Soused Sonatas
June 2, 2013Events

Soused Sonatas

Once Don Draper and his fellow “Mad Men” – sideburns a-blazing – planted themselves firmly in the psychedelic era, it seemed appropriate that Late Beatles and Live Hendrix would dominate the show’s soundtrack this season. But we can still revel in the early-’60s mise-en-acoustique of earlier episodes. That’s what the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has in mind with the “Music of Mad Men.” Guest conductor Steven Reineke will include a suite of David Carbonara’s music – bongos, vibraphones and all. The real treat will be the pop hits that made the show swing. Maybe even “Zou Bisou Bisou.” Music of Mad…

BY Paul Kosidowski

Once Don Draper and his fellow “Mad Men” – sideburns a-blazing – planted themselves firmly in the psychedelic era, it seemed appropriate that Late Beatles and Live Hendrix would dominate the show’s soundtrack this season. But we can still revel in the early-’60s mise-en-acoustique of earlier episodes. That’s what the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has in mind with the “Music of Mad Men.” Guest conductor Steven Reineke will include a suite of David Carbonara’s music – bongos, vibraphones and all. The real treat will be the pop hits that made the show swing. Maybe even “Zou Bisou Bisou.”

Music of Mad Men (June 7-9). Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Uihlein Hall. Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. 929 N. Water St., 414-291-7605, mso.org.

Paul Kosidowski
Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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