Rob Gebelhoff

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Classical: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

The Florentine has great cast to take on Puccini’s heartbreaker La Bohème.

Classical: Love Stories
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Love Stories

De Waart and MSO tackle three great works with mysterious connections to love — and to each other.

Classical: Roll Over Beethoven
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Roll Over Beethoven

Indie pop band I’m Not A Pilot joins forces with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Classical: Shaking Up Shakespeare
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Shaking Up Shakespeare

The MSO brings in actors to tackle Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

Classical: Lions and Tigers and Strings — Oh My!
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Lions and Tigers and Strings — Oh My!

The MSO takes on The Wizard of Oz in a film with orchestra concert.

Classical: Celtic Soul Star Comes to Town
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Celtic Soul Star Comes to Town

World-renowned Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird joins Present Music

Classical: Mussolini Meets Cleopatra?
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Mussolini Meets Cleopatra?

Florentine sets Julius Caesar in Fascist Italy, in huge production that requires jazz-like improvisation from performers.

Classical: Beethoven Festival Begins With a Bang
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Beethoven Festival Begins With a Bang

MSO kicks off Beethoven series with Ninth Symphony and a stage full of musicians and singers.

Classical: New York Cool
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New York Cool

Young acclaimed classical ensemble ACME makes Milwaukee debut looking back at World War II.

Classical: World-Class Quartet Comes to Town
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World-Class Quartet Comes to Town

The Texas-based Miró Quartet makes its Milwaukee debut at Frankly Music series.

Classical: The “Hooligan” Composers
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The “Hooligan” Composers

The MSO programs works by a close group of “outcast” composers like Ravel and Stravinsky.

Classical: The Return of Frank Almond
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The Return of Frank Almond

Almond and his recovered Stradivarius will be featured as soloist and conductor with the Wisconsin Philharmonic.

Classical: Italian is the Language of Love
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Italian is the Language of Love

The Florentine’s Valentine’s concert goes crazy over Italian arias and songs.

Classical: Opera Performed in a Bar?
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Opera Performed in a Bar?

Skylight’s stars comes to The Hotel Foster to sing and chat and maybe even drink.

Classical: The Four String Super Stars
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The Four String Super Stars

International globe trotters the Fine Arts Quartet come home to take on rarely played, highly romantic works.

Classical: The Huge Legacy of Benjamin Britten
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The Huge Legacy of Benjamin Britten

Frankly Music celebrates the centennial of British composer whose music continues to grow in stature.

Classical: When Music Becomes Political
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When Music Becomes Political

Bel Canto’s MLK concert and symphony’s program of Brahms and others are both driven by fierce political issues.

Classical: The Last Art Form to Recognize Women?
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The Last Art Form to Recognize Women?

Present Music presents “Women in the Chamber,” mixing music and politics.

Classical: King of the High Notes
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King of the High Notes

Trumpeter Doc Severinsen will play with MSO Pops Orchestra he used to lead.

The Holy Sound of Christmas

The Holy Sound of Christmas

Handel’s Messiah has been packing them in for 270 years, and the MSO’s version should be no different.

Classical: The Loudest Christmas Carols You’ll Ever Hear
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The Loudest Christmas Carols You’ll Ever Hear

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to town and they want to blow your head off.

Concord Chamber Orchestra tugs at your heartstrings

Concord Chamber Orchestra tugs at your heartstrings

The “Hearts” concert, performed by the Concord Chamber Orchestra, is of course all love-themed works.

Hans Graf celebrates Schubert’s Mass No. 6 at the MSO

Hans 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.

Pianist Ingrid Fliter plays Chopin with the MSO

Pianist 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.

Lecce-Chong kicks off MSO’s Chamber Music experience

Lecce-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.

Brett Lipshutz explores art through music at the Haggerty Museum

Brett 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.

The MSO bares its roots

The 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.

Augustin Hadelich returns, alongside seductive Ravel and Stravinsky

Augustin 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."

Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season

Andreas 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.