Chicago Classical Review

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Tai Murray, violinist
Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc: Gloria
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Apollo’s Fire
“The Road to Dublin”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 9

Opera Festival of Chicago 
Pizzetti: Murder in the Cathedral
Andrea Silvestrelli, Maria Kanyova, Anna Laurenzo; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Chicago Temple
operafestivalchicago.org

July 11

Rush Hour Concerts
Gabriela Vargas, flutist; David Cooper, horn; Kuang-Hao Huang, pianist
Bonis: Scènes de la foret
Ewazen: Ballade, Pastorale and Dance
Doppler: Souvenir du Rigi
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Fung: Aqua
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Barber: Symphony No. 1
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago 
“An Italian Soirée”
Andrea Silvestrelli, bass
Patrick Blackwell, bass-baritone 
Maria Kanyova, soprano
Anna Laurenzo, mezzo-soprano
Irina Feoktistova, pianist
7:30 p.m. Artifacts Events
operafestivalchicago.org

July 13

Opera Festival of Chicago 
Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass-baritone
Natalia Sidorenko, pianist
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
operafestivalchicago.org

July 14

Grant Park Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Liszt: Totentanz
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Adrian Dunn Singers
Ayodele Drum & Dance
Jim Gailloreto Trio
Senn High School Choir
Renan Esmail: See Me
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (with African percussion and jazz interludes)
8 p.m. Ravinia 

July 15

Grant Park Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Joyce Yang, pianist
Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Liszt: Totentanz
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Miriam Fried, violinist
Ran: Chicago Skyline
Brahms; Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia 

July 18

Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Orchestra musicians
Assad: Impressions
Foley: String Quartet
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Blumine
Mahler/Matthews: Four Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 20 

Opera Festival of Chicago 
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

July 21

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Montero: Antropolis
Montero: Piano Concerto “Latin”
R. Panufnik: Across the Line of Dreams
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 10
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 22

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Brahms: A German Requiem
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 23

Opera Festival of Chicago 
Verdi: Attila
Andrea Silvestrelli, Jenny Schuler, Franco Pomponi, Patrick Blackwell,; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

July 25

Rush Hour Concerts
Ars Musica Chicago
Handel: “Singe, Seele Gott zum Preise”
Handel: “Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle”
Telemann: Trio for Violin, Cello and Continuo in F Major
Caldara: “Risoluto son già tiranno amore”
Handel: Violin Sonata in A Major
Handel: “Meine Seele hört im Sehen”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 27

Danish String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, no. 3
Bach: The Art of Fugue (selections)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
Danish SQ: Folk music arrangements
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

July 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America 
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jeremy Black, violinist
Muszynski: Symphonic Dialogues
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 15

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

June 16

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 17

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Gene Pokorny, tuba
J. Strauss: Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Schifrin: Tuba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

June 20

Rush Hour Concerts
Scott Hostetler, oboist
Susan Warner, clarinetist
Yuan-Qing Yu, violinist
Diane Mues, violist
Rob Kassinger, bass
Souponetsky: Wandering Through Night
Prokofiev: Quintet
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
classicalmusicchicago.org

June 21

Grant Park Orchestra 
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Xavier Foley, double bass
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Rota: Divertimento Concertante
Fuchs: Symphony No. 2
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 23

Grant Park Orchestra 
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Weber: Overture to Oberon 
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts) 
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture 
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet
6:30 p.m. Harris TheaterPark
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Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano 
Giovanni Sala, tenor 
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
8 p.m. Symphony Center

June 24

Grant Park Orchestra 
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Weber: Overture to Oberon 
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts) 
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture 
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano 
Giovanni Sala, tenor 
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
8 p.m. Symphony Center

June 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano 
Giovanni Sala, tenor 
Kyle Ketelson, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
3 p.m. Symphony Center

June 26 

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Copland: Old American Songs
Woods: Archive Alive
Woods: To Propagate a Home
Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Hagenberg: Illuminare
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
gpmf.org

Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

June 27

Rush Hour Concerts
Lynx Project
Hailey Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Ward, baritone
Michael Tran, clarinetist
Kimberly Jeong, cellist
Florence Mak, pianist
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
classicalmusicchicago.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Price: Andante moderato
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
6:30 p.m. MIllennium Park
Free admission

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor
Copland: Old American Songs
Woods: Archive Alive
Woods: To Propagate a Home
Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Hagenberg: Illuminare
6:30 p.m. Columbus Park Refectory
gpmf.org

Haymarket Opera
Hasse: Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

June 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Jordan de Souza, conductor 
Stefan Jackiw, violinist
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Still: Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Coleman: Umoja
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 30

Grant Park Orchestra
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Coleman: Umoja
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
Montgomery: Transfigure to Grace (world premiere) 
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 18

Chicago Composers’ Consortium
Black Oak Ensemble
Mary Stolper, flutist
7 p.m. Epiphany Center for the Arts
epiphanychi.com

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grossman Ensemble
World premieres by Jason Eckardt, Sarah Gibson, Kurt Rohde, and Augusta Read Thomas
7:30 p.m. Logan Center

May 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
8 p.m. Symphony Center

May 21

Seong-Jin Cho, pianist
Music of Handel, Gubaidulina, Brahms and Schumann
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest
Jay Friedman, conductor
Bea Sjostrom, violinist
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
4 p.m. Concordia University, River Forest

May 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Robert Chen, violinist
Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome 
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

May 26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome 
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

May 27

Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
David Herbert, timpanist
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Kraft: Timpani Concerto No. 1
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Respighi: The Pines of Rome 
8 p.m. Symphony Center

May 28

Northwestern Opera Theater
Handel: Alcina
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

Maria João Pires, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique”
Schumann: Kinderszenen
Schumann: Arabeske
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32
3 p.m. Symphony Center

June 7

American Music Project
Kontras Quartet
Amy Beach: Quartet in One Movement
Walter Piston: String Quartet No. 3
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary”
John Harbison: String Quartet No. 3
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
7 p.m. Ganz Concert Hall
BOGO for advance ticket purchase
americanmusicproject.net

Seth Parker Woods, cellist
“Difficult Grace”
6 p.m. Harris Theater

Violins of Hope
Telemann: Concerto for 4 violins in D major
Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Bloch: Baal Shem
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Sarasate: Navarra
Golijov: The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac The Blind 
Hatikva
6:15 p.m. North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe
jccchicago.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College
cso.org

Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
7:30 p.m. Northwestern Illinois University

April 22

Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
3 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Wheaton

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Liadov: Kikimora
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violinist
Yuan-Chen Li: Tao of Meinong
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Debussy: La Mer
3 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville
finearts.northcentralcollege.edu

Camerata Chicago
Drostan Hall, conductor
Katherine Petersen, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Les Illuminations
Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
3 p.m. New Covenant Church, Naperville

April 24

MusicNOW
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 28

UChicago Presents
Doric String Quartet
Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor “Serioso”
Haydn: String Quartet in D Major “The Frog”
Bridge: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 29

Chicago Master Singers
Metropolis Symphony Orchestra
John C. Hughes, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church, Glenview

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 30

Jerusalem Quartet
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist/violist
Amanda Forsyth, cellist
Bruckner: String Quintet: Adagio
Dvorak: String Sextet in A major
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Master Singers
Metropolis Symphony Orchestra
John C. Hughes, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
3 p.m. Glenview Community Church, Glenview

May 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 2

Third Coast Percussion
“Metamorphosis”
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater