1617 MSO Classics Season Brochure

16 Classics 2017

It’s Edo’s final season.

BE THERE FOR EVERY LAST NOTE.

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2016.17 Guest Artists CONDUCTORS

Join us as we celebrate the orchestra Edo has built.

The MSO’s 2009.10 season marked the beginning of the Era of Edo. Seven seasons and 174 performances later, the Era of Edo has come full circle. Maestro Edo de Waart has guided our orchestra along the road to excellence. And we have arrived.

Edo’s final season begins with an astounding cast of internationally-acclaimed opera artists in a semi-staged production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

From there, the season is peppered with an array of exceptional artists, some familiar, some new. Expect nothing less than thrilling performances by pianists Emanuel Ax, Ronald Brautigam, the Naughton sisters, Behzod Abduraimov, and Jeremy Denk. Enchanting vocalists are sure to leave you speechless, yet cheering.

Cellist Zuill Bailey and violinist Itzhak Perlman provide breathtaking performances.

And MSO principal players showcase their brilliance as soloists.

There’s no doubt: premiere orchestra builder Edo de Waart has left an indelible mark on the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. It’s Edo’s final season. Be there for

Karina Canellakis David Danzmayr Yaniv Dinur JoAnn Falletta Asher Fisch Matthew Halls Carlos Kalmar Christoph König Cristian M˘acelaru Larry Rachleff Anu Tali SOLOISTS

Behzod Abduraimov Emanuel Ax Zuill Bailey Ronald Brautigam Jeremy Denk Joélle Harvey Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Anna Larsson Amanda Majeski Susanne Mentzer Christina & Michelle Naughton Itzhak Perlman Elina Vähälä Rachel Willis-Sørenson MSO VIRTUOSI

Frank Almond, violin Susan Babini, cello Todd Levy, clarinet Ilana Setapen, violin MSO Chorus

every last note.

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Season Opener

This season’s must-see performance —— the conclusion of our da Ponte Mozart Cycle

The Marriage of Figaro EDO DE WAART conductor | ROBIN GUARINO director

MOZART Le nozze di Figaro Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony’s performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte have left audiences cheering. Now their Mozart cycle comes to a triumphant conclusion. One of the greatest operas ever conceived, The Marriage of Figaro, features an internationally acclaimed cast, live on the stage of Uihlein Hall. It’s the operatic event of the year!

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Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms EDO DE WAART conductor EMANUEL AX piano RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSON soprano STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks STRAUSS Four Last Songs BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 The Washington Post describes his artistry as “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous…” Emanuel Ax joins Edo de Waart for Brahms’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 2. And Rachel Willis-Sørenson sings the poignant Four Last Songs from the twilight of Richard Strauss’s long career.

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The Glory of the Basilica YANIV DINUR conductor | MSO CHORUS BÅNG Hav WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal BRAUN Chapter 3 from Song of Songs BRAHMS Nänie JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Ocean “Like the sea at dawn, Become Ocean presents a gorgeous surface, yet its heaving motion conveys overwhelming force…tonally centered, almost to the point of lushness,” wrote Alex Ross in The New Yorker. “It may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical history. I went away reeling.”

Experience this Pulitzer-prize winning masterwork in the splendor of the Basilica of St. Josaphat.

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Elgar’s Enigma

DAVID DANZMAYR conductor | TODD LEVY clarinet

TAUSKY Coventry FINZI Clarinet Concerto ELGAR Enigma Variations “I can only write when the spirit moves me," confided Sir Edward Elgar. But when he was inspired, his music could move an entire kingdom. The great and noble Enigma Variations are miniature portraits of the composer’s friends, loved ones, and even himself.

The moving “Nimrod” variation is one of the greatest moments in the repertoire.

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Romeo + Juliet

CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor | FRANK ALMOND violin HAYDN Symphony No. 966 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo & Juliet

Prokofiev’s sensuous music illuminates Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden love. And MSO Concertmaster Frank Almond plays an early violin concerto by the teenage Mozart.

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de Waart Conducts Beethoven

EDO DE WAART conductor | CHRISTINA & MICHELLE NAUGHTON pianos BRITTEN Simple Symphony POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Experience Beethoven’s magnificent Symphony No. 4 — and once again encounter his genius. And, the electrifying Christina & Michelle Naughton play Poulenc’s captivating Concerto for Two Pianos.

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Scheherazade

JOANN FALLETTA conductor | ZUILL BAILEY cello CORIGLIANO Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

Sensuous, exotic, even erotic, Scheherazade is a spectacular showpiece for the Milwaukee Symphony.

Also, the incomparable Zuill Bailey plays Saint-Saëns’s brilliant First Cello Concerto. “A consummate cellist.” raves Fanfare Magazine.

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Triumphant Shostakovich CARLOS KALMAR conductor | ELINA VÄHÄLÄ violin BRITTEN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 Shostakovich’s triumphant Tenth Symphony is a personal testament written following Stalin’s death, and the beginning of a new musical freedom for the composer.

Elina Vähälä is one of the foremost interpreters of Britten’s blistering concerto.

“Britten's solo lines use percussive attacks as much as drawn-out phrases,” reported The Oregonian, “and hers were spellbinding…”

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Tchaikovsky ’s Fourth

ASHER FISCH conductor | AMANDA MAJESKI soprano

SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1 WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 His life in constant turmoil, Tchaikovsky poured his soul into each of his symphonies. Symphonies that would express his inner anguish and romantic passions as no music had ever dared to. Asher Fisch leads the searing Fourth Symphony.

Wagner-master Fisch also leads the Wesendonck Songs — Wagner’s setting of poetic dreams by the woman he loved, and could never win.

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Poulenc’s Gloria

CHRISTOPH KÖNIG conductor | MSO CHORUS

RESPIGHI Belfagor Overture POULENC Gloria SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 This is music that stirs the soul…and celebrates the spirit. Hear the magnificent Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in Poulenc’s inspiring Gloria.

Also, Christoph König conducts Robert Schumann’s joyous Fourth Symphony.

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The Planets

EDO DE WAART conductor | MSO WOMEN’S CHORUS

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ESCHER Musique pour l’esprit en deuil HOLST The Planets Majestic in its scope. Dazzling in its sound. There is nothing to match the experience of hearing, live in concert, The Planets. Experience the ultimate trip through the galaxy as the Milwaukee Symphony and Edo de Waart perform Gustav Holst’s sonic celestial showpiece.

Also, Debussy’s impressionistic masterpiece, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

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03 + 04 MA RCH 2017

Beethoven Triple Concerto

EDO DE WAART conductor | JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN piano | JAIME LAREDO violin | SHARON ROBINSON cello BACH-SCHOENBERG Chorales BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”

A Beethoven rarity! The exuberant Triple Concerto, expertly played by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo, and cellist Sharon Robinson. Plus, Mendelssohn’s symphonic souvenir of his visit to the highlands, the “Scottish” Symphony.

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Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart KARINA CANELLAKIS conductor | JEREMY DENK piano

MESSIAEN Hymne du Saint Sacrament MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 FRANCK Le chasseur maudit BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 “Jeremy Denk played with tremendous verve and contagious brilliance,” reported the Los Angeles Times.

Hear him in Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 19.

Plus, Beethoven’s delightful Eighth Symphony under the baton of rising maestro Karina Canellakis.

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Mozart’s Requiem at the Basilica

MATTHEW HALLS conductor | MSO CHORUS MOZART Requiem Mozart’s was a genius that proclaimed itself early.

Developed swiftly. And vanished all too soon.

The Milwaukee Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and soloists, under acclaimed conductor Matthew Halls, performs Mozart’s final testament — the immortal Requiem. A profoundly affecting concert experience — in the magnificence of the Basilica of St. Josaphat.

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Rachmaninoff + Beethoven ANU TALI conductor | BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV piano RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 No other musical statement can match its raw power and bracing energy. Experience Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, plus Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with 25-year old piano sensation Behzod Abduraimov.

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12 + 13 MAY 2017

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 EDO DE WAART conductor | RONALD BRAUTIGAM piano MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 ELGAR Symphony No. 1 Ronald Brautigam played Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Edo de Waart six seasons ago — and audiences were left cheering. Now he returns for the poetic Piano Concerto No. 4. Also, Edo de Waart conducts Elgar’s regal First Symphony.

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Majestic Bruckner EDO DE WAART conductor | SUSAN BABINI cello BLOCH Schelomo BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 Bruckner’s vast symphonic landscape, the Seventh Symphony, is a specialty of Edo de Waart. Epic in its scope. Unrivaled in its power and majesty. The Orchestra’s principal cellist plays the soulful Schelomo of Ernest Bloch.

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26 – 28 MAY 2017

Mahler Symphony No. 3: Edo de Waart’s Grand Finale

EDO DE WAART conductor | ANNA LARSSON mezzo-soprano | MSO WOMEN’S CHORUS MAHLER Symphony No. 3

“Imagine,” wrote Gustav Mahler, “a symphony so vast that it reflects the whole world. An instrument on which the universe plays.” Edo de Waart concludes his tenure as Music Director with Mahler's colossal Symphony No. 3, which transforms all of nature into music.

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Barber’s Violin Concerto

LARRY RACHLEFF conductor | ILANA SETAPEN violin DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture BARBER Violin Concerto PIERRE JALBERT New Work LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

The haunting, exquisite Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber is one of the very finest of the last century, and the ideal showpiece for MSO Associate Concertmaster Ilana Setapen.

This final concert of the season showcases the virtuosity of the Milwaukee Symphony in Lutosławski’s luminous Concerto for Orchestra.

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7:00p Pre-concert Meet the Music 8:00p Performance 10:00p Post-concert Talkback

Friday 7 11 NOVEMBER 2016

Romeo + Juliet

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin

13 JANUARY 2017

Scheherazade

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello

27 JANUARY 2017

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano

24 FEBRUARY 2017

The Planets

Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus

03 MARCH 2017

Beethoven Triple Concerto

Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

12 MAY 2017

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano

26 MAY 2017

Edo’s Finale

Mahler Symphony No. 3

Friday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Chase.

Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus

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Saturday 7

7:00 p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 8:00p Performance Unless otherwise indicated

A 7:00p | 17 SEPTEMBER 2016

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor

24 SEPTEMBER 2016

Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms

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7:00p | 17 OR 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

22 OCTOBER 2016

19 NOVEMBER 2016

Edo de Waart, conductor

BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT

Edo de Waart, conductor

de Waart Conducts Beethoven

Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano

The Glory of the Basilica

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Edo de Waart, conductor Christina + Michelle Naughton, pianos

12 NOVEMBER 2016

05 NOVEMBER 2016

21 JANUARY 2017

Romeo + Juliet

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin

28 JANUARY 2017

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano

04 MARCH 2017

Beethoven Triple Concerto

Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

08 APRIL 2017

Rachmaninoff + Beethoven

Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano

27 MAY 2017

Edo’s Finale

Mahler Symphony No. 3

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Elgar’s Enigma

David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet

14 JANUARY 2017

Scheherazade

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello

25 FEBRUARY 2017

The Planets

Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus

11 MARCH 2017

Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart

Karina Canellakis, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano

13 MAY 2017

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano

Triumphant Shostakovich

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin

11 FEBRUARY 2017

Poulenc’s Gloria

Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus

01 APRIL 2017 BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT

Mozart’s Requiem Matthew Halls, conductor MSO Chorus

20 MAY 2017

Majestic Bruckner Edo de Waart, conductor Susan Babini, cello

17 JUNE 2017

Barber’s Violin Concerto Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin

Saturday 9 A 7:00p | 17 OR 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor

24 SEPTEMBER 2016

Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms

7:00 p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 8:00p Performance Unless otherwise indicated For our Saturday18 Series, simply combine Series 9A and 9B, and add October 22.

B 7:00p | 17 SEPTEMBER 2016

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor

05 NOVEMBER 2016

Elgar’s Enigma

David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet

Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano

19 NOVEMBER 2016

12 NOVEMBER 2016

Edo de Waart, conductor Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos

Romeo + Juliet

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin

14 JANUARY 2017

Scheherazade

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello

28 JANUARY 2017

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano

de Waart Conducts Beethoven 21 JANUARY 2017

Triumphant Shostakovich

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin

11 FEBRUARY 2017

Poulenc’s Gloria

Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus

04 MARCH 2017

The Planets

Beethoven Triple Concerto

11 MARCH 2017

08 APRIL 2017

Karina Canellakis, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano

Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano

25 FEBRUARY 2017 Edo de Waart, conductor MSO Women’s Chorus

Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart 13 MAY 2017

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano

27 MAY 2017

Edo’s Finale

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus

Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

Rachmaninoff + Beethoven

Saturday evening performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Rockwell Automation.

20 MAY 2017

Majestic Bruckner Edo de Waart, conductor Susan Babini, cello

17 JUNE 2017

Barber’s Violin Concerto Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin

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Sunday Matinee

1:30p Pre-concert: Meet the Music 2:30p Performance Unless otherwise indicated

4:00p | 18 SEPTEMBER 2016

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Edo de Waart, conductor

20 NOVEMBER 2016

de Waart Conducts Beethoven

Edo de Waart, conductor Christina + Michelle Naughton, pianos

22 JANUARY 2017

Triumphant Shostakovich

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin

12 FEBRUARY 2017

Poulenc’s Gloria

Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus

26 FEBRUARY 2017

The Planets

Edo de Waart, conductor

09 APRIL 2017 Sunday matinee performances sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund and Johnson Controls.

Rachmaninoff + Beethoven

Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano

28 MAY 2017

Edo’s Finale

Mahler Symphony No. 3

Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano MSO Women’s Chorus

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Elgar’s Enigma

Respighi Belfagor Overture Poulenc Gloria Schumann Symphony No. 4

Poulenc’s Gloria

Christoph König, conductor MSO Chorus

Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1 Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Britten Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Corigliano Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles Saint-Säens Cello Concerto No. 1 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Britten Simple Symphony Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Beethoven Symphony No. 4

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth

Asher Fisch, conductor Amanda Majeski, soprano

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin

Triumphant Shostakovich

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello

Scheherazade

Edo de Waart, conductor Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos

de Waart Conducts Beethoven

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Frank Almond, violin

Romeo + Juliet

David Danzmayr, conductor Todd Levy, clarinet

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Haydn Symphony No. 96 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet

Bång Hav Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal Braun Chapter 3 from Song of Songs Brahms Nänie John Luther Adams Become Ocean

The Glory of the Basilica

Edo de Waart, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Rachel Willis-Sørenson, soprano

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Strauss Four Last Songs Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2

Mozart Le nozze di Figaro

For the Saturday 18 Series, combine Saturday 9A+ 9B; includes the Basilica performance on October 22, 2016.

Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms

Edo de Waart, conductor

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro

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Messiaen Hymn du Saint Sacrament Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 Franck Le chasseur maudit Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Mozart Requiem

Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart

Mozart’s Requiem at the Basilica

Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Elgar Symphony No. 1 Bloch Schelomo Bruckner Symphony No. 7

Mahler Symphony No. 3

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Majestic Bruckner

Edo’s Finale

Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts

27 September 2016 | 7:30p

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05.27

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02.25

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05.20

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05.27

05.13

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03.04

For complete concert descriptions, see pages 6– 29. Programs subject to change. Friday Prelude Series: 23 September, 04 November, 10 March, 07 April, 19 May, and 16 June at 11:15a. Please consult Prelude brochure or mso.org for more information.

Itzhak Perlman

Special Performance

Larry Rachleff, conductor Ilana Setapen, violin

Barber’s Violin Concerto

Edo de Waart, conductor Anna Larsson, soprano MSO Women’s Chorus

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

Edo de Waart, conductor Susan Babini, cello

Edo de Waart, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano

Dvořák Carnival Overture Barber Violin Concerto Pierre Jalbert New Work Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra

Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Anu Tali, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano

Rachmaninov + Beethoven

Matthew Halls, conductor MSO Chorus

Karina Canellakis, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano

Edo de Waart, conductor Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

Bach-Schoenberg Chorales Beethoven Triple Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”

Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Escher Musique pour l’esprit en deuil Holst The Planets

Beethoven Triple Concerto

Edo de Waart, conductor

The Planets

05.28

04.09

02.26

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