Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
The Florentine has great cast to take on Puccini’s heartbreaker La Bohème.
May 8th, 2014Love Stories
De Waart and MSO tackle three great works with mysterious connections to love — and to each other.
May 1st, 2014Roll Over Beethoven
Indie pop band I’m Not A Pilot joins forces with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Apr 24th, 2014Shaking Up Shakespeare
The MSO brings in actors to tackle Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
Apr 17th, 2014Lions and Tigers and Strings — Oh My!
The MSO takes on The Wizard of Oz in a film with orchestra concert.
Apr 10th, 2014Celtic Soul Star Comes to Town
World-renowned Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird joins Present Music
Apr 3rd, 2014Mussolini Meets Cleopatra?
Florentine sets Julius Caesar in Fascist Italy, in huge production that requires jazz-like improvisation from performers.
Mar 27th, 2014Beethoven Festival Begins With a Bang
MSO kicks off Beethoven series with Ninth Symphony and a stage full of musicians and singers.
Mar 20th, 2014New York Cool
Young acclaimed classical ensemble ACME makes Milwaukee debut looking back at World War II.
Mar 13th, 2014World-Class Quartet Comes to Town
The Texas-based Miró Quartet makes its Milwaukee debut at Frankly Music series.
Mar 6th, 2014The “Hooligan” Composers
The MSO programs works by a close group of “outcast” composers like Ravel and Stravinsky.
Feb 27th, 2014The Return of Frank Almond
Almond and his recovered Stradivarius will be featured as soloist and conductor with the Wisconsin Philharmonic.
Feb 20th, 2014Italian is the Language of Love
The Florentine’s Valentine’s concert goes crazy over Italian arias and songs.
Feb 13th, 2014Opera Performed in a Bar?
Skylight’s stars comes to The Hotel Foster to sing and chat and maybe even drink.
Feb 6th, 2014The Four String Super Stars
International globe trotters the Fine Arts Quartet come home to take on rarely played, highly romantic works.
Jan 30th, 2014The Huge Legacy of Benjamin Britten
Frankly Music celebrates the centennial of British composer whose music continues to grow in stature.
Jan 23rd, 2014When Music Becomes Political
Bel Canto’s MLK concert and symphony’s program of Brahms and others are both driven by fierce political issues.
Jan 16th, 2014The Last Art Form to Recognize Women?
Present Music presents “Women in the Chamber,” mixing music and politics.
Jan 9th, 2014King of the High Notes
Trumpeter Doc Severinsen will play with MSO Pops Orchestra he used to lead.
Jan 2nd, 2014The Holy Sound of Christmas
Handel’s Messiah has been packing them in for 270 years, and the MSO’s version should be no different.
Dec 19th, 2013The Loudest Christmas Carols You’ll Ever Hear
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to town and they want to blow your head off.
Dec 12th, 2013Concord Chamber Orchestra tugs at your heartstrings
The “Hearts” concert, performed by the Concord Chamber Orchestra, is of course all love-themed works.
Dec 5th, 2013Hans Graf celebrates Schubert’s Mass No. 6 at the MSO
The work, originally presented after its composer's death, is now considered one of his greatest, and will be performed alongside Mozart's Symphony No. 39.
Nov 21st, 2013Pianist Ingrid Fliter plays Chopin with the MSO
This weekend's concert will be led by MSO Music Director Edo de Waart, featuring Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. Ingrid Fliter speaks to TCD writer Rob Gebelhoff about the piece.
Nov 13th, 2013Lecce-Chong kicks off MSO’s Chamber Music experience
Chamber Series I takes place at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist this weekend, providing a divine backdrop for the music of Bruckner, Bach and Arvo Pärt. Tickets are only $5.
Nov 5th, 2013Brett Lipshutz explores art through music at the Haggerty Museum
The museum's musician-in-residence will perform an experimental concert Wednesday, featuring pieces selected or composed in response to their permanent collection.
Nov 4th, 2013The MSO bares its roots
This weekend, "Concertos for Orchestra" demonstrates the classical talent of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, featuring the virtuosity of clarinetist Todd Levy.
Oct 3rd, 2013Augustin Hadelich returns, alongside seductive Ravel and Stravinsky
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will pair an entertaining Stravinsky violin concerto with Ravel's exotic score for "Daphnis et Chloe."
Sep 25th, 2013Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season
Guest pianist Jeremy Denk will also join for Liszt's first piano concerto, but the program's centerpiece is a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.
Sep 18th, 2013