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Violinist Lamsma delivers exciting and individual Korngold with Grant Park Orchestra
Conductor Carlos Kalmar is sidelined at the Grant Park Music Festival […]
Jun 25, 2022
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Verdi vittoria: Muti, CSO wrap season with a thrilling “Un ballo in maschera”
One wonders what Giuseppe Verdi would have thought of a performance […]
Jun 24, 2022
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Kalmar tests positive for Covid, bows out; Alltop capably steps in with GPO
Covid protocols continue to snarl the downtown orchestral scene. Last week […]
Jun 23, 2022
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Armenian music spotlighted in style by the Aznavoorian sisters
“Gems from Armenia.” Ani Aznavoorian, cellist; Marta Aznavoorian, pianist (Cedille). The […]
Jun 21, 2022
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Muti tests negative for Covid, is back on the job with CSO
Riccardo Muti returned to CSO rehearsals Sunday for this week’s season-ending […]
Jun 20, 2022
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Haymarket Opera revives a romantic gem with Bologne’s “L’Amant anonyme”
Haymarket Opera Company’s Midwest premiere of L’Amant anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) […]
Jun 18, 2022
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Grant Park Chorus makes its first appearance of the summer in two Chicago premieres
The second program of the season for the Grant Park Music […]
Jun 18, 2022
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Mutter delivers luminous Beethoven with CSO; Muti tests positive for Covid again, withdraws from concert
Some mysterious power does not want Riccardo Muti to conduct Beethoven’s […]
Jun 17, 2022
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June 27
Chicago Symphony OrchestraRiccardo Muti, conductorShostakovich: Festive OvertureTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 46:30 p.m. […]
Jun 16, 2022
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Michelle Cann lights up Grant Park opener with Price concerto
Opening nights at the Grant Park Music Festival are usually high-spirited […]
Jun 16, 2022
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