MSO 2023.24 Classics Season Brochure

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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 Director

BEETHOVEN 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

RUTH REINHARDT

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

RANDALL GOO SBY

JADER BIGNAMINI

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”

STEWART GOODYEAR

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.

SAVE THE DATE

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

Our MSO Box Office is ready to help with any questions. Call 414.291.7605 or email tickets@mso.org. Office hours are Mon – Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and 90 minutes before all performances. The Box Office is not open post-performance. We have easy access, street level walk-up windows for in-person service at the Bradley Symphony Center

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