By Jacob Stockinger
The big classical music events this week are the week-long residency at the UW-Madison of British composer Cecilia McDowall; the organ recital by Thomas Trotter in Overture Hall; and Friday night’s concert of Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Vittorio Giannini by the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra with pianist Shai Wosner under conductor Andrew Sewell.
But there are other important events on tap too, events that should attract audiences.
FRIDAY
This week’s FREE Friday Noon Musicale, which runs from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Landmark Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society of Madison at 900 University Bay Drive, features the Mad Reeds Trio. Members include Laura Medisky, oboe (below); Cynthia Cameron-Fix, bassoon; and Vincent Fuh, piano.
The trio will perform music by Madeline Dring, Dan Welcher and Jean Francaix.
SATURDAY
At 8 p.m. in Shannon Hall of the Wisconsin Union Theater, the critically acclaimed and popular a cappella singing group Chanticleer will perform. The San Francisco-based group performs “Shenandoah” in a YouTube video at the bottom that has drawn more than 730,000 hits.)
Tickets are: General Public: $45, 25; Wisconsin Union Members and Non UW-Madison Students: $40; UW-Madison Faculty & Staff: $42; UW-Madison Student (with ID): $10. Prices do not include fees.
Here is a link with detail of the eclectic program that runs from early music and the Renaissance to jazz and Bossa Nova:
And here is a link to the concert announcement with video and audio clips:
http://www.uniontheater.wisc.edu/season14-15/chanticleer.html
SUNDAY
At 1:30 p.m. in Morphy Recital Hall on the UW-Madison campus GUEST ARTIST Laura Loge, soprano (below), with pianist Kathryn Ananda-Owens, a graduate of Memorial High School in Madison who teaches piano at St. Olaf College, will perform a recital featuring Norwegian songs by Edvard Grieg, Grondahl, Frederick Delius, Kjerulf, Christian Sinding and Alnaes.
Admission is FREE.
The concert is supported by funding from the Ygdrasil Literary Society of Madison, Vennelag Lodge, Idun Lodge #74 Sons of Norway, the Madison Torske Klubben, and by the Anonymous Fund.
At 2 p.m. in Mills Hall, the UW-Madison Concert Band, under director Mike Leckrone (below), will give a FREE concert. Sorry, no word about the program.
At 2:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Chapel, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, the Edgewood Chamber Orchestra, under director Blake Walter (below in a photo by John Maniaci), will give its Winter Concert.
Admission is $5 to benefit music scholarships; FREE with Edgewood College ID.
Included on the program is the aria “Come Scolio” from the opera “Cosi fan Tutte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring soprano Angela Sheppard (below), winner of the Edgewood College Music Department’s Student Concerto Competition, as well as a three-time recipient of the Ken and Diane Ballweg Music Scholarship. Also on the program are the Overture to “L’isola Disabitata” by Franz Joseph Haydn and the Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, D. 125, by Franz Schubert.
At 3:30 p.m. in Mills Recital Hall, a FREE recital will present this year’s winners of the annual Irving Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition at the UW-Madison School of Music.
A reception will follow the performance.
The competition and concert are made possible by retired UW-Madison Chancellor and chemistry professor Irving Shain (below).
The 2014-15 WINNERS are
Kai-Ju Ho, clarinet and SeungWha Baek, piano.
Iva Ugrcic, flute (below top, playing recently in the UW Concerto Competition winners’ concert) and Thomas Kasdorf, piano (below bottom).
HONORABLE MENTION
Pedro Garcia, clarinet and Chan Mi Jean, piano.
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It appears you left out the “2Cellos” concert at the UW Memorial Union on the 20th at 8 p.m. While the two Croatian cellists in the group play rock music mostly, they were also classically trained, have appeared (and recorded) with classical musicians, and have performed what could be considered “crossover music.” One of them has said, “We love AC/DC as much as Bach.” Their concert is sold out.
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Comment by fflambeau — February 18, 2015 @ 3:04 am
You got it.
Too much rock.
And sold-out.
But thanks for adding it.
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Comment by welltemperedear — February 18, 2015 @ 10:01 am
I think they are important, Jake, because they are bringing out young people in droves to hear an instrument (the cello) that is primarily associated with classical music. And they are very good, classically trained musicians themselves. If you want to bring a younger audience to classical music–a theme of yours and an important one indeed–then maybe we have to pay attention to this kind of group, and how they are reaching out to the audience.
Their first 3 albums have won them 2 “best international albums” and their “Live at Arena Zagreb” won best international video album. They have won 2 Japan Gold Disc Awards. Their YouTube of Thunderstruck (which begins on a classical note and ends somewhere else) has more than 34 million views. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk
Other YouTube videos of their works have millions of hits. Clearly they have struck a nerve with an audience worldwide. That’s probably why their concert at UW is sold out already.
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Comment by fflambeau — February 18, 2015 @ 8:51 pm