Classically Speaking Archive
| Title | Issue | |
|---|---|---|
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Says “We’ll Take Manhattan”BDDS continues its 21st season with four NY composers served straight up. |
June 2012 | |
Madison Symphony Season Closes with Gobs of GershwinDeMain leads all the greatest hits, and then some — and the listenin’ is easy |
May 2012 | |
Serkin Gives Union Theater Its Last (for now) Curtain CallPianist Peter Serkin caps the current chapter of the Union Theater with touches sublime and historic |
May 2012 | |
Lights…Camera…Rossini!Madison Opera takes Cinderella to Tinseltown — Rossini would probably approve |
April 2012 | |
Pro Arte Finale: Echoes of a World PremiereSecond performance of Harbison’s String Quartet No. 5 works on radio, too |
April 2012 | |
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Surprises with “Low-fat” BeethovenAndrew Sewell’s bold gamble pays off — thanks to some marvelous playing and singing |
April 2012 | |
Madison Symphony Wins the BattleDeMain’s orchestra survives Strauss, and occasionally dazzles |
March 2012 | |
Pro Arte Party Resumes, with Expanded Guest ListPro Arte Quartet centennial season’s third concert features a pair of quintets, one new, one old |
March 2012 | |
Sweating It Out: University Opera’s Don Giovanni Has More Than the Usual SizzleDirector Farlow and hardy young troops give us a “Giovanni” to believe in. |
March 2012 | |
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Proves All of Us Are Lucky This St. Patrick’s DayAndrew Sewell plays the role of leprechaun in assembling a memorably Irish-tinged program |
March 2012 |


