Archive for August, 2012

Grant Park Festival serves up buoyant performance of “The Seasons”

The meteorological gods must have a sense of humor. After a […]

Aug 11, 2012
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Critic’s Choice

Chicago’s summer music season may be winding down but there is […]

Aug 10, 2012
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Finley shows remarkable vocal artistry in Ravinia recital

Despite a diversity of reactions to John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic […]

Aug 10, 2012
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Kalmar leads a fiery program of less familiar works from familiar Germans

Beethoven, Brahms, and Mendelssohn are hardly terra incognita on concert programs, […]

Aug 09, 2012
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Kalmar and Grant Park Orchestra deliver fizzing Latin program

Retreating from the chaos of Lollapalooza into the air-conditioned comfort of […]

Aug 04, 2012
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CSO and guests offer refreshing night of Rachmaninoff at Ravinia

Thursday night’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert at the Ravinia Festival was […]

Aug 03, 2012
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New life for a Russian warhorse and an American rarity at the Grant Park Music Festival

Even though Lollapalooza was still two days away, the set-up for […]

Aug 02, 2012
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