October 22

Tue Oct 20, 2026 at 2:05 pm

By Lawrence A. Johnson

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

Bruce Liu, pianist
Ligeti: “Fanfares” from Etudes, Book I
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”
Chopin: Two Nocturnes
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Debussy: Rêverie
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 “Waldstein”
Mompou: Glossa sobre Au clair de la lune
Albeniz: “El puerto” from Iberia, Book I
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole
3 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 5

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Parsifal
Strauss: Burleske
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 6

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Parsifal
Strauss: Burleske
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 7

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Parsifal
Strauss: Burleske
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
“Echoes Across the Atlantic”
7:30 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
apollosfire.org

November 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Parsifal
Strauss: Burleske
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
“Echoes Across the Atlantic”
5 p.m. Chicago Cultural Center
apollosfire.org

November 11

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Ginastera: Four Daces from Estancia
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 12

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 15

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 18

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Wolfe: Liberty Bell
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Wolfe: Liberty Bell
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

November 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Wolfe: Liberty Bell
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, Conductor
Montgomery: Starburst

Bizet: Symphony In C

Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
7:30 p.m. Lincoln-Way North High School, Frankfort

November 22

Double Sens
Nemanja Radulović, violinist and conductor
Beethoven/Radulović: Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2
Bach: Violin Concerto in D Minor
3 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagosymphony.org

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Colin Ainsworth, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Bach: Mass in B minor
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

November 23

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Colin Ainsworth, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Bach: Mass in B minor
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
baroque.org

November 24

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 27

Lyric Opera
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Misha Kiria, Ying Fang, Alberto Robert, Ian Rucker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

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