Watch Concerts on the Square “Fairy Tales and Fables” at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 29 on Wisconsin Public Television.
Summer is here in Wisconsin. In communities across Wisconsin that also means that the sounds of the season often arrive through outdoor musical celebrations. From Milwaukee’s Summerfest, which begins its 11-day run today at that city’s lakefront, to the many country music festivals (Oshkosh’s Country U.S.A. will draw thousands of country fans this week) and weekly civic band concerts in parks across the state, Wisconsin is a summer music kind of place.
One of the grandest of summer music traditions in Wisconsin is Concerts on the Square. Now in its 30th year, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra fills the Capitol Square in Madison with a series of Wednesday night concerts that are free and open for music revelers to come and enjoy - usually along with a picnic dinner. The music is always top-notch, and the guest performers dazzle with their talents.
This year, WPT is pleased to bring the first of the season’s Concerts on the Square into your living room with a special broadcast of this week’s “Fairy Tales and Fables” Saturday evening. Join Maestro Andrew Sewell and David Cao - the 2013 winner of the Young artist Concerto Contest - for a program of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Peter and the Wolf, and more.
Read about Concerts on the Square’s 30th anniversary in this Wisconsin State Journal article, and then tune in this weekend for some of the state’s great summer music!
I wish it wasn’t so difficult to find out when Concerts on the Square will be broadcast on WPT. I found it in airwaves magazine, but it is so difficult to find. I hope I didn’t miss the first one. I thought it was July 7 but can’t find it listed. Is there a broadcast schedule available online???”
Hi Bruce,
Sorry you had trouble finding “Concerts on the Square” on our website. The best way to find information about a program is to click the “Programs” tab in the navigation and perform a search.
Good news is, you didn’t miss “Concerts on the Square” and can tune in to see it at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 12. WPT is recording only one concert this year. For more info, follow this link.
http://wptschedule.org/episodes/45150812/Concerts-on-the-Square/-James-Taylor-Tribute-/
Thanks for reaching out to us, and thanks for watching!