Category: WISCONSIN LUTHERAN CONCERT SERIES

An Evening Showcasing Marta and Ani Aznavoorian, Celebrating the Anniversary of Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) 7:00PM, Monday, May 5, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar A program showcasing the phenomenal Aznavoorian sisters, and a celebration of the birth of the composer Bedřich Smetana. Featuring his beloved piano trio. Frank Almond,violin Ani … Read more

DSCH! A Commemoration of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). And a little Rachmaninov. 7:00PM, Monday, March 24, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar DSCH! A commemoration focusing on the 50th anniversary of the death of the monumental composer Dmitri Shostakovich, with a little Rachmaninov thrown in. Performers listed above including FM fave … Read more

An Evening with Stas Venglevski and Frank Almond 7:00PM, Monday, January 27, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join us for another fun-filled evening of music with Frank Almond, Stas Venglevski (Bayan) and Roza Borisova (cello). Tangos, classics, and more! Frank Almond,violin Stas Venglevski,bayan Roza Borisova,cello Program to be … Read more

String Theory 7:00PM, Monday, May 6, 2024 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Join us for our exciting String Theory finale! Featuring Frank Almond and members of the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago Symphony. The program will include the sublime Capriccio by Richard Strauss, Schoenberg’s gorgeous (and dramatic) Transfigured Night, ending with … Read more

Music of Bach, Reger, George Crumb, and Brahms, featuring Tamás Varga (Vienna Philharmonic) 7:00PM, Saturday, March 16, 2024 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Frank Almond,violin Tamás Varga (Principal, Vienna Philharmonic)cello Toby Appel,viola Victor Santiago Asuncion,piano J.S Bach (1685-1750):Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 George Crumb (1929-2022):Sonata for solo cello Max … Read more

Works of Telemann, Haydn, Bartók, and Fauré 7:00PM, Monday, January 29, 2024 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar   Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Suite for two violins, “Gulliver’s Travels,” TWV 40:108 Intrada. Spirituoso Lilliputsche Chaconne (Chaconne of the Lilliputians) Brobdingnagische Gique (Gigue of the Brobdingngians) Reverie der Lapoutier, nebst ihren Aufweckern … Read more

Music of Dvoràk, Lukas Foss, and Beethoven 7:00PM, Monday, May 15, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Don’t miss our season finale with music of Dvoràk, Lukas Foss, and Beethoven. Another must-see from Frankly Music! Frank Almond,violin Nicholas Mariscal,cello Victor Asuncion,piano Dvorak:Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. … Read more

Frank Almond and Stas Venglevski 7:00PM, Monday, March 27, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar We invite you to another wild evening with the virtuoso of the Bayan (accordion) Stas Venglevski. Featuring Tangos, Bach, Piazzola and some other surprises with Rosa Borizova on cello. Don’t miss this! Frank Almond,violin Stas … Read more

A History of Ragtime 7:00PM, Monday, January 30, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join us for a thorough examination of the history of Ragtime and its various composers. A deep dive into the lives and music of Scott Joplin, Tom Turpin, Debussy, James Scott, Artie Mathews. Joseph Lamb, … Read more

Back to Basics 2! 7:00PM, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Frankly Music presents Back to Basics 2! Music of Debussy, Poulenc, Fauré, Foss, and Mozart. Featuring Frank Almond, Toby Appel, Victor Asuncion, Nicholas Mariscal and various musicians from the MSO. Please join us! This concert is … Read more

Symphony Showcase 7:00PM, Monday, March 16, 2020 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Buy Tickets Google iCalendar A finale showcasing the stellar musicians of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The evocative program includes Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi René, and Turina’s The Prayer of the Bullfighter, alongside Mozart’s playful Horn Quintet and Spohr’s rarely-heard Nonet. Frank … Read more

Harp Spotlight 7:00PM, Monday, January 27, 2020 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Buy Tickets Google iCalendar Kelsey Molinari, harp, and Marta Aznavoorian, piano, make their FM debuts, joined by versatile returning cellist Alexander Hersh. Saint-Säens’ virtuosic Fantaisie for Violin and Harp paired with an exquisite violin-harp arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ poetic The Lark Ascending, … Read more

Season Finale 7:00PM, Monday, May 13, 2019 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Purchase Tickets Google iCalendar Another string blowout with Schoenberg’s landmark Transfigured Night, and Mendelssohn’s beloved Octet. Featuring musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony and our special guest, the legendary cellist Lynn Harrell. Frank Almond,violin Helen Nightengale,violin Alex Ayers,violin Yuka Kadota,violin Wei-Ting Kuo,viola Nicole … Read more

The Art of the Cello 7:00PM, Monday, March 18, 2019 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Purchase Tickets Google iCalendar Támas Varga, Principal Cello of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to Frankly Music. The program includes new works for solo cello by Aaron Jay Kernis, Akira Nishimura, Gregory Vajda, and others, and chamber music of Brahms. … Read more

Robert and Clara 7:00PM, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Purchase Tickets Google iCalendar A commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Clara’s birth, as well as a few works by her husband, including his Piano Quartet, Op. 47. Frank Almond,violin Toby Appel,viola Alexander Hersh,cello Orion Weiss,piano Brahms/Bach (arr. Busoni)selected Choral Preludes … Read more

For our Slavic finale, we welcome back the stupendous pianist Adam Neiman and Robert DeMaine, Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

An evening of music for winds and strings, culminating in the monumental K. 287 Divertimento of Mozart. Featuring stellar musicians from the MSO and a few guests as well.

We welcome back perennial FM favorite William Wolfram along with the young virtuoso David Requiro for an all-Russian program examining the distinct musical language of three masterful composers, featuring an early work of Rachmaninov, the haunting sonata of Prokoviev, and the powerful Shostakovich Trio No. 2.

Don’t miss this brilliant finale, featuring the astonishing Stas Venglevski. By popular demand, we again present an evening of Tango music, from Brazil and beyond.

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Season Finale Student Tickets Available: $10 each 7:00PM, Monday, May 18, 2015 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Buy Tickets Google iCalendar Program Description For our season finale, we present the spectacular Aeolus Quartet, one of the hottest young groups today. Along with the dazzling pianist Winston Choi, we’ll join forces to perform Chausson’s rarely … Read more

An examination of minimalism in various forms, from Philip Glass to Tchaikovsky. Featuring the spectacular Wendy Sutter and returning pianist Adam Golka.

Our final concert features a string extravaganza, with the rarely-heard Grande Sestetto of Mozart, along with the much-loved Brahms Sextet No. 1. Along with stellar MSO colleague Ilana Setapen, we welcome back violist Toby Appel. Plus, cellists Nicholas Canellakis and Alexander Hersh join violist Helen Callus in making their FM debuts.