Voices Eternal
Schedule
Fri May 01 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Overture Center for the Arts | Madison, WI
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An inspired 100th anniversary celebration!Our reimagined subscription season finale created by John DeMain is an uplifting program bringing to life moments from the MSO’s history, intimate connections to the world of opera, and highlights from his transformational tenure as Music Director. He opens the concert with Wagner’s glorious Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, played by the Madison Civic Symphony in 1926. Next is a thrilling romantic piano concerto by beloved American composer Edward MacDowell with Italian-born virtuoso pianist Alessio Bax making his MSO debut. Music from the first concert Maestro DeMain conducted with our Symphony in the fall of 1994 will be reprised — Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. This serenely beautiful work features John Holiday’s soaring countertenor voice with our chorus and orchestra — blending Christian choral tradition with Jewish music to express hope for peace and brotherhood.
“I close the program with Anton Bruckner’s epic Te Deum, a magnificent large orchestral work featuring chorus, vocal soloists, and organ. This eternal prayer of thanksgiving is the way I’ve chosen to conclude my final subscription concert and climax of the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s centennial celebration.” – John DeMain
John DeMain, Conductor
Alessio Bax, Piano
John Holiday, Countertenor
Alexandra LoBianco, Soprano
Adriana Zabala, Mezzo-Soprano
Travon Walker, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director
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Where is it happening?
Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison, WI 53703-2214, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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