MSO 2009/10 SEASON LISTING

PROGRAM 1
The de Waart Era Begins!
September 26-27, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano
BERNSTEIN | Symphony No. 1
MAHLER | Symphony No. 5

PROGRAM 2
Beethoven & Brahms
October 2-3, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Frank Almond, violin
Joseph Johnson, cello
QIGANG CHEN |Five Elements
BRAHMS | Double Concerto
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 7

PROGRAM 3
Ravishing Rachmaninoff
October 16-18, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF | Symphony No. 2

PROGRAM 4
Bluebeard’s Castle
October 30-31, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
BARTOK | Bluebeard’s Castle

PROGRAM 5
The Genius of Mozart
November 6-7, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano
MOZART | Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
MOZART | Piano Concerto No. 27
SHOSTAKOVICH | Symphony No. 11

PROGRAM 6
Bruckner’s Masterpiece
November 13-14, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Lawrence Renes, conductor
BRUCKNER | Symphony No. 8

PROGRAM 7
Moser Plays Shostakovich
January 15-16, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Paul Daniel, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
JAMES MACMILLAN | Sinfonietta
SHOSTAKOVICH| Cello Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN | Symphony No. 4

PROGRAM 8
Dazzling Nikolaj Znaider
January 22-23, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
GABRIELI | Sonata
FAURE | Requiem
ELGAR | Violin Concerto

PROGRAM 9
Fliter Plays Mozart
January 29-30, 2010 | Uihelin Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN| Gambit
MOZART | Piano Concerto No. 23
WAGNER/de Vlieger | Die Meistersinger

PROGRAM 10
Romantic Tchaikovsky
February 12-13, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Rossen Milanov, conductor
John Lill, piano
WILLIAM BOLCOM |Commedia for (Almost) 18th Century Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY | Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY | Petrouchka (1947)

PROGRAM 11
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
February 19-21, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Nicholas McGegan, conductor and harpsichord
Frank Almond, leader
THOMAS ADES | Three Studies from Couperin
VIVALDI | The Four Seasons
SCHUBERT | Symphony No. 4

PROGRAM 12
All-Beethoven
March 5-7, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN | Violin Concerto

PROGRAM 13
An American in Paris
March 12-13, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Todd Levy, clarinet
COPLAND | El Salon Mexico
MARC NEIKRUG | Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
JOHN ADAMS | Dr. Atomic Symphony
GERSHWIN | An American in Paris

PROGRAM 14
Ohlsson Plays Chopin
April 2-3, 2010 | Uihelin Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BERLIOZ | Beatrice et Benedict Overture
CHOPIN | Piano Concerto No. 2
ELGAR | Symphony No. 1

PROGRAM 15
Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique”
April 23-25, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Masafumi Hori, violin
FAURE | Pelleas et Melisande Suite
TAKEMITSU | Far Calls, Coming, Far!
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No. 6

PROGRAM 16
Brahms Loving “Requiem”
April 30-May 1, 2010 | Uihelin Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
STRAVINSKY | Symphony of Psalms
BRAHMS | German Requiem

PROGRAM 17
Spritely Saint-Saens
May 28-29, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano
SAINT-SAENS | Danse macabre
SAINT-SAENS | Piano Concerto No. 2
SAINT-SAENS | Symphony No. 3

PROGRAM 18
Season Finale: Mahler’s Third
June 4-6, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
MAHLER | Symphony No. 3

SPECIAL 1
Yo-Yo Ma
September 30, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto
MAHLER | Symphony No. 5

SPECIAL 2
Lang Lang
April 21, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Edo de Waart, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
BEETHOVEN | Coriolan Overture
PROKOFIEV | Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 6

MSO 2009/10 POPS SEASON

PROGRAM 1
Nothin' But the Blues
September 18, 19, 20, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Byron Stripling, trumpet
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone
Bobby Floyd, organ/piano
Carmen Bradford, vocalist
Steve Moretti, drum set

PROGRAM 2
Holiday Pops
December 4, 5, 6, 2009 | Uihlein Hall
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

PROGRAM 3
Cirque de la Symphonie
January 1, 2, 3, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Stuart Chafetz, conductor

PROGRAM 4
S'Wonderful: The Music of George Gershwin
February 5, 6, 7, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

PROGRAM 5
Hooray for Hollywood
April 9, 10, 11, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Jack Everly, conductor

SPECIAL
Wynonna at the Riverside Theater
May 4, 2010 | Riverside Theater
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

PROGRAM 6
Stars & Stripes with Marvin Hamlisch
June 11, 12, 13, 2010 | Uihlein Hall
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor