Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Seasonally available weekday evenings 8 to 10 pm on WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXI-FM/HD 91.5-1 and online at wxxiclassical.org
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director, Maestro Edo de Waart, presents 13 star-studded, two-hour concerts.? Among the finest orchestras in the country, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is the largest cultural organization in Wisconsin. Since its inception in 1959, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has consistently received critical acclaim for artistic excellence.
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During Black History Month we celebrate the artistry of pianist Awadagin Pratt and Jessie Montgomery, who are both Black. The turbulent summer of 2020 forced the classical music industry to take a hard look at its own spotty history of inclusion. “Things have changed,” Pratt said. “It will be interesting to see if it’s sustained and what shapes it takes.” -
Erwin Schulhoff (1894 to 1942) came from a Jewish, upper-class, music-loving milieu. From 1924 Schulhoff lived with his wife Alice and son Petr in Prague, paying homage to the Viennese School of the Atonal, and traveling restlessly in Europe as an avant-garde pianist and improviser.
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Composer and conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson passed away in 2004 after having served since 1998 as the Artistic Director of Performance Programs at the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College in Chicago.
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Ellington/Tyzik's New World A-Comin'.Read more about Jeff Tyzik.
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We start the month with a fairytale opera and continue the month with Copland, Bernstein, Beethoven, Brahms, Adams and Mussorgsky. Tuesdays at 8pm.
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Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu has written over 90 film scores, a lot of concert music, and a lot of classical music. We'll hear two of his works for chamber orchestra on Jan 18th at 8pm.
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The MSO begins its first full public season in the new Bradley Symphony Center. We'll hear them on Tuesday evenings at 8pm.
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Todd Levy, principal clarinet for the MSO takes the solo spotlight performing music by Claude Debussy and Leonard Bernstein in the February 10th…
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Music director Ken-David Masur welcomes pianist Sergei Babayan to the stage to perform Prokofiev’s third concerto on the January 20th broadcast. Also…
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Join the Milwaukee Symphony on December 9th for an all-Beethoven concert in his 250th birth anniversary year. 12/2 Chabrier: España Falla: Nights in the…
