Chicago Classical Review

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday that music director Riccardo Muti has extended the terms of CSO Mead Composers-in-Residence…

If you can’t enjoy Haydn, then it’s quite likely — as a soprano friend puts it — that you have…

Members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Schoenberg (arr. Steuermann): Verklärte Nacht
Schumann: Piano Quintet
6:30 p.m. Buntrock Hall, Symphony Center

Lyric…

Sunday afternoon at Symphony Center, violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Sam Haywood presented gleaming, polished, and thoroughly engaging readings of…

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center opened its new Chicago residency series Friday night at the Harris Theater with…

To add to the hoopla of Riccardo Muti’s return to the podium Thursday night, it was announced earlier in the…

There’s plenty of high-profile events to choose from this weekend: Riccardo Muti’s return to the CSO with Orff’s Carmina Burana;…

As the University of Chicago’s resident performing ensemble, the Pacifica Quartet maintains a regular presence on the University of Chicago…

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra stopped at Symphony Center Sunday afternoon, the venerable English ensemble drawing a respectable and quite appreciative…

Without trying too hard, one can think of any number of reasons why Aida should be problematic for 21st-century audiences:…