Archive for January, 2011
Yo-Yo Ma and friends launch new CSO project and seal it with superb concert
Sunday afternoon’s concert at Symphony Center was an auspicious moment for […]
Jan 31, 2011
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Pacifica members deliver memorable, deeply moving account of Shostakovich’s Eighth Quartet
The Pacifica Quartet’s ongoing cycle of the complete quartets of Dmitri […]
Jan 31, 2011
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Heatherington, Ars Viva soloists bring fresh approach to Mozart
If it’s late January and the lines are long at the […]
Jan 31, 2011
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ICE’s edgy Art Institute concert reflects its canvas inspiration
A largely youthful capacity audience at the Art Institute’s Fullerton Hall […]
Jan 29, 2011
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Uchida’s Mozart extraordinary once again with CSO
There are some marriages of artist and repertoire that seem so […]
Jan 28, 2011
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Mitsuko Uchida brings unique mix of scholarship and intimacy to Mozart and Schumann
For thousands of music lovers, the highlight of Chicago’s musical season […]
Jan 25, 2011
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Miami-based Seraphic Fire makes memorable Chicago debut under trying circumstances
While the Bears were being trounced under the heels of the […]
Jan 25, 2011
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Music of the Baroque banishes the winter chill with Haydn and the Mozarts
A requiem wouldn’t have been out of place Sunday night. Certainly […]
Jan 24, 2011
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Lyric Opera’s lively and engaging “Fanciulla” almost golden
It’s not hard to understand why Puccini’s La fanciulla del West […]
Jan 23, 2011
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Kaler, Lake Forest Symphony give stirring advocacy to Russia music, familiar and rare
The Lake Forest Symphony under music director, Alan Heatherington, treated a […]
Jan 23, 2011
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