NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016-2017
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Paired to Perfection Christina & Michelle Naughton, Piano Duo
“Their playing is as close to perfection as one gets…”
—John DeMain, MSO Music Director
If you haven’t experienced the Naughton twins, you don’t know what you’re missing! These internationally-acclaimed pianists have roots here in Madison and grew up with the Madison Symphony, winning our youth concerto competitions in 2004 and 2005. Their playing is as close to perfection as one gets, and their vivid personalities soar from the stage. They will perform Mozart’s enchanting Concerto for Two Pianos, a piece that he wrote for himself and his sister. This will be our first performance of the work. We will then coax our piano duo to regale us, as they did the last time, with a stunning encore piece from their two-piano repertoire.
John DeMain
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Nathan F. Brand and Regina Millner Scott and Janet Cabot
Photo by Bill Fritsch/ HarperFritsch Studios
But the concert doesn’t stop there. We will also perform, for the first time, Debussy’s evocative Le Printemps, with all of its impressionistic colors. The concert concludes with Shostakovich’s lyrical and powerful Symphony No. 5, a particular favorite of our symphonic repertoire. Those who first heard this piece while living under Soviet repression understood the pain and suffering that it portrays deeply beneath its surface. It is a fascinating and astounding work of art.
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Fred and Mary Mohs
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Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn
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NOVEMBER 11, 12, 13 Claude Debussy Le Printemps Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5* John DeMain, Conductor Christina & Michelle Naughton, Piano Duo Prelude Discussion Pre-concert talk beginning one hour before each concert in Overture Hall
Speaker: Anders Yocom Wisconsin Public Radio Host *See page 7 for information about a special post-concert poetry reading on Sun., Nov. 13, inspired by Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5!
Marvin J. Levy
Martha and Charles Casey
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Tom and Nancy Mohs
Peggy and Tom Pyle
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and with funds from the the State National of Wisconsin Endowment the Arts and the Nationalfor Endowment for the Arts
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