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Chicago Chorale shines brightly in a Thompson masterwork

Bruce Tammen led his penultimate program as artistic director of the […]

Mar 15, 2026
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Sinfonietta fetes Women’s History Month with dance, symphonic firsts

The Chicago Sinfonietta marked Women’s History Month with a program of […]

Mar 08, 2026
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Annual Handel Week Festival wraps in style with choral rarities 

It has been a vexing season for any Chicagoan hoping to […]

Mar 02, 2026
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Ives gets a belated yet commanding birthday tribute with Hamelin’s “Concord” Sonata

The 150th birthday of American visionary Charles Ives passed largely unnoticed […]

Feb 23, 2026
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A mixed bag of musical results as van Zweden returns to CSO

Jaap van Zweden’s recent podium stands with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra […]

Feb 13, 2026
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Glover leads MOB in a program of Mozart and Bach en famille

Music often runs in the family. Saturday’s Music of the Baroque […]

Jan 25, 2026
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A standout “Amahl” closes the year with warm Christmas spirit

Gian Carlo Menotti wrote of his Amahl and the Night Visitors, […]

Dec 22, 2025
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Kraemer-led MOB choral program provides customary holiday warmth

Music of the Baroque has put in some Christmas overtime this […]

Dec 20, 2025
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Chen leads CSO in an elegant, collegial  “Four Seasons”

After two weeks of vivid concerts under music director emeritus for […]

Nov 14, 2025
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Abduraimov brings keyboard thunder, poetic moments to Romantic program

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov returned to Chicago Sunday for the first time […]

Nov 04, 2025
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