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“Animals” far too tame at Grant Park’s Family Night
Wednesday night was Family Night at Millennium Park, as conductor Norman […]
Aug 12, 2021
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Conlon returns to Ravinia with a mixed evening of Mozart
Former Ravinia Festival music director James Conlon returned on Friday night […]
Aug 07, 2021
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DeYoung, Murphy illuminate dark songs at Ravinia
Three yearning protagonists mourned their missing beloveds on Thursday night at […]
Aug 06, 2021
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Zukerman returns to Ravinia for double-duty act with CSO
Ravinia’s vocal cicadas welcomed back Pinchas Zukerman, as he led a […]
Jul 30, 2021
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Illinois Philharmonic winds most in synch with Mozart
Complementing their all-strings season-opener back in October, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra […]
Jan 24, 2021
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A modern gem highlights Marlboro’s mixed program at Mandel Hall
A month ago, the classical music world was dealt a great […]
Mar 07, 2020
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Classical and popular songs gracefully rendered by Fourth Coast Ensemble
As the title of their program suggested, Fourth Coast Ensemble colored […]
Mar 03, 2020
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Barber’s “Knoxville” the high point in Chicago Ensemble’s Americana survey
It was an all-American start to 2020 for the Chicago Ensemble […]
Jan 20, 2020
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Newberry Consort mixes the sacred and secular with flair in “A Mexican Christmas”
If Baroque + Christmas = Handel in your mind, then Friday […]
Dec 07, 2019
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With a new tenor, Fourth Coast Ensemble offers an offbeat mix
Saturday evening at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center, while Third […]
Oct 14, 2019
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