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nov 15-17

Momentum

Venue: Overture Hall

Friday, Nov, 15, 2024
Free Prelude Discussion: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024
Free Prelude Discussion: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024
Free Prelude Discussion: 1:30 p.m.
Concert: 2:30 p.m.

Tickets: $15-$104

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We begin with Michael Stern making his MSO debut as guest conductor leading Jonathan Leshnoff’s Rush for Orchestra, a driving and exciting work that builds a tremendous amount of energy throughout. Garrick Ohlsson, an audience and orchestra favorite, makes his eighth appearance with us performing Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, a romantic masterpiece infused with the spirit of his Norwegian homeland. Dmitri Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 5, which he humbly described as “the practical answer of a Soviet artist to justified criticism” in a subtle and bitter reaction to the Russia of Joseph Stalin, brings this concert to a close.

Michael Stern, Guest Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

music

Concert Run Time: Approx. 90 minutes, plus 20 minute intermission

Jonathan Leshnoff, Rush for Orchestra*
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 
Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
*MSO Premiere

Read Michael Allsen’s Program Notes

Enhance Your Concert Experience

Prelude Discussion
Enjoy a 30-minute conversation with guest conductor Michael Stern and MSO Executive Director Robert A. Reed starting one hour before each concert in Overture Hall. Free to ticket-holders.

Take Note: Drinks Allowed in Overture Hall
Please take note that drinks are allowed inside Overture Hall during all Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts. You may pre-order food and drink to be picked up in the lobby, or order at bars and concession stands located around the Overture Hall lobby before each concert and during intermission. Please enjoy food in the lobby and unwrap any candy or cough drops before the performance begins. Thank you!

Stern is a dynamic force on the podium, conducting with exaggerated gestures and forceful mannerisms, truly exerting all his energy during the performance.  – The Atlanta Journal

I was moved to tears by the end of the performance! So beautiful.  – MSO Patron

Garrick Ohlsson’s subtle expressive touch . . . spellbinding!  – MSO Patron

Garrick Ohlsson’s mastery could only be described as “sublime.”  – MSO Patron

Meet the Artists

mso music director john demain

Michael Stern, Guest Conductor

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mso music director john demain

Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

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mso music director john demain

Jonathan Leshnoff, Composer

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Presenting Sponsor

Myrna Larson

Major Sponsors

Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation, Inc.

Stephen D. Morton

Fred Mohs, in memory of Mary Mohs

Additional Sponsors

 

Ronald J. and Janet E. Johnson

 

Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc.

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

Details

Start:
November 15
End:
November 17
Event Category:

Venue

Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703 United States
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