| Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra ~ Reviews
The Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra consistently receives high acclaim for its performances. The MCO is recognized for "exceptionally engaging" concerts during which "rare gems sparkle" as the MCO captures the drama of the music to "make it gripping."
Northeast Wisconsin Music Review
May 2007 - A Renaissance Event
"A
renaissance indeed – and a welcome one. With this concert, and under a
new Music-Director, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra made its
long-awaited return to the Milwaukee performing arts landscape and, in
one stroke, made that vista seem infinitely wider and richer. Richard
Hynson, Music Director of the excellent Bel Canto Chorus, proved
himself every bit as adept in the orchestral repertory, conducting with
vision and authority and giving the Milwaukee region’s public an
experience with several composers not well known (although they
certainly deserve to be)." Read more...
Excerpts from reviews by music critics with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel include:
" ... repertoire one could easily miss in a lifetime
of concert-going has a home in ...
the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra."
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" ... the MCO played responsively, sensitively
and powerfully ... "
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engaging
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" The players had fun
with the pieces,
and so did the audience."
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exceptional
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" ... a 33-piece orchestra that wasn't
holding back.... And that sound --
luscious and dark as a great cup of coffee
in the first two movements,
blunt and rustic in the boisterous dance finale -- fully expressed the nature of the music. ..."
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energy
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" ... a reading that was full of energy, whether at a simmer or a full boil, from start to finish. ... a gripping performance. ... "
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colorful
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"The Milwaukee
Chamber Orchestra presented ... a colorful
program of music
that one doesn't often have
a chance to hear."
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luscious
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