Archive for October, 2012

Despite record fund-raising, CSO is in the red for fiscal year

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra posted a nearly million-dollar deficit last year […]

Oct 18, 2012
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Mystery thumps apart, a first-rate cast delivers a Verdian feast in Lyric’s “Simon Boccanegra”

As if the Doge of Genoa doesn’t have enough problems with […]

Oct 16, 2012
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Bella Voce opens 30th season with an encore of Ferko’s “Stabat Mater”

On a frigid February night thirteen years ago, a new work […]

Oct 15, 2012
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Back at last, Perahia redefines the familiar with supreme artistry

It has been a few seasons since Chicago has been treated […]

Oct 15, 2012
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UC’s Logan Center offers a superb new space for chamber music

The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts opened over […]

Oct 15, 2012
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Ma, Silk Road Ensemble offer a generous multicultural feast

Saturday’s return engagement of The Silk Road Ensemble at Symphony Center […]

Oct 14, 2012
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CCM serves up a diversity of Debussy delights

In what is by far the most extensive local commemoration of […]

Oct 13, 2012
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Orion Ensemble returns to its roots for 20th anniversary

In 1991, clarinetist Kathryne Pirtle and violinist Florentina Ramniceanu were on […]

Oct 11, 2012
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It’s good to be the Doge: Hampson makes the political personal in “Simon Boccanegra”

Chicago audiences last saw American baritone Thomas Hampson on the Civic […]

Oct 09, 2012
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Anaphora brings youthful edge to traditional program

Anaphora, an ever-morphing ensemble of young Chicago-based musicians who are best […]

Oct 09, 2012
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