February 19

Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 10:06 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

February 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

February 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

February 22

Lakeview Orchestra
Silas Huff, conductor
Dylana Jenson, violinist
Coleridge-Taylor: Overture to The Song of Hiawatha

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Specht: We Will Soar

Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
2 p.m. Athenaeum Center
lakevieworchestra.org

Marc-André Hamelin, pianist
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Concord Mass, 1840-60”)
Schumann: Fantasiestücke
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 4
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Handel Week Festival
Emily Mwila, soprano,
Henry Griffin, harpsichordist
English songs
“Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer”
“In den angenehmen Büschen”
Non può mia Musa
Trio Sonatas
3 p.m. Pilgrim Church, Oak Park
handelweek.com

Northshore Concert Band
Mallory Thompson, conductor
Reena Esmail: Tuttarana
John Mackey: Sheltering Sky
Elgar/Slocum & Reed: Enigma Variations
Chen Yi: Spring Festival
Christina Huss: When an Angel Gets its Wings
Michele Fernández: La Fiera Asturiana
3 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

February 25

Third Coast Percussion
JaRon Brown: and this too, shall pass (world premiere)
Robert Dillon: Scoundrel (world premiere)

Andrea Venet: Bulldog

Ivan Trevino: Watercolor Sun

Jessie Montgomery: Study No. 1

Jlin: Derivative

Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood

Alexis Lamb: Matters / Mind
6:30 p.m. Merit School of Music
thirdcoastpercussion.com

February 26

Northwestern University
Bizet: Carmen
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

February 27

Northwestern University
Bizet: Carmen
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

February 28

Northwestern University
Bizet: Carmen
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

March 1

Northwestern University
Bizet: Carmen
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

Handel Week Festival
Dennis Northway, conductor
“The Ways of Zion do Mourn”
Jubilate
Utrecht Te Deum
3 p.m. Pilgrim Church, Oak Park
handelweek.com

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