at our Coat Check located in the Gallery. Noise canceling headphones can also be checked out individually. Weighted lap pads are also available upon request.

PARKING ABUNDANT & STEPS AWAY

DISCOUNT PARKING

The Avenue parking garage is the Bradley Symphony Center’s parking partner. Located just half a block from the Center, The Avenue garage has 1,700 parking spots with multiple entrances and exits for quick and convenient parking. MSO patrons can buy pre-paid discounted parking passes for $18 per park (plus tax) either as an add-on with your tickets, or as a separate purchase at mso.org/parking

VALET PARKING

The Bradley Symphony Center offers curbside valet parking for all MSO performances. We strongly recommend pre-purchasing valet parking passes at least two weeks in advance, as valet is limited and may sell out on the date of your concert. MSO patrons can buy pre-paid valet parking passes for $35 per park (plus tax) either as an add-on with your tickets, or as a separate purchase at mso.org/parking.

There are many other parking garages and lots within walking distance of the Bradley Symphony Center. Please note that pre-paid parking through the MSO is only valid at The Avenue Parking Garage and will not work at any other parking garage.

ARTIST

REGINALD BAYLOR

Artwork by Milwaukee artist Reginald “Reggie” Baylor.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is proud to partner with Reginald Baylor Studio for our 2023.24 season to showcase the fun-filled vibrancy found in music, art, and creativity.

Learn more about the studio’s creative design work at reginaldbaylorstudio.com.

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BRADLEY SYMPHONY CENTER

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

BOX OFFICE

212 West Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53203

Phone 414.291.6010

Email info@mso.org

Phone 414.291.7605

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PHONE & WALK-UP HOURS

Mon-Fri, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sat, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

VOLUNTEERS

Phone 414.226.7839

Email volunteer@mso.org

DONATIONS

Phone 414.226.7851

Email donations@mso.org

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