MSO OnStage: 2017 Series
PROGRAM 1: emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
Released September 26, 2017
Recorded September 23 + 24, 2016
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Rachel Willis Sorenson, soprano
Emanuel Ax, piano
Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Opus 28
Strauss
Four Last Songs
Brahms
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 83
PROGRAM 2: Elgar's enigma
Released October 3, 2017
Recorded November 4 + 5, 2016
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David Danzmayr, conductor
Todd Levy, clarinet
Tausky
Coventry
Finzi
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, Opus 31
Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 "Enigma Variations"
PROGRAM 3: de waart conducts beethoven
Released October 10, 2017
Recorded November 19 + 20, 2016
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Christina Naughton, piano
Michelle Naughton, piano
Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 revision)
Poulenc
Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Stravinsky
Concerto in D major for String Orchestra (1961 revision)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60
PROGRAM 4: scheherazade
Released October 17, 2017
Recorded January 13 + 14, 2017
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JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cello
John Corigliano
Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles
Saint-Saens
Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 33
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Opus 35
PROGRAM 5: Triumphant Shostakovich
Released October 24, 2017
Recorded January 21 + 22, 2017
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Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
Britten
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 15
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Opus 93
PROGRAM 6: TCHAIKOVSKY’S Fourth
Released October 31, 201
Recorded January 27 + 28, 2017
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Asher Fisch, conductor
Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1, Opus 9b
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 361
Recorded June 24 - 26, 2016
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Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 232
PROGRAM 7: Poulenc's Gloria
Released November 7, 2016
Recorded February 11 + 12, 2017
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Christoph Konig, conductor
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Respighi
Belfagor Overture
Poulenc
Gloria
Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Opus 120
PROGRAM 8: The Planets
Released November 14, 2017
Recorded February 24 - 26, 2017
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Milwaukee Symphony Women's Chorus
Debussy
Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune [Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun]
Escher
Musique pour l'esprit en deuil
Holst
The Planets, Opus 32
PROGRAM 9: de Waart Conducts Mendelssohn
Released November 21, 2017
Recorded March 3 + 4, 2017
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Mozart
Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 [The Magic Flute]
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, "Scottish"
Recorded April 21 - 23, 2017
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Anu Tali, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43
PROGRAM 10: Jeremy Denk Plays Mozart
Released November 28, 2017
Recorded March 10 + 11, 2017
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Karina Canellakis, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano
Messiaen
Hymne pour grand orchestre
Mozart
Concerto No. 19 in F major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 459
Franck
Le Chasseur maudit: Poëme Symphonique
Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93
PROGRAM 11: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Released December 5, 2017
Recorded May 12 + 13, 2017
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Mozart
Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Beethoven
Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 58
Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, opus 55
PROGRAM 12: Majestic Bruckner
Released December 12, 2017
Recorded May 19 + 20, 2017
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Susan Babini, cello
Bloch
Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Bruckner (Ed. Nowak)
Symphony No. 7 in E major
PROGRAM 13: Mahler Symphony No. 3
Released December 19, 2017
Recorded May 26 - 28, 2017
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Women's Chorus
Milwaukee Children’s Chorus
Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1906 revision)
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s 13-week Broadcast Series launches its 47th season in 2017, 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.
*Program Notes will be available soon