Archive for 2018
Fiterstein, colleagues bring light to musical darkness at Mandel Hall
Despite the cheery billing (“Alexander Fiterstein and Friends”), the chamber musicians […]
Nov 17, 2018
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Opera Atelier makes an admirable debut with French Baroque double bill
Opera Atelier made its first Chicago appearance Thursday night with a […]
Nov 16, 2018
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Two remarkable debuts highlight CSO’s mostly Russian program
Besides Russian late-Romantic sumptuousness, if there was a common thread to […]
Nov 16, 2018
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Phillip Bush brings insight, blazing virtuosity to American piano music
There have been any number of musical events across the country […]
Nov 14, 2018
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Opera Atelier to make Chicago debut with French Baroque double bill
The many masters of Baroque music—composers who flourished throughout Europe between […]
Nov 12, 2018
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Cappella Pratensis serves up a clever twist on Josquin for UC Presents
This season’s Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series from the […]
Nov 12, 2018
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COT illuminates “Iolanta” with ardent vocalism, rich Russian flavor
There is not a whole lot of music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky […]
Nov 11, 2018
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Rembrandt Chamber Musicians’ unfocused Armistice program misses the historical mark
Today—November 11, 2018—is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, when the […]
Nov 11, 2018
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Muti, CSO turn tragedy into spiritual transcendence with Verdi “Requiem”
If this week’s tragic news from California of yet another mass […]
Nov 09, 2018
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Silesian Quartet opens Polish music festival with world-class artistry
For a metropolitan area with such a large Polish population, that […]
Nov 08, 2018
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