Milwaukee Symphony wraps its season with a program that includes Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Read this article where this "uncommon woman" Joan Tower reflects on six decades in classical music.
1/1 Foss: Three American Pieces Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Bella Hristova, v; Michelle DeYoung, ms; Stuart Skelton, t; Asher Fisch, cond)
1/8 Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante for Cello Dvo?ák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World (Truls Mørk, c; Hans Graf, cond)
1/15 Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, with Harp and Piano Vaughan Williams: Flower of the Field Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (Todd Levy, cl; Robert Levine, vla; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Cheryl Frazes Hill, dir; Ken-David Masur, cond)
*Note: In November 2018 the Milwaukee Symphony announced that following a 36-month international search, Ken-David Masur has been named the seventh Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Read the releaseabout his new appointment.
1/22 Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral (Evan Bagwell, boy s; Heidi Stober, s; Kelley O’Connor, ma; Anthony Dean Griffey, t; Morris Robinson, bs; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Cheryl Frazes Hill, dir; Jun Märkl, cond)
