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Organ, Brass
& Timpani
Greg Zelek with The Diapason Brass & Timpani

Tues., May 5, 2020
7:30 p.m.
Music Program:
Stamm | Fanfare and Toccata
Rachmaninoff | Vocalise
Hillert | Three Pieces for Brass, Organ, and Timpani
Gigout | Grand Choeur Dialogue
DiLorenzo | Fire Dance
Bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Dinda | Nocturne
Weaver | Toccata
Wagner | Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin
Guilmant | Final from Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Featuring:
Greg Zelek, Organ
John Aley, Trumpet
Matthew Onstad, Trumpet
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Joanna Schulz, Horn
Joshua Biere, Tuba
John Jutsum, Timpani
8/12/202 UPDATE: MAY 5, 2020 PERFORMANCE CANCELED
In March, we announced the postponement of our Organ Performance that was planned to take place on May 5, 2020. Our hope was to reschedule the event to this fall. Unfortunately due to Overture Center for the Arts’ suspension of performances through November 2020, and the Dane County “Forward Dane” reopening plan, we are unable schedule the postponed event at this time. We expect to present this performance as part of our 2021–2022 Organ Season.
We are in the planning stages for presenting a new series of 20/21 MSO Overture Concert Organ Perfomances for this fall and the spring of 2021. Priority seating will continue to be honored for subscribers for upcoming performances.
We’re continuing to closely monitor information and guidelines coming from local, state and federal health officials, and will post updates on our website. The latest information about organ programs can be found at madisonsymphony.com/organ.
In this sound spectacular, we introduce The Diapason Brass & Timpani. The combined sonority of these six outstanding artists will complement the already highly varied tonal range of the Mighty Klais, charging this exciting repertoire with extraordinary brilliance. This unique program of music written for a variety of pairings will include Gigout’s Grand Choeur Dialogue, a transcription of Rachmaninoff’s famous Vocalise performed on horn, and an arrangement of Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ and timpani. The event will have me pulling out all the stops on our great Overture Concert Organ to match the excitement and volume of my colleagues on stage!
– Greg Zelek
John Aley, Trumpet
Matthew Onstad, Trumpet
Joanna Schulz, Horn
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Joshua Biere, Tuba
John Justum, Timpani
Greg is amazing — his playing touches our hearts. – MSO Patron
Zelek is quite extraordinary in the classical music world. – Jon Hornbacher, PBS Wisconsin Life
…the most enjoyable concert I have ever encountered. – Bill Wineke, Channel 3000
Overture Center Box Office
201 State St.
Single Tickets: (608) 258-4141
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Additional hours on Sunday event days.
About Greg Zelek
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William Steffenhagen
Elaine and Nicholas Mischler