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Tchaik rarity and violin prodigy take Lake Forest Symphony by storm
This weekend’s Lake Forest Symphony concerts are the penultimate performances that […]
Mar 16, 2013
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A tour de force Chicago Symphony debut by a different Barenboim
Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony: that’s a combination we haven’t experienced […]
Mar 15, 2013
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Ferris Chorale presents the American premiere of Grayston Ives’ powerful Requiem
Two years in the making, the William Ferris Chorale’s “Sacred & […]
Feb 27, 2013
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KLR Trio bridges three centuries of music with a tour de force performance at Mandel Hall
The Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio is in the enviable position of […]
Feb 23, 2013
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Hewitt’s Bach, unsurprisingly, provides the highlights in mixed recital
Perhaps no major pianist before the public today is more associated […]
Feb 11, 2013
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Ars Viva’s Mahler movingly memorializes recent tragedy
With the country still immersed in the shadow of twenty children […]
Jan 14, 2013
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“Second City Guide to the Opera” provides quirky laughs, yet little opera for newbies
If the principal goal of “The Second City Guide to the […]
Jan 06, 2013
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Bach and Mozart make splendid Rembrandt holiday fare
With music of the season being so paramount amongst programmers this […]
Dec 11, 2012
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Ars Viva serves up subtle and brilliant Sibelius and Shostakovich
Alan Heatherington has long been a champion of the music of […]
Nov 05, 2012
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Back at last, Perahia redefines the familiar with supreme artistry
It has been a few seasons since Chicago has been treated […]
Oct 15, 2012
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