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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