
MSO On Stage: 2020 Series
Streaming Radio Series
PROGRAM 1: Masur Takes the Reins
Released September 22, 2020
Recorded September 13-15, 2019
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Nicolas Namoradze, piano
Wagner
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Schumann
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 54
Detlev Glanert
Brahms-Fantasie, Heliogravure für Orchester
R. Strauss
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Opus 59 (1945 version)
PROGRAM 2: Hadelich Performs Sibelius
Released September 29, 2020
Recorded September 20 & 21, 2019
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Kaija Saariaho
Ciel d’hiver
Sibelius
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 47
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36
PROGRAM 3: Sounds of Spain
Released October 6, 2020
Recorded October 4-6, 2019
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Jun Märkl, conductor
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Chabrier
España
Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain for Piano and Orchestra
Bizet/Ed. Hoffmann
Suite No. 1 from Carmen
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Opus 34
Ravel
Boléro
PROGRAM 4: All Beethoven
Released October 13, 2020
Recorded November 1-2, 2019
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Opus 21
Recorded February 29 - March 1, 2020
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Gemma New, conductor
Anthony Marwood, violin
Beethoven
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 61
Recorded November 1-2, 2019
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 36
PROGRAM 5: Mahler & Mendelssohn
Released October 20, 2020
Recorded June 28-29, 2019
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Fabien Gabel, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
Mendelssohn
Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Ous 64
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
PROGRAM 6: Mozart’s Requiem
Released October 27, 2020
Recorded September 29-30, 2017
Edo de Waart, conductor
Ives
The Unanswered Question
Recorded September 21-22, 2012
Edo de Waart, conductor
Milwaukee Children’s Choir
Marco Melendez, director
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Lee Erickson, director
John Adams
On the Transmigration of Souls
Recorded November 22-24, 2019
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo soprano
Evan LeRoy Johnson, tenor
Peixin Chen, bass
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Mozart/Sussmeyer
Requiem, K. 626
PROGRAM 7: GERSHWIN!
Released November 3, 2020
Recorded September 22-23, 2017
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Milhaud
La Création du monde, Opus 81
Gershwin
Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra
Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
PROGRAM 8: Adams and Nielsen
Released November 10, 2020
Recorded September 25 & 26, 2015
Edo de Waart, conductor
Adams
The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra
Recorded February 20 & 21, 2016
Anu Tali, conductor
Sonora Slocum, flute
Nielsen
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Recorded September April 4-6, 2014
Edo de Waart, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Adams
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Recorded October 30 & 31, 2015
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nielsen
Symphony No. 5, Opus 50
PROGRAM 9: MASUR CONDUCTS MENDELSSOHN
Released November 17, 2020
Recorded February 22 & 23, 2020
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture in C major, Opus 101
Beethoven
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 19
Gabrieli/Ed. Block
Canzon Septimi Toni à 8 (No. 2)
Gabrieli/Ed. King
Canzon Primi Toni
Gabrieli/Ed. King
Canzona per sonare No. 2
Michele Dall’Ongaro
La primavera
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Opus 90, “Italian”
PROGRAM 10: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Released November 24, 2020
Recorded January 17 & 18, 2020
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Ken-David Masur, conductor
Sergei Babayan, piano
Shostakovich
Festive Overture, Opus 96
Schnittke
(K)ein Sommernachtstraum ((Not) a Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Mussorgsky/Orch. Gorchakov
Pictures at an Exhibition
PROGRAM 11: JOYCE YANG RETURNS
Released December 1, 2020
Recorded January 24-26, 2020
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Stefan Asbury, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture, Opus 36
Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 23
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 44
PROGRAM 12: Johannes Moser Returns
Released December 8, 2020
Recorded January 31 & February 1, 2020
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Edo de Waart, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Shostakovich
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 107
Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Opus 27
PROGRAM 13: BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
Released December 15, 2020
Recorded March 14, 2020
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Peter Oundjian, conductor
Todd Levy, clarinet
Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead, Opus 29
Debussy
Première rapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra
Bernstein/Orch. Ramin
Clarinet Sonata, for solo clarinet and chamber ensemble
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67
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The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s 13-week Broadcast Series launches its 50th season in 2020, 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.
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