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Milwaukee This Week: Veterans Day salutes and more
Milwaukee This Week

Veterans Day salutes and more

While the Milwaukee Children's Choir, Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra and "Beyond Glory" honor our troops, Alverno Presents, Soulstice Theatre, Theater Red, Florentine Opera and others present compelling performances.

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.

Philomusica opens with two masterworks by Franck and Beethoven

Philomusica opens with two masterworks by Franck and Beethoven

Eli Kalman joins the Philomusica for a piano quintet, and the group's Beethoven series continues with the first "Razumovsky” quartet.

Bel Canto opens the season with a gentle Requiem and joyful Gloria

Bel Canto opens the season with a gentle Requiem and joyful Gloria

The group will perform the pieces at Christ King Parish, where the church setting will well-serve this exuberant works. Plus: a preview of what's to come for the rest of the Bel Canto season.

The Season Ahead: Frankly Music
The Season Ahead

Frankly Music

Frankly Music celebrates its tenth anniversary season, opening Monday with a "Flashback!" concert at the Conservatory. Frank Almond offers his usual mix of unique programming and a trio of experienced chamber artists for the performances.

Milwaukee This Week: Bold openings and visual treats
Milwaukee This Week

Bold openings and visual treats

Frankly Music, Early Music Now and First Stage kick off their seasons, while the MAM unveils its newest exhibit and Radiolab Live returns with an all-new sensory overload.

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.

Unruly Music highlights contemporary sounds for three nights

Unruly Music highlights contemporary sounds for three nights

UW-Milwaukee's Unruly Music series offers two virtuoso interpreters of contemporary music and two instrument builders who improvise on their creations.

Prometheus Trio and Fine Arts Quartet open the chamber music season

Prometheus Trio and Fine Arts Quartet open the chamber music season

Milwaukee's premier resident trio and quartet launch the fall season this weekend with a mix of favorites and rarely heard more recent works.

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."

Gathering Threads: A thumbnail diary of a commission
Gathering Threads

A thumbnail diary of a commission

TCD's David Bohn on discovering the bayan, working with virtuoso Stas Venglevski, and creating an original composition (debuting this Friday at UWM).

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.