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YOU BELONG WHERE BREATHTAKING MUSIC MAKES ITS HOME. Long-time patrons feel it, and so do first-time subscribers. Classics devotees, and pops fanatics too. Matinee audiences, and the Saturday night crowd as well. It’s a feeling of belonging when you attend a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert. Of being at home amidst the music, musicians, and fellow music-lovers.

We invite you to reserve your seats for 2018.19, a season guaranteed to make you feel welcome.

Marvel at the celebrated artistry of Milwaukee Symphony musicians. See world-renowned conductors and soloists live and in person.

Open your senses to concert programs of beloved masterpieces and stunning new works.

Secure your seats now, so that when the first note sounds, you’ll be where you belong.

Together, we make our hometown hum.

Milwaukee and the MSO share a devotion to music that reverberates to every corner of our community, from orchestral hall – to soaring cathedral – to school auditorium – to the highly-anticipated new home of the Symphony, the historic Warner Grand Theater, expected to open in 2020. Wherever Milwaukee welcomes the MSO, we’re right at home.

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SEASON OPENER

RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO He was plagued by self-doubt. And had abandoned his music. But when inspired to compose again, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the music that would make him immortal. Boris Giltburg, the Moscow-born Israeli virtuoso plays the Second Piano Concerto. “His vision will place him among the truly memorable Rachmaninoff interpreters, an elect including Horowitz, Richter, and Cliburn,” raves Gramophone. And Karina Canellakis conducts Stravinsky’s savage masterpiece, The Rite of Spring.

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SEPTEMBER 15 8:00 pm SEPTEMBER 16 2:30 pm Karina Canellakis, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano Andrew Norman (New Work - US Premiere) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

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Sunwook Kim

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS In her second week of concerts, Karina Canellakis leads the lyrical D’un soir triste by the tragically short-lived Lili Boulanger. These concerts also feature Brahms’s poetic Second Symphony. And with Sunwook Kim, Dvořák’s lively Piano Concerto. “A masterly, musicianly soloist with an ability to shift from fantasy to fireworks and back in a gasp,” declared the Portsmouth News.

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SEPTEMBER 21 11:15 am SEPTEMBER 22 8:00 pm Karina Canellakis, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano L. Boulanger D’un soir triste Dvořák Piano Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 2

Yaniv Dinur

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY “Commanding technique, visionary breadth and incendiary passion,” says The Washington Post of violinist Vadim Gluzman. Gluzman plays Tchaikovsky’s blazing Violin Concerto. And MSO associate conductor Yaniv Dinur returns to lead the triumphant Twelfth Symphony of Shostakovich, his heartfelt tribute to the year of 1917.

SEPTEMBER 28 8:00 pm SEPTEMBER 29 8:00 pm Yaniv Dinur, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin Menachem Wiesenberg Jerusalem Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 12 “The Year 1917”

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Catherine Chen

MOZART IN THE BASILICA Today, more than 250 years after his birth, the music of Mozart still speaks to us. Moves us. And leaves us breathless.

Experience his genius in the splendor of the Basilica.

AT THE BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT

OCTOBER 19 8:00 pm OCTOBER 20 8:00 pm

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Catherine Chen, bassoon Mozart Bassoon Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 29

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Louis Lortie

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY There is no other symphony like it. More than a century after its premiere, it remains unrivaled in its scope and majesty. Experience Saint-Saëns’s floor-shaking “Organ Symphony”. Also, Louis Lortie reveals the exquisite genius of Mozart in one of the master’s finest concertos.

NOVEMBER 9 11:15 am NOVEMBER 10 8:00 pm Johannes Debus, conductor Louis Lortie, piano Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony” mso.org | 7

Jader Bignamini

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME Feel the sonic power of the Milwaukee Symphony in Respighi’s roaring Pines of Rome, with brass blazing from the four corners of the Marcus Center.

And the highly accomplished Joshua Roman performs.

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NOVEMBER 16 + 17 8:00 pm NOVEMBER 18 2:30 pm Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello Dvořák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Respighi Pines of Rome

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HANDEL’S MESSIAH The greatest story ever told. The most majestic music ever conceived. Handel’s Messiah, with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Experience music’s most powerful message of faith. It’s the Messiah of the season!

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DECEMBER 19 7:30 pm AT THE BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT

DECEMBER 20 - 22 7:30 pm DECEMBER 23 4:00 pm Christopher Seaman, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

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Edo de Waart

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN The new year begins as Edo de Waart conducts Wagner’s thrilling The Flying Dutchman. Wagner’s most concise opera is a sweeping allegory of the redemptive power of unconditional love. An internationallyacclaimed cast combine with breathtaking visual effects never before seen in Uihlein Hall. The concert event of the season!

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JANUARY 11 7:30 pm JANUARY 13 2:30 pm Edo de Waart, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Wagner The Flying Dutchman

Carlos Kalmar

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK The Milwaukee Symphony’s beloved concertmaster Frank Almond takes center stage for a pair of blistering showpieces by Ravel and Bartók. And Carlos Kalmar leads Strauss’s Don Juan, and Dvořák’s idyllic Sixth Symphony.

JANUARY 18 + 19 8:00 pm Carlos Kalmar, conductor Frank Almond, violin Strauss Don Juan Bartók Two Portraits Ravel Tzigane Dvořák Symphony No. 6

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Orli Shaham

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE Music of power. And of passion. Tchaikovsky’s final work – the “Pathetique” Symphony. Plus music of Bartók – and American composer William Grant Still, his haunting Poem for Orchestra. Plus, Orli Shaham returns to perform Bartók’s expressive concerto.

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JANUARY 26 8:00 pm JANUARY 27 2:30 pm Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Orli Shaham, piano Still Poem for Orchestra Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”

Alexander Shelley

REGAL CLASSICS It begins in the Scottish isles with Mendelssohn’s popular Hebrides Overture. Continues with Bruch’s joyous Scottish Fantasy on folk tunes. And lands in London with the rousing First Symphony of William Walton – a stunning showpiece for orchestra!

FEBRUARY 8 + 9 8:00 pm Alexander Shelley, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Bruch Scottish Fantasy Walton Symphony No. 1

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Dima Slobodeniouk

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff once declared, “I try to make my music speak simply and directly that which is in my heart.” Hear the ravishing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini when the dazzling Simon Trpčeski returns.

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FEBRUARY 22 11:15 am FEBRUARY 23 8:00 pm FEBRUARY 24 2:30 pm Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano Prokofiev Suite from Love of Three Oranges Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Prokofiev Symphony No. 7

CLASSICS

THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE BASILICA Year after year. Season after season. The music of Vivaldi blooms in perennial splendor. The Four Seasons brings spring to the Basilica.

AT THE BASILICA OF ST. JOSAPHAT

MARCH 15 + 16 8:00 pm MARCH 17 4:00 pm Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Vivaldi “Spring” from The Four Seasons Kodaly Summer Evening Vivaldi “Summer” from The Four Seasons Vivaldi “Autumn” from The Four Seasons Wagner Siegfried Idyll Vivaldi “Winter” from The Four Seasons mso.org | 15

Eun Sun Kim

GERMAN REQUIEM It was a work Brahms labored over for a dozen years.

Consoled by the psalms, the gospels, and the prophets, he set their words to his music. Music that would be his grandest. Perhaps even his greatest. Eun Sun Kim leads the Milwaukee Symphony and Chorus in Brahms’s poetic settings from the Bible, A German Requiem. And MSO’s own Sonora Slocum performs Reinecke’s robust concerto for flute.

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MARCH 29 + 30 8:00 pm Eun Sun Kim, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Sonora Slocum, flute Reinecke Flute Concerto Brahms A German Requiem

Edo de Waart

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER It is the composer’s last completed symphony. To many, his greatest. Edo de Waart conducts the sublime Ninth Symphony of Gustav Mahler. Poignant and profound, the Ninth is Mahler’s moving testament of the artist and his own mortality. A powerfully affecting concert experience.

APRIL 26 + 27 8:00 pm Edo de Waart, conductor Mahler Symphony No. 9

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Jeffrey Kahane

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS It languished unperformed for over 40 years.

Never finished, and heard only in Schubert’s fevered imagination. Jeffrey Kahane leads Schubert’s immortal “Unfinished” Symphony. Plus music of Mozart: the magnificent Clarinet Concerto with our own Todd Levy.

And conducting from the keyboard Kahane plays the Piano Concerto No. 14.

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MAY 24 11:15 am MAY 25 8:00 pm Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano Todd Levy, clarinet Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 Schubert Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” Mozart Clarinet Concerto J. Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus

Matthias Pintscher

FRENCH MASTERS “Music,” wrote Claude Debussy, “must be as boundless as the wind. The sky. The sea.” La mer is Debussy’s seductive impression of the crashing waves. These concerts also feature Saint-Saens’s exotic “Egyptian” Piano Concerto.

JUNE 7 11:15 am JUNE 8 8:00 pm Matthias Pintscher, conductor Javier Perianes, piano Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Egyptian” Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Debussy La mer

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Francesco Lecce-Chong

CARMINA BURANA It is both sacred and profane. It is of romantic love and carnal desire. Francesco Lecce-Chong conducts the Milwaukee Symphony and Chorus in Carl Orff ’s ecstatic Carmina burana. If you have never heard it live, in concert, prepare for an awesome experience. Plus, John Adams’s mesmerizing Doctor Atomic Symphony.

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JUNE 21 + 22 8:00 pm JUNE 23 2:30 pm Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony Orff Carmina burana

Simone Lamsma

MAHLER & MENDELSSOHN A symphonic powerhouse. Youthful, wild, exuberant.

Your season comes to a spectacular conclusion as Fabien Gabel and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra perform Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony. And the breathtaking Simone Lamsma plays Mendelssohn’s joyful Violin Concerto.

JUNE 28 11:15 am JUNE 29 8:00 pm Fabien Gabel, conductor Simone Lamsma, violin Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1 “The Titan”

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FRIDAY SERIES FRIDAY PRELUDE –

FRIDAY –

10:15 am Meet the Music * 11:15 am Performance 1:30 pm Luncheon (additional charge)

7:00 pm Meet the Music * 8:00 pm Performance 10:00 pm Post-concert: Talkback

SEPTEMBER 21

SEPTEMBER 28

Karina Canellakis, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin

NOVEMBER 9

NOVEMBER 16

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS PG. 4

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY PG. 7

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY PG. 5

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME PG. 8

Johannes Debus, conductor Louis Lortie, piano

Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

FEBRUARY 22

JANUARY 18

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY PG. 14

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK PG. 11

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Frank Almond, violin

MAY 24

FEBRUARY 8

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano Todd Levy, clarinet

Alexander Shelley, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin

JUNE 7

MARCH 29

Matthias Pintscher, conductor Javier Perianes, piano

Eun Sun Kim, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Sonora Slocum, flute

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS PG. 18

FRENCH MASTERS PG. 19

JUNE 28

MAHLER & MENDELSSOHN PG. 21

Fabien Gabel, conductor Simone Lamsma, violin

REGAL CLASSICS PG. 13

GERMAN REQUIEM PG. 16

APRIL 26

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER PG. 17

Edo de Waart, conductor

JUNE 21

CARMINA BURANA PG. 20

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

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SATURDAY SERIES SATURDAY –

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7:00 pm Meet the Music * 8:00 pm Performance – unless indicated

7:00 pm Meet the Music * 8:00 pm Performance

SEPTEMBER 15

SEPTEMBER 22

Karina Canellakis, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano

Karina Canellakis, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano

SEPTEMBER 29

OCTOBER 20

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Catherine Chen, bassoon

NOVEMBER 10

NOVEMBER 17

Johannes Debus, conductor Louis Lortie, piano

Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 | 7:30 pm THE FLYING DUTCHMAN PG. 10

JANUARY 19

RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO PG. 2-3

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY PG. 5

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY PG. 7

Edo de Waart, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

JANUARY 26

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE PG. 12

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Orli Shaham, piano

FEBRUARY 23

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY PG. 14

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS PG. 4

MOZART IN THE BASILICA PG. 6

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME PG. 8

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK PG. 11

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Frank Almond, violin

FEBRUARY 9

REGAL CLASSICS PG. 13

Alexander Shelley, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin

MARCH 16

THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE BASILICA PG. 15

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano

APRIL 27

MARCH 30

Edo de Waart, conductor

GERMAN REQUIEM PG. 16

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER PG. 17

JUNE 8

Eun Sun Kim, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Sonora Slocum, flute

Matthias Pintscher, conductor Javier Perianes, piano

MAY 25

JUNE 29

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano Todd Levy, clarinet

Fabien Gabel, conductor Simone Lamsma, violin

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS PG. 18

FRENCH MASTERS PG. 19

MAHLER & MENDELSSOHN PG. 21

JUNE 22

CARMINA BURANA PG. 20

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

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SATURDAY SERIES CONTINUED SATURDAY –

SATURDAY –

7:00 pm Meet the Music * 8:00 pm Performance

7:00 pm Meet the Music * 8:00 pm Performance

SEPTEMBER 15

SEPTEMBER 22

Karina Canellakis, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano

Karina Canellakis, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano

SEPTEMBER 29

NOVEMBER 10

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin

Johannes Debus, conductor Louis Lortie, piano

NOVEMBER 17

JANUARY 19

RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO PG. 2-3

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY PG. 5

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME PG. 8

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS PG. 4

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY PG. 7

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK PG. 11

Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Frank Almond, violin

JANUARY 26

FEBRUARY 9

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Orli Shaham, piano

Alexander Shelley, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin

FEBRUARY 23

MARCH 30

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano

Eun Sun Kim, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Sonora Slocum, flute

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE PG. 12

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY PG. 14

APRIL 27

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER PG. 17

Edo de Waart, conductor

REGAL CLASSICS PG. 13

GERMAN REQUIEM PG. 16

MAY 25

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS PG. 18

JUNE 8

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano Todd Levy, clarinet

Matthias Pintscher, conductor Javier Perianes, piano

JUNE 22

FRENCH MASTERS PG. 19

CARMINA BURANA PG. 20

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

SATURDAY – The Saturday – 18 package consists of both Saturday – 9A and Saturday – 9B packages.

See page 25 for listings.

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SUNDAY SERIES SUNDAY – 1:30 pm Meet the Music * 2:30 pm Performance – unless indicated SEPTEMBER 16

RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO PG. 2-3

Karina Canellakis, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano

NOVEMBER 18

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME PG. 8

Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

JANUARY 13

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN PG. 10

Edo de Waart, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

JANUARY 27

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE PG. 12

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Orli Shaham, piano

FEBRUARY 24

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY PG. 14

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano

MARCH 17 | 4:00 pm

THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE BASILICA PG. 15

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

JUNE 23

CARMINA BURANA PG. 20

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

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Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony” Dvořák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Respighi Pines of Rome

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY PG. 7

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME PG. 8

Still Poem for Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE PG. 12

Carlos Kalmar, conductor Frank Almond, violin

Strauss Don Juan Bartók Two Portraits Ravel Tzigane Dvořák Symphony No. 6

Wagner The Flying Dutchman

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK PG. 11

Edo de Waart, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN PG. 10

Christopher Seaman, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

HANDEL’S MESSIAH PG. 9

Jader Bignamini, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

Johannes Debus, conductor Louis Lortie, piano

Handel Messiah

Mozart Bassoon Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 29

MOZART IN THE BASILICA PG. 6

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Catherine Chen, bassoon

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L. Boulanger D’un soir triste Dvořák Piano Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 2

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Menachem Wiesenberg Jerusalem Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 12 “The Year 1917”

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin

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Andrew Norman (New Work - US Premiere) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY PG. 5

Karina Canellakis, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS PG. 4

Karina Canellakis, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano

RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO PG. 2-3

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GERMAN REQUIEM PG. 16

Fabien Gabel, conductor Simone Lamsma, violin

MAHLER & MENDELSSOHN PG. 21

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director

CARMINA BURANA PG. 20

Matthias Pintscher, conductor Javier Perianes, piano

FRENCH MASTERS PG. 19

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor + piano Todd Levy, clarinet

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS PG. 18

Edo de Waart, conductor

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER PG. 17

Eun Sun Kim, conductor Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, chorus director Sonora Slocum, flute

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1 “The Titan”

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Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 “The Egyptian” Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Debussy La mer John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony Orff Carmina burana

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 Schubert Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” Mozart Clarinet Concerto J. Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus

Mahler Symphony No. 9

Reinecke Flute Concerto Brahms A German Requiem

Vivaldi “Spring” from The Four Seasons Kodaly Summer Evening Vivaldi “Summer” from The Four Seasons Vivaldi “Autumn” from The Four Seasons Wagner Siegfried Idyll Vivaldi “Winter” from The Four Seasons

THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE BASILICA PG. 15

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano

Prokofiev Suite from Love of Three Oranges Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Prokofiev Symphony No. 7

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Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Bruch Scottish Fantasy Walton Symphony No. 1 FEB 8

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Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY PG. 14

Alexander Shelley, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin

REGAL CLASSICS PG. 13

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Orli Shaham, piano

JUN 22

MAY 25

MAR 30

FEB 23

26

JUN 29

JUN 8

APR 27

MAR 16

FEB 9

JUN 8

APR 27

FEB 23

26

JUN 22

MAY 25

MAR 30

FEB 9

JUN 23

MAR 17 4:00 PM

FEB 24

27

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Experience a feeling of belonging each time you attend a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert. Feel at home amidst the music, musicians, and fellow music-lovers.

Marvel at the celebrated artistry of Milwaukee Symphony musicians. See world-renowned conductors and soloists live and in person. Open your senses to concert programs of beloved masterpieces and stunning new works.

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SEASON AT A GLANCE RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO SEPT. 15 + 16

REGAL CLASSICS FEB. 8 + 9

DVOŘÁK & BRAHMS SEPT. 21 + 22

RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY FEB. 22 - 24

GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY SEPT 28 + 29

THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE BASILICA MAR. 15 - 17

MOZART IN THE BASILICA OCT. 19 + 20

GERMAN REQUIEM MAR. 29 + 30

THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY NOV. 9 + 10

DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER APR. 26 + 27

ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS: PINES OF ROME NOV. 16 - 18

KAHANE PLAYS & CONDUCTS MAY 24 + 25

HANDEL’S MESSIAH DEC. 19 - 23

FRENCH MASTERS JUN. 7 + 8

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN JAN. 11 + 13

CARMINA BURANA JUN. 21 - 23

STRAUSS & DVOŘÁK JAN. 18 + 19

MAHLER & MENDELSSOHN JUN. 28 + 29

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE JAN. 26 + 27

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