Archive for August, 2017
Critic’s Choice for the 2017-18 season
Music of the Baroque: Mendelssohn’s Elijah. September 16 and 17 at […]
Aug 28, 2017
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Grant Park Music Festival wraps season with timely Beethoven
With Chicago’s gun violence off the charts and last week’s tragic […]
Aug 19, 2017
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A cellist’s impressive debut and a neglected American composer at Grant Park Music Festival
This summer’s Grant Park Music Festival has been lighter on 20th-century […]
Aug 17, 2017
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Music and political worlds collide with Grant Park Festival premiere
There are probably as many good reasons why a musical work […]
Aug 12, 2017
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Terrific soloists highlight a delightful “Creation” with Levine and CSO
There is no doubt that the return of James Levine to […]
Aug 09, 2017
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Santa Fe Opera crashes with Bates’ inert “(R)evolution of Steve Jobs”
SANTA FE. The focus of this season at Santa Fe Opera […]
Aug 06, 2017
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Grant Park Orchestra goes underground for engaging program
For Chicago classical audiences, the best thing about Lollapalooza is that […]
Aug 05, 2017
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Villegas and Kalmar bring Spanish flair to Grant Park program
As usual, Carlos Kalmar got it right with both his spoken […]
Aug 03, 2017
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