October 10

Tue Sep 17, 2024 at 10:31 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Lyric Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio

Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas, Dimitry Ivashchenko,

Brian Mulligan; Enrique Mazzola, conductor

7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Lukáš Vondráček, pianist
Lee III: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 11

Amy Wurtz, pianist
Bach: Toccata in G Major
Mumford: for Elliott
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, no. 4
Shekhar: Postcards—”on an old sidewalk” and “merry-go-round”
Wurtz: Sonata for Piano “Mothers and Daughters” (world premiere)
12 p.m. Fourth Presbyterian Church and live-stream

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Lukáš Vondráček, pianist
Lee III: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

UChicago Presents
A Roomful of Teeth
Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices: Allemande and Sarabande 
Negrón: Math the One which is Sweet 
Greenstein: Run Away 
Gunn: “Are We Death” from The Ascendant 
Pecknold: Helplessness Blues 
Greenstein: Montmartre 
Lenz: “Mercury” from 7 Planets 
Gunn: “Surviving Death” from The Ascendant 
Shin: Bits torn from words: VI. “If __ did happen, how bad would It be?” 
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

October 13

Lakeview Orchestra
Gregory Hughes, conductor
Thomas Pandolfi, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Sleeping Beauty
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
2 p.m. Athenaeum Theater

UChicago Presents
Asian Sound Revolution
3 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Civitas Ensemble
Bruckner: String Quintet
Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet
3 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston

Ensemble dal Niente
Wang Lu: (world premiere)
Carolyn Chen: how to assemble a
George Lewis: Melodies for Miles
Leihua Lanzillotti: beyond the accident of time
8:30 p.m. Constellation

October 15

Daniel Roth, organist
Guilmant: Marche sur un thème de Händel
Franck: Prélude fugue et variation 
Bach: Fugue in A minor BWV 904 
Mendelssohn/Roth: Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Widor: Symphonie 7: Choral and Final 
Improvisation on submitted themes 
7:30 p.m. St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church
Free admission
saintc.org

October 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Samuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Samuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church of Chicago
newberryconsort.org

October 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Samuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
newberryconsort.org

October 20

UChicago Presents
Renée Anne Louprette, organist
Music of Bach, Böhm, Reincken and others
3 p.m. Bond Chapel 
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
4 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org

October 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
Music of John Williams
Violin Concerto No. 2
Selections from film scores
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 23

Nova Linea Musica
Dover Quartet
Montgomery: Strum
Bates: From Amber Frozen
Walker: String Quartet No. 1—Molto adagio
Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
6:30 p.m. Guarneri Hall

October 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Evanston Chamber Music Society
Santiago Canon Valencia, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Works of Debussy, Duparc, Marquez, Schnittke and Stravinsky
7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Evanston
filammusic.foundation

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
apollosfire.org

October 26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. St. James Cathedral
apollosfire.org

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
7:30 p.m. First United Church of Oak Park

October 27

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
3 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

UChicago Presents
CSO Chamber Music
Martinů: Three Madrigals
Barber: String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
3 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
4 p.m. St. Josaphat Catholic Church

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

October 28

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

October 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 3

American Music Project
Emiko Edwards, pianist
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
George Rochberg: Nach Bach
Leo Ornstein: Evening’s Sorrow
Leon Kirchner: Piano Sonata No. 1
William Grant Still: A Deserted Plantation
Jennifer Higdon: Notes of Gratitude
Paul Creston: Preludes, Op. 38
Aaron Copland: Piano Variations
3 p.m. Ganz Hall
americanmusicproject.net

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