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This Month at the Madison Symphony…

 

Great things come in threes, and this performance, directed by John DeMain, is no exception, showcasing three of Beethoven’s masterworks, all composed within about three years of each other. We begin with the dramatic Leonore Overture No. 3. Next, we bring an exquisite trio of soloists together: violinist Gil Shaham, his sister, pianist Orli Shaham, and exceptional cellist Sterling Elliott. Together, they play Beethoven’s all-too-infrequently-performed “Triple Concerto.” Beethoven’s miraculous Symphony No. 2, an early but groundbreaking work written at the dawning of his realization that he was going deaf, takes this concert to an emotional close.

Event Details
Venue:
 Overture Hall
When: Friday & Saturday, January 17-18th at 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 19th at 2:30 pm
All tickets $15-$104

Featuring
John DeMain, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
Orli Shaham, Piano
Sterling Elliott, Cello

Prelude Discussion: Enjoy a 30-minute talk with Randal Swiggum starting one hour before each concert in Overture Hall. Free to ticketholders.

Other News & Stories

WORT-FM Interview with Music Director John DeMain!

Madison Symphony Orchestra Music Director John DeMain spoke with Ava Borelli about the upcoming performances of “Beethoven x 3,” Jan. 17 -19 in Overture Hall. You can listen to the interview online by clicking the link below.

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We Have Our Finalists for the 2025 Final Forte!

The Semi-Final Round of the 2025 Bolz Competition was a success last week! Congratulations to our four finalists below:

Atticus Coen, Piano (Senior, Sun Prairie East High School)
Indre Raghavan, Violin (Junior, Middleton High School)
Vivian Van de Sype Cucu, Viola (Senior, University School of Milwaukee)
Lucy Wu, Cello (Junior, Whitefish Bay High School)

The Final Forte will be on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Overture Hall.

Up Next: The Most Festive Weekend of the Season!

MSO on the Go: Waunakee Community High School
Thursday, February 13th at 7:00 pm

Under the baton of MSO Associate Conductor Kyle Knox you’ll have the opportunity to experience your Symphony live, at Waunakee Community High School’s Performing Arts Center. Several students participated in a two-hour workshop led by Kyle Knox. The young conductor selected, Mac Earleywine-Fayas, will have the rare opportunity to lead the orchestra for Bizet’s Farandole.

Rhapsodie Quartet Performance
Friday, February 14th at 7:00 pm

The resident quartet of our award-winning HeartStrings® program, the Rhapsodie Quartet includes our Co-Concertmaster Suzanne BeiaPrincipal Violist Christopher DozorystPrincipal Cellist Karl Lavine, and Violinist Laura Burns. United in mission, the members of the quartet create a fusion of talent, passion, and heart in their performances. Join us at the WYSO Center for Music at no cost because it’s FREE and open to the public! 

Organ Performance – Limmie Pulliam
Tuesday, February 25th at 7:30 pm

Limmie Pulliam awed our Madison audience with his performances in Madison Opera’s Tosca and our own 2023 MSO Christmas concert. MSO Organist, Greg Zelek will join forces with Mr. Pulliam in a program featuring some of the most well-known operatic arias, gospel works arranged for organ and tenor, and solo organ arrangements of opera overtures and instrumentals. We can’t wait to bring Mr. Pulliam back to wow our audience once again!

Upcoming Community Events

 

Forward Theater: Summer, 1976

January 30th-February 16th

Forward Theater’s next production will be Summer, 1976 by David Auburn. The summer of America’s Bicentennial finds Diana, an artist, and Alice, a professor’s wife, thrown together through a faculty babysitting co-op at Ohio State. As they navigate migraines and marriage crises, tantrums and road trips, they build an expansive and intimate friendship as full of possibility, and as fleeting, as summer. The show will take place at The Playhouse at Overture Center and feature Colleen Madden and Heidi Armbruster in alternating roles!
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Madison Opera: Maria de Buenos Aires

January 31st & February 2nd

Born in the slums of Buenos Aires “one day when God was drunk,” Maria turns to the city in a desperate quest for freedom, falling in love with the city’s tango rhythms. Her dark, surreal story is told through song, poetry, and dance, as Maria and those around her reckon with violence, death, and ultimately rebirth. Join the Madison Opera for a night of stunning music and extraordinary dancing featuring Kanopy Dance. Learn more and buy tickets.
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Verona Area Community Bands: Journeys and Destinations
February 6th

The Verona Area Community Bands (VACB) are performing their winter concert, Journeys and Destinations, in the VAHS Performing Arts Center on Thursday, February 6th at 7:30 PM. VACB concerts are free admission. Come to enjoy classic and modern band music that take you on a journey to destinations far and wide, from San Antonio, Texas, to Eastern Europe, including works by Alfred Reed, Yasuhide Ito, Jan Van Der Roost, Percy Grainger, Rossano Galante, Frank Ticheli, and George Gershwin.
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Children’s Theater of Madison: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella 
February 14th-23rd

Directed by Brian Cowing, this timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity. Be transported to a miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true with famous songs such as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible,” and “Stepsister’s Lament.” This Enchanted Edition is inspired by the 1997 teleplay starring Brandy and Whitney Houston. This show is great for ages 5 and up with an approx. run time of 2 hours with an intermission. As part of our Valentine’s Special you can even use promo code: HEART2025 to save 30% off tickets to select performances of Cinderella!
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Madison Ballet: Mozart and More
February 14th-23rd

Mozart and More celebrates the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in our second repertory program of the 2024/25 season, with a beautiful program featuring some of his most beloved compositions performed with live music. Highlights include a world premiere by Ja’ Malik, choreographed to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with live music, and the Madison premiere of Stephanie Martinez’s The Time That Runs Away, created as a co-production with American Repertory Ballet. The program also includes a world premiere by Richard Walters and the Madison premiere of Ja’ Malik’s critically acclaimed work The Hour Before featuring a live string quartet.
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