2022.23 Season at a Glance
Rachmaninoff Piano & Lively Dances
Friday, February 17 – Sunday, February 19
Markus Stenz, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók
Dance Suite
Bizet
Carmen Suite
Music of Clyne, Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
Friday, February 24 – Saturday, February 25
Han-Na Chang, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Anna Clyne
This Midnight Hour
Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5
Music of Montgomery & Dvořák
Friday, March 3 – Saturday, March 4
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Jessie Montgomery
Records from a Vanishing City
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvořák
Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Don Juan & Beethoven Piano
Friday, April 14 – Saturday, April 15
Roderick Cox, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
R. Strauss
Don Juan
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius
Symphony No. 5
Joyce Yang Plays Mozart
Friday, May 5 – Saturday, May 6
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Dvořák
In Nature’s Realm
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
Lutoslawski
Concerto for Orchestra
The Zodiac & The Planets
Friday, May 26 – Sunday, May 28
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano & artistic partner
Women of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Williams
Zodiac Suite
Holst
The Planets
Jupiter & Serenade
Friday, June 9 – Sunday, June 11
Edo de Waart, conductor
Matthew Annin, horn
Brahms
Serenade No. 2
R. Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1
Mozart
Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Friday, June 16 – Saturday, June 17
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Mahler
Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Music of the Knights
Friday, February 10 – Sunday, February 12
Nicholas Buc, conductor
Kelli Rabke, vocalist
Lorinda Lisitza, vocalist
Blaine Krauss, vocalist
Scott Coulter, vocalist
John Boswell, piano and vocalist
The Doo Wop Project
Friday, March 17 – Sunday, March 19
Jack Everly, conductor
Charl Brown, vocalist
John Michael Dias, vocalist
Russell Fischer, vocalist
Dominic Nolfi, vocalist
Sonny Paladino, vocalist
Nicholas Ward, vocalist
Aretha: Queen of Soul
Friday, April 21 – Sunday, April 23
TBD, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocalist
Ryan Shaw, vocalist
Uptown Nights
Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4
Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet
Carmen Bradford, vocalist
Leo Manzari, tap dancer
Rick Steves' Europe: A Symphonic Journey
Saturday, March 11 – Sunday, March 12
Rick Steves, host
Brahms v. Radiohead
Friday, March 31 – Saturday, April 1
Steve Hackman, conductor
Andrew Lipke, vocalist
Nai Kéren, vocalist
Bill Porkopow, vocalist
An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell
Friday, April 28
Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist
Ellen & Joe Checota Sponsor Joshua Bell
Tuesday, June 20
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Chausson
Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Bruch
Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Friday, March 10
Branford Marsalis, saxophones
Joey Calderazzo, piano
Eric Revis, bass
Justin Faulkner, drums
Rhythm in Your Rubbish
Sunday, February 26
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Platypus Theatre Company
Cardy, Patrick
Original music for “Rhythm in Your Rubbish”
Copland
Buckaroo Holiday
Von Tilzer (arr. Wagler)
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Brahms
Lullaby
Prokofiev
“Masks” and “Scene” from Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite (excerpt)
Symphony Spring Break II: A Sensory Friendly Concert
Sunday, April 16
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Salon Series with Jennifer Bouton Schaub and MSO Woodwinds
Thursday, June 8
Jennifer Bouton Schaub, piccolo
MSO Woodwinds