Classically Speaking - January 2012

A journey through Madison’s classical music scene

Classically Speaking

January 2012

01/30/12

Madison Opera Reaches for the Heavens in 'Galileo Galilei'

Philip Glass gets an early 75th birthday present via a stellar production

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01/23/12

Madison Symphony Developing a Surprising Tradition

MSO stamps a musical passport with style, and yet again delivers a definitive Russian violin concerto

Posted at 07:23 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

01/17/12

Andrew Sewell and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Offer a Lesson in Programming

Cellist Amit Peled illuminates old and new, and the WCO follows suit

Posted at 08:32 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

About This Blog

Greg Hettmansberger Years before I contributed my first classical review to the Los Angeles Times in 1988, I started a class in music appreciation for adults that had one aim: to put a few cracks in the “ivory tower elitism” I found pervasive in the classical music world since my boyhood days. Whether as a critic, program annotator or band director, that goal has never changed. After all, Mozart and Beethoven and the gang wrote their music for people like you—not critics or professors!

After growing up in the suburbs of New York City, and spending twenty years in and around Los Angeles, the last ten years here leave me more amazed than ever at the musical riches of Madison. I’m a cheerleader at heart, because I always think more people would become classical fans if they’d give it a chance—but I’m also quick to tell you when you’re not getting your money’s worth. Classically Speaking brings you as much news and as many reviews as possible, and I hope you’ll join me for a fabulous musical journey.

– Greg Hettmansberger

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