Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Sundays at 6 pm
July 1, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
July 8, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Simon Trpceski, piano
Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Grieg: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
John Adams: Harmonielehre
July 15, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Yuri Yamashita, percussion
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
July 22, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
July 29, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Julian Kuerti
Gyorgy Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, Prague
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, Scottish
August 5, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Evian Rogister
SOLOIST: Mark Niehaus, trumpet
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Major for Strings, Op. 48
Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
August 12, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in C Major, D. 944, The Great (formerly No. 9)
Stravinsky/Ed.
Clinton F. Nieweg: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1947 revision)
August 19, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOIST: Joyce Yang, piano
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
August 26, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture Fantasy
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
I. Miniature Overture
II. Characteristic Dances:
March
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Russian Dance
Arabian Dance
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Reed Flutes
III. Waltz of the Flowers
Copland: Symphony No. 3
September 2, 2012
CONDUCTOR: James Gaffigan
SOLOIST: Frank Almond, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 26 in D Minor, Lamentatione
Glazunov: Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 82
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60 (old No. 1)
September 9, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
Messiaen: Meditation symphonique, Les offrandes oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)
Debussy: La mer (The sea)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major (1881)
September 16, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Edo de Waart
SOLOISTS: Xiaoduo Chen, soprano; Meng Meng, soprano (Qingyi); Wu Man (Pipa); Yani Yi (Zheng); Hong Wang (Erhu)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Chen: Suite Concertante, Iris dévoilée (Iris unveiled)
September 23, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Matthias Pintscher
SOLOIST: Todd Levy, clarinet
Anton von Webern: Im Sommerwind
Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String orchestra, with Harp and Piano
Pintscher: towards Osiris
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet) (original 1910 version)