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July 10
Edo de Waart, conductor, Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano; Milwaukee Children's Choir, Carol Storck, director; Women of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
R Strauss: Wind Serenade in Eb, op. 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in d minor
July 3
Gilbert Varga and Nicholas McGegan, conductors, with William Barnewitz, horn
Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D Major, La Chasse
Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 447
Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Horn and Orchestra, K386b (412)
Ravel: Five Pieces from Ma Mere l'Oye
Rave: La Valse
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London
June 26
Edo de Wart and Pinchas Zuckermann, conductors, with Twyla Robinson, soprano; Luca Pisaroni, baritone; Milwaukee Children's Choir, Carol Storck, artistic director; Jenny Gettel, Jubilate director; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (1948 version)
Schubert: Symphony #5
Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45
June 19
Edo de Wart, conductor, with Joseph Johnson, cello
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Melisande, Op. 80
Saint-Saëns: Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
Shostakovich: Symphony #1 excerpts
June 12, 2011
Edo de Wart, conductor, with Garrick Ohlsson, piano...also, excerpts with the San Francisco Symphony and Elly Ameling, soprano
Berlioz: Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
June 5, 2011
Giancarlo Guerrero and Nicholas McGegan, conductors, with Todd Levy, clarinet
Copland: El Salón México
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Adams: Dr. Atomic Symphony
Mark Neikrug: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony #5 "Reformation"
May 29, 2011
Edo de Wart and Lawrence Renes, conductor, with various soloists and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
Gabrieli: Three Canzoni for Brass
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Beethoven: Symphony #9 in d minor, op. 125 "Choral"
May 22, 2011
Edo de Wart and Gilbert Varga, conductors, with Vadim Repin, violin
Beethoven: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Roussel: Second Suite from "Bacchus et Arianne"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"
May 15, 2011
Edo de Wart and Lawrence Renes, conductors, with Ingrid Fliter, piano and Theodore Soluri, basoon
Salonen: Gambit
Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488
Wagner/de Vlieger: Meistersinger, an Orchestral Tribute
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in Bb, K. 191
May 8, 2011
Edo de Wart, conductor, with Ilana Setapen, violin; Robert Levine, viola; Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, soprano; Andrea Silvestrelli, bass and Dominique Serrand, narrator
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-Flat Major for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364 (320d)
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
May 1, 2011
Andreas Delfs and Edo de Waart, conductors, with Joyce Yang, piano
Wininski: Festival Fifty
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
Chopin/Liszt: My Joys (piano solo encore)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
April 24, 2011
Edo de Wart and Nicholas McGegan, conductors, with Frank Almond, violin and Joseph Johnson, cello
Qigang Chen: Five Elements
Haydn: Symphony #85 in Bb Major, "La Reine"
Brahms: Concerto in A Minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102, "Double Concerto"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
April 17, 2011
Edo de Waart, conductor, with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano and Garrick Ohlsson, piano...and including excerpts with the Minnesota Orchestra
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor
April 10, 2011
Edo de Waart, conductor, with pianist Sa-Chen and soprano Heidi Stober...also excerpts with the Minnesota Orchestra
R Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 in c minor
Mahler: Symphony #4
April 3, 2011
Edo de Waart, conductor, with clarinetist Todd Levy...also excerpts with the Minnesota Orchestra
Glazunov: Scenes de ballet
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Weber: Clarinet Quintet
Dvorak: Symphony #9 in e minor, "From the New World"
March 27, 2011
Edo de Waart, conductor, with the Women of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus...also excerpts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Wagner: Overture to "Die Feen"
Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
R Strauss: Serenade in Eb, op. 7
R Strauss: Metamorphosen
Holst: The Planets
March 20, 2011
Andreas Delfs and Nicholas McGegan, conductors, with Frank Almond, violin
Mozart: Overture to "Don Giovanni"
Mozart: Violin Concerto #1 in Bb
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 "Italian"
Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica"
March 13, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Joseph Johnson, cello
Beethoven: Symphony #7
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto #1
Harris: Symphony #3
Haydn: Symphony #104
March 6, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Andrews Sill, piano
Anteil: Jazz Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F, "Pastorale"
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Grieg: Holberg Suite
February 27, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Schubert: Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
Weill: Little Threepenny Music
Bruckner: Symphony #6
February 20, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Olga Makarina, soprano; Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony #82
Mahler: Symphony #2, "Resurrection"
February 13, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Alessandra Marc, soprano
Wagner: Flying Dutchman
R Strauss: Salome
February 6, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Triumphlied
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Brahms: Symphony #1
January 30, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet, Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, the Women of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and the Milwaukee Children's Choir
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Mahler: Symphony #3
January 23, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Andre Watts
Wininski: Festival Fifty
Brahms: Symphony #3
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
January 16, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor with Daniel Binelli, bandoneon
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra
Ravel: La Valse
Sierra: Missa Latina
January 9, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with Marcus Groh, piano
Liszt: Piano Concerto #1 in Eb
Schubert: Symphony #8, "Unfinished"
Mahler: Symphony #5
January 2, 2011
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with Adam Golka, piano
Barber: Symphony #1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in c minor
Beethoven: Symphony #5 in c minor
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
December 26, 2010
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem
Brahms: Triumphlied
December 19, 2010
Andreas Delfs, Ludovic Morlot and Carl St. Clair, conductors with Leila Josefowicz, violin and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Adams: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River
December 13, 2010
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with Jennifer Check, soprano, Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony #2 in c minor, "Resurrection"
R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
December 5, 2010
Rossen Milanov, Christoph Campestrini and Xian Zhang, conductors with Colin Currie, percussion
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Higdon: Percussion Concerto
Hanson: Symphony #2
Ives: The Unanswered Question
November 28, 2010
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with Frank Almond, violin, Joseph Johnson, cello and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Part: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Rozsa: Tema con variazioni
Webern: Passacaglia
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
November 21, 2010
Andrew Litton and Stanislav Skrowaczewski, conductor, with Nicolaj Znaider, piano
Handel/Harty: Water Music Suite
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Schumann: Symphony #4 in d minor
November 14, 2010
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Chihara: The Light Fantastic
Chopin/Chihara: Piano Concerto #1 in e minor
Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet #1 in g minor
Henze: Telemanniana
November 7, 2010
Vasily Petrenko and Andreas Delfs, conductors, with Hilary Hahn, violin
Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet #1 in g minor, finale
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite #1
Britten: Violin Concerto #1
Ysaye: Violin Sonata #2, finale
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Shostakovich: Symphony #9 in Eb
Mozart: Symphony #38 in , K. 504
Ocotber 31, 2010
Andreas Delfs and Nicholas Mcgegan, conductor with Todd Levy, clarinet
Schubert: Overture "In the Italian Style"
Goebbels: D & C aus dem Zyklus
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Schubert: Symphony #9 in C "The Great"
October 24, 2010
Andreas Delfs, conductor, with Frank Almond, violin
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Violin Concerto #1 in Bb
Beethoven: Symphony #3 in Eb, "Eroica"
Brahsm: Symphony #3 in F
October 17, 2010
Andreas Delfs and Carlos Miquel Prieto, conductors, with William Wolfram, piano
Schnyder: The Master's Ascension to the Heavens of Sound
Corigliano: Piano Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony #7 in E
