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Classical: Music That’s ‘500 Years in the Making’
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Music That’s ‘500 Years in the Making’

Early Music Now's guest performers Anne Azéma and Shira Kammen revivify Medieval, Saxon-flavored words and music.

Classical: Reconsidering Three Great Composers
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Reconsidering Three Great Composers

Milwaukee Musaik performs alternate versions of Brahms and Ravel and an early work by Mozart.

Classical: Handel As You’ve Never Seen (or Heard) Before
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Handel As You’ve Never Seen (or Heard) Before

Milwaukee Opera Theatre will stage innovative version of 1735 opera 'Alcina.'

The Queen’s Six Bring Royal Pedigree To Milwaukee Show

The Queen’s Six Bring Royal Pedigree To Milwaukee Show

Group will open Early Music Now season on Saturday.

Bel Canto Chorus Will Perform First Show Under New Artistic Director

Bel Canto Chorus Will Perform First Show Under New Artistic Director

'Voices of the Earth' scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20

Classical: Frankly Music Offers Baroque Hits
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Frankly Music Offers Baroque Hits

Works by Vivaldi, Bach and Rameau. Urban Milwaukee readers get half off tickets.

Classical: Three-Day Chamber Music Festival Features Many Composers
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Three-Day Chamber Music Festival Features Many Composers

Series next weekend at Charles Allis Museum spans six centuries of music.

Classical: Mozart on Prospect Avenue
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Mozart on Prospect Avenue

Prometheus Trio performs music by him and by Mendelssohn, the 'Mozart of the 19th century.'

Classical Music: Frankly Music Concert Is All About Strings
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Frankly Music Concert Is All About Strings

Performing three all-string works by Strauss, Schoenberg and Brahms.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Marks 50th Anniversary
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Milwaukee Musaik Marks 50th Anniversary

Sunday's golden anniversary concert boasts three conductors, a world premiere and works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.

Classical: Fine Arts Quartet Offers Spring Festival
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Fine Arts Quartet Offers Spring Festival

World-class ensemble presents 3 concerts, 6 guest artists and great music, all for free.

Classical: Swiss Early Music Ensemble Will Play The Music of Da Vinci
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Swiss Early Music Ensemble Will Play The Music of Da Vinci

La Morra, presented by Early Music Now, will play Italian Renaissance era pieces on Saturday.

Classical: Philomusica Quartet Tackles Rare Fare
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Philomusica Quartet Tackles Rare Fare

Chausson's unique concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, and little-known works by Bruckner and Lekeu.

Classical: Eugene Drucker Guests With Frankly Music
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Eugene Drucker Guests With Frankly Music

Founding member and violinist with renowned Emerson Quartet for 47 years will perform Faure, Bartok and more.

Classical: Baltimore Consort Offers Old Fashioned Christmas
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Baltimore Consort Offers Old Fashioned Christmas

Lovely songs from centuries ago performed with original instruments and stylings.

Classical: Early Music Now Presents Benjamin Bagby and Beowulf
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Early Music Now Presents Benjamin Bagby and Beowulf

Saturday concert will be group's first at Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

Classical: New York Polyphony Comes to Town
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New York Polyphony Comes to Town

Their first appearance in Milwaukee features 15th and 16th-century Franco-Flemish and Spanish music.

Classical: Prometheus Trio Says Goodbye To Its Violinist
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Prometheus Trio Says Goodbye To Its Violinist

Margot Schwartz plays her final concert in works by Brahms, Ravel, Martinů and Mozart.

Classical: Early Music Now’s Biggest Season Ever
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Early Music Now’s Biggest Season Ever

Expanding to 10 concerts, including 4 local groups and 6 guest ensembles of national and international repute.

Classical: Fine Arts Quartet Offers Summer Festival
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Fine Arts Quartet Offers Summer Festival

Three free concerts in July. And what a lineup of compositions.

Classical: Early Music to Make You Cry
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Early Music to Make You Cry

Milwaukee's Aperi Animam will perform choral works from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Performs Modernist Masters
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Milwaukee Musaik Performs Modernist Masters

Tuesday concert includes works by Stravinsky, Bartok, Milhaud and Strauss.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Concert Stars the Harp
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Milwaukee Musaik Concert Stars the Harp

20th century works by Still and Bonis featuring the harp, paired with Brahms piano quartet.

Classical: Quartet Returns With Fun Program
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Quartet Returns With Fun Program

World-class Fine Arts Quartet with play Glazunov and Beethoven at his most genial.

Classical: Oh, Those Gorgeous Modulations
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Oh, Those Gorgeous Modulations

The Prometheus Trio performs a very varied program: Haydn, Brahms, Faure and Debussy.

Classical: A World Premiere of Requiem by Local Composer
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A World Premiere of Requiem by Local Composer

Chant Claire will perform Paula Foley Tillen's Requiem at Sunday concert.

Classical: The Orlando Consort Comes to Town
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The Orlando Consort Comes to Town

Famed Renaissance music group disbanding by June so this will be their last concert for Milwaukee audiences.

Classical: Bel Canto Mines History For Season Opener
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Bel Canto Mines History For Season Opener

Chorus will perform works from its 92-year history for first show of the new season.

Classical: Philomusica Quartet To Perform “Transcendence and Mystery”
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Philomusica Quartet To Perform “Transcendence and Mystery”

Performance Monday at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Classical: Bach Specialist Makes Milwaukee Debut
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Bach Specialist Makes Milwaukee Debut

Simone Dinnerstein will perform works by Bach and Philip Glass with Frankly Music ensemble.

Classical: It’s A Fine Arts Quartet Festival
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It’s A Fine Arts Quartet Festival

Festival will include three public shows featuring the quartet and six guests.

Classical: Present Music’s Death Defying Concert
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Present Music’s Death Defying Concert

Music about murder, death, cheating and stealing. This weekend. It'll kill you.

Classical: Bel Canto Performs ‘Cathedral Music’
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Bel Canto Performs ‘Cathedral Music’

75 voices singing works from six centuries in unique setting of the Basilica of St. Josaphat on Friday.

Classical: Early Music Now Takes On 15th Century
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Early Music Now Takes On 15th Century

Blue Heron ensemble performs works by a 'musical wizard,' Belgian composer, choirmaster and singer Johannes Ockeghem.

Classical: Orchestra Will Be “Singin’ in the Rain”
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Orchestra Will Be “Singin’ in the Rain”

MSO presents classic 1952 movie musical with full orchestral accompaniment.

Classical: Prometheus Trio Horses Around
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Prometheus Trio Horses Around

Some Mozart, Dvořák, and two works by acclaimed American composer Joan Tower inspired by her love of horses.

Classical: The Fine Arts Quartet For Free
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The Fine Arts Quartet For Free

World-class ensemble returns to Milwaukee for two concerts this weekend, with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Philip Glass and more.

Classical: Bel Canto Chorus Sings of Christmas
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Bel Canto Chorus Sings of Christmas

Annual concert at Basilica of St. Josaphat offers old favorites and a Midwest premiere.

Classical: The Golden Age of Venice
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The Golden Age of Venice

Early Music Now's concert Saturday features a premier viol consort, Parthenia, performing works of Renaissance Venice.

Prometheus Trio Returns to Live Performance

Prometheus Trio Returns to Live Performance

A performance on Sunday will feature four piano trios.