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Classical music news: New season of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Sunday Afternoon Live From the Chazen” begins this Sunday | September 10, 2010
By Jacob Stockinger
First, a reminder: This Saturday night at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall, UW trumpeter John Aley (below, in a photo by Katrin Talbot) and UW pianist Martha Fischer will perform on the Faculty Concert Series. The program features “Concerto in D” by Giuseppe Tartini, for which Aley will play a piccolo trumpet; the Wisconsin premiere of “Sonata for trumpet and piano” by John Stevens (trumpet and flugelhorn); “Rose Variations” by Robert Russell Bennett (cornet); and “framed” for trumpet and piano by Cecilia McDowall. Admission is free and open tot he public.
Now on the Big News:
This Sunday Wisconsin Public Radio and the UW’s Chazen Museum of Art begin the new season of “SUNDAY AFTERNOON LIVE FROM THE CHAZEN.” It is the 31st season if I am not mistaken.
Many do not appreciate the success of the program or series.
For one, by sheer numbers it is the biggest audience (usually in the hundreds of thousands) of any classical music presenter.
And it offers you the chance to see great visual or fine art, both in the permanent collection and in touring shows, even as you hear great classical music.
And it’s all for free.
It’s broadcast live on Sundays on Wisconsin Public Radio (WERN 88.7 FM in the Madison area) from 12:30 p.m. in Brittingham Gallery III at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave. A post-concert reception for the performers and audience with coffee, tea and cookies follows, as does a gallery tour.
There is no admission fee, but donations are appreciated.
Seating is limited. Members of the Chazen Museum or Wisconsin Public Radio may reserve seats during the week before the concert by calling 263-2246 before 5 p.m. Friday or completing the form on-line at:
http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/about/events/SAL_form.htm
I do have some questions: Why is there no concert with the Fine Arts String Quartet (below) from the UW-Milwaukee? I think this is the second year in a row the world-famous group hasn’t appeared at the Chazen, where it used to play more than once a season as a regular guest. And it made sense on state radio network.
Oh well, maybe on the To Be Announced date or next season. The Fine Arts is worth having as often as they can be booked.
Programs aren’t in yet. But they are often very interesting and mix unknown or obscure works with tried-and-true classics or masterpieces.
2010 is a Chopin and Schumann years (200th birthdays), so I would expect to hear a lot of them. 2011 is a Liszt year.
Here is a schedule to print out or refer to for the season:
2010-2011
Sept. 12: Mimmi Fulmer, soprano (below), and pianist Bruce Bengston in Nordic songs from Finland, Norway and Sweden
Sept. 19: Eugene Alcalay, piano
Sept. 26: Pro Arte Quartet (below)
Oct. 3: Kosower Trio
Oct. 10: Ensemble Nouveau – Mike Forbes-based brass
Oct. 17: Jeff Crowell and Friends, percussion
Oct. 24: Wisconsin Brass Quintet (below)
Oct. 31: Pro Arte Quartet
Nov. 7: Tim Schorr, piano (Schumann?)
Nov. 14: Parry Karp, cello
Nov. 21: Wen-Lei Gu and Anthony Padilla (Schumann)
Nov. 28: Susan Bender, soprano, with Michael Keller, piano
Dec. 5: Pro Arte Quartet
Dec. 12: Erin Eldridge, violin
No concert for Dec. 19 and 26, Holiday Break
2011
Jan. 2: Elias Goldstein, viola
Jan. 9: Solon Pierce, piano
Jan. 16: Benjamin Whitcomb, cello with Vincent deVries, piano
Jan. 23: Prometheus Trio
Jan. 30: Oakwood Chamber Players (below)
Feb. 6: Lawrence Chamber Players
Feb. 13: Pro Arte Quartet
Feb. 20: UW Green Bay – Sarah Meredith
Feb. 27: UW Whitewater Faculty – Robin Fellows, flute
March 6: Rountree Ensemble
March 13: Varshavski-Shapria Piano Duet
March 20: TBA
March 27: Acacia Chamber Orchestra
April 3: Wingra Woodwind Quintet (below)
April 10: Mary Ellen Haupert, piano, Artaria String Quartet
April 17: Neale-Silva Young Artists Concert
No concert April 24, Easter
May 1: Lawrence Chamber Players
May 8: Pro Arte Quartet
Do you go to or listen to “Sunday Live From the Chazen”?
What do you think of the experience and the quality of the performers?
The Ear wants to hear.
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Trackback by Homepage — April 20, 2016 @ 5:21 pm
Yes, I agree with all you say. I am probably transferring the dynamic of “attitude” between/among the System campuses and their departments and organizations and the need for avoiding a certain “tone.” Good that in the end music brings and keeps us together. And SAL especially reveals the bounty offered across the state.
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Comment by Anne — September 13, 2010 @ 1:26 pm
HI Anne,
I can’t and won’t argue with that.
See, we’re not so far apart.
Jake
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Comment by welltemperedear — September 13, 2010 @ 2:04 pm
The Ear said:
You’d think they could make it work since UW-Madison is the Mother Ship, flagship campus of the UW system that includes their home turf of residency, the UW-Mailwukee, and since they always filled the house, and since the Chazen is the museum for the UW System and since SAL goes out statewide over Wisconsin Public Radio.
Over the years I have appreciated the Fine Arts Quartet’s performances in Milwaukee and at the Elvejhem/Chazen. With all due respect as I revere The Ear, your above sentiment could seem overly UW-Madison-centric in the context of a relationship with a world-class group that has a most impressive international touring schedule.
We need the FAQ to come here to enrich our treasure of musical experience. They don’t need us to enrich their musical experience and standing. I am sure you are asking them to want to share rather than to “let us help you.” But can’t our musical relationship be its best when expressions are based on mutual respect and trust? I want to be certain they know we sincerely appreciate their Madison performances and are eager to keep up with their processes and activities. I hope they will return, per Lori Skelton, “when stars and schedules align.” And we will graciously receive them.
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Comment by Anne — September 13, 2010 @ 12:21 pm
Hi Anne,
Thanks for reading and replying.
I didn’t mean to sound Madison-centric.
I simply wanted to state certain facts, including the fact that the Fine Arts is state organization insofar as its gets support from the state and that means the public. The Pro Arte Quartet plays around the state for that reason too, and so do groups other other UW campuses including Whitewater, Green Bay and Stevens Point. It is The Wisconsin Idea in action.
Plus, Milwaukee is only a relatively short car drive away from Madison. And the Chazen concerts get broadcast statewide to citizens who help pay for the Fine Arts Quartet.
I think all I was saying was that it would be good for the Fine arts to recognize and honor its responsibility to Wisconsin residents outside Milwaukee and to come to the Chazen once or twice a season.
After all, they used to do it regularly — despite a hectic touring and teaching schedule. And I wish they still would.
Does that sound any more tolerant, justifiable or acceptable to you? I hope so.
What do others think or say?
Jake
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Pingback by Classical music news: New season of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Sunday Afternoon Live From the Chazen” begins this Sunday | 7 Top M Download — September 13, 2010 @ 3:47 am
Jake – I miss having the Fine Arts Quartet at the Chazen also! I know our audiences appreciated having BOTH the Pro Arte and Fine Arts Quartets on the same series; they enjoyed the opportunity to compare performance styles and interpretations.
There were several years where the FAQ could manage to include one performance in Gallery Three per season, but the last messages I had from them said that they were having a harder time fitting a Chazen concert into their schedules…and couldn’t we come record their concerts in Helen Bader Hall in Milwaukee?
Sadly, that’s out of our budget, but as soon as they tell me that they want to come back to Madison, I will happily include them.
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Comment by Lori Skelton — September 11, 2010 @ 10:32 am
Hi Lori,
I’m glad to know that you’re a Fine Arts fans too. They really are something and I would love to hear them, with their their new violist.
But it is even better to get a real fact-filled explanation of why they are no longer on the Sunday Afternoon Live schedule. It’s their doing, it seems.
Shame on them.
Youd think they could make it work since UW-Madison is the Mother Ship, flagship campus of the UW system that includes their home turf of residency, the UW-Mailwukee, and since they always filled the house, and since the Chazen is the museum for the UW System and since SAL goes out statewide over Wisconsin Public Radio.
However it happens, I hope it works out so they can return at least once or twice a season. They are recording now for Naxos (Bruckner,m Schumann, Faure) and it would be great to hear them here live.
Thanks for your enthusiasm, comments and explanations.
Happy hosting SAL. I’ll be listening.
Jake
Best,
jake
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Comment by welltemperedear — September 11, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
Please don’t say “shame on them.” I know how much the Fine Arts gentlemen enjoy performing here, but between teaching, recording and an extremely full concert calendar, something had to give. I have no doubt that, when stars and schedules align, they will be back.
Yes, playing a concert at the Chazen, with out statewide radio audience, offers musicians a unique performance opportunity, but remember that, for musicians who live outside of Madison, Chazen concerts take a big chunk of time out of a Sunday (drive in, warm-up, do the radio sound-check, perform, greet the audience, drive home). Knowing what FAQ packs into an often six-day week, I understand why they would want to hang on to their one free day.
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Comment by Lori Skelton — September 11, 2010 @ 12:49 pm