February 12

Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 10:06 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Himari, violinist
Thompson: To See the Sky
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

February 13

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Jacquelyn Stucker, Cecilia Molinari, Anthony León, Ian Rucker,
Ana María Martínez, Rod Gilfry; Enrique Mazzola, conductorr
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Karol Mossakowski, organist
Bach/Widor: St. Matthew Passion finale
Bach: Six Schübler Chorales (with improvisations)
Widor: Symphonie No. 5

7:30 p.m. St. Chrysostom Episcopal Church
Free admission
saintc.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Himari, violinist
Thompson: To See the Sky
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College
cso.org

February 14

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Himari, violinist
Thompson: To See the Sky
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Winter Chamber Music Festival
Dover Quartet
Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major

Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 4
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor
7:30 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
music.northwestern.edu

Lyric Opera
Strauss: Salome
Jennifer Holloway, Nicholas Brownlee, Alex Boyer,
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner; Tomáš Netopil, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Anastasia Poff, pianist
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C major
Palmgren: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

February 15

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Jacquelyn Stucker, Cecilia Molinari, Anthony León, Ian Rucker,
Ana María Martínez, Rod Gilfry; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Himari, violinist
Thompson: To See the Sky
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Handel Week Festival
Dennis Northway, conductor
Eli Zelman, conductor
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano
David White, organist
Concerto grosso in G minor
Concerto grosso in A major
Organ Concerto in G minor
Saeviat tellus inter rigores
Concerto grosso in C minor
3 p.m. Pilgrim Church, Oak Park
handelweek.com

UChicago Presents
Lynne Davis, organist
Music of Bach, Sweelinck, Bruins and Du Mage.
3 p.m. Bond Chapel

February 19

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

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 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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