Archive for November, 2010

Schumann spotlighted in stalwart salute by Chicago Chamber Musicians

As they have done throughout this year’s Schumann bicentennial, the Chicago […]

Nov 15, 2010
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Lincoln Trio serves up bracing music by women composers

Even David Cunliffe, cellist with the Lincoln Trio, had to admit […]

Nov 15, 2010
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Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi bring boisterous energy to varied program

No matter who might be dropping in from the motherland—be it […]

Nov 13, 2010
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CSO cellist to offer seven premieres based on hazardous cosmetics

The Chicago Humanities Festival has traditionally served up an array of […]

Nov 12, 2010
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Pappano returns to the CSO with an operatic approach to Mendelssohn

In many ways, Antonio Pappano’s return to Chicago is a homecoming […]

Nov 12, 2010
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Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi mark three challenging decades

The late Brezhnev era–a favorable period for the production of nuclear […]

Nov 10, 2010
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Marc-André Hamelin traverses neglected Alkan work with flair

With the originally announced Murray Perahia sidelined with a hand injury, […]

Nov 09, 2010
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Choral Handel and Vivaldi in the spotlight with Music of the Baroque

Of the many seeming miracles of George Frideric Handel’s music, perhaps […]

Nov 08, 2010
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Kremer, Baltic musicians serve up compelling, dizzyingly varied program

On a packed weekend of music in Chicago, Gidon Kremer returned […]

Nov 07, 2010
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Lyric Opera delivers inspired singing and hilarity with triumphant “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Maybe the Lyric Opera should consider doing an all-Shakespeare season. Following […]

Nov 06, 2010
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