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“Cinematic Gold”
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Soloist: Yevgeny Kutik, violin
We open our 79th Season with a celebration of the best of American music for the movies - starting with some of the most soaring and iconic themes by the amazing John Williams. The adventure continues with the most beloved of Romantic-era violin concertos and the Philharmonic debut of the world-renowned violinist Yevgeny Kutik, who has been praised by The New York Times for his "dark-hued tone and razor-sharp technique."
- John Williams: Music from Hook, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Jaws, Flying Theme from E.T., and Star Wars
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35, featuring Yevgeny Kutik
“An Old World Christmas”
Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Oconomowoc Arts Center
Guests:
The choirs of Brookfield Academy, Catholic Memorial and Oconomowoc High Schools
Celebrate the Holidays in the charm of the Old World style, with a new trio of Waukesha County high school choirs and a garland of European season classics. This concert is always a sellout - don't miss it!
- The Waltzes and Polkas of the Johann Strauss family:
- Thunder and Lightning, Dragonfly Polka, Morning Papers Waltzes, On the Beautiful Blue Danube
- Lucas Richman: Hanukkah Festival Overture
- Humperdinck: Evening Prayer and Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
- John Finnegan: A Christmas Sing-Along
- Beethoven: "Hallelujah" Chorus
- Haydn: The Heavens are Telling from The Creation
- Franck: Panis Angelicus; Psalm 150 ("Hallelujah")
- Handel: “Hallelujah” Chorus, from Messiah
“A Winter Menagerie" JanBoree Concert
Sunday, January 31, 2027 at 2:00 p.m.
Instrument Petting Zoo and Children’s Activities at 1:00 p.m.
FREE Admission for Children!
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Waukesha
One of the Philharmonic’s great traditions, the annual Waukesha JanBoree concert is the perfect way to introduce young people to the delights of classical music! This year, we take a musical journey, accompanied by lions, elephants, turtles and more friends from the Animal Kingdom.
- Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, featuring Brendan Fox, piano
$15 General Admission for adults
Children are Free
“Beethoven - Of Course!"
Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Soloist: Brian Woods, piano
The bicentennial of the passing of Ludwig van Beethoven - widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived - will be celebrated the world over in 2027, and the Wisconsin Philharmonic adds it voice with this elegant and inventive program.
St. Louis-based soloist Brian Woods has emerged as one of America's most dazzling young pianists. He'll make his Philharmonic debut with a recently-discovered version of Beethoven's angelic Fourth Piano Concerto. For the concert's second half, our Maestro revives a forgotten gesture of the immortal conductor Arturo Toscanini, leading an orchestral version of Beethoven's first smash hit.
- Beethoven, arr. anonymous: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, for piano and string orchestra
- Beethoven, arr. Toscanini: Septet is E-flat Major, Op.20 (Symphony No.0)
“Intrigue and Grandeur”
Sunday, April 25, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.
Oconomowoc Arts Center
Soloist: Anthony Ratinov, piano
We bring our season to a rousing close with the world premiere of the Concerto for Orchestra by American Composer Russell Platt. We surround this arresting new concerto with two other concertos, featuring two young American pianists. To begin, the dramatic first movement of Mendelssohn's sparkling G-Minor Piano Concerto with this year's winner of our Chapman Memorial Competition; and to finish, the grandeur of Rachmaninov's lush and romantic Second Piano Concerto, with a soloist who can truly make it sing - the young Russian-American Anthony Ratinov.
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- Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in G Minor
- Russell Platt: Concerto for Orchestra
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2