Archive for March, 2015

Glover, MOB serve up spirited Mozart and Haydn

There was no Baroque music on Music of the Baroque’s program […]

Mar 31, 2015
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Chicago Chorale delivers a memorable “St. Matthew Passion”

Any shortlist of the crowning achievements of Western music must include […]

Mar 30, 2015
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Requiem for a great friend who also happened to be a great composer

When I moved from Chicago to take up a new job […]

Mar 28, 2015
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A gifted young composer apart, few sparks fly with de Waart and CSO

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra enjoys such a consistent roster of inspirational […]

Mar 27, 2015
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Critic’s Choice

If you didn’t get your Lenten Bach fix with the Chicago […]

Mar 26, 2015
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Chicago Ensemble offers chamber rarities by d’Indy and Hindemith

It’s always remarkable how different concert calendars can often serendipitously align. […]

Mar 25, 2015
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Clyne and Bates works outshine interminable Boulez at MusicNOW

Monday’s MusicNOW concert at the Harris Theater offered one work each […]

Mar 24, 2015
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Perahia shows the art that conceals art in cornerstone repertory

As pianists go, Murray Perahia is not one to often stray […]

Mar 23, 2015
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Nelson leads Chicago Bach Project in an inspired “St. John Passion”

It seems like just yesterday that John Nelson launched his Chicago […]

Mar 21, 2015
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Dutoit, Ma illuminate French rarities with CSO

In the second and final week of his March Chicago Symphony […]

Mar 20, 2015
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