Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
Music of John Williams
Violin Concerto No. 2
Selections from film scores
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 23

Nova Linea Musica
Dover Quartet
Montgomery: Strum
Bates: From Amber Frozen
Walker: String Quartet No. 1—Molto adagio
Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
6:30 p.m. Guarneri Hall

October 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Evanston Chamber Music Society
Santiago Canon Valencia, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Works of Debussy, Duparc, Marquez, Schnittke and Stravinsky
7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Evanston
filammusic.foundation

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
apollosfire.org

October 26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. St. James Cathedral
apollosfire.org

Third Coast Percussion
Glass/TCP: Metamorphosis No. 1

Jlin: Perspective

Braxton: Sunny X 
Glass/TCP: Amazon River
7:30 p.m. Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
Schaumburg
thirdcoastpercussion.com

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
7:30 p.m. First United Church of Oak Park
oriana.org

Stare at the Sun
“The National Anthems”
Music of David Lang, Nicholas Cline, Alex Berko, Ayanna Woods, Robert Maggio, and Ted Hearne
7:30 p.m. Winnetka Congregational Church
stareatthesun.org

October 27

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
3 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

UChicago Presents
CSO Chamber Music
Martinů: Three Madrigals
Barber: String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
3 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
4 p.m. St. Josaphat Catholic Church
oriana.org

Stare at the Sun
“The National Anthems”
Music of David Lang, Nicholas Cline, Alex Berko, Ayanna Woods, Robert Maggio, and Ted Hearne
4 p.m. Wicker Park Lutheran Church
stareatthesun.org

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

October 28

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

October 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 1

Consonance
Verdi: Requiem
7 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.erg

Chicago Fringe Opera
Jarrar: Hindsight
7:30 p.m. Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.

November 2

Chicago Fringe Opera
Jarrar: Hindsight
2:30 p.m. Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 3

American Music Project
Emiko Edwards, pianist
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
George Rochberg: Nach Bach
Leo Ornstein: Evening’s Sorrow
Leon Kirchner: Piano Sonata No. 1
William Grant Still: A Deserted Plantation
Jennifer Higdon: Notes of Gratitude
Paul Creston: Preludes, Op. 38
Aaron Copland: Piano Variations
3 p.m. Ganz Hall
americanmusicproject.net

Consonance
Verdi: Requiem
3 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.erg

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
3 p.m. Symphony Center

November 6

UChicago Presents
Owls
Corea: Children’s Song No. 12
Wiancko: Vox Petra 
Ali-Zadeh: Rəqs 
Couperin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses 
Trollstilt: Ricercar
Wiancko: When The Night
Riley: Good Medicine
7:30 p.m. Logan Center

November 8

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti, conductor
Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale
Verdi: “The Four Seasons” from I vespri siciliani
Chabrier: España
Golijov: Megalopolis Suite (world premiere)
Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Fringe Opera
Jarrar: Hindsight
7:30 p.m. Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.

November 9

Chicago Fringe Opera
Jarrar: Hindsight
2:30 p.m. Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti, conductor
Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale
Verdi: “The Four Seasons” from I vespri siciliani
Chabrier: España
Golijov: Megalopolis Suite (world premiere)
Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 13

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 14

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Weber: Ruler of the Spirits Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 15

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Weber: Ruler of the Spirits Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 16

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Weber: Ruler of the Spirits Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Zoie Reams, Travon D. Walker, Norman Garrett;
Joseph Young, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 17

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonata
Chopin: Waltzes
Barber: Piano Sonata
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: Suite from Sleeping Beauty
3 p.m. Symphony Center

November 19

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 20

Lyric Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Zoie Reams, Travon D. Walker, Norman Garrett;
Joseph Young, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 21

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Vilde Frang, violinist
Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 22

Lyric Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Zoie Reams, Travon D. Walker, Norman Garrett;
Joseph Young, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Vilde Frang, violinist
Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College

November 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Vilde Frang, violinist
Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 24

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

MusicNOW
Daniel Bernard Roumain, curator and violinist
Roumain: String Quartet No. 5 (“Parks”)
Green: shift.unravel.BREAK
Loggins: Homeland
Roumain: TBA (world premiere)
Roumain: Violin Concerto No. 1 (”Voodoo”)
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Music of the Baroque
Dame Jane Glover, conductor
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Emily Fons, mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

November 25

Music of the Baroque
Dame Jane Glover, conductor
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Emily Fons, mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
baroque.org

November 26

Lyric Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Zoie Reams, Travon D. Walker, Norman Garrett;
Joseph Young, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Berlin Philharmonic
Krill Petrenko, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 27

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

November 30

Lyric Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Peter Kellner, Ying Fang, Federica Lombardi, Gordon Bintner,
Kayleigh Decker; Erina Yashima, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

December 1

Lyric Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Zoie Reams, Travon D. Walker, Norman Garrett;
Joseph Young, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church of Chicago
newberryconsort.org

October 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Handel: Water Music: Suite No. 2
Handel: Selected arias
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major “Coronation”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
newberryconsort.org

October 20

UChicago Presents
Renée Anne Louprette, organist
Music of Bach, Böhm, Reincken and others
3 p.m. Bond Chapel 
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Newberry Consort
Music from Jacobean England for Viols, Brass and Voices
4 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org

October 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
Music of John Williams
Violin Concerto No. 2
Selections from film scores
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 23

Nova Linea Musica
Dover Quartet
Montgomery: Strum
Bates: From Amber Frozen
Walker: String Quartet No. 1—Molto adagio
Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
6:30 p.m. Guarneri Hall

October 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

October 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Evanston Chamber Music Society
Santiago Canon Valencia, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Works of Debussy, Duparc, Marquez, Schnittke and Stravinsky
7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Evanston
filammusic.foundation

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston
apollosfire.org

October 26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor
John Sharp, cellist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Humperdinck: Suite from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Don Quixote
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Apollo’s Fire
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 6
7:30 p.m. St. James Cathedral
apollosfire.org

Third Coast Percussion
Glass/TCP: Metamorphosis No. 1

Jlin: Perspective

Braxton: Sunny X 
Glass/TCP: Amazon River
7:30 p.m. Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
Schaumburg
thirdcoastpercussion.com

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
7:30 p.m. First United Church of Oak Park
oriana.org

October 27

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Music of Whitacre, Parker, Rheinberger, Hogan and others 
3 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

UChicago Presents
CSO Chamber Music
Martinů: Three Madrigals
Barber: String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
3 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Oriana Singers
Vespers of Monteverdi
4 p.m. St. Josaphat Catholic Church
oriana.org

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

October 28

Music of the Baroque
Laurence Cummings, conductor
Rameau: Suite from Naïs
Telemann: Ebb und Fluth
Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Rebel: Les Elémens
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

October 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

November 1

Consonance
Verdi: Requiem
7 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.erg

November 3

American Music Project
Emiko Edwards, pianist
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
George Rochberg: Nach Bach
Leo Ornstein: Evening’s Sorrow
Leon Kirchner: Piano Sonata No. 1
William Grant Still: A Deserted Plantation
Jennifer Higdon: Notes of Gratitude
Paul Creston: Preludes, Op. 38
Aaron Copland: Piano Variations
3 p.m. Ganz Hall
americanmusicproject.net

Consonance
Verdi: Requiem
3 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.erg

Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Brandon Cedel, baritone
Haydn: The Creation
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

September 18

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto
Igor Golovatenko, Mané Galoyan, Javier Camarena,
Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Music of the Baroque
“The Chicago Water Music”
Jane Glover, conductor
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1
Handel: Messiah: “Hallelujah” Chorus
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus: “See, the conquering hero”
Vivaldi: Gloria: Opening Chorus
7 p.m. Chicago River from Riverwalk East to Merchandise Mart
baroque.org

September 19

Haymarket Opera
Handel: Tamerlano
Ryan Belongie, David Portillo, Emily Birsan, Emily Fons,
Kathleen Felty, David Govertsen; Craig Trompeter, conductor
7 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Tilson Thomas: Agnegram
Barber: Violin Concerto
Bernstein/Peress: Overture to West Side Story
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Tilson Thomas: Agnegram
Barber: Violin Concerto
Bernstein/Peress: Overture to West Side Story
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 21

Haymarket Opera
Handel: Tamerlano
Ryan Belongie, David Portillo, Emily Birsan, Emily Fons,
Kathleen Felty, David Govertsen; Craig Trompeter, conductor
3 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Vincent: Symphony in D

Still: Symphony No. 3 (“The Sunday Symphony”)
Diamond: Symphony No. 2
5:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Lang Lang, pianist
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
6:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 22

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto
Igor Golovatenko, Mané Galoyan, Javier Camarena,
Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Haymarket Opera
Handel: Tamerlano
Ryan Belongie, David Portillo, Emily Birsan, Emily Fons,
Kathleen Felty, David Govertsen; Craig Trompeter, conductor
3 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

September 25

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto
Igor Golovatenko, Mané Galoyan, Javier Camarena,
Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

September 26

Lyric Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas, Dimitry Ivashchenko,
Brian Mulligan, Alfred Walker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Walton: Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Walton: Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago a cappella
Ballet 5:8
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Allen Recital Hall
chicagoacappella.org

September 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Walton: Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto
Igor Golovatenko, Mané Galoyan, Javier Camarena,
Zoie Reams; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

September 29

Lyric Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas, Dimitry Ivashchenko,
Brian Mulligan, Alfred Walker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago a cappella
Ballet 5:8
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
3 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
chicagoacappella.org

October 5

Bella Voce
“Iberia and the Americas”
Music of Vicente Lusitano, Francisco López Capillas, Cristóbal de Morales and others
4 p.m. St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church
bellavoce.org

Chicago a cappella
Ballet 5:8
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
7:30 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Oak Park
chicagoacappella.org

October 6

Chicago a cappella
Ballet 5:8
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
4 p.m. Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville
chicagoacappella.org

Bella Voce
“Iberia and the Americas”
Music of Vicente Lusitano, Francisco López Capillas, Cristóbal de Morales and others
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
bellavoce.org

Rush Hour Concerts
Desirée Ruhstrat, violinist 
Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, violist 
David Cunliffe, cellist
Sam Shuhan, bass
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major “Trout”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral

Free admission

National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor 
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Estevez: Melodia en el llano 
Ginastera: Estancia Suite
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 7

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor 
Boccherini/Berio: Withdrawal by Night in Madrid

Copland: Appalachian Spring

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 9

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor 
Vadim Gluzman, violinist

Johannes Moser, cellist
Kats-Chernin: Mythic

Brahms: Double Concerto

Debussy: Ibéria

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, Andrea Carroll, Alexandria Shiner, and Samantha Hankey
Mozart: Idomeneo
7 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 10

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor 
Vadim Gluzman, violinist

Johannes Moser, cellist
Kats-Chernin: Mythic

Brahms: Double Concerto

Debussy: Ibéria

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 11

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, Andrea Carroll, Alexandria Shiner, and Samantha Hankey
Mozart: Idomeneo
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 12

Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Choir
6:30 p.m. South Shore Cultural Center
gpmf.org

August 13

Rush Hour Concerts
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen children’s chorus
Music of Copland, Strauss, Rodgers, Gershwin, and Beethoven
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral

Free admission

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Anton Mejias, pianist
Schumann: Dichterliebe
Brahms: Four Ballades
Brahms: Lieder
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 14

Grant Park Orchestra
Byron Stripling, conductor and trumpet
Sydney McSweeney, vocalist
Music of Gershwin, Berlin and Kern
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 15

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Music of Vivaldi: “Four Seasons Rediscovered”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 16

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus

Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen

Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Jane Archibald, soprano

Gemma Nha, soprano

Maeve Höglund, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor

Rod Gilfry, baritone

Kevin Short, bass-baritone 
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 17

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus

Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen

Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Jane Archibald, soprano

Gemma Nha, soprano

Maeve Höglund, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor

Rod Gilfry, baritone

Kevin Short, bass-baritone 
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Rush, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Lafitte: Violin Concerto
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2–“La Campanella” 
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 
5 p.m. Ravinia

August 20

Rush Hour Concerts
Katie Steele and Ashley Ertz, oboists
Dario Brignoli and Theresa Zick, clarinetists
Wagner Campos and Michael Tran, basset horns
Keith Buncke and Liam Jackson, bassoonists
David Griffin, Susanna Gaunt, Neil Kimel and Emily Whittaker, horns
Olivia Rayes, double bass
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral

Free admission

Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Kevin Murphy, pianist 
Anton Mejias, pianist
TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 25

Lyric Opera
“Sunday in the Park with Lyric”
7 p.m. Millennium Park

August 27

Third Coast Percussion
Music of Sergio and Clarice Assad
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 28

Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Dina Vainshtein, pianist
Popper: Scenes from a Masked Ball
Bach: Cello Suite No. 4
Prokofiev: Ballade
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett Gordon Hall

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

June 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

June 30

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
2 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
operafestivalchicago.org

July 2

Rush Hour Concerts
Kontras Quartet
Porter: In Monasterio
Tillis: Selections from Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Garrop: String Quartet No. 1
Traditional/Danish String Quartet: Selections
from Last Leaf
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 3

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violinist
Negrón: Color Shape Transmission

Márquez: Fandango

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 4

Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, conductor
Katelyn Lee, vocalist
Williams: Liberty Fanfare

Kander & Ebb/Ricketts: Chicago

Loewe: “I Could Have Danced All Night”

Bernstein: “Somewhere”
Tyzik: American Celebration
Price: “Nimble Feet” from Dances in the Canebrakes

Arban/Nakariakov: Carnival of Venice 
Anderson: The Waltzing Cat

Arr. Robert Wendel: From Sea to Shining Sea

Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute  

Arr. Carmen Dragon: America the Beautiful

Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 5

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violinist
Negrón: Color Shape Transmission

Márquez: Fandango

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 9

Rush Hour Concerts
Avalon Quartet
Tailleferre: String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 10

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tower: 1920/2019

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 11

Opera Festival of Chicago
Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero
Menotti: The Medium
7:30 p.m. Athenaeum Theater
operafestivalchicago.org

July 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Stephenson: You have reached the city limits (world premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Duruflé: Requiem
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Michelle Cann, pianist

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Johnson/Rimelis: Charleston
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 13

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
Stephenson: You have reached the city limits (world premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Duruflé: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Abel Selaocoe, cellist and vocalist

Bernhard Schimpelsberger, percussionist
Aleksiychuk: Go where the wind takes you
Selacoe: Four Spirits
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 14

Opera Festival of Chicago
Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero
Menotti: The Medium
2 p.m. Athenaeum Theater
operafestivalchicago.org

July 16

Rush Hour Concerts
Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoonist 
Isidora Nojkovic, cellist 
Daniel Pesca, pianist
Thomas: Bebop Riddle IIB 
Nelson: Pilgrimage
Pesca: In Solitude
Crawford-Seeger: Diaphonic Suite No. 2 
Williams: Give Way and Stop/Yield
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 17

Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, pianist
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Takács Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10
Ngwenyama: Flow
Ravel: String Quartet

7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

July 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Jeremy Black, violinist
Music of John Williams
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 20

Grant Park Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Common, vocalist
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Hayato Sumino, pianist
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1
Strauss: Don Juan
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
5 p.m. Ravinia

July 23

Rush Hour Concerts
Susan Warner, clarinetist
Cornelius Chiu and Kozue Funakoshi, violinists 
YouMing Chen, violist
Dan Katz, cellist
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet: finale
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 24

Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Joachim: Cocoon (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist

Walker: Icarus in Orbit
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Holst: The Planets
Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony Suite
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 27

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

July 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia

July 30

Rush Hour Concerts
Matous Michal, violinist 
Lawrence Neuman, violist 
David Cunliffe, cellist 
Victor Asuncion, pianist
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1
Héritte-Viardot: Spanish Quartet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

July 31

Grant Park Orchestra

Lucas Waldin, conductor

Lakisha Jones, vocals

Chloe Lowery, vocals
Dan Domenech, vocals
“Broadway Rocks”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Rush Hour Concerts
Chicago Harp Quartet
Borodin/Maerz: Introduction and Dance of the Maidens
Adie: Sun, Moon and Stars
Bonds/McHenry: Montgomery Variations—Benediction
Davies: Five Portraits (selections)
Khachaturian/Adie: Masquerade Suite—Waltz & Mazurka
Greenaway: Suite for Harp Quartet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
Debussy: Iberia
Ravel: Bolero
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cellist
Clyne: Masquerade
Dvořák: Cello Concerto    
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 13

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Kronos Quartet
“Five Decades”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

June 14

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist
Lauren Decker, contralto
Elgar: Violin Concerto    
Holst: The Cloud Messenger
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Haymarket Opera
Handel: La Resurrezione
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

June 15

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist
Lauren Decker, contralto
Elgar: Violin Concerto    
Holst: The Cloud Messenger
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Puts, Meyer, Higdon, Heggie, Montgomery: The Elements
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 18

Rush Hour Concerts
Grant Park Music Festival Vocal Fellows
Music by Whitacre, Krausas and Piazzolla
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

June 19

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio

Bonds: The Montgomery Variations

Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Frank: Apu

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
“Puccini Forever”
Opera arias and scenes
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

June 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Frank: Apu

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
8 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Avni: Prayer
Bates: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
3 p.m. Symphony Center

June 25

Rush Hour Concerts
CSO Brass Quintet
Telemann/Carlier: Trio Sonata in G minor 
Mattern: Sonata Breve
Bourgeois: Sonata
Shostakovich/Sipe: String Quartet No. 3
Crespo: Suite Americana No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

June 26

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
C. Assad: Water Nymphs (world premiere)

Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 27

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

June 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

June 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Martin Bakari, tenor
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Brahms: Song of Destiny
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

June 30

Opera Festival of Chicago
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
2 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist 
Takemitsu: How slow the Wind
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist 
Takemitsu: How slow the Wind
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

UChicago Presents
Grossman Ensemble
World premieres by David Bird, Vivian Fung, Felipe Lara, and Gabriel Novak
7:30 p.m. Logan Center

May 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist 
Takemitsu: How slow the Wind
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Shaw: Seven Joys
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

May 19

Evgeny Kissin, pianist
3 p.m. Symphony Center

May 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Martin Helmchen, pianist 
Takemitsu: How slow the Wind
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Composers’ Consortium
Axiom Brass
New music for brass quintet
7:30 p.m. Epiphany Center for the Arts
epiphanychi.com

May 23-26

Northwestern Opera Theater
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Cahn Auditorium, Evanston

May 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Opera Theater
Heggie: Before It All Goes Dark (world premiere)
Ryan McKinny, Megan Marino; Joseph Mechavich, conductor
7:30 p.m. Studebaker Theatre

May 26

Civitas Ensemble
Beethoven: Trio in B flat, Op. 11
Rabl: Clarinet Quintet
Berens: Gesellschaftsquartett No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for two pianos
2 p.m. Gavin Recital Hall, Evanston

Chicago Opera Theater
Heggie: Before It All Goes Dark (world premiere)
Ryan McKinny, Megan Marino; Joseph Mechavich, conductor
3 p.m. Studebaker Theatre

May 30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Cynthia Yeh, percussionist
Montgomery: Procession (world premiere)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

May 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Cynthia Yeh, percussionist
Montgomery: Procession (world premiere)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 1

American Music Project
Kontras Quartet
Jonathan Blumhofer: Semper Dowland, semper dolens
Bernard Herrmann: Echoes 
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Voyage (String Quartet No. 3)
Quincy Porter: In Monasterio
Arthur Foote: String Quartet No. 1 
3 p.m. Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
americanmusicproject.net

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Cynthia Yeh, percussionist
Montgomery: Procession (world premiere)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Conlon, conductor
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Mendelssohn: Elijah
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 12

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Conlon, conductor
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Mendelssohn: Elijah
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Newberry Consort
“Il Furioso: Music influenced by the life and art of Jacopo Tintoretto”
7:30 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org

UChicago Presents
Lyracle
“Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy”
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

April 13

Newberry Consort
“Il Furioso: Music influenced by the life and art of Jacopo Tintoretto”
7:30 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church
newberryconsort.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Conlon, conductor
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Mendelssohn: Elijah
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Lee Shirer, horn
Huynh: TBA (world premiere)

Boulogne: Symphony No. 1

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4

Haydn: Symphony No. 104
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

April 14

Lakeview Orchestra
Jeffrey Parthun, conductor
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cellist
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
J. Strauss, Jr.: Eljen a Magyar!
Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Powell: How to Train Your Dragon
Richards: La Suerte de los Tontos
2 p.m. Athenaeum Center
lakevieworchestra.org

Music of the Baroque
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major (“Spring”)
Telemann: “Cricket” Symphony
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major (“The Goldfinch”)
Telemann: Violin Concerto in A Major (“The Frogs”)
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (“The Hen”)
3 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor
Schumann: Arabeske
Salonen: Sisar
Schumann: Carnival Scenes from Vienna
3 p.m. Symphony Center

UChicago Presents
Chicago Symphony Orchestra chamber concert
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major
Bartók: Contrasts
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
3 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Newberry Consort
“Il Furioso: Music influenced by the life and art of Jacopo Tintoretto”
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
newberryconsort.org

April 15

Music of the Baroque
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major (“Spring”)
Telemann: “Cricket” Symphony
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major (“The Goldfinch”)
Telemann: Violin Concerto in A Major (“The Frogs”)
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (“The Hen”)
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

Gateways Music Festival
Gateways Chamber Players
Tai Murray, violinist
Phylicia Rashad, narrator
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale
Marsalis: A Fiddler’s Tale
7:30 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

April 16

Gateways Music Festival
Chamber Concert TBA
7:30 p.m. St. Mark United Methodist Church
gatewaysmusicfestival.org

April 17

Gateways Music Festival
Gateways Brass Collective
12:15 p.m. Seventeenth Church of Christ
gatewaysmusicfestival.org

Gateways Music Festival
Stewart Goodyear, pianist
7:30 p.m. Gavin Recital Hall, Evanston
gatewaysmusicfestival.org

April 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
Panufnik: Heroic Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
Panufnik: Heroic Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College

Gateways Music Festival
Gateways Festival Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Take 6
Bonds: Montgomery Variations

Elgar: Enigma Variations
Perkinson: Worship: A Concert Overture
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
gatewaysmusicfestival.org

April 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
Panufnik: Heroic Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
Panufnik: Heroic Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
3 p.m. Symphony Center

The EcoVoice Project
“Mass Reimagined”
New Earth Ensemble
Ignatian Voices
Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Dongryul Lee: “Kyrie eleison” from Missa Laudato Si (world premiere)
3 p.m. Loyola University/Madonna della Strada Chapel

April 25

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
Marsalis: Swing Symphony—All-American Pep
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet 
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 26

UChicago Presents
Isidore Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 5 in E flat, Op. 44, no. 3
Wijeratne: Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
Marsalis: Swing Symphony—All-American Pep
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet 
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
Marsalis: Swing Symphony—All-American Pep
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet 
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 28

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
3 p.m. Symphony Center 

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

March 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flutist
Ying Fang, soprano
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Liebermann: Flute Concerto No. 2 (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

March 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flutist
Ying Fang, soprano
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Liebermann: Flute Concerto No. 2 (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College
cso.org

Haymarket Opera
Grimani: La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

March 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flutist
Ying Fang, soprano
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Liebermann: Flute Concerto No. 2 (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

Bella Voce Sinfonia 
Andrew Lewis, conductor
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, no. 1
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat major, Op. 6, no. 5
Telemann: Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello, Trumpet and Strings
Purcell: Suite from Abdelazer
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
7:30 p.m. Ganz Hall
bellavoce.org

Chicago Chorale
Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
8 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Parish
chicagochorale.org

March 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flutist
Ying Fang, soprano
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Liebermann: Flute Concerto No. 2 (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
3 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
3 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church
chicagochorale.org

Bella Voce Sinfonia 
Andrew Lewis, conductor
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, no. 1
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat major, Op. 6, no. 5
Telemann: Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello, Trumpet and Strings
Purcell: Suite from Abdelazer
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
bellavoce.org

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sophia Burgos, soprano
Marija Temo, flamenco guitarist and singer
“iHispania!”
5 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
apollosfire.org

March 25

Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sophia Burgos, soprano
Marija Temo, flamenco guitarist and singer
“iHispania!”
7 p.m. Art Institute/Fullerton Hall
apollosfire.org

March 26

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Mozart: Plano Concerto No. 17
Widmann: Choralquartett
Mozart: Plano Concerto No. 22
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

March 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen, violinist
William Welter, oboist
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in E flat major
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

March 29

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen, violinist
William Welter, oboist
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in E flat major
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

April 1

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Russell Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

April 2

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen, violinist
William Welter, oboist
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in E flat major
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

April 4

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

April 7

Lyric Opera
Verdi: Aida
Michelle Bradley, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton,
Reginald Smith Jr.; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky/Shostakovich: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Krannert Center, Urbana

Northwestern Opera Theater
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium
music.northwestern.edu

February 23

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky/Shostakovich: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium
music.northwestern.edu

UChicago Presents
Natalie Clein, cellist
Qing Jiang, piano
Bloch: Meditation
Weinberg: Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2
Elias: L’ innominatabr
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 1
Bloch: Three Scenes From Jewish Life 
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

February 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky/Shostakovich: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Arlene Sierra: Kiskidee
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

Northwestern Opera Theater
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium
music.northwestern.edu

Chicago a cappella
“Cambridge Concert”
Music of Byrd, Britten, Vaughan Williams and others
7:30 p.m. St. Michael Catholic Church, Wheaton
chicagoacappella.org

February 25

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, pianist
Mozart: Fantasy in C minor
C.P.E. Bach: Fantasy in C major
Beethoven: Fantasy in G minor
Benjamin: Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm
Mozart: Fantasy in D minor
Sweelinck: Fantasia chromatica
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie
Ives: The Celestial Railroad
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium
music.northwestern.edu

Chicago a cappella
“Cambridge Concert”
Music of Byrd, Britten, Vaughan Williams and others
3 p.m. St. Josaphat Church
chicagoacappella.org

February 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky/Shostakovich: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center