Classical

On Stage 6/19: Wild Space, Pressler + the FAQ, MacBeth outdoors
On Stage 6/19

Wild Space, Pressler + the FAQ, MacBeth outdoors

Optimist Theatre and APT get busy, Summer Evening of Music play on, Wild Space returns to Turner Hall, the Florentine opens Wilson Center's Starry Nights.

About New York… six things I’ve been meaning to tell you

About New York… six things I’ve been meaning to tell you

Cindy Sherman, Frank Sinatra High, PS1, Whitney Biennial/remarkable Morans, How to Succeed, Life in the East Village.

Fine Arts Quartet: Summer Evenings II
Fine Arts Quartet

Summer Evenings II

The Fine Arts Quartet plays Haydn, Dohnanyi and Dvorak on its summer series at UWM.

The MSO goes bold with Sci-Fi Spectacular

The MSO goes bold with Sci-Fi Spectacular

Guest narrator George Takei headlines the final MSO Pops program of the season.

Present Music’s big finish

Present Music’s big finish

Michael Daugherty's "Labyrinth of Love" is a big hit at its premiere, and Robin Pluer never sounded better.

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.