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The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Ken-David Masur, and Community Partners Present Bach Fest
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The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Ken-David Masur, and Community Partners Present Bach Fest

The MSO and community partners throughout Milwaukee celebrate the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach

Classical: Philomusica Quartet Tackles Rare Fare
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Philomusica Quartet Tackles Rare Fare

Chausson's unique concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, and little-known works by Bruckner and Lekeu.

Classical: Present Music Goes Crazy For The Cello
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Present Music Goes Crazy For The Cello

Featuring renowned musicians and composers Paul Wiancko and Pamela Z.

Classical: Four Works About Friendship
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Four Works About Friendship

Philomusica Quartet plays works by Schubert, Smetana, Puccini and Grant Still.

Classical: Young Brahms, Old Brahms
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Young Brahms, Old Brahms

Frankly Music goes almost all Brahms, featuring 'one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet.'

Philomusica Quartet Returns To The East Side Monday

Philomusica Quartet Returns To The East Side Monday

String quartet will close its spring season with show at Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

Classical: Gabriel Kahane Comes to Town
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Gabriel Kahane Comes to Town

Guest performer with Present Music fuses folk and classical music, called 'one of the finest, most searching songwriters.'

Classical: Philomusica Quartet In a French Mood
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Philomusica Quartet In a French Mood

Playing works by French composers César Franck and Édouard Lalo and Pulitzer-Prize winning American Caroline Shaw.

Acclaimed Songwriter / Composer Gabriel Kahane to Perform Landmark “Magnificent Bird” Album Live With Present Music
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Acclaimed Songwriter / Composer Gabriel Kahane to Perform Landmark “Magnificent Bird” Album Live With Present Music

Introspective Songs Written In Year Off Internet, During Pandemic

Classical: Philomusica Quartet To Perform “Transcendence and Mystery”
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Philomusica Quartet To Perform “Transcendence and Mystery”

Performance Monday at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Classical: Three Great Works for Piano Quintet
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Three Great Works for Piano Quintet

MSO Resident Conductor and formidable pianist Yaniv Dinur performs with the Philomusica Quartet.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Opens Eighth Season
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Milwaukee Musaik Opens Eighth Season

An all-Bach program including three of his Brandenburg concertos.

Classical: Philomusica Quartet Will Highlight Little Known Composers, Compositions
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Philomusica Quartet Will Highlight Little Known Composers, Compositions

The selections include compositions by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ludwig van Beethoven Vivian Fine and Astor Piazzolla.

Classical: Philomusica Offers Autumnal Beauty
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Philomusica Offers Autumnal Beauty

Quartet performs a classic by Brahams and two surprise works by Bruch and Copland.

Classical: Philomusica Quartet Returns to East Side
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Philomusica Quartet Returns to East Side

Quartet goes back to playing some more urban concerts. Beethoven, Schubert, Beach on the program.

Classical: Philomusica Performs Playful Waltzes
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Philomusica Performs Playful Waltzes

The group is holding its second concert of the season at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

Classical: Philomusica Does Unique Work by Haydn
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Philomusica Does Unique Work by Haydn

His Seven Last Words of Christ is still the most performed musical setting of this text.

Classical: Two Different Kinds of Romance
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Two Different Kinds of Romance

Philomusica Quartet plays romantic works by Grieg and Dvorak and a Bruckner rarity.

Classical: The Power of Papa Haydn
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The Power of Papa Haydn

Philomusica Quartet does works by Beethoven, Pleyel, Fanny Mendelssohn, all influenced by Haydn.

Classical: We’re Playing Three Great Composers
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We’re Playing Three Great Composers

Philomusica Quartet does Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich.

Classical: Off the Beaten Path
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Off the Beaten Path

Philomusica Quartet performs Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Part, who rarely wrote quartets.

Classical: Beyond the Dead White Europeans
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Beyond the Dead White Europeans

Present Music offers a unique four night concert of diverse composers.

Classical: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Philomusica Quartet plays great works by Brahms, Dvorak, influenced by past giants.

Give Chance a Piece
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Give Chance a Piece

Four fortuitous concerts, seven compositions, in four distinct venues

Classical: Philomusica Plays Three Curiosities
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Philomusica Plays Three Curiosities

But just how fast should they take that tricky Faure quartet?

Music: Getting Wild at the Wherehouse
Music

Getting Wild at the Wherehouse

Present Music concert mixes classical, folk, jazz and hip-hop styles.

Classical: Piano Joins Quartet, Lovely Results
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Piano Joins Quartet, Lovely Results

Guest pianist Eli Kalman joins Philomusica Quartet in boffo program.

Classical: Philomusica To Play Rare Beethoven Piece
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Philomusica To Play Rare Beethoven Piece

Quartet will play piece Monday at Wisconsin Lutheran College

Classical: 12 Short Works By Musical Giants
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12 Short Works By Musical Giants

And performed in three different venues. That's how Present Music rolls.

Present Music Celebrates 5th Annual Chamber Series with ‘GIANTS’
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Present Music Celebrates 5th Annual Chamber Series with ‘GIANTS’

Concerts feature five musicians and 100 metronomes in three intimate venues

Classical: Philomusica Plays Two Crowd Pleasers
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Philomusica Plays Two Crowd Pleasers

Ravel and Dvorak quartets are familiar, well-loved and quite different from each other.

Classical: Return of the Philomusica Quartet
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Return of the Philomusica Quartet

Opening concert of their ninth season offers Haydn, Schubert, Webern.

Classical: Taking on Beethoven’s Greatest Quartet
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Taking on Beethoven’s Greatest Quartet

Philomusica Quartet's season finale features key Beethoven work, plus Schubert, Mozart.

Classical: Four Cool Concerts Coming Sunday
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Four Cool Concerts Coming Sunday

Concerts by Frank Almond, Philomusica Quartet and others, all in one day.

Classical: Strings & Reeds & Ping Pong Balls
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Strings & Reeds & Ping Pong Balls

Present Music deftly handles six very different works and wins the game.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Rolls A Lucky Seven
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Milwaukee Musaik Rolls A Lucky Seven

Newly-formed musical group will perform septets by Beethoven and Charles Wood.

Classical: Present Music Pulls Out All The Stops
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Present Music Pulls Out All The Stops

"In The Chamber" concert offers intimate performance of six wildly different works.

Classical: MSO Flutist Steals The Show
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MSO Flutist Steals The Show

Sonora Slocum soars in Nielson concerto, but guest conductor Anu Tali is a letdown.

Classical: In a Late Romantic Mood
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In a Late Romantic Mood

Philomusica Quartet plays late romantic works by Russian and French composers.

Classical: Milwaukee Musaik Makes Strong Debut
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Milwaukee Musaik Makes Strong Debut

The fun concert included contemporary updates of musical jokes by Mozart.

Classical: Joys and Sorrows of Chamber Music
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Joys and Sorrows of Chamber Music

Conservatory’s festival offered wonderful playing by Prometheus Trio and Philomusica Quartet

Classical: Holiday Celebration Includes Three Concerts
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Holiday Celebration Includes Three Concerts

Wisconsin Conservatory celebration includes concerts by Prometheus Trio and Philomusica Quartet.

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.