Con Vivo

press release: con vivo!...music with life, presents a chamber music concert entitled “Five by Seven” on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Ave. across from Camp Randall. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $18.00 for adults and $15.00 for seniors and students.  

con vivo!’s spring concert, “Five by Seven,”  features septets and quintets for winds, strings and organ.  The program includes the Septet Op. 20 by Beethoven, and Anton Dvorak’s folk-like Bagatelles Op. 47 for strings and organ. Additional pieces include the story of a lover’s unrequited love in the quintet “Serenata in vano” by Carl Nielsen and Max Reger’s miniature “Lyrische Andante.” Audience members are invited to join con vivo! musicians after the concert for a free reception to discuss this chamber music literature.  

Artistic Director Robert Taylor, in remarking about the concert said, “With con vivo!’s spring concert, we conclude our fourteenth season with exceptional music that combines the wonderful sounds of winds, strings and organ.  Our Madison audience will be able to hear our musicians up close and personal playing music of extreme delight and depth.”

con vivo! is a professional chamber music ensemble comprised of Madison area musicians assembled from the ranks of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and various other performing groups familiar to Madison audiences.