Classical

Review: Present Music’s Wherehouse lightning
Review

Present Music’s Wherehouse lightning

Can new-music chamber concerts be sexy? Oh yes.

Du Yun, Present Music’s Wherehouse diva

Du Yun, Present Music’s Wherehouse diva

Du Yun, Present Music's guest, is at home performing in clubs or composing for the Detroit Symphony.

Review: Guest Artists deliver at Summer Evenings of Music
Review

Guest Artists deliver at Summer Evenings of Music

Clarinetist Patrick Messina and pianist Anna Polonsky enhance the Fine Arts Quartet's summer series at UWM.

Review: Hamlisch’s Patriotic Pops
Review

Hamlisch’s Patriotic Pops

The MSO's closing program is more Americana than Americanism, as Hamlisch minimizes the jingo and maximizes the jingle.

This Week at the MSO Pops: An early July 4
This Week at the MSO Pops

An early July 4

Marvin Hamlisch ends the orchestra season with patriotic numbers by songwriters whose hearts beat true to the red, white and blue.

Review: Fine Arts Quartet’s summer opener
Review

Fine Arts Quartet’s summer opener

Pianist Christopher Taylor is the quartet's guest artist on a satisfying program.

Review: The MSO’s Mahler Third
Review

The MSO’s Mahler Third

Yes, this symphony means something. Something important.

Thoughts and notes as the season winds down

Thoughts and notes as the season winds down

The Fine Arts Quartet, Frankly Music, those incredible dance students at UWM, Edo and Antwerp, the MSO and Carnegie Hall.

A lovely evening for Jazz in the Park

A lovely evening for Jazz in the Park

Blue skies, mild temperatures and a good crowd made for a great start to the first concert in the series.

Young pianists stroke keys in weeklong competition

Young pianists stroke keys in weeklong competition

One player will be crowned the North American Piano Competition king/queen this Wednesday

This Week at the MSO: de Waart and Mahler’s Third
This Week at the MSO

de Waart and Mahler’s Third

The MSO's music director has conducted Mahler's Symphony No. 3 dozens of times over 35 years. It remains a fascinating puzzle, just provisionally solved.

Review: The Skylight’s Evening with a very human Gilbert & Sullivan
Review

The Skylight’s Evening with a very human Gilbert & Sullivan

Dale Gutzman ingeniously weaves operetta artifice, Skylight tradition and compelling character development.