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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.
As a native of Leipzig, one of the great highlights I look forward to sharing with you is our firstever city-wide Bach Festival, which will feature performances by world class guest artists in our hall and beyond.
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 DirectorBEETHOVEN 5
SEASON OPENER
BRAHMS, STRAVINSKY & PRAYER FOR UKRAINE
SERIES TYPE: 6B | 18 | 9B | 7B
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9A | 7A | 7M
FRI SEP 22, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT SEP 23, 2023 7:00 PM
SUN SEP 24, 2023 2:30 PM
Don’t miss our exciting season opener, featuring MSO’s 2023.24 Artistic Partner Dashon Burton!
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
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.
DASHON BURTON bass-baritone
FRI SEP 29, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT SEP 30, 2023 7:30 PM
Brahms’s commanding concerto paired with a compelling piece by a Ukrainian composer and Stravinsky’s energetic ballet.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
YEFIM BRONFMAN piano
VALENTYN SILVESTROV Prayer for the Ukraine
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
DANIEL KIDANE Be Still
ELEANOR ALBERGA The Soul’s Expression
SCHUBERT Selected Songs
As a native of Leipzig, one of the great highlights I look forward to sharing with you is our first-ever citywide Bach Festival, which will feature performances by world class guest artists in our hall and beyond.
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
I can’t wait to welcome you in our beautiful Bradley Symphony Center as we gather to share the glory
JOSEFOWICZ & BOLÉRO
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9A | 7M
FRI OCT 2O, 2023 11:15 AM | SAT OCT 21, 2023 7:30 PM
SUN OCT 22, 2023 2:30 PM
Leila Josefowicz plays Pintscher’s concerto written in partnership with her, plus Ravel’s iconic Boléro spotlights each instrument of the orchestra.
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER conductor
LEILA JOSEFOWICZ violin
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Assonanza
DEBUSSY “Ibéria” from Images pour orchestra
RAVEL Boléro
BEETHOVEN & LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9B
FRI NOV 3, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT NOV 4, 2023 7:30 PM
Composer and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán performs his Emporium, with influences from jazz and Cuban culture, and bookended by monumental Beethoven works.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN piano
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS
CHERYL FRAZES HILL director
BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN Emporium
BEETHOVEN Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt (“Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”)
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
DE WAART CONDUCTS ELGAR
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9A | 7A
FRI NOV 10, 2023 11:15 AM | SAT NOV 11, 2023 7:30 PM
MSO Music Director Laureate Edo de Waart conducts Elgar’s noble Symphony No. 1 while pianist Joyce Yang shines with Rachmaninoff.
EDO DE WAART conductor
JOYCE YANG piano
JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
ELGAR Symphony No. 1
RUTH REINHARDT RETURNS
SERIES TYPE: 6B | 18 | 9B | 7B
FRI NOV 17, 2023 7:30 PM | SAT NOV 18, 2023 7:30 PM
LABADIE CONDUCTS MOZART
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9A | 7A
FRI JAN 26, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT JAN 27, 2024 7:30 PM
Audience favorite Ruth Reinhardt presents Brahms’s last and hauntingly beautiful symphony.
RUTH REINHARDT conductor
ANDREI IONI
cello
JONATHAN CZINER Rear-view
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
MOZART OBOE & SYMPHONY
SERIES TYPE: 6B | 18 | 9B | 7B
FRI FEB 2, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 3, 2024 7:30 PM
Celebrating Mozart’s genius as MSO Principal Oboe Katherine Young Steele performs his treasured concerto.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
KATHERINE YOUNG STEELE oboe
BERNARD LABADIE
MSO Principal Trumpet Matthew Ernst takes center stage, followed by Mozart’s masterful symphony.
BERNARD LABADIE conductor
MATTHEW ERNST trumpet
RIGEL Symphony in C minor
HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 40
MOZART Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
MOZART Oboe Concerto in C major
REGER Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
BEETHOVEN PIANO & PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9A | 7A
FRI FEB 9, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT FEB 10, 2024 7:30 PM
Mexican conductor Iván López-Reynoso makes his U.S. symphonic debut with his compatriot
Jorge Federico Osorio.
IVÁN LÓPEZ-REYNOSO conductor
JORGE FEDERICO OSORIO piano
REVUELTAS Redes Concert Suite
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
GOOSBY PLAYS MENDELSSOHN
SERIES TYPE: 6B | 18 | 9B | 7B | 7M
FRI SUN
TCHAIKOVSKY 6 & BRAHMS SONGS
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9A
FRI MAR 1, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAR 2, 2024 7:30 PM
Artistic Partner Dashon Burton takes the stage for a pensive and powerful performance, plus Tchaikovsky’s popular “Pathétique” Symphony.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
DASHON BURTON bass-baritone
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Thrace
BRAHMS/GLANERT Vier Präludien und Ernste Gesänge (“Four Preludes and Serious Songs”)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
Rising star Randall Goosby performs Mendelssohn’s last and most prominent concerto.
CHRISTIAN REIF conductor
RANDALL GOOSBY violin
PEJAČEVIĆ Overture in D minor
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
BERNSTEIN & GERSHWIN
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9B | 7B | 7M
FRI MAR 8, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT MAR 9, 2024 7:30 PM
SUN MAR 10, 2024 2:30 PM
This vibrant and playful program travels through New York City and the streets of Paris, paired with works by Ravel.
JADER BIGNAMINI conductor
GEORGE LI piano
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
RAVEL Valse nobles et sentimentales
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
BACH FEST I: BRANDENBURG
SERIES TYPE: 6B | Add-On Saturday Matinee
FRI MAR 22, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAR 23, 2024 2:30 PM ADD-ON SAT MATINEE
Happy birthday, Bach! Featuring his famed Brandenburg Concertos and Suite No. 3 with its cherished “Air” movement for strings.
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
BACH FEST II: MAGNIFICAT
SERIES TYPE: 18 | 9B | 7B | 7M
SAT MAR 23, 2024 7:30 PM | SUN MAR 24, 2024 2:30 PM
Rounding out Bach’s birthday festivities, the MSO Chorus celebrates the 300th anniversary of his Magnificat
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
LISZT PIANO & SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9A | 7A | 7M
FRI APR 26, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT APR 27, 2024 7:30 PM
SUN APR 28, 2024 2:30 PM
DVORÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9A |
FRI MAY 10, 2024
Joseph Young’s MSO debut conducting Dvorák’s symphony, blending traditional Czech folk sounds with African American and Native American influences.
JOSEPH YOUNG
ALEXI KENNY
BRIAN RAPHAEL NABORS
Two dazzling piano works by Liszt are followed by Berlioz’s epic and gripping Symphonie fantastique.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
STEWART GOODYEAR piano
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
LISZT Totentanz
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
BARBER Violin Concerto
DVOŘ ÁK Symphony No. 9 “New World”
TAKEMITSU & THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE
FEATURING THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
SERIES TYPE: 6B | 18 | 9B
FRI MAY 17, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT MAY 18, 2024 7:30 PM
Grammy ®-winning Third Coast Percussion presents a visually captivating performance that takes over Allen-Bradley Hall.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
WOMEN OF THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS
DUKAS Fanfare from La Peri
TAKEMITSU From Me Flows What You Call Time
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
DUKAS Sorcerer’s Apprentice
CARMINA BURANA & FATE NOW CONQUERS
SERIES TYPE: 6A | 18 | 9A | 7A | 7M
FRI JUN 7, 2024 7:30 PM | SAT JUN 8, 2024 7:30 PM
SUN JUN 9, 2024 2:30 PM
MSO Principal Trombone Megumi Kanda shines in a daring concerto, followed by the renowned cantata Carmina Burana
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
DASHON BURTON bass-baritone
MEGUMI KANDA trombone
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS
CHERYL FRAZES HILL chorus director
CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
TAN DUN Three Muses in Video Game
ORFF Carmina Burana
HADELICH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY
SEASON FINALE
SERIES TYPE: PRELUDE | 18 | 9B | 7B
FRI JUN 14, 2024 11:15 AM | SAT JUN 15, 2024 7:30 PM
The MSO holds nothing back in its epic season finale with audience favorite Augustin Hadelich.
KEN-DAVID MASUR conductor
AUGUSTIN HADELICH violin
LYATOSHYNSKY Grazyhna
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major
AUGUSTIN HADELICH
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HANDE L’S MESSIAH
Available as an add-on performance to your subscription package.
FRI DEC 8 , 2023 7:30 PM
SAT DEC 9, 2023 7:30 PM
SUN DEC 10, 2023 2:30 PM
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CHORUS
CHERYL FRAZES HILL chorus director
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.
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OPENING NIGHT EVENT
SATURDAY SEPT 23 2023
Don’t miss the MSO’s largest annual fundraiser, a captivating event filled with music, food, and festivities!
Paired with our opening night concert weekend, we look forward to celebrating the start of our thrilling season with you and our Milwaukee community. Visit mso.org/gala for more information
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PARKING PERKS
Purchase discounted, pre-paid parking at The Avenue, located across the street from the Bradley Symphony Center. Or enjoy convenient valet parking, available at the marquee entrance on West Wisconsin Avenue.
FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICE
Resonance Food Co. offers a variety of choices prepared onsite for your convenience. Enjoy tasty pre-concert treats and libations at multiple bar locations, or visit the Chef’s Carving Station for made-to-order sandwiches, sides, and desserts. On select evenings, reserve a table for Sound Bites, a sit-down dinner in the Ellen & Joe Checota Atrium featuring delicious multi-course offerings through an elevated chef’s table experience. The Ellen & Joe Checota Gallery also offers drinks and eats for post-concert mingling.
BOX OFFICE
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