On Tuesday, September 12, WPR host Norman Gilliland gave a presentation as part of the Madison Symphony Orchestra League’s “Behind the Music” event. This talk discussed the four pieces that the MSO will perform September 22-24 in Overture Hall. Watch...
On January, 19, 2023, pianist Yefim Bronfman graciously took time out of his busy schedule to chat with us about Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. “It encompasses many different emotions, from nostalgia to tragic qualities… the lyricism of...
Experience a remarkable 50 minute journey with MSO’s Music Director John DeMain and Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins. You’ll learn how Maestro DeMain discovered Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto in D, and the ways he and Kelly are approaching the...
Our January 21-23 concerts, Premiere Debut, feature the Madison premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto in D. Learn more about this incredible composer and what makes Violin Concerto in D such a compelling piece! Buy tickets to Premiere Debut We are...
Our November 12-14 concerts, Grand Panorama, features the Madison premiere of George Walker’s Lyric for Strings. Learn more about this incredible composer and what makes Lyric for Strings such a compelling piece! Buy tickets to Grand Panorama Composer and...
Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a spotlight on Black and African-American composers of classical music. Madison Symphony Orchestra Music Director John DeMain shares reflections and discoveries. Diversity — Black and African-American classical...