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Handel’s music receives dedicated advocacy at Oak Park festival
Celebrations of Bach’s music are as innumerable as the stars, as […]
Feb 17, 2025
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Stare at the Sun presents a compelling lineup of new music for chorus
Nineteenth-century scientists theorized that the phenomena of the afterimage—the impression of […]
Feb 16, 2025
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Tetzlaff’s Sibelius provides the highlight in CSO’s loud, uneven outing with Afkham
Serendipity abounded at Orchestra Hall Friday night. A Northern concerto reflected […]
Feb 15, 2025
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Concertmaster Chen bows out of CSO solo appearance
Chicago Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Robert Chen has bowed out of his […]
Feb 14, 2025
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Salonen, CSO deliver the brilliance and strange of “Bluebeard’s Castle”
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s belated opening concerts of 2025 are marking […]
Feb 07, 2025
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Dudok Quartet spans five centuries with passion and precision
It’s not very often that a string quartet offers music from […]
Jan 25, 2025
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Thibaudet brings lucid expertise and virtuosity to Debussy’s Préludes
One encounters a full Book of Claude Debussy’s Préludes infrequently in […]
Jan 20, 2025
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jane Glover, conductor Stella Chen, violinistElgar: Serenade for StringsVaughan Williams: […]
Jan 15, 2025
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Uneven voltage from Trio Valtorna at Winter Chamber Music Fest
One doesn’t expect an accompanying light show at a classical chamber […]
Jan 13, 2025
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Guerrero adds adventurous touch to his first Grant Park season
The 2025 installment of the Grant Park Music Festival will bring […]
Jan 07, 2025
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