This 16th annual free outdoor Music Festival will be celebrating the music of Bob Dylan with local bands performing from 11am to 7pm.
A Special Festival menu will be served, and hometown brewer Furthermore Beer will be on tap.

BobFest 2013 Performance Schedule
11:00 a.m. Bob Weinswig
11:20 a.m. Old Gray Cats
11:35 a.m. Hannah Ruth Adams
11:50 a.m. Jesse Patrick
12:05 p.m. Dead Fortune
12:25 p.m. Wade Pronschinske
12:45 p.m. Janna Johnson
1:15 p.m. Jodi Jean Amble
1:45 p.m. The McDougals
2:15 p.m. Ten Minute Break
2:25 p.m. Lost Conversation
2:55 p.m. Troye Shanks
3:15 p.m. Redneck Victim
3:45 p.m. Don Greenwood
4:00 p.m. Cupola
4:15 p.m. Blue Shield Band
4:45 p.m. Ida Jo
5:15 p.m. River Willows
5:45 p.m. Better Daze
6:15 p.m. Rick Harris and the Cozys

Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), 10 am in Monona.
58th annual Monona Memorial Day Parade.
From the 5400 block of Monona Drive to Edna Taylor Parkway (via Femrite Drive), with 100+ units, followed by brief ceremonies at Blooming Grove, Highland Memory Gardens & Roselawn cemeteries

More Information:
Monona Memorial Day Parade
Date: May 27, 2013 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
www.monona.com

Monday, May 27 1 pm at James Madison Park, 622 East Gorham St., Madison
Annual Veterans for Peace event, with talks by Eileen Ahern, Jeff Goldstein, Will Williams, moderator David Giffey, music by Old Cool, Sean Michael Dargan.
Also: Veterans For Peace, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25 Memorial Mile. A visual display of the ultimate cost of war. Olbrich Park beach side. Set-up of the Memorial Mile will take place on Saturday, May 25, at 9:00 AM. All all welcome to help assist. The take-down will be on June 2, at 3:00 PM. 437-5478

Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), 2 pm at Sunset Memory Gardens, 7302 Mineral Point Road, Madison.
Memorial Day Observance.
invocation, veterans roll call, military officer gives an address,firing squad and buglers. sponsored by American Legion Post 151.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:30 pm at the Miodleton-Cross Plains area Performing Arts Center, Middletron High School, 2100 Bristol St, Middleton.
The Middleton Community Orchestra presents works by Saint-Saens, Schumann & Tchaikovsky, with guest cellist Mark Bridges.

The concert features rising star, cellist Mark Bridges in the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto. Other works on the program are:

Schumann        Julius Caesar Overture
Saint-Saens  Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Mark Bridges, Cello
Tchaikovsky    Symphony No. 6 Pathetique

Mark is a graduate student at the UW School of Music and studies with Uri Vardi, Professor of Cello at UW Madison.

5:23 am: Concerto No. 12 in A Minor for Bassoon RV 499 by Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and an ensemble conducted from the harpsichord by Nicholas McGegan.

5:32 am: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Performed by pianist James Brawn.

5:58 am: Der Juengling an der Quelle by Franz Schubert (text by Johann Gaudenz) performed by soprano Amy Haworth with Trevor Stephenson, fortepiano.

6:08 am: Concerto for Orchestra Op. 61 by Alfredo Casella performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.

6:48 am: Gargoyles for piano by Lowell Lieberman performed by pianist Pola Baytelman.

7:08 am: The Modern Mandolin Quartet performs Antonin Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 12 in F major op. 96.

7:38 am: Music from the ballet “Frankie and Johnny” by Jerome Moross. Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta.

7:57 am:  Cowboy’s Breakdown by Edward Joseph Collins. Performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.

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Friday May 17, 12:15 at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison.
The Noon Musicale presents soprano Rachel Eve Holmes and Thomas Kasdorf, piano.
Music of Verdi, Copland, Mozart, Gounod, Puccini, Gilbert & Sullivan and more…

Friday May 17, 6:30 pm at the Overture Center-Promenade Hall 201 State St. , Madison.
Nathaniel Bartlett/Sound-Space Audio Lab.
Nathaniel Bartlett and Electronic Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen

Nathaniel Bartlett/Sound-Space Audio Lab presents a performance featuring the multi-channel (surround) electronic compositions GESANG DER JUNGLINGE (SONG OF THE YOUTHS, 1955-1956), routinely described as “the first masterpiece of electronic music,” and KONTAKTE (CONTACTS, 1958-1960) by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007).
This event will also include a performance of Autumn Island (1986) for solo marimba, by Roger Reynolds, performed by Nathaniel Bartlett.

Friday, May 17, 7:30 pm at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Ave. , Madison
Con Vivo. Chamber music concert featuring works by Mozart, Corelli, Bach, Tchaikovsky & Gliere

The performance will feature an evening of diverse chamber music by Mozart, Corelli, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Gliere. The magnificent organ will be featured with none other than Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in b minor, BWV 544. The famous Kegelstatt trio by Mozart, and works for strings by two Russian composers, Tchaikovsky, and Gliere will also be performed. As part of their student outreach, con vivo! has invited some outstanding musicians from WYSO to join them in performing Corelli’s Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C Minor. Audience members are invited to join con vivo! musicians after the concert for a free reception to discuss this chamber music literature and to hear about their Carnegie Hall debut this past December.

Saturday May 18 at noon at Grace Episcopal Church, 118 W. Washington, Madison.Grace Presents
Ukrainian Pianist Yana Groves.

Yana will play works by Bach, Debussy, and Schubert. The concert, as always, is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring in your lunch from the Farmer’s Market to enjoy during the concert.

Saturday March 18, 7 pm at Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Ave. , Madison
The Madison Choral Project.

The program, “A Celestial Spring,” will celebrate the season of springtime. The first set of music seeks to depict the return of color to nature in the lush warm harmonies of three great German Romantic composers, Rheinberger, Brahms, and Mendelssohn. The second set focuses on nature itself, beginning with I Am the Great Sun by Jussi Chydenius, followed by two movements of F. Melius Christiansen’s Celestial Spring, and ending with The Sun has Gone Down by Leland B. Sateren. The third set, which we are calling “The Call of Summer,” features three of the Songs of Farwell of Charles Hubert Parry, contemplating the end of life and transition into heaven. The fourth and final set tracks the various stages of romantic love, from attraction and flirtation through courtship, love, and a final goodbye.

Madison’s new choral ensemble, the Madison Choral Project, is a fully professional 16-voice ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Albert Pinsonneault.

MCP is the first and only professional vocal ensemble of our kind in the Madison area.

Empowered with the knowledge that great music elevates the human spirit, our mission is to enrich our audiences through illuminating performances of choral music at the highest level, seeking and expressing the composer’s intent, and celebrating the beauty of the human experience.

Saturday March 18, 7 pm at Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave. , Madison.
Choral Arts Society Chorale, Bed Kuedecke, director: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Music by Johannes Brahms, Daniel Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata, and Sven Lekberg’s Years Prophetical.

Saturday May 19, beginning at 1 pm at the Overture Center-Capitol Theater, 201 State St. , Madison
Madison Youth Choirs.

Saturday, May 18 and Sunday May 19 at Mills Hall, 455 North Park St., Madison.
The Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras present the Bolz Family Spring Concerts

On Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 2013, WYSO will present the Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Spring Concerts, including conductor Tom Buchhauser’s final concert after 30 seasons with WYSO.

On Saturday, May 18 at 1:30pm, WYSO will introduce the first joint concert to feature the Percussion Ensemble, Brass Choirs and Harp Ensemble. The varying styles of the groups will provide a diverse selection of repertoire, from Wagner’s Funeral March to “Sunlight” by jazz fusion artist Pat Metheny.

At 4:00pm, WYSO’s string orchestra, Sinfonietta, will perform pieces including Richard Meyer’s “Carpe Diem,” and Paul Creston’s “Five Little Dances.” Concert Orchestra will follow with selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and several contemporary selections.

On Sunday, May 19 at 1:30pm, WYSO’s Youth Orchestra will shine the spotlight on four talented Concerto Competition winners, who will perform as soloists with their orchestra. Their pieces include Ravel’s Tzigane, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Haydn’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major.

t 4:00pm, WYSO expects to welcome hundreds of alumni, music teachers and community members as we celebrate the tremendous career of conductor Tom Buchhauser, who will lead the Philharmonia Orchestra for the last time. The concert will feature audience favorites including Verdi’s Nabucco Overture, and Sibelius’s Finlandia. Concerto Competition winner Audrianna Wu will also perform Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major with her orchestra. A public reception to honor Mr. Buchhauser will follow the concert.

Wednesday May 22, 7 pm at Capitol Lakes-Grand Hall, 333 W. Main St., Madison.
The Rhapsodie String Quartet
.Music of Haydn, Ives and Schubert,

The Rhapsodie Quartet — comprised of noted string players from the Madison Symphony orchestra – will present a free recital at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Great Hall of Capitol Lakes Retirement Community at 333 W. Main Street in downtown Madison.

The quartet will play F. J. Haydn’s String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5; Charles Ives’s String Quartet No. 1; and Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor , “Death and the Maiden.”

The members of the Rhapsodie Quartet are MSO Co-Concertmaster Suzanne Beia, Principal Viola Christopher Dozoryst, Principal Cello Karl Lavine and violinist Laura Burns. The ensemble is the resident quartet of the MSO’s internationally acclaimed HeartStringsSM Community Engagement Program.
The quartet will visit Germany this June to act as the official Cultural Ambassadors for Freiburg’s 25th Sister City Festival. During the festival the Rhapsodie Quartet will play the program they are offering to Madison audiences on May 22.

5:32 am: Suite No. 7 in D minor (originally written for hsrpsichord in G minor) by George Frideric Handel, performed by guitarist Robert Gruca.

5:57 am: John Rafoth, organist at Madison’s Christ Presbyterian Church, performs “The Cuckoo” by Louis-Claude d’Aquin.

6:08 am: The NDR Philharmonie under the direction of Eiji Ouse performs Symphony No. 4 Op. 54 in C by Dmitri Kabalevsky.

6:57 am: Soprano Amy Haworth, accompanied by Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord, performs Franz Schubert’s song “Heidenroeslein”,

7:08 am: Interview with pianist Yana Groves who presents a concert at noon on 5/18 at Madison’s Grace Episcopal Church. The interview includes her performance of Bela Bartok;s “Allegro Barbaro: and Franz Liszt’s “Remembrance”.

7:26 am: Interview with percussionist Jacob Wolbert who performs the 3rd movement of Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra with the UW Madison Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Smith.

7:43 am: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (1986) by Ivan Karabits performed by the Nournemouth Symphony Orchesrtra conducted gy Kirill Karabits.

Friday May 10, 12:15 at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University May Drive, Madison.
The Noon Musicale presents Consuelo Sañudo , mezzo soprano and pianist Jeff Gibbens.

Friday May 10, 7 pm at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St. , Madison
SoundWaves presents “Getting the Job Done: Humans & the Tools We Use”. Curated by Daniel Grabois, UW professor of horn.

SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme.

The science lectures are delivered using language that the curious layman can understand, with a minimum of jargon and formulas. The music lectures, while demanding careful listening, are likewise designed for the layman and not the specialist.

The May 10th theme will be “Getting the Job Done: Humans and the Tools We Use,” with electro-acoustic music by “Sinister Resonance,” a quartet featuring Mark Hetzler on trombone and electronics, Vincent Fuh on piano, Nick Moran on doublebass and Todd Hammes on drums/percussion.
Learn more at SoundWaves: http://discovery.wisc.edu/SoundWaves

Friday May 10, 7:30 pm at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent St. , Madison.
Organ concert by Carson Cooman.

Friday May 10, 7:30 pm at Saint Stephen’s Church, Monona (repeated 5/11 at Asbury Methodist Church

The Madison Area Concert Handbells presents “Ring Tones”

Saturday May 11, 7:30 pm at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Madison.
Sound Ensemble Wisconsin Presents “American by Design”. Music of Joan Towerm Darius Milhaud, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky.

Saturday May 11, 7:30 pm at the Edgerton Performing Arts Center 200 Elm High Dr. , Edgerton
Candid Concert Opera presents Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”.

The cast includes:

Pamina – Chelsea Morris, Lyric Soprano and a Michigan native holds a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, from DePaul University and a Master of Music from Rice University.

Tamino – Javier Bernardo, Lyric Tenor and holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School.

Queen of the Night – Amanda Kingston, Soprano A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Amanda completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Houston and an Undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education from The University of Michigan.
Papageno – Dan Richardson, Iowa-native and is an alumnus of Simpson College.
Sarastro – Neil Edwards, previous principal roles include Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni for American Chamber Opera.

Papagena – Amanda Compton, St. Louis native and graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (B.M. Vocal Performance) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.M. Voice).
Narrator – Tom Kastle, Radio listeners might recognize his voice from WFMT’s “Midnight Special” or Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Simply Folk” among dozens of live and recorded appearances. Tom is also the co-director of the Chicago Maritime Festival and is on the faculty of the Old Town School of Folk Music. When home, ashore, Tom lives on the banks of Lake Mendota in Madison.

Sunday May 12 at 12:20 pm at the Chazen Museum of Art-Brittingham Gallery III, 750 University Ave. , Madison.
Sunday Afternoon Live presents violinist Kangwon Kim.

Wednesday, May 15, noon at Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue, Madison.
Organ concert by organist Bruce Bengston.

Wednesday, May 15, 1:30 pm at the Madison Senior Center, 330 West Mifflin Street, Madison.
The Black Marigold Woodwind Quintet.

5:20m am: Guitarist Robert Gruca performs Handel’s Suite No. 8 in D originally written in G major for harpsichord).

5:39 am: Sonatine d’amour Op. 82 by Arnold Rosner, performed by harpsichordist Barbara Harbach.

6:08 am: The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra directed by Isaac Karabtchevsky performs Symphony No. 3, “War”, by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

6:47 am: “Pagine di Guerra” by Alfredo Casella, performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.

6:58 am: Morton Gould’s “March of the Lethernecks” performed by the United states Marine Band conducted by Michael Colburn.

7:08 am: Interview with Daniel Grabois (professor of horn) and Mark Hetzler (professor of trombone) of UW Madison) about the 5/10 SoundWaves presentation at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery,

7:20 am: Interview with Mary Theodore about the Sound Ensemble Wisconsin concert at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on 5/11,

7:34 am: David Lang’s “I Want to Live” performed by The Crossing conducted by Donald Nally.

7:40 am: Morton Gould’s “Jericho Rhapsody” performed by the US Marine Band conducted by Michael Colburn.

7:52 am: A Mother’s Day tribute featuring George Jessel (in 1929) and Vaughn DeLeath (in 1927).

UW’s final jazz concert of the year will feature the UW Jazz Orchestra with special guest saxophonist Les Thimmig as well as the premiere performance of the UW High School Honors Jazz Band.

Formed only this year, the UW Honors Jazz Band performs challenging and engaging big band repertoire. The band is comprised of top high school jazz musicians from the greater Madison area. In the two weeks leading up this concert, students interact closely with UW School of Music instrumental faculty in sectional rehearsals and perform under the direction of Jazz Studies Professor Dr. Johannes Wallmann.

The UW Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Johannes Wallmann will perform a program of contemporary big band repertoire by Bob Brookmeyer, James Darcy Argue, Jim McNeely, Maria Schneider, and Johannes Wallmann.

Established in 1968 by trombone professor Chase Allen, the UWJO workshops and performs music ranging from the classic big band repertoire to contemporary and cutting-edge concert jazz music by today’s leading jazz composers.

Thursday, May 2, 5:30 pm at the University Club. 803 State Street,

Madison.The Wisconsin Brass Quintet. Works by Gershwin, and the WBQ’s own Daniel Grabios and John Stevens

Enjoy the WBQ with your cocktails and dinner. Your final chance to watch a performance this 40th anniversary year!

Tickets; $40, reservations are required. Click this link for more info.

http://uclub.wisc.edu/wisconsin-brass-quintet-dinner-2

Friday May 3, 12:15 pm at the First Unitarian Sociaty, 900 University Bay drive, Madison.
The Noon Musicale presents Jim Reilly, tenor, Jeff Wagner, piano.

Friday, May 3, 7 pm at Saint Joseph Chapel at Edgewood College, 1000 Eddewood College Drive, Madison.
Spring Concert of the Instrumental Ensembles.

The Edgewood College Music Department is proud to present the Guitar Ensemble, Concert Band and the Jazz Ensemble in concert.

Friday, May 3, 8 pm, Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison (repeated 7 pm Saturday May 4 at the River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac).
The UW Symphony Orchestra with retiring UW-Madison Professor of Violin, Tyrone Greive.  Conducted by James Smith.

Prof. Greive will perform the Concerto for Violin, No. 2, op.61 by Karol Szymanowski.  Prof. Greive is especially well-known to Madison-area audiences after serving for 20 years as concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Learn more about Prof. Greive on our website:http://music.wisc.edu/faculty/bio?faculty_id=60

Other works on the program include Symphonische Minuten, Op. 36 by Ernst von Dohnanyi, and Symphony No. 2 by Charles Ives.

Saturday, May 4, 12 pm, Music Hall. World Percussion Ensemble.
The award-winning UW World Percussion Ensemble will perform a concert featuring music from the Middle East and Brazil.

Brazilian styles including samba from Rio de Janeiro and Maracatu from Recife will be explored.  In January 2013 two of the World PE directors (Tom Ross and Tony Di Sanza) traveled to Salvador, Brazil for study.  The ensemble will be performing samba reggae styles they learned during their travels.  In addition, unique arrangements of music from the Middle East will be presented.

Saturday May 4, 7 pm at Oakwood Village-University Woods Auditorium 6209 Mineral Point Rd. , Madison (repeated Sunday May 5 at 1:30 pm at the UW Arboretum Visitors Center)
The Oakwood Chamber Players presents “The Movies”, works by Rota, Herrmann, Korngold & Honeymoon.

The Movies concerts will explore music from a range of backgrounds—Italian, American, Austrian— and will be tied together by their composers’ love of the cinema.

Four composers will be featured during the concerts. The composers will include:
- Nino Rota – Known for his collaboration on the Academy Award winning score for The Godfather II, his Trio for clarinet, cello and piano is a roller-coaster ride of moods.

- Bernard Herrmann – A hauntingly beautiful Quintet for clarinet and strings will showcase this Hollywood film composer famous for film scores in Psycho, Vertigo, Cape Fear, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Citizen Kane.

- Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Setting the swashbuckling tone for The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk, his substantive and delightful Piano trio shows an incredible ability to convey mood with grand gestures.

- Ian Honeymoon – Originally from Oregon, Wisconsin, Honeymoon has written music for dozens of feature films, short films, TV shows and was a collaborative composer and arranger on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. His suite from the feature film, Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book, represent exciting works as Honeymoon’s early influences include Oakwood Chamber Players violinist Leyla Sanyer.

The Movies concerts are part of National Chamber Music Month (NCMM), a nationwide initiative organized by Chamber Music America. For more information on NCMM, visit www.chamber-music.org/ncmm.

The Oakwood Chamber Players is a group of Madison-area professional musicians who have rehearsed and performed at Oakwood Village for 30 years.

Saturday May 4, 7:30 pm at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison.
The Ancora String Quartet presents  works by Dvorak, Haydn & Shostakovich.

The dodecahedral program includes six of the romantic ’12 Cypresses for String Quartet,’ (Dvorak’s arrangements of love songs from his younger days), followed by Haydn’s charming String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 #2, concluding with the introspective and quirky String Quartet #12 by Dmitri Shostakovich (which utilizes 12-tone techniques).
These 12 movements of music will be followed by a champagne reception.

Saturday May 4, 8 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
The UW University Chorus and the UW Women’s Chorus.

Saturday May 4, 8 pm at UW Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison.
The Wisconsin Union Theater presents Zoe Keating, Kate Corby & Dancers.

Zoe Keating presents a very creative and original music experience through her incredible cello and a foot-controlled computer. By layering and looping herself live, she alone orchestrates an incredible work of art, such as her recent album Into the Trees. When Keating is not performing, she has her hand in many other musical facets. She is currently composing the soundtrack to an independent film, “The Happiest Place,” and she is deeply involved in the issue of musicians’ rights. Her music has been played across many different spectrums, from the new CBS show “Elementary,” to ABC, BBC, to Apple, to Patagonia, to mention only a few. Zoe Keating’s one-woman performance is truly a force to be reckoned with.

Kate Corby & Dancers, a dance company centered on physicality, emotion and social inquiry, will also be performing. Corby is an associate professor of dance at the University of Wisconsin and her world-renowned dance company is certainly something worth seeing.

Sunday, May 5 at 12:30 pm at the Chazen Museum of Art-Brittingham Gallery III
750 University Ave. , Madison
Sunday Afternoon Live presents Mark Fink, oboe and Friends.

Sunday May 5, 2pm at Mills Hall,. 455 North Park Street, Madison.
The UW Concert Band.

Sunday May 5, 2:30 pm at Saint Joseph chapel of Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison.
Edgewood College Presents Spring Concerts, Choral Ensembles( the Chamber Singers, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir and Campus-Community Choir).

Wednesday, May 8, noon at Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue.
Organ concert by Bruce Bengston.

5:31 am: Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel’s “Almira” arranged by Franz Liszt. Performed by pianist Alessio Bax..

5:44 am: Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 26 in C major for oboe RV 479 performed by oboist Nadina Mackie Jackson and an ensemble led from the keyboard by Nicholas McGegan.

5:53 am: Prelude and Fugue in F major by Dieterich Buxtehude performed by John Raforth on the organ of Christ Presbyterian Church of Madison, Wisconsin.

6:08 am: Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor for orchestra and mixed chorus, “Requiem for Lenin” by Dmitri Kabalevsky, text by the poet Nikolai Asseyev. Performed by the North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the Hungarian Radio Choir directed by Eiji Oue.

6:28 am: Variations on a Theme by Bela Bartok by Karim Al-Zand pefromed by Ivo-Jan van der Werff (viola) and Brian Connelly (piano).e ORchestra Sinfonica di Roma

6:44 am: Indra – Symphonic Poem by Gustav Holst, performed by the Ulster Orchestra directed by JoAnn Falletta.

7:08 am: Interview with soprano Shannon Prockett, soprano, who performs the aria “Pace, pace mio Dio” from Verdi’s opera “La Forza del Destino”. Accompaniment by the UW Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Smith.

7:18 am: Suite in C Major Op. 13 by Alfredo Casella, performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.

7:46 am: Tall Story For Orchestra by Jerome Moross performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta.

7:55 am: Pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi (Zofo) perform a piano four-hands arrangement of the overture to Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide”.

Friday, Aoril 26 7:30 pm, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 328 S. sego Road, Madison (repeated 4/28 at 2 pm at Monona United Methodist Church)
The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison. Songs for the Journey.

Friday, April 26, 8 pm at Mills Hall, 455 N. Park Street, Madison.
UW Chorale, Bruce Gladstone, conductor; Martha Fischer, piano, and Luke Hrovat-Staedter, student conductor.

Included on the concert are John Rutter’s The Falcon, as well as works by Handel, Mathais, Hindemith, Ivor Gurney, Lee Hoiby, La Crosse composer Bob Willoughby, and the world premiere of Scott Gendel’s The Singing Place.

This high level group of 60 singers performs a varied repertoire. Most singers in Chorale have significant vocal and choral experience, as well as a moderately high sight reading ability, and many are voice majors.

Friday April 26 at 8 pm at Overture Center Overture Hall. (Repeated Sunday 4/28 at 2:30 om)
The Madison Opera presents Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”

This brilliant opera follows the notorious seducer over the course of one sinful day as his misadventures return to literally haunt him. The ensemble cast features baritone Kelly Markgraf as the lustful Don Giovanni, bass Matt Boehler as his long-suffering servant Leporello, and tenor Wesley Rogers as Don Ottavio. Elizabeth Caballero returns to Madison Opera as Donna Anna, with Caitlin Lynch debuting as Donna Elvira. Elise Sandell directs her first production for Madison Opera; Joseph Mechavich makes his Madison Opera debut as conductor.

“Don Giovanni is without a doubt one of our art form’s greatest works,” says Smith. “Madison Opera has not performed the piece in eleven seasons, so it’s time to revisit it. Our cast of exciting young talent will give the piece the vibrancy and energy that makes it work on every level.”

Saturday, April 27 at 4 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street,
All-University String Orchestras. Janet Jensen, conductor.

The program will include:

Orchestra Too!

1.  Concerto Grosso in G major, op. 6, no. 1 by G.F. Handel
2.  Adagio (Theme from “Spartacus”) by Aram Khachaturian, arr. Longfield.
Daniel Howard, student conductor.
3. Viva la Vida by Cold Play, arr. Matthew Thornton, Matthew Thornton, student conductor.
4.  Washburn County by Randy Sabien

Orchestra I

1. Concerto Grosso in A minor, op. 6, no. 4 by G.F. Handel
2. Calypso by Eric Minkley, James Castaneda, student conductor
3. Echoes of Harlem by “Duke” Ellington, arr. Mimi Rabson
4.  Danse Bacchanale (from “Samson and Delila”) by Camille Saint-Saens,
Gregory DeFillippo, student conductor

Combined Orchestras

Adagio for Strings, op. 11 – Samuel Barber
… dedicated to Maureen Mengelt and her family and friends.

The All-University String Orchestras are open to all students in the University and require no audition. These orchestras provide an opportunity for non-music majors to maintain and improve their musical skills. They meet once a week to rehearse music of a wide range of levels and styles.

Saturday April 27 7:30 pm at Gates of Heaven 302 East Gorham Street. (Repeated Sunday April 28 at the Chocolaterian, 2004 Atwood Avenue)
Eliza’s Toyes présents “Casino Royale-a Venetian Music Comedy.”

Join Eliza’s Toyes in this new program featuring early 17th-century music from Venice, presented in a little light comedy! This concert combines the musical works of Venetian composers with an original skit based on “Commedia dell’arte,” a form of improvisatory theater, to bring you an evening of comedic diversion. Music by Baccusi, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Rigatti, Rossi and Uccellini.

Saturday, April 27 at 8 pm (repeated Sunday April 28 at 7:30 pm) at Mills Hall, 455 N. Park Street, Madison.
The UW-Madison Choral Union and Chamber Orchestra, Beverly Taylor, conductor.

Presenting Robert Kyr’s “Passion According to Four Evangelists. The current production features Anna Slate, soprano; Jennifer D’Agostino, mezzo soprano; James Doing, tenor; and Paul Rowe, baritone.

Robert Kyr is professor of composition and theory at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, and chair of the composition department, where he has developed new models for teaching composition. The program at Oregon is presently one of the largest in the United States and in addition to teaching, Kyr directs the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, the Music Today Festival, and the Vanguard Concert and Workshop Series, as well as the Pacific Rim Gamelan.

http://www.robertkyr.com/Home.html

According to Beverly Taylor, choral conductor:
“Kyr’s sense of music comes from old traditions, so although it was written in 1995, it sounds at times both modern and ancient. He uses suspensions and long intertwining lines that have dissonances and resolutions. The Passion is a common subject in older music and Kyr uses old music styles and techniques to great success. It’s a modern look at ancient traditions. There is no need to shy away from this because it’s a contemporary work. The music is interesting and beautiful and something everyone can enjoy. There is nothing strange about it. It is accessible, tonal, engaging and filled with beauty and character – it’s just not that old.”

Sunday April 28 at 12:30 pm  at the Chazen Museum of Art-Brittingham Gallery III, 750 University Ave. , Madison.
Sunday afternoon Live presents the Pro Arte Quartet.

Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen welcomes the Pro Arte Quartet (Suzanne Beia, violin; Sally Chisholm, viola; Parry Karp, cello; and David Perry, violin). The Pro Arte Quartet continues to maintain an 85-year tradition of dedication to classical and contemporary string chamber music. In addition to their residency at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where duties range from formal concerts and radio broadcasts to a variety of educational activities, the quartet tours nationally and internationally, often presenting premieres of new works, many of which are written for the ensemble. Founded in 1912 by violinist Alphonse Onnou, the Pro Arte Quartet became the Court Quartet to Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. Its world reputation blossomed in 1919 when the Quartet began the first of many tours and earned such acclaim that composers, notably Milhaud, Honegger and Bartok, gave the ensemble new works to introduce. By 1926, the Quartet made its debut in New York and toured American cities. Their first visit to Madison was in 1938. Two years later, the musicians accepted a residency at the UW–Madison, the first such residency in a major American university. Today, the Pro Arte functions as a resource for the university and the state.

Sunday April 28 at 2 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
University Bands, conducted by Justin Stolarik and Matthew Mireles

Monday, April 29 at 7 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
Masters Singers. Brian Gurley and Adam Kluck, conductors.

Tuesday April 30, 7:30 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel.
The Wisconsin Union Theater presents Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations, concluding the season with “Listen to the Dance: Waltzes, Marches, Polkas and Tangos!”

Tuesday April 30, 8:30 pm at Morphy Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
The Early Music Ensemble, directed by John Chappell Stowe

Wednesday May 1, noon at Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University, Madison.
Organ concert featuring organist Bruce Bengston.

Wednesday, May 1, 7:30 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
Western Percussion Ensemble, directed by Tom Ross.

The Western Percussion Ensemble concert will feature a performance of David M. Gordon’s Apocryphal Dances.  This major work is scored for percussion quartet and prepared piano and includes many unusual sounds including strummed mandolin and autoharp as well as melodica, side whistles, Indonesian gongs and toy piano.  The program will also include Franco Donatoni’s Mari II for marimba quartet and works by Michael Udow, Takayoshi Yoshioka and Louis Andriessen.

Wednesday May 1, 8:30 pm at Morphy Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison.
The Student Clarinet Ensemble, featuring Emily Marley, Alex Charland, Danielle Anderson and Michelle Andrews,

5:22 am: Capriccio in A major ZWV 185 for two horns, two obesm strings and continuo by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Performed by the Virtuosi Saxoniae directed by Ludwig Guettler.

5:44 am: Sonata in A minor Op. 1 No. 4 HWV 362 by George Frideric Hndel. Originally composed for recorder, but played here in a transcription for guitar by Robert Gruca.

5:57 am: Prelude after Bach BWV BWV 755 by Alexander Siloti. Performed by pianist Alessio Bax.

6:08 am: Pianists John and Richard Contiguglia perform the first movement (allegro non troppo, un poco maestoso) of Franz Liszt’s transcription for two pianos of Ludwig van Beethoven.

6:27 am: Pianists John and Richard Contiguglia perform the second movement (scherzo, molto vivace) of Franz Liszt’s transcription for two pianos of Ludwig van Beethoven.

6:46 am: Variations on a Waltz for Ortchestra (1946/66) by Jerome Moross. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta.

7:08 am:  Pianists John and Richard Contiguglia perform the third movement (adagio molto e cantabile) of Franz Liszt’s transcription for two pianos of Ludwig van Beethoven.

7:25 am: Pianists John and Richard Contiguglia perform the fourth movement (finale, presto) of Franz Liszt’s transcription for two pianos of Ludwig van Beethoven.

7:52 am: An Old Soft Shoe for piano by Joseph Fennimore performed by pianist Pola Baytelman.