Presented in collaboration with In Tandem Theatre. This re-telling of the story of Faust describes a soldier heading home from the war, eager to start a new life and family. On the way he strikes a bargain with the devil, trading a violin for a book which will show him how to obtain all that he can desire. As usual with Faust, the soldier gets what he asks for, but loses everything he wants.
Read the Print Program, including notes on Stravinsky and "A Soldier's Tale" by Susan Chamberlin Smith
"In Tandem, Chamber Orchestra make engrossing music together."
Elaine Schmidt review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Under the direction of Richard Hynson, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra was spot on."
Barbara Castonguay review, ThirdCoastDigest.com
William Helmers, MCO principal clarinetist, will perform Aaron Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto.” “One of my first recordings was of Benny Goodman playing the Copland Concerto,” said Helmers. “Benny's pure tone and direct, honest musicianship had a great influence on my clarinet playing.” Gerald Finzi's "Romance," and one of Bela Bartok’s best known works, “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste,” are also on the program.
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Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra 2008-2009 Season
CARNIVAL IN MAY
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 3:00 pm
St. Francis Borgia South-Church, Cedarburg
2008-09 Season
Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 7:30pm
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee
A riotous musical free-for-all in which a jolly piece for La Jolla, California, an oh-so Romantic Rococo cello, and a postcard-perfect visit to the sun-drenched Tuscan countryside vie for your attention!
Sinfonietta La Jolla, Bohuslav Martinu
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Opus 33, Piotr Tchaikovsky, featuring Scott Tisdel, MCO Principal Cellist
Symphony No. 4, "The Italian," Felix Mendelssohn
This event includes not only a concert, but a complimentary glass of French wine, a silent auction featuring French and other unique items and complimentary valet parking. The concert will feature musical confections that embody the brilliant style of twentieth century French composers, and especially that of the wittiest, most urbane of them all: Maurice Ravel. We'll explore two of his most intimate works; but first we'll hear music from his only teacher, Gabriel Fauré, and from the most famous French impressionist of all, Claude Debussy.
Ballade, Opus 19, Gabriel Fauré, featuring Milwaukee pianist Michelle Hayes Hynson
Pavane, Opus 50, Gabriel Fauré
Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune," Claude Debussy, arr. Schönberg
Le Tombeau de Couperin, Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) 5 pièce enfantines (Suite), Maurice Ravel
A MUSICAL MONTAGE
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 7:30pm
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee
Two symphonies, a suite, and a serenade. This is music at its most pure. The two symphonies represent the highest achievements by two musical revolutionaries. Premiered in 1999, MacMillian's Symphony No. 2 is a dramatic tour de force for chamber orchestra. Written a little over 200 years earlier, in 1793, Symphony No. 99 illustrates Haydn's first use of an instrument that Mozart had introduced to symphonic writing: the clarinet. Nielson's Little Suite and Reger's Wind Serenade offer sunny contrast in texture and weight to the mighty symphonies.
Symphony No. 2, James MacMillan
Little Suite, Opus 1, Carl Nielsen
Wind Serenade in B flat Major, Max Reger
Symphony No. 99 in E flat Major, Franz Josef Haydn
