Thursdays at 9:00 pm
Maestro Ken-David Masur, Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Adam DeTour)
Hear the country’s longest-running national classical radio series.
Since its founding in 1959, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has continued to be one of the country’s most artistically vibrant and innovative orchestras. Millions nationwide have experienced the MSO since 1971 through its radio series – the country’s longest-running national classical radio series. Led by Ken-David Masur, who was appointed music director in 2018, the MSO’s virtuosic musicians excite listeners with over 140 live concerts across Wisconsin each season. A selection of concerts is featured in the broadcast series along with exclusive, behind-the-scenes conversations with musicians.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra programs are part of the WFMT Orchestra Series.
Aaron Diehl Trio
Music director Ken-David Masur welcomes the Aaron Diehl Trio for Mary-Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite before conducting the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Milwuakee Symphony Women's Chorus in Holst's seminal The Planets.
Brahms, Strauss, Mozart
Seminal orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart make up this performance led by music director laureate Edo de Waart.
Mahler & Britten
We conclude the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra broadcast season in triumphant fashion, with an excerpt from Britten's Peter Grimes and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
