The Symphony Goes All American
What a range of music, by five different composers, all beautifully played.
Feb 7th, 2022
Symphony Program Lacks Surprise
Setapen shines in Bolcom concerto, but five works programmed got repetitive, predictable.
Nov 22nd, 2021
Gomyo Sizzles With The Symphony
Violinist’s performance could be the best I’ve ever heard by an MSO soloist.
Nov 15th, 2021
The MSO Is Back and Captivates in New Hall
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is back with a performance of contemporary and classic pieces.
Oct 18th, 2021
New Riverwest Company, Production Impresses
53212 Presents, located above Company Brewing, creates innovative music-dance work. It’s lovely.
Feb 10th, 2020
Moser Is a Rock Star in Shostakovich
Guest cellist kills it. And symphony soars in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.
Feb 3rd, 2020
MSO Sparkles In All-Russian Program
And guest pianist Joyce Yang wows audience in Tchaikovsky piano concerto.
Jan 27th, 2020
The Yaniv Dinur Show
Milwaukee Symphony resident conductor shines as both pianist and conductor in all-Mozart program.
Nov 25th, 2019
MSO, Masur Score With Beethoven
Composer’s early symphonies work well at the Pabst.
Nov 4th, 2019
“Utterance” Is a Music Theater Event
Powerful music beautifully sung and staged in a uniquely theatrical way. Don’t miss it.
Oct 30th, 2019
A Powerhouse Pianist Lives Up to Billing
Present Music’s new series launched with Phillip Bush performing Ives. It was memorable.
Oct 21st, 2019
Milwaukee Symphony Opener Is Uneven
New maestro Masur’s debut starts slowly, but ends in bang-up rendition of Der Rosenkavalier.
Sep 16th, 2019
Present Music May Be Better Than Ever
New leadership, but the same sense of adventure. Ride along sometime.
Sep 9th, 2019
Meet the Symphony’s New Maestro
Ken-David Masur still shoots hoops and was a wizard at ping pong. He also conducts with great passion.
Aug 30th, 2019
Milwaukee Symphony Closes With Crowd Pleasers
Mendelssohn, Mahler and mostly fine music making say goodbye to season.
Jul 1st, 2019
Milwaukee Symphony Rocks the House
Standing ovation for a John Adams work? And Carmina Burana scores again.
Jun 25th, 2019
Symphony Scores with Varied Program
Scriabin, Saint-Saëns, Debussy and more, in an evening of endlessly searching music.
Jun 10th, 2019
The Sheer Power of Music
Present Music’s final concert under Kevin Stalheim was packed with significance and wonderful music.
Jun 3rd, 2019
A Triumph for Frankly Music
The performance of two great works with guest cellist Lynn Harrell was simply sublime.
May 15th, 2019
Worshipping At the Altar of Mahler
De Waart and the MSO take on Mahler’s 9th, leaving some players with tears in their eyes.
Apr 29th, 2019
Prometheus Trio Plays “Hardest Program Ever”?
Tough music handled with technical dispatch, but it needed a little more spirit and fun.
Apr 24th, 2019
Brooklyn Rider Plays With Punch
Even Beethoven sounded contemporary when this New York-based string quartet played him.
Apr 9th, 2019
Oh, Those Rhapsodic Russians
Milwaukee Symphony and guest pianist Simon Trpčeski soar in works by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.
Feb 25th, 2019
MSO Mondays Are Pretty Cool. And Free
Great chamber music coming to a Colectivo cafe near you
Feb 7th, 2019
Symphony Kills It With Tchaikovsky
MSO soars in Russian symphony but pianist Orli Shaham just okay in Bartók concerto.
Jan 28th, 2019
