Oct 16, 2025 | Education, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories, Video
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Cesar Franck,
Christopher Taylor,
concerts,
Education,
Emily Fons,
Gustav Mahler,
Jeni Houser,
John DeMain,
Madison Symphony,
Madison Symphony Chorus,
Mason Bates,
Michael Allsen,
music,
Overture Hall,
Primal Light,
Resurrexit,
Symphonic Variations,
Symphony No. 2 Michael Allsen is the Prelude Discussion speaker for our 25/26 “Primal Light” subscription season concerts on October 17, 18 & 19, 2025. The half hour talk takes place one hour before each performance in Overture Hall, and is free for all ticket...
Sep 24, 2025 | 25-26 Organ Season, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Organ, Program Stories
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Daniel Rufino Afonso Jr.,
Eriks Esenvalds,
Greg Zelek,
Léon Boëllmann,
Louis Vierne,
Mariana Farah,
Michael Allsen,
Morten Lauridsen,
Overture Concert Organ,
Philip Wilby,
Samuel Barber,
UW-Madison,
UW-Madison Concert Choir,
William H. Monk,
Zequinha de Abreu We invite you to read through Michael Allsen’s program notes for the October 2nd Organ Concert Series No. 1. Learn more about these concerts and buy tickets. Program Notes In our opening program, we welcome the UW–Madison Concert Choir and its director, Dr....
Sep 4, 2025 | 25-26 Symphony Season, Season Stories
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100th anniversary,
25-26 Symphony Season,
Alban Gerhardt,
Beethoven,
Brott Music Festival,
Capitol Theater,
Centennial,
Cirque de la Symphonie,
Community Gift and Dream,
Dimitri Shostakovich,
Germany,
Gustav Mahler,
Houston Grand Opera,
Jerry Frautschi,
John DeMain,
Kazem Abdullah,
Laura Jackson,
Leonard Bernstein,
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet,
Madison Symphony Orchestra,
Memphis Symphony Orchestra,
Michael Allsen,
Overture Center for the Arts,
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Pleasant Rowland,
Rachel Barton Pine,
Reno Philharmonic Orchestra,
Richard Wagner,
Rick Morgan,
Robert Moody,
Robert Reed,
Roland Johnson,
Salvation Army,
Shun Graves,
Sinfonieorchester,
Tania Miller,
University of Wisconsin,
WSJ,
Yefim Bronfman Thank you to the Wisconsin State Journal for the insightful story sharing highlights from our Music Director John DeMain’s career and your Madison Symphony Orchestra’s 100th Anniversary Season that begins in September 2025. Enjoy! —————————————————————————————— 3...
Feb 27, 2025 | 24-25 Organ Season, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Organ, Program Stories
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24-25 Overture Concert Organ,
Charles-Marie Widor,
Derek Lockhart,
Empire Brass,
Fats Waller,
George Gershwin,
Giovanni Gabrieli,
Greg Zelek,
Gregory Miller,
Gustav Holst,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Kenneth Amis,
Leonard Bernstein,
Louis Vierne,
Marc Reese,
Mark Hetzler,
Matt Endres,
Michael Allsen,
Overture Concert Organ,
Sergei Prokofiev,
Tielman Susato We invite you to read through Michael Allsen’s program notes for the April 3rd Organ Concert Series No. 4. Learn more about these concerts and buy tickets. Program Notes This program features alumni from one of the world’s foremost brass chamber ensembles, the...
Jan 30, 2025 | 24-25 Organ Season, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Organ, Program Stories
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24-25 Overture Concert Organ,
Andraé Crouch,
Giacomo Puccini,
Gioacchino Rossini,
Giuseppe Verdi,
Hall Johnson,
Limmie Pulliam,
Michael Allsen,
Minerva Willis,
Moses Hogan,
Overture Concert Organ,
Pietro Mascagni,
Wallace Willis We invite you to read through Michael Allsen’s program notes for the February 20th Organ Concert Series No. 3. Learn more about these concerts and buy tickets. Program Notes Tenor Limmie Pulliam has already thrilled Madison audiences with a pair of back-to-back...