
Review: Present Music's playlist of Mozart, Adams evokes outdoor pleasures
If summer has to end, then Present Music found a fitting way to say farewell with a concert Saturday evening that suggested both outdoor music and road trips. Artistic director Kevin Stalheim has programmed a PM season that points up connections between the music of living composers and that of their classical ancestors. To underline that intent, PM opened Saturday's concert at the UWM Zelazo Center with Mozart's Serenade No. 10, the famed "Gran Partita" (the piece that opens

Interview: New music specialists Present Music turns to Mozart for season opener
Present Music is going "a little naughty and ironic" on the new music ensemble's season opening concert, according to artistic director Kevin Stalheim. So what is "naughty and ironic" for a new music ensemble? Try Mozart. His "Gran Partita" for 12 winds and string bass, to be specific. "Hearing Mozart on one of our concerts is somewhat radical," a chuckling Stalheim said in a recent interview. "I hear from people all the time that what they like about our concerts is that the