Classical

Present Music: Composer in the rehearsal room
Present Music

Composer in the rehearsal room

The celebrated Michael Daugherty comes to Milwaukee for a Present Music premiere. PM will unveil "Labyrinth of Love" Friday night.

Fine Arts Quartet opens Summer Evenings of Music

Fine Arts Quartet opens Summer Evenings of Music

The FAQ and pianist Xiayin Wang give apt performances of music by Beethoven, Efrem Zimbalist and Faure.

MSO: No one sounds tired at the finish line
MSO

No one sounds tired at the finish line

Guest conductor Matthias Pintscher leads an energized concert of newer music at the end of the MSO's classical season.

This Week at the MSO: Composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher
This Week at the MSO

Composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher, in his MSO debut, conducts his own "Ex Nihilo."

2010 Winner David Ko returns for PianoArts Competition

2010 Winner David Ko returns for PianoArts Competition

Ko will play a recital Friday, bestow awards to the 2012 piano competition winners, and make several appearances in between.

MSO: Russian thrills from a Peruvian guest conductor
MSO

Russian thrills from a Peruvian guest conductor

Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Milwaukee Symphony excel with Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky."

MSO: British Isles, from within and without
MSO

British Isles, from within and without

Conductor Christopher Warren-Green, violinist Jennifer Frautschi and the Milwaukee Symphony play Walton, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.

Philomusica’s “Goldberg”: Brains and lyrical beauty
Philomusica’s “Goldberg”

Brains and lyrical beauty

The Philomusica Quartet closes with a quintet arrangement of Bach's keyboard monument.

Philomusica Quartet: Bach’s “Goldberg” redux
Philomusica Quartet

Bach’s “Goldberg” redux

A string quintet version of Bach's monumental keyboard work, "Goldberg Variations," at the Conservatory Monday.

Sci-fi Spectacular Spectacular!

Sci-fi Spectacular Spectacular!

TCD, the MSO and Intercontinental offer a spectacular evening - an intimate dinner hosted by Tom Strini, followed by loge seats for the June 15 performance narrated by Star Trek's George Takei!

Skylight’s “Sunday in the Park with George” delights

Skylight’s “Sunday in the Park with George” delights

Stephen Sondheim's musical brings Seurat's pointillist masterpiece to life.

The Florentine’s powerful “Idomeneo”

The Florentine’s powerful “Idomeneo”

Spectacular singing and a smart production make Mozart's last opera seria urgent and modern.