Classically Speaking Archive

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WCO Squared: Light Classics, Served Hot

WCO Squared: Light Classics, Served Hot

Sewell and friends meet (if not beat) the heat head on

June 2012
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Says “We’ll Take Manhattan”

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 Gershwin

Madison Symphony Season Closes with Gobs of Gershwin

DeMain leads all the greatest hits, and then some — and the listenin’ is easy

May 2012
Serkin Gives Union Theater Its Last (for now) Curtain Call

Serkin Gives Union Theater Its Last (for now) Curtain Call

Pianist Peter Serkin caps the current chapter of the Union Theater with touches sublime and historic

May 2012
Lights…Camera…Rossini!

Lights…Camera…Rossini!

Madison Opera takes Cinderella to Tinseltown — Rossini would probably approve

April 2012
Pro Arte Finale: Echoes of a World Premiere

Pro Arte Finale: Echoes of a World Premiere

Second performance of Harbison’s String Quartet No. 5 works on radio, too

April 2012

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Surprises with “Low-fat” Beethoven

Andrew Sewell’s bold gamble pays off — thanks to some marvelous playing and singing

April 2012
Madison Symphony Wins the Battle

Madison Symphony Wins the Battle

DeMain’s orchestra survives Strauss, and occasionally dazzles

March 2012
Pro Arte Party Resumes, with Expanded Guest List

Pro Arte Party Resumes, with Expanded Guest List

Pro 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 Sizzle

Sweating It Out: University Opera’s Don Giovanni Has More Than the Usual Sizzle

Director Farlow and hardy young troops give us a “Giovanni” to believe in.

March 2012

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