PROGRAM 1: The Bach Effect

Released September 21, 2021

Recorded June 11-13, 2021
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Ken David Masur, conductor

Mozart
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492

Recorded April 24-25, 2021
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 104

Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. 4 in C minor

Villa Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras no. 9, A449

Nathan
Dancing with JS BACH II

Pärt
Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte...

 

Program 2: Schermerhorn Conducts Wagner

Released  September 28, 2021

Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
Jessye Norman, soprano
Jess Thomas, tenor
Thomas Paul, bass

 Wagner
Tannhauser: Overture and Bacchanale

 Wagner
"Die Walküre", Act One

 

Program 3: Foss Conducts Foss

Released  October 5^th, 2021

Recorded April 15-16, 1989

Lukas Foss, conductor
Carolann Page, soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

Foss
Ode for Orchestra

Foss
Song of Songs

Foss
With Music Strong (MSO Commission)

 

Program 4: Storm & Drive

Released October 12, 2021

Recorded May 7-8, 2021
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Ken David- Masur, conductor

Stamitz
Symphony in E-flat Major, Opus 11, No. 3

Franz Xaver Richter
Sinfonia in C minor

WF Bach
Sinfonia in D minor, BR-WEB C7/Fk 65

CPE Bach
Sinfonia III in F Major, Wq 183/3

Mozart
Symphony No. 20 in D major, K 133

 

Program 5: Dvořák’s ‘Stabat Mater’

Released October 19, 2021

Zdeněk Macal, conductor
Barbera Pearson, soprano
Janice Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Jonahan Welch, tenor
Curt Link, bass
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

Dvořák
Stabat Mater, op. 58

 

Program 6: Masur Conducts Chamber Works

Released October 26, 2021

Recorded April 17, 2021
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Takemitsu
Rain Coming for chamber orchestra

Gounod
Petite symphonie for Wind Instruments

Takemitsu
Tree Line for chamber orchestra

Recorded May 21-23, 2021
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Vaughan Williams
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Elgar
Serenade in E minor for String Orchestra, Opus 20

Holst
St. Paul’s Suite for Orchestra

 

Program 7: Skrowaczewski Conducts Bruckner

Released November 2^nd, 2021

Recorded March 7-9, 1996

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1887/90)

 

Program 8: Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Released November 9, 2021

Recorded June 4-5, 2021
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Haydn
Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major “La Reine”

Joseph Boulogne
Overture and Ballet Music from L’Amont Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) 

Haydn
Symphony No. 86 in D major

 

Program 9: Delfs Conducts Hansel and Gretel

Released November 16, 2021

Recorded March 20, 2021
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Andreas Delfs, conductor
Anna Christy, soprano
Heidi Murphy, soprano
Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Janice Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Robert Orth, Baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Women’s Chorus
Milwaukee Children’s Choir

Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel, A Fairytale Opera in Three Acts

 

Program 10: de Waart Conducts Nielsen and Beethoven

Released November 23, 2021

Recorded October 30-31, 2015

Edo De Waart, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Nielsen
Symphony No. 5, Opus 50

Beethoven
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 61

 

Program 11: American Masterworks

Released November 30, 2021

Recorded January 12-13, 2018
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Edo De Waart, conductor
Margaret Butler, english horn
Matthew Ernst, trumpet
Phillipe Quint, violin

Copland
Quiet City

Bernstein
Serenade

Adams
Harmonielehre

 

Program 12: Pictures at an Exhibition

Released December 7, 2021

Recorded January 12-18, 2020
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Mussorgsky/Orch. Gorchakow
Pictures at an Exhibition

Recorded September 15-16, 2018
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 (40’)

 

Program 13: Towards Resolution

Released December 14, 2021

Recorded June 18-19, 2021
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Ken-David Masur, conductor

Daniel Kidane
Towards Resolution

Purcell
Fantasia upon One Note, in F Major, Z. 745

Errki Salmenhaara
Canzonetta for String Orchestra

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2 for String Orchestra

Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Opus 92

 

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s 13-week Broadcast Series launches its 51st season in 2021, 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.