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Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience

May 1

Join the legendary Morgan Freeman on a Blues Odyssey! Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience bridges the soul-stirring music of the blues with the vibrant sound of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Academy Award winner Freeman leads an immersive live musical performance, harnessing the raw, aching power of authentic Delta Blues enhanced by live orchestra to create a soundscape that is both deeply rooted and breathtakingly expansive. Through cinematic storytelling, masterful performances by Blues artists from Ground Zero Blues Club, and sweeping orchestral arrangements, Symphonic Blues unveils the Delta’s profound cultural legacy and its indelible influence on music across the world.

 

Please note: this concert is presented in partnership with the Pabst Theater Group and is at the Riverside Theater. Tickets are NOT available through the MSO Box Office. Click here to purchase your tickets directly from the Pabst / Riverside Box Office, or call 414-242-8200.

Classics

Copland & Twain: America 250

May 8 - 10

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Bill Barclay, director; Concert Theatre Works

 

Copland
Music for Movies

Copland
Music for the Theatre

Pops

America the Beautiful: Patriotic Pops

May 22 - 24

Byron Stripling, conductor
Sydney McSweeney, vocalist

Classics

Stravinsky’s Firebird

May 29 - 30

Jader Bignamini, conductor
Giuseppe Gibboni, violin

 

Wynton Marsalis
Violin Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol

Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird (1919)