Chicago Classical Review

What could be a better birthday treat for a conductor than a concert program of personal favorites?

For Alan Heatherington,…

The good news this season is that the Chicago Philharmonic orchestra really is an orchestra again. In 2008-2009, a dire…

The Chicago premiere of a new work by Frederic Rzewski was the highlight of Saturday’s University of Chicago Presents…

On paper at least, it was an interesting idea: spotlighting ways in which music has been used in films to…

 To this day there is no definitive categorical home for Leonard Bernstein’s 1971 Mass. Is it schlocky musical theater or…

Those looking for spiritual musical consolation this weekend could hardly ask for two more contrasted works to choose from: Leonard…

With the possible exception of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, few of the greatest works in that genre are as…

Vladimir Feltsman is one of those musicians who often divide critical opinion, a pianist possessed of a stainless-steel technique…

Chicago Chamber Musicians has never been very interested in fixed musical boundaries.

It’s true that contemporary music has always…

It’s a testament to the richness and variety of Chicago’s music scene that one can hear first-class artists and world…