October 21

Wed Sep 16, 2026 at 10:33 am

By Lawrence A. Johnson

Classical Music Chicago
David Shifrin, clarinetist
Marina Iwao, pianist
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Debussy: Premiere rhapsodie
Gershwin/Mangani: Blues on Themes from An American in Paris
Ellington/Schiff: Clarinet Lament
12:15 p.m. Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist
classicalmusicchicago.org

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Christian Van Horn, Tommaso Barea, Mané Galoyan,
Nina Solodovnikova, Lawrence Brownlee; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

October 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

October 23

Lyric Opera
Giddens & Abels: Omar
Issachah Savage, Kearstin Piper Brown, Zoie Reams,
Kyle Ketelsen; Kazem Abdullah, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College
chicagosymphony.org

UChicago Presents
Attacca Quartet
Caroline Shaw
Program, TBA
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

October 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Christian Van Horn, Tommaso Barea, Mané Galoyan,
Nina Solodovnikova, Lawrence Brownlee; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago a cappella
“Northern Lights”
Nordic choral music
7:30 p.m. Murphy Auditorium
chicagoacappella.org

October 25

Lyric Opera
Giddens & Abels: Omar
Issachah Savage, Kearstin Piper Brown, Zoie Reams,
Kyle Ketelsen; Kazem Abdullah, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago a cappella
“Northern Lights”
Nordic choral music
3 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
chicagoacappella.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang, cellist
Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

October 28

Lyric Opera
Giddens & Abels: Omar
Issachah Savage, Kearstin Piper Brown, Zoie Reams,
Kyle Ketelsen; Kazem Abdullah, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

October 29

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Konstantin Krimmel, baritone
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 “Linz”
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

October 30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Konstantin Krimmel, baritone
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 “Linz”
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen, Tommaso Barea, Mané Galoyan,
Nina Solodovnikova, Lawrence Brownlee; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

October 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Konstantin Krimmel, baritone
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 “Linz”
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 1

Lyric Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen, Tommaso Barea, Mané Galoyan,
Nina Solodovnikova, Lawrence Brownlee; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

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