Imagine that you only knew the string quartets of Beethoven and then discovered his Fifth Symphony. Or maybe you were already familiar with the organ music of J.S. Bach and came upon the Brandenburg Concertos. Imagine the elation! Some rather fine composers are still waiting to break out from the… [Read More]

Wonderful musical stories by Jan Bach, Jean Sibelius, and Antonín Dvořák that deserve to be heard! Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, continues its 2023 concert season with its colorful Splendid Stories program featuring works for horn, flute, and clarinet in addition to two violins, viola, cello, and… [Read More]

It’s hard to believe, but in just over a week, our Midsummer’s Music season rekindles with a powerfully romantic program of French piano quintets featuring Jeannie Yu. (I wrote about these works last week—please check it out.) But, these works will quickly give way to a very colorful program titled… [Read More]

Two piano quintets by Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor are exhilarating and passionate works full of the kind of color, virtuosity, and intensity for which their organ works are widely known. Midsummer’s Music is a leader among chamber music organizations in presenting works by lesser-known composers, often alongside household names… [Read More]

A little rest is good now and then. After 30 concerts since June 14, our band can use one. And it’s good to go out on a high note. Our Schubert/Klebanov concert was a huge success, but oddly enough, as beloved as Schubert’s E-flat Piano Trio is, the Trio by… [Read More]