2020.21 Season at a Glance
Beethoven's Ninth
October 23 – October 25
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Aizuri Quartet
TBD, soprano
TBD, mezzo-soprano
TBD, tenor
TBD, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Eric Nathan
(New Commission)
John Adams
Absolute Jest
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Scheherazade
October 30 – October 31
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Third Coast Percussion
Somei Satoh
Saga
Takemitsu
From Me Flows What You Call Time
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
French Masters
November 13 – November 14
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cello
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Aube
Lalo
Cello Concerto in D minor
Franck
Symphony in D minor
De Waart & Brautigam
November 20 – November 22
Edo de Waart, conductor
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Schreker
Kammersinfonie
Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
Peer Gynt
January 22 – January 24
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Bill Barclay, stage director
Concert Theatre Works
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Grieg
Peer Gynt
Stage to Screen
January 29 – January 30
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Weill
Threepenny Opera Suite (1928)
Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kijé (1934)
Weill
Songs (1920s, 30s, 40s)
Korngold
Suite from Captain Blood
Gershwin's Second Rhapsody
February 5 – February 7
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Ives
Three Places in New England (1911)
Florence Price
Piano Concerto (1932)
Barber
Symphony No. 1 in One Movement (1935)
Still
Out of the Silence (1940)
Gershwin
Second Rhapsody (1931)
Handel's Royal Fireworks
February 19 – February 20
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Rameau
Suite from Naïs
Handel
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 2
Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings
Purcell
Incidental Music from Abdelazer
Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Bruckner's Symphony No. 4
February 26 – February 28
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Mendelssohn
Overture to Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1
Bruckner
Symphony No. 4
Bohemian Rhapsody
March 5 – March 6
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Janáček
Jealousy
Dvořák
Violin Concerto
Smetana
The Moldau
Kodály
Suite from Háry János
Beethoven's Seventh
March 19 – March 21
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise
Sebastian Currier
Aether, for violin and orchestra
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
French Offerings
March 26 – March 27
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
TBD, baritone
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps
Messiaen
Les offrandes oubliées
Canteloube
Chants d’Auvergne
Duruflé
Requiem
Enigma Variations
April 16 – April 17
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Markus Stenz, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano
Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1
Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Elgar
Enigma Variations
Augustin Hadelich Returns
May 14 – May 16
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Dvořák
Carnival Overture
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky
Suite from Swan Lake
Courtly Favors
May 21 – May 22
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Susato
Renaissance Dances
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky
Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks”
Gabrieli
Canzon septimi toni
Brahms
Serenade No. 2
Alpine Symphony
May 28 – May 30
Edo de Waart, conductor
Strauss
Serenade in E-flat major
Strauss
Metamorphosen
Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie
The Dharma at Big Sur
June 11 – June 12
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Tracy Silverman, electric violin
Adam Larsen, visual artist
Sibelius
Symphony No. 4
Walker
Lyric for Strings
John Adams
The Dharma at Big Sur
Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
June 18 – June 20
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
TBD, soprano
TBD, mezzo-soprano
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Mahler
Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Puttin' on the Ritz
November 6 – November 8
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Michael Feinstein, piano + vocals
Holiday Pops!
December 11 – December 13
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Shayna Steele, vocalist
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
Prohibition
February 12 – February 14
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Myra-Maud, vocalist
Madison Claire Parks, vocalist
Bronson Norris Murphy, vocalist
Piazzolla Centennial Celebration
March 12 – March 14
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Hector Del Curto, bandoneón
The Streisand Songbook
April 9 – April 11
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist
Totally '80s
April 30 – May 2
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Stuart Chafetz, conductor
Nicole Parker, vocalist
Aaron Finley, vocalist
Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown
June 4 – June 6
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Shayna Steele, vocalist
Chester Gregory, vocalist
Michael Lynche, vocalist
John Williams Conducts
October 10
At the Bradley Symphony Center
John Williams, conductor
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Singin' in the Rain
October 16 – October 18
At the Bradley Symphony Center
TBD, conductor
Ghostbusters
November 27 – November 29
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
The Princess Bride
January 2 – January 3
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Joyce DiDonato: Songplay
February 18
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Joyce DiDonato, vocalist
Yo Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
March 3
At the Bradley Symphony Center
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano