Archive for 2014
Top Ten Performances of 2014
1. Mozart: Don Giovanni–Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Lyric Opera of […]
Dec 23, 2014
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Gray finds fifty shades of Christmas in MOB’s holiday program
Amid the snowflake-like abundance of seasonal concert offerings, one can always […]
Dec 20, 2014
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Light Opera Works serves up a stylish and exuberant “Merry Widow”
It’s probably safe to assume that not many Chicagoans are planning […]
Dec 20, 2014
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Cynthia Yeh’s solo tour de force ends the CSO’s year with bells ringing
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is closing the year on a high […]
Dec 19, 2014
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Geoffrey Gordon is second composer commissioned by the American Music Project
A Clarinet Quintet by Geoffrey Gordon is the second work commissioned […]
Dec 16, 2014
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Ferris Chorale returns “home” for the holidays with rewarding Christmas program
The weather may have been unseasonably mild for December, but the […]
Dec 14, 2014
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Honeck ignites CSO with fiery and revelatory Beethoven
Yes, “revelatory Beethoven” sounds like an oxymoron. After two centuries and […]
Dec 12, 2014
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Conductor Manfred Honeck searches for a vital blend of the scholarly and spiritual
The first thing Manfred Honeck asks about is the weather in […]
Dec 10, 2014
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Fourth Symphony provides the highlight in Ars Viva’s Beethoven program
On Sunday afternoon the Ars Viva Orchestra under music director Alan […]
Dec 09, 2014
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Oboist Izotov leaving CSO for San Francisco Symphony
Eugene Izotov is leaving his post as principal oboe of the […]
Dec 08, 2014
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