Archive for November, 2009

Haitink and the CSO glorious in Mendelssohn’s “Midsummer” music

There are few more alarming examples of musical precocity than Felix […]

Nov 06, 2009
at 5:31 pm
No Comments

Sinfonietta’s night at the musical comedy club provokes mixed guffaws

The Chicago Sinfonietta came up with an offbeat theme for Monday […]

Nov 03, 2009
at 4:50 pm
No Comments

Colnot, Civic Orchestra take a musical flight to Rio

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, founded in 1919 as a training […]

Nov 03, 2009
at 12:02 pm
No Comments

Venezuela-born Italian bass is rising to great heights

Since his 2001 professional debut, Luca Pisaroni has made headlines in […]

Nov 03, 2009
at 1:52 am
No Comments

After a broken string, a memorable afternoon with the Pacifica Quartet

Sometimes an unplanned event can tell a lot about musicians and […]

Nov 02, 2009
at 3:23 pm
No Comments

When Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” are upstaged by the instrument

Christopher Taylor brought his one-of-a-kind Steinway dual-manual piano to Chicago’s Mandel […]

Nov 01, 2009
at 12:15 am
1 Comment

Newer Entries »

Archive