PROGRAM 1: RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND CONCERTO

Released September 24, 2019

Recorded September 15-16, 2018
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Boris Giltburg, piano

Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 18

Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73

 

PROGRAM 2: STRAVINSKY & RESPIGHI

Released October 1, 2019

Recorded September 21-22, 2018
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Karina Canellakis, conductor

Boulanger
D’un soir triste

Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring] (1947 version)
Recorded November 16-18, 2018
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Jader Bignamini, Conductor

Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien, Opus 45

Respighi
I pini di Roma [The Pines of Rome]

 

PROGRAM 3: GLUZMAN PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY

Released October 8, 2019

Recorded September 28-29, 2018
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Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin

Wiesenberg
Jerusalem, for symphony orchestra

Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D major for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 35

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Opus 112, “The Year 1917”

 

PROGRAM 4: THUNDERING ORGAN SYMPHONY

Released October 15, 2019

Recorded November 9-10, 2019
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Johannes Debus, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano

Wagner
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Mozart
Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major for Piano & Orchestra, K. 595

Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78, “Organ Symphony”

 

PROGRAM 5: STRAUSS AND DVOŘÁK

Released October 22, 2019

Recorded January 18-19, 2019
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Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Frank Almond, violin

Strauss
Don Juan, Opus 20

Bartók
Deux Portraits, Opus 5 [Two Portraits]

Dvořák
Symphony No. 6 in D major, Opus 60 [old No. 1]

 

PROGRAM 6: TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHETIQUE

Released October 29, 2019

Recorded January 26-27, 2019
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Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Orli Shaham, piano

Still
Poeme for Orchestra

Bartók
Concerto No. 3 for Piano & Orchestra

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74, “Pathetique”

 

PROGRAM 7: REGAL CLASSICS

Released November 5, 2019

Recorded February 8-9, 2019
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Alexander Shelley, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin

Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture, Opus 26, “Fingal’s Cave”

Bruch
Scottish Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 46

Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major [corrected 1968 version]

 

PROGRAM 8: RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY

Released November 12, 2019

Recorded February 22-24, 2019
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Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

Prokofiev
Suite from Love for Three Oranges, Opus 33a

Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Opus 131

 

PROGRAM 9: GERMAN REQUIEM

Released November 19, 2019

Recorded March 29-30, 2019
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Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Sonora Slocum, flute
Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director

Reinecke
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra, Opus 283, in D major

Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Opus 45 [A German Requiem]

 

PROGRAM 10: DE WAART CONDUCTS MAHLER

Released November 26, 2019

Recorded April 26-27, 2019
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Edo de Waart, conductor

Mahler
Symphony No. 9 in D Major

 

PROGRAM 11: KAHANE PLAYS AND CONDUCTS

Released December 3, 2019

Recorded May 24-25, 2019
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Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Todd Levy, clarinet

Mozart
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major for Piano & Orchestra, K. 449

Schubert
Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”

Mozart
Concerto in A major for Clarinet & Orchestra, K. 622

Strauss
Overture to Die Fledermaus

 

PROGRAM 12: FRENCH MASTERS

Released December 10, 2019

Recorded June 7-8, 2019
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Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano

Matthias Pintscher
towards Osiris

Debussy
La mer

Saint-Saens
Concerto No. 5 in F major for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 103, “Egyptian”

Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy, Opus 54 [Symphony No. 4]

 

PROGRAM 13: CARMINA BURANA

Released December 17, 2019

Recorded June 21-23, 2019
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Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Sarah Shafer, soprano
Derrek Stark, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Lynn Swanson, director

John Adams
Doctor Atomic Symphony

Orff
Carmina burana

 

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s 13-week Broadcast Series launches its 49th season in 2019, making this annual program the longest continuous national broadcast series of any American orchestra. Produced by WFMT in Chicago, the series reaches over 3.8 million listeners each year through more than 183 subscriber stations across the country, in 32 states including 38 of the top 100 national markets.