Chicago Classical Review

The Grant Park Music Festival, which kicks off its 77th season of outdoor concerts Wednesday night, is…

Early June traditionally provides a bit of a respite on Chicago’s bustling music scene, a brief lull between the end…

The performance of Bach’s epic St. Matthew Passion last month was the first local fruit of Soli Deo Gloria, the…

When John Nelson gives the downbeat to Bach’s epic St. Matthew Passion at Saint Vincent de Paul…

Remember “CNN opera”?

In the 1980s and 1990s, when John Adams was producing works like Nixon in China and The…

For a while, it looked like the American tour for Bach Collegium Japan was not going to happen at all…

See, the conquering hero comes from Judas Maccabeus is one of Handel’s most rousing numbers. The triumphant…

It’s been nearly two years since the Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen moved to London from Los Angeles, where…

For thousands of music lovers, the highlight of Chicago’s musical season is about to begin.

On Thursday night pianist Mitsuko…

1. The Pacifica Quartet in Shostakovich’s Quartets Nos. 1-3

The Pacifica Quartet’s presentation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s complete string quartets…