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Wednesday, February 1,2012
2012 Spring Arts Guide

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

By John Jahn
Even for a composer as heart-on-your-sleeve emotional as Peter Tchaikovsky, his Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1878) stands out for its wrenching emotionalism. At...
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Wednesday, February 1,2012
2012 Spring Arts Guide

Philomusica Quartet

By John Jahn
For this concert, the Philomusica Quartet—Jeanyi Kim and Alexander “Sascha” Mandl on violin, Nathan Hackett on viola and Adrien Zitoun on cello—performs works by three...
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Wednesday, February 1,2012
2012 Spring Arts Guide

Ensemble Musical Offering

By John Jahn
Even when he was separated from a liturgical necessity, J.S. Bach still cultivated interest in the musical genre that characterized so many of his religious works: the cantata...
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Wednesday, February 1,2012
2012 Spring Arts Guide

Prometheus Trio

By John Jahn
Mozart's Sonata for Piano, Four Hands, K. 497 (1786)—to be performed here as an arrangement for piano trio—is a four-movement work in the form of a church sonata. Its...
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Wednesday, February 1,2012
2012 Spring Arts Guide

Florentine Opera Company

By John Jahn
Idomeneo was Mozart's first truly great opera, its orchestration being one of its glories. The composer's frequent use of the chorus and extensive ballet displays a French style...
Tuesday, November 22,2011
Books

Remembering the 'Pearl Harbor Christmas'

Weintraub examines incongruity of December 1941

By John Jahn
As traumatizing as the Dec. 7 raid on Pearl Harbor had been, the hits just kept on coming as Germany's grip on Europe tightened and the Japanese followed their attack on Hawaii with invasions throughout the South Pacific. For the Allies, December...
Monday, October 10,2011
Classical Music/Dance

The Romance of Robert Schumann at MSO

By John Jahn
Robert Schumann's reputation as a master of Romantic piano music has, to some degree, overshadowed his work in other genres; indeed, it has long been fashionable to bemoan his lack...
Tuesday, September 20,2011
Classical Music/Dance

Beethoven Concert Something to Talk About

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's season opener

By John Jahn
In the spring of 1787, an awkward teenager from Bonn arrived in Vienna on a mission: to meet and impress the era's greatest composer, Wolfgang Mozart. Their meeting was brief, but Mozart heard enough to advise his guests to “keep an eye on him...
Thursday, September 1,2011
2011 Fall Arts Guide

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth

By John Jahn
Maestro Edo de Waart kicks off the orchestra's season with an all-Beethoven concert— indeed, three of Beethoven's benchmark pieces. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21...
Wednesday, March 16,2011
Classical Music/Dance

Present Music: Bits of Bittová, Rhythms by Reich

Classical Preview

By John Jahn
"The violin accompanies me all the time. Everything around me is under its influence," explains singer, violinist, composer and actress Iva Bittová. "The violin is a mirror reflecting my dreams and imagination," she continues, both of which surely will be made most evident in an upcoming concert. She was born in the Moravian section...
 
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