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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