Once again, WPR is proud to broadcast the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Summer Concert Series. We offer you two opportunities to hear these concerts, Sunday afternoons at 2pm:
- The NPR News & Classical Network: from July 3 through September 25.
- WPR's 24 Hour HD2 Classical service: from July 17 through October 9.
(More on our HD2 services)
July 3, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on July 17)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Pamela Armstrong, soprano; Meredith Arwady, contralto; Vinson Cole, tenor; Oren Gradus, bass; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
- John Adams: Tromba Lontana
- Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring (1945 orchestration)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral
July 10, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on July 24)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Joseph Kalichstein, piano
- Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
- Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E-Minor
July 17, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on July 31)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Joyce Yang, piano
- Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
- Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
July 24, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on August 7)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Frank Almond, violin
- Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46
- Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
- Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
July 31, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on August 14)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Christine Goerke, soprano; Hugh Russell, baritone; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
- Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
August 7, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on August 21)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Ronald Brautigam, piano
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
- Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
- R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40
August 14, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on August 28)
CONDUCTOR: Andreas Delfs
SOLOISTS: Ellie Dehn, soprano (Magna Peccatrix); Jennifer Check, soprano (Una Poenitentium); Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano (Mater Gloriosa); Susan Platts, alto (Mulier Samaritana); Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, alto (Maria Aegyptiaca); Anthony Dean-Griffey, tenor (Doctor Marianus); Quinn Kelsey, baritone (Pater Ecstaticus); Nathan Berg, bass (Pater Profundus); Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director; Master singers of Milwaukee, Eric Townell, director; Milwaukee Children's Choir, Emily Holt Crocker, director
- Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, Symphony of a Thousand
August 21, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on September 4)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
- Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, Rhenish
- Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, Emperor
August 28, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on September 11)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Emanuel Ax, piano; Margaret Jane Wray, soprano; Clifton Forbis, tenor; Andrea Silverstrelli, bass
- Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
- Wagner: Act 1 from Die Walküre
September 4, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on September 18)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- John Adams: Harmonium
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica
September 11, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on September 25)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Gil Shaham, violin
- Delius/arr. Thomas Beecham: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- William Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
September 18, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on October 2)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Xavier Phillips, cello
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
- Elgar: Concerto in E Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
September 25, 2011 (also available on HD2 Classical on October 9)
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Twyla Robinson, soprano; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director; Milwaukee Children's Choir Jubilate, Carol Storck, director
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection
