Previous events
Beyond Words: Harmonious Symphonic Poems Saturday, November 18, 2023, 2:00pm Festival City Symphony kicks off this season’s Saturday Classics series with Dmitri Shostakovich’s dark and subtly defiant 1967 symphonic poem “October.” Though commissioned by the Soviet Party, this stunning piece is now recognized as offering more commentary than praise of his country’s leadership. Bookending this expressive concert will be the familiar “Slovanic March” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the thrilling “Symphony No. 2” by the multi-hyphenate composer, scientist and lyricist Alexander Borodin. Seasoned concert-goers will enjoy FCS’s interpretation of these masterpieces, and new audiences will be glad to introduce these works into their musical vocabulary.
Formations Series for New & Improvised Music
Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI
Formations is a monthly music series curated by Jay Mollerskov, and dedicated to fostering the growth of new and improvised music in Milwaukee. THURSDAY, NOV. 16 | 7 PM | $10
Milwaukee Philharmonic: "Fifths"
Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church, 13200 W. Greenfield Ave , Brookfield
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Magic Flute Overture, K. 620
Joshua Guarisco Grief (World Premiere and Milwaukee Philharmonic Commission)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
FCS opens its classical season with music by Florence Price, the first prominent African American woman composer, Richard Strauss’ ravishing tone poem, Death and Transfiguration, and Johannes Brahms’ landmark First Symphony.