Archive for February, 2010

Avalon Quartet digs into mostly Russian program at Gottlieb Hall

Chicago is, of course, one of the world’s major players in […]

Feb 11, 2010
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Boston’s Liber Ensemble to replace canceled Trio Mediaeval

Trio Mediaeval has cancelled its U.S. tour due to the pregnancy […]

Feb 11, 2010
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Dark and tantalizing CCM program spotlights Lee Hyla and friends

The reliably arresting Composer Perspectives series by the Chicago Chamber Musicians […]

Feb 09, 2010
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Oundjian and Civic outstanding in Mahler’s bizarro Seventh

It was Deryck Cooke who labeled the Seventh, “Mahler’s mad, mad […]

Feb 09, 2010
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Lyric Opera’s second cast makes for a still-enjoyable “Elixir”

Double-casting opera productions can be a double-edged sword. Yes, it helps […]

Feb 07, 2010
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Music of the Baroque delivers an impassioned Mozart Requiem

If the historical circumstances of the dying Mozart’s final work being […]

Feb 06, 2010
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Oundjian, CSO get to the English heart of Vaughan Williams with a radiant Fifth Symphony

When most conductors make their downtown Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut, they […]

Feb 05, 2010
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Munro and Gunn deliver some of the finest flute playing of the season at Ganz Hall

Mathieu, who? Some of the most charged flute performances of the […]

Feb 04, 2010
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Lupu’s detached style shorts Schubert’s drama in mixed program

There are few more unblinking gazes into the abyss than Schubert’s […]

Feb 01, 2010
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