Classical
Early Music Now’s Plaine & Easie
Stellar singing, excellent playing, and a fascinating program of lute-centric music c. 1600.
Feb 12th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Arlo Guthrie charms with the MSO Pops
The 1960s-70s iconic folksinger is just as you remember him, only better.
Feb 12th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Prometheus Trio feature little-known works 2/14-15
Expect to be moved by an intense piano trio by Alfred Schnittke, bemused by a pleasant work from Franz Berwald, and on familiar ground with a Dvorak quartet.
Feb 11th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Tango Buenos Aires brings the heat
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra lights up the stage with a 10-dancer touring tango show at the Marcus Center.
Feb 9th, 2011 by Liz Zellmer
with ears and hearts wide open
Sensitivity to detail, grasp of the big picture, a feel for the feelings and high energy make for gripping Shostakovich, Gorecki and Beethoven.
Feb 7th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Fine Arts ‘Quintet’ honors two masterworks
A last-minute change in performers led to programming changes, away from a Bruckner quintet and toward Mozart and Beethoven.
Feb 7th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Four stellar guest artists
Ax sensational in Beethoven's Piano Concert No. 4; Silvestrelli, Forbis and Wray powerful in Wagner.
Feb 5th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Wagnerian voices, pianist Emanuel Ax
MSO's German Festival ends with Act 1 of The Valkyrie and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.
Feb 3rd, 2011 by Tom Strini
4 to Tango
Frank Almond and friends play tangos and have the most fun ever.
Feb 1st, 2011 by Tom Strini
Auditions and entries
Update: RedLine seeks new artists in residence and submissions for one-act plays at the Pink Banana close Feb. 2
Jan 30th, 2011 by Third Coast Daily
The Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness
The words and music of Jacques Brel, the mid-century singer-songwriter, still wound and amuse today.
Jan 30th, 2011 by Ellen Burmeister
Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven
De Waart illumines Schumann's dense Symphony No. 3, Garrick Ohlssohn shines in Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto.
Jan 29th, 2011 by Tom Strini
