Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Masterworks I - Ravel Revelry
Friday, November 13
7:30pm
Capitol Theater
Runtime
1 hour, 30 minutes with an intermission
Age Recommendation
6 and up
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We kick off our 2026/27 Masterworks season with a program bold and full of personality, as pianist John Novacek returns to play Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. He will also perform Michael Daugherty’s Le Tombeau de Liberace, a virtuosic, tongue-in-cheek tribute to showmanship. The evening closes with Strauss’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, music brimming with wit and color inspired by Molière’s classic comedy. Join us for an evening of music that’s inviting, vibrant, and meant to be shared with friends.
Soloist: John Novacek, piano
REPERTOIRE
Daugherty | Le Tombeau de Liberace
Ravel | Piano Concerto in G
Strauss | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
*Program subject to change
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Fri, Nov 13, 2026
7:30 PM
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Meet the Artist
John Novacek
Versatile, Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek regularly tours the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras. John Novacek’s major American performances have been heard in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ David Geffen and Alice Tully halls, 92nd Street Y, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Symphony Space, Washington’s The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, while international venues include Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Salle Gaveau and Musée du Louvre, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre and Tokyo’s Suntory, Opera City and Bunkamura halls.
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