Missa SolemnisApril 8, 9, and 10 Yes, Mozart was his inspiration, but Haydn was Beethoven’s teacher. Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz performs the Violin Concerto in G major. A great work from the height of Beethoven’s composing career, the monumental Missa Solemnis is...
Gil Shaham Plays the Beethoven Violin ConcertoMarch 11, 12, and 13 The first piece of this varied program, Rachmaninoff’s evocative and powerful score depicts Arnold Bocklin’s famous painting of an oarsman rowing a white-clad figure across a dark expanse of water to...
Beyond the Score®: Stravinsky, The Rite of SpringSunday, February 13, 2:30 p.m. Join us for a multimedia presentation starring American Players Theatre actors, visual projections and live musical examples with the entire work performed in the second half. One...
Premiere DebutJanuary 21, 22, 23 In her MSO debut, the prizewinning Kelly Hall-Tompkins performs the Madison premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ exciting Violin Concerto, a tour de force exhibition from the hand of America’s foremost jazz and classical artist. Preceded by...
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...
