Archive for May, 2009
Backer pulls funding, but Chicago Opera Vanguard will forge ahead with Turnage’s controversial “Greek”
Granted, opera isn’t always the most decorous of art forms, with […]
May 31, 2009
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Conductor Labadie fails to strike sparks with CSO in monochrome Mozart and Haydn.
After nearly fifty years of historically informed musical performance, the traits […]
May 27, 2009
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No looking Bach with Angela Hewitt’s forward-looking “Goldberg” Variations
Angela Hewitt takes a graceful walk across an empty Symphony Center […]
May 25, 2009
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Turnage’s “Scorched” ignites Orchestra Hall in triumphant melding of jazz and classical
It was eighty-five years ago that a sleazy clarinet solo and […]
May 22, 2009
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When musical worlds collide, politely
Under the energetic and imaginative leadership of artistic director Stephen Burns, […]
May 20, 2009
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Haydn in plain sight
Felix Mendelssohn is clearly the most-honored composer of 2009 by virtue […]
May 19, 2009
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COT’s fine cast and stylish staging can’t save Britten’s talky, turgid “Wingrave”
Commissioned by the BBC, Owen Wingrave has a certain historical significance […]
May 17, 2009
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Sibelius 5, Beethoven 2 in Vänskä’s CSO program with Znaider
In an age of internationalization, it’s almost become musicologically incorrect to […]
May 15, 2009
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Sinfonietta closes season with aquatic theme, looks to the future
The outward theme for the Chicago Sinfonietta’s season-closing concert was music […]
May 12, 2009
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Chicago Opera Theater strikes sparks with post-Bizet “Carmen”
Peter Brook’s La Tragedie de Carmen is not your grandfather’s Carmen. […]
May 11, 2009
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