Critic’s Choice

Thu Oct 10, 2013 at 11:43 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Giuseppe Verdi: October 10-1813-January 27, 1901.
Giuseppe Verdi: Born October 10, 1813, died January 27, 1901.

Today is the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth and, if you’ve been living in a parallel universe, you may not know that Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are marking the event tonight with a performance of Verdi’s Requiem. The concert has long been sold out but will be streamed live on the internet. To access the live stream, go to cso.org.

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Chicago Chamber Musicians joins the Britten centennial-year festivities with a well-chosen program exploring Britten and his influences, including works of Dowland, Butterworth and Poulenc. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston and 7:30 p.m. Monday at Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music. chicagochambermusic.org.

And Jean-Guihen Queyras offers a rare program of works for solo cello in the University of Chicago Presents series. The program includes Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Britten’s Cello Suite No. 1 and Kodaly’s Sonata in B Minor. Concert time is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Logan Center. chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

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