Chicago Classical Review

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

North Shore Chamber Music Festival
Stravinsky: Divertimento (after The Fairy’s Kiss)
Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Village Presbyterian Church, Northbrook
nscmf.org

June 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

June 9

North Shore Chamber Music Festival
Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K.406
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
7:30 p.m. Village Presbyterian Church, Northbrook
nscmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

June 10

North Shore Chamber Music Festival
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit
Say: Legends for String Sextet
Franck: Piano Quintet
Doga/Zhurbin: Waltz
7:30 p.m. Village Presbyterian Church, Northbrook
nscmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Howells: Requiem
Music of William Byrd, Charles Stanford, William Harris, Roderick Williams, and Kerensa Briggs
8 p.m. St Vincent DePaul Parish
chicagochorale.org

June 11

Lakeview Orchestra
Gregory Hughes, conductor
Caitlin Edwards, violinist
Copland: An Outdoor Overture
Panion: Dreams of Hope
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
2 p.m. Athenaeum Theatre
lakevieworchestra.org

Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Howells: Requiem
Music of William Byrd, Charles Stanford, William Harris, Roderick Williams, and Kerensa Briggs
3 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church
chicagochorale.org

June 13

Rush Hour Concerts
Janet Sung, violinist
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Debussy: Violin Sonata
C. Schumann: Three Romances
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission
classicalmusicchicago.org

June 14

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

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

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

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

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 Theater

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Chicago Opera Theater
Chen: The Life and Death of Alan Turing
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater

March 24

Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House

UChicago Presents
Jupiter Ensemble
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in C Major
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G minor
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
“An Evening with John Williams”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Haymarket Opera
Scarlatti: La Giuditta
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

March 25

Chicago Opera Theater
Chen: The Life and Death of Alan Turing
3 p.m. Harris Theater

Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”)
8 p.m. St. Michael’s Church
chicagochorale.org

March 26

Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinetist
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Suite
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
Bruce Tammen, conductor
Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”)
3 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
chicagochorale.org

March 29

Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Joshua Bell, violinist
Daniel Trifonov, pianist
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in D major, Op.12, no. 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1
Franck: Violin Sonata
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

March 30

Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

March 31

UChicago Presents
David Greilsammer, pianist
Works by Beethoven, Janáček, Scriabin, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Satie, Lully, Crumb, Ligeti, Marais, Granados, Pelz, and Rebel
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
cso.org

April 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
8 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 2

Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House

April 4

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarist
Boccherini: Symphony No. 26
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4: Fandango
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 5

Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House

April 7

Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen
J’Nai Bridges, Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Andrei Kymach; Henrik Nánási, conductor
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House

April 8

Lyric Opera
“Proximity”
Roumain: The Walkers
Shaw: Four Portraits
J L. Adams: Night
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House

March 3

Chicago a cappella
“From behind closed doors”
Music of Howells, Byrd, Aleotti, Bonds, and Garrop
7:30 p.m. DePaulUniversity/Allen Recital Hall
chicagoacappella.org

March 5

Chicago a cappella
“From behind closed doors”
Music of Howells, Byrd, Aleotti, Bonds, and Garrop
4 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
chicagoacappella.org

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

January 26

Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
7:30 p.m. Athenaeum Theater

January 27

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

UChicago Presents
Blue Heron
Ockeghem: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

January 28

Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
3 p.m. Athenaeum Theater

January 29

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Vustin: Lamento
Janacek: Sonata X.1.15
Silvestrov: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Sonata No. 31
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Opera Theater
Britten: Albert Herring
Jane Glover, conductor
3 p.m. Athenaeum Theater

January 31

Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Vincenzo Scalera, pianist
Arias and songs of Rossini, Gounod, Verdi, Puccini and others.
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

February 1

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

February 3

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

February 5

Lyric Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Samantha Hankey, Heidi Stober, Jill Grove; Andrew Davis
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Salute to Vienna
New Year’s Concert
Strauss Symphony Orchestra of America
Gregory Vajda, conductor
6 p.m. Symphony Center

MusicNOW
Mark O’Connor, violinist
Maggie O’Connor, violinist
Xavier Foley, bass
Foley: Irish Fantasy
Foley: Etude No 10 “The Dance”
O’Connor: String Quartet No. 3
Foley: Good Times
O’Connor: Strings and Threads suite
7 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Music of the Baroque
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Purcell: “Welcome to all the Pleasures”
Purcell: Fantasia on a Ground for 3 violins and continuo
Purcell: “Hear my prayer, O Lord”
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Handel: “Cara sposa” from Rinaldo
Handel: ”Fammi combattere” from Orlando
Croft: Suite from The Comedy call’d the Funeral
Handel: Excerpts from Belshazzar
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

November 22

Lyric Opera
Rossini: Le Comte Ory
Lawrence Brownlee, Kathryn Lewek, Kayleigh Decker, Joshua Hopkins, Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 25

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Don Carlos
Joshua Guerrero, Igor Golovatenko, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Clémentine Margaine,
Dmitry Belosselskiy, Soloman Howard; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 26

Lyric Opera
Rossini: Le Comte Ory
Lawrence Brownlee, Kathryn Lewek, Kayleigh Decker, Joshua Hopkins, Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 27

Orion Ensemble
Amon: Clarinet Quartet
Berkey: Earth Voices
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor
7:30 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston

November 30

Orion Ensemble
Amon: Clarinet Quartet
Berkey: Earth Voices
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor
7:30 p.m. PianoForte Studios

December 4

Orion Ensemble
Amon: Clarinet Quartet
Berkey: Earth Voices
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor
7 p.m. New England Congregational Church, Aurora

MusicNOW
Music of Alvin Singleton and Carlos Simon
7 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

October 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

October 26

UChicago Presents
Quatuor Diotima
“Music from Paris I”
Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor 
Pesson: String Quartet No. 3 “Farrago”
Debussy: String Quartet
7:30 p.m Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

October 27

UChicago Presents
Quatuor Diotima
“Music from Paris II”
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1
7:30 p.m Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Ngwenyama: Primal Message
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

October 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Ngwenyama: Primal Message
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

UChicago Presents
Quatuor Diotima
Meng-Chieh Liu, pianist
“Music from Paris III”
Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit 
Ravel: String Quartet
Franck: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Newberry Consort
“Madam Europa at the Gonzaga Court”
8 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
newberryconsort.org

William Byrd Festival
Bienen Contemporary/Early Music Ensemble
Secular music including Songs of Sundrie Natures and Songs of Sadness and Pietie
8 p.m. Galvin Recital Hall, Evanston

October 29

Newberry Consort
“Madam Europa at the Gonzaga Court”
8 p.m. Congregation Rodfei Zedek
5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd
newberryconsort.org

October 30

William Byrd Festival
Music for virginal
2:15 p.m. Alice Millar Chapel/Vail Chapel, Evanston
Free admission

Newberry Consort
“Madam Europa at the Gonzaga Court”
3 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org

UChicago Presents
Vox Luminis
Music of Bach family and Buxtehude
3 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

William Byrd Festival
Mass for Five Voices
“Christ Rising Again”
Ave verum cirpus
Miserere mei
3 p.m. Alice Millar Chapel, Evanston
Free admission

November 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Ngwenyama: Primal Message
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Ernani
Russell Thomas, Tamara Wilson, Quinn Kelsey, Christian Van Horn;
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

September 22

Haymarket Opera Company
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Erica Schuller, Lindsay Metzger, Kimberly McCord, David Govertsen Kristin Knuston; Craig Trompeter, conductor
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Coleridge-Taylor: Solemn Prelude
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Coleridge-Taylor: Solemn Prelude
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Haymarket Opera Company
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Erica Schuller, Lindsay Metzger, Kimberly McCord, David Govertsen Kristin Knuston; Craig Trompeter, conductor
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

September 24

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Howard Levy, harmonica player
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Levy: Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra
Chabrier: España
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
7 p.m. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
elmhurstsymphony.org

Haymarket Opera Company
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Erica Schuller, Lindsay Metzger, Kimberly McCord, David Govertsen Kristin Knuston; Craig Trompeter, conductor
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Dal Niente
Bauckholt: Pacific Time (world premiere)
Bauckholt: Vakuum Lieder
Bauckholt: Oh I See
Lewis: Flux
8 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Hall

September 25

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Ernani
Russell Thomas, Tamara Wilson, Quinn Kelsey, Christian Van Horn;
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Clarinet Quartet (arr. of Violin Sonata 378/317d)
Schumann: Piano Quartet
Schickele: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
3 p.m. New Congregational Church, Aurora

Haymarket Opera Company
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Erica Schuller, Lindsay Metzger, Kimberly McCord, David Govertsen Kristin Knuston; Craig Trompeter, conductor
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

September 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Coleridge-Taylor: Solemn Prelude
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 28

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Clarinet Quartet (arr. of Violin Sonata 378/317d)
Schumann: Piano Quartet
Schickele: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
7:30 p.m. Pianoforte

September 29

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Rossini: Overture to Il viaggio a Reims
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Rossini: Overture to Il viaggio a Reims
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Rossini: Overture to Il viaggio a Reims
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Ernani
Russell Thomas, Tamara Wilson, Quinn Kelsey, Christian Van Horn;
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

October 2

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Clarinet Quartet (arr. of Violin Sonata 378/317d)
Schumann: Piano Quartet
Schickele: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
7:30 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston