Classical
7 things I’ve been meaning to share
RE: Tim Cuprisin, Laddie Junkunc, Frank Almond, Florentine Grammy, Steve Murphy, First Stage, Rep Artisans Fair.
Dec 4th, 2011 by Tom Strini
A Gentle Christmas
With Jeff Tyzik conducting, the MSO's Holiday Pops are short on glitz and long on warmth.
Dec 3rd, 2011 by Tom Strini
Frankly Music’s Epic Bach
Frank Almond, Edward Arron and Kyle Armbrust play a sonically lush, rhythmically bracing Goldberg Variations.
Nov 28th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Lawrence Renes spins “The Planets”
Guest conductor Renes leads Holst's astrological suite and Elgar's "Enigma Variations."
Nov 26th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Bach’s “Goldberg,” for strings at Frankly Music
Frank Almond mounts a trio take on Bach's epic keyboard piece Monday and Tuesday. In May, the Philomusica Quartet take it up.
Nov 25th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Philomusica Quartet + Mathieu Dufour
Dufour, the Chicago Symphony's principal flutist, excels with the excellent Philomusica Quartet at the Wisconsin Conservatory.
Nov 22nd, 2011 by Tom Strini
“The Music Man” lives at the Skylight
The Skylight Opera Theatre is the natural state for River City, Iowa, Professor Harold HIll, and innocence.
Nov 21st, 2011 by Kat Murrell
A fitting, coherent Thanksgiving concert
Present Music's Kevin Stalheim built an entire program around its venue, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Nov 20th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Handel, master of opera
Two splendid singers, countertenor Daniel Taylor and soprano Deborah York, do arias and duets with the Theatre of Early Music.
Nov 19th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Handel floats, Bach sinks
Conductor Lecce-Chong and chamber-sized MSO shine in a program with two of Handel's "Water Music" Suites.
Nov 18th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Bud, the African drummer
Bud, 6, is a young star of Ton Ko-Thi, the youth company of Milwaukee's Ko-Thi African Dance Company. The kids perform Saturday.
Nov 17th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Million Dollar Quartet
History and rock 'n' roll fantasy collide at the Marcus Center as four legends meet at Sun Records in this tribute/musical.
Nov 16th, 2011 by Brian Jacobson
