Chicago Classical Review

Chicago is, of course, one of the world’s major players in terms of classical music. But in…

Trio Mediaeval has cancelled its U.S. tour due to the pregnancy of one of its members. That means the group…

The reliably arresting Composer Perspectives series by the Chicago Chamber Musicians offers the rare chance to hear leading…

It was Deryck Cooke who labeled the Seventh, “Mahler’s mad, mad symphony,” and it’s hard for even…

Double-casting opera productions can be a double-edged sword. Yes, it helps generate box office by allowing for longer runs of…

If the historical circumstances of the dying Mozart’s final work being his unfinished Requiem were not bracing enough, the…

When most conductors make their downtown Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut, they usually program a big Romantic blockbuster, the…

Mathieu, who? Some of the most charged flute performances of the season transpired Wednesday night at Roosevelt University’s…

There are few more unblinking gazes into the abyss than Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B flat.  The epic work…