Archive for June, 2012

Grant Park Chorus takes flight in 50th anniversary program

You know you’re living in a great musical city when Stravinsky’s […]

Jun 30, 2012
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Critic’s Choice

The Grant Park Chorus is marking its 50th anniversary this weekend […]

Jun 28, 2012
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Muti ends CSO season with impromptu tribute to retiring violinist

In impromptu stage remarks after the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s closing performance […]

Jun 28, 2012
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Zukerman ChamberPlayers offer emotionally charged Shostakovich at Ravinia

The classical season at the multi-genre Ravinia Festival doesn’t begin in […]

Jun 27, 2012
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San Francisco Opera serves up a brilliant staging of Adams’ problematic “Nixon in China”

SAN FRANCISCO. In San Francisco Opera’s current production of John Adams’ […]

Jun 25, 2012
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Paris ballet conductor brings Gallic flair to Grant Park program

While the Grant Park Music Festival has a well-deserved reputation for […]

Jun 24, 2012
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Davis lands Australia post

Sir Andrew Davis is going down under. The Lyric Opera of […]

Jun 24, 2012
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Muti, CSO wrap their season with stirring Bruckner

​There was a palpable sense of occasion Friday night at Symphony […]

Jun 23, 2012
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ACM closes season with edgy scenes from 21st-century life

The days when a contemporary chamber music concert meant large helpings […]

Jun 23, 2012
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Osborne and Kalmar make remarkable partners for Britten rarity

It never ceases to amaze that musical life in Chicago is […]

Jun 21, 2012
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