November 11

Tue Oct 20, 2026 at 2:05 pm

By Lawrence A. Johnson

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

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

Chicago Chorale
Benjamin Rivera, conductor
Rossi: Psalm 112: “Halleluyah, ashrei ish”
Brahms: Psalm 51: “Schaffe in mir, Gott”
Weir: Psalm 42: “Like as the hart”
Tomkins: When David heard
Van Ness: Psalm 70: “Be pleased to deliver me”
Whitacre: When David heard
Stanford: Psalm 119: “Beati quorum via”
Runestad: Psalm 121: “I will lift mine eyes”
Walker: Psalm 117: “O Praise the Lord”
Bernstein: Missa brevis
3 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church
chicagochorale.org

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

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

The Gesualdo Six
“Fading”
7:30 p.m. St. James Cathedral
eventbrite.com

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

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

ipomusic.org

November 22

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Adam Neiman, pianist
Patrice Michaels, narrator
Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Garrop: The Battle for the Ballot
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
3 p.m. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
elmhurstsymphony.org

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

Bella Voce
Andrew Lewis, conductor
Handel: Messiah
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
bellavoce.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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