Archive for April, 2016

Muti, CSO give elegant advocacy to Berlioz’s bizarro “Romeo and Juliet”

Is there a more structurally ramshackle work in the concert repertory […]

Apr 08, 2016
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Dance and singing effective but fail to cohere in Mark Morris “Dido”

Few operas are a better bet to gracefully unite singing and […]

Apr 07, 2016
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Critic’s Choice

Riccardo Muti returns this week to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra […]

Apr 06, 2016
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Richard Goode’s poised, expressive Bach restores civility to Orchestra Hall

After the abortive student “protest” at the previous evening’s CSO concert, a […]

Apr 04, 2016
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Speck, Chicago Philharmonic deliver a fierce Tchaikovsky Fourth

The Chicago Philharmonic concert Sunday night at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall was […]

Apr 04, 2016
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Student protesters try to disrupt CSO concert

A group of around a hundred student protestors rushed into Symphony […]

Apr 03, 2016
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Glover leads a memorable Monteverdi “Vespers” with Music of the Baroque

We don’t know what the occasion was for Claudio Monteverdi writing […]

Apr 02, 2016
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Recorder virtuoso makes triumphant Chicago debut

University of Chicago Presents hosted the local debut of recorder virtuoso […]

Apr 02, 2016
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Mälkki, CSO shine brightly in “Sheherazade”

It’s fascinating to consider how and why some music falls out […]

Apr 01, 2016
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