Chicago Classical Review

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jeremy Black, violinist
Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva, soprano
Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass-baritone
Verdi: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 20

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
C. Assad: Baião N’ Blues
Márquez: Concierto de Otoño
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (with Blumine)
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva, soprano
Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass-baritone
Verdi: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva, soprano
Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass-baritone
Verdi: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
C. Assad: Baião N’ Blues
Márquez: Concierto de Otoño
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (with Blumine)
8 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 22

Isidore Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 “Dissonance”
Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit
Ravel: String Quartet
1:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett-Gordon Hall, Highland Park

June 24

Rush Hour Concerts
Tim Hagen, flutist
Wilfred Farquharson, violist
Christopher Guzman, pianist
Duruflé: Prélude, Récitatif, et Variations
Angulo: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Piano
Sowerby: Trio for Flute, Viola, and Piano
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva, soprano
Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass-baritone
Verdi: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

June 25

Juilliard Quartet
Isidore Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13
Widmann: Quartet No. 8
Mendelssohn: String Octet
1:30 p.m. Ravinia/Bennett-Gordon Hall, Highland Park

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Imani Winds
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Coleman: Phenomenal Women
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”)
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 27

Haymarket Opera
Vinci: Artaserse
Kangmin Justin Kim, Key’mon Murrah, Emily Fons, Elijah McCormack, Ryan Belongie, Eric Ferring
2 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Thomas: Brio
Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Opera Festival of Chicago
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Jonathan Burton, Michelle Allie Drever, Franco Pomponi, Jerek Fernandez, and Jonathan Wilson; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
operafestivalchicago.org

June 28

“Rhythm Fest”
Third Coast Percussion and Friends
12 p.m. -10 p.m.
Epiphany Center for the Arts

Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Thomas: Brio
Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

June 29

Opera Festival of Chicago
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Jonathan Burton, Michelle Allie Drever, Franco Pomponi, Jerek Fernandez, and Jonathan Wilson; Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor
2 p.m. North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
operafestivalchicago.org

Haymarket Opera
Vinci: Artaserse
Kangmin Justin Kim, Key’mon Murrah, Emily Fons, Elijah McCormack, Ryan Belongie, Eric Ferring
2 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

July 1

Rush Hour Concerts
Emma Gerstein, flutust
Kevin Pearl, oboist
Jay Shankar, clarinetist
William Buchman, bassoonist
Alexander Love, horn
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Higdon: Summer Shimmers
Thuille: Sextet for piano and woodwind quintet
5:45 p.m. St, James Cathedral
Free admission

Haymarket Opera
Vinci: Artaserse
Kangmin Justin Kim, Key’mon Murrah, Emily Fons, Elijah McCormack, Ryan Belongie, Eric Ferring
6 p.m. DePaul University/Jarvis Opera Hall

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Peter Richard Conte, organist
Gigout: Grand Choer Dialogue
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Huyhn: TBA (world premiere)
Elgar: Enigma Variations    
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

May 23

American Music Project
Kontras Quartet
Copland: Two Pieces for String Quartet
Riley: G Song
Imbrie: String Quartet No. 1
Wolfe: Four Marys
Ives: String Quartet No. 1
7:30 p.m. Ganz Hall
americanmusicproject.net

May 30

Consonance
Juhi Bansal: We Look to the Stars
Music of Marybeth Kurnat and Dan Forrest
7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.org

May 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Janai Brugger, soprano
Dvorak: American Suite
Gershwin: Songs
Price: Songs
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bernstein: Candide Overture
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center
cso.org

June 1

Consonance
Juhi Bansal: We Look to the Stars
Music of Marybeth Kurnat and Dan Forrest
3 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor 
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor 
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 19

Lyric Opera Orchestra
Lyric Opera Chorus
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
“A Wondrous Sound”
2 p.m Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor 
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 24

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor 
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto 
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 25

Lyric Opera
“Rising Stars in Concert”
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor 
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto 
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 26

Schola Laudis
Lassus: Surrexit Pastor bonus
Allen/Funk: In exitu Israel
Palestrina: Ad cenam Agni providi
Victoria: Magnificat Octi Toni
Victoria: Regina Caeli
Bach: Alleluia (from Lobet den Herrn BWV 230)
5:15 p.m. Monastery of the Holy Cross, 3111 S. Aberdeen

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor 
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto 
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

April 27

Emanuel Ax, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 “Moonlight”
Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14
Schumann: Arabeske
Schumann: Fantasy in C Major
3 p.m. Symphony Center

April 28

UChicago Presents
Edgar Meyer, double-bass
Bach: Suite No. 1
Telemann/Carlier: Trio Sonata in G Minor
Meyer: Concert Piece for unaccompanied double bass
TBA
3 p.m. Mandel Hall/Reynolds Club
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Lyric Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Ailyn Pérez, Pene Pati, Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman; Jordan de Souza, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

March 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

March 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Bach in the City
Gaudete Brass
Richard Webster, conductor
Music of G. and A. Gabrieli
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht
Mealor: Gloria in excelsis Deo
7:30 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Parish
bachinthecity.org

March 22

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Ailyn Pérez, Pene Pati, Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman; Jordan de Souza, conductor
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Trevor O’Riordan, clarinetist
Pirasteh: TBA (world premiere)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipomusic.org

March 23

MusicNOW
Boulez: Domaines
Mason: Weapon Wheel
Lopez: La Caresse de Coutea
Schoenberg: Reflecting Light
Lopez: Guardian of the Horizon
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Chorale
David Jonies, organist
Howells: Like as the Hart
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
3 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Church
chicagochorale.org

March 25

Lyric Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Ailyn Pérez, Pene Pati, Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman; Jordan de Souza, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

March 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor and violinist
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Boulez: Livres pour cordes
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

March 28

Haymarket Opera
Stradella: Ester
Kimberly McCord, Christian Pursell, Ryan Belongie, Emily Birsan, Anthony Reed
7:30 p.m. DePaul University/Gannon Concert Hall

Lyric Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Ailyn Pérez, Pene Pati, Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman; Jordan de Souza, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor and violinist
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Boulez: Livres pour cordes
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College

UChicago Presents
Thomas Dunford, lutenist
Music of Dowland, Bach, Marais, and Satie
7:30 p.m. Logan Center

March 29

Bach: Mass in B minor
Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra
Michael D. Costello, conductor
7 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
bachvespers.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor and violinist
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Boulez: Livres pour cordes
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

March 30

Lyric Opera
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Kyle Ketelsen, Jasmine Habersham, Jonas Hacker; Enrique Mazzola, conductor
2 p.m. Civic Opera House

Julia Fischer, violinist
Jan Lisieki, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 “Spring”
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Bach: Mass in B minor
Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra
Michael D. Costello, conductor
4 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
bachvespers.org

March 31

Lyric Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Ailyn Pérez, Pene Pati, Gabriella Reyes, Will Liverman; Jordan de Souza, conductor
7 p.m. Civic Opera House

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Jane Glover, conductor 
Stella Chen, violinist
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Ravel: Tzigane
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

February 21

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Jane Glover, conductor 
Stella Chen, violinist
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Ravel: Tzigane
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

UChicago Presents
Boston Brass
Imani Winds
Music of Bach, Khachaturian, Piazzolla, de Falla, Simon and Sandoval
7:30 p.m. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

Chicago Master Singers
John C. Hughes, conductor
“NextGen” with composer Jake Runestad
Runestad: Cello Songs
Runestad: American Triptych
Other Runestad works
7:30 p.m. Glenview Community Church
chicagomastersingers.org

Rendezvous Arts
Haymarket Opera Company
Arias from Alcina, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, and Acis and Galatea
7 p.m. Gorton Center, Lake Forest
rendezvousarts.org

February 22

Chicago Sinfonietta
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Walker: Folksongs for Orchestra
Ives: Three Places in New England
Ives: Symphony No. 2
7 p.m. UChicago/Mandel Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Jane Glover, conductor 
Stella Chen, violinist
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Ravel: Tzigane
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Stilian Kirov, conductor 
Matthew Lipman, violist
Williams: Centennial Overture
Williams: Viola Concerto
Williams: Star Wars Suite
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights 

February 23

Rendezvous Arts
Haymarket Opera Company
Arias from Alcina, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, and Acis and Galateaa
2:30 p.m. Artifact Events
rendezvousarts.org

Handel Week Festival
Michelle Wrighte, mezzo-soprano
Dennis Northway, harpsichordist
Handel: Figli del mesto cor
Handel: Deh! Lasciate e vita e volo
Handel: Irene, idolo mio
Handel: Two Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo;
Handel: Suite and Theme and Variations on Harpsichord
3 p.m. Pilgrim Church, Oak Park
handelweek.com

February 27

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor 
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist 
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien 
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Lehár: The Merry Widow
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

February 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor 
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist 
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien 
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Wheaton College

Northwestern Opera Theater
Lehár: The Merry Widow
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

March 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor 
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist 
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien 
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Lehár: The Merry Widow
7:30 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

March 2

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor 
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist 
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien 
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Northwestern Opera Theater
Lehár: The Merry Widow
3 p.m. Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

Handel Week Festival
Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
3 p.m. Pilgrim Church, Oak Park
handelweek.com

Music of the Baroque
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Handel: Theodora
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
David Portillo, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
7:30 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

March 3

Music of the Baroque
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Handel: Theodora
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
David Portillo, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

March 14

Leipzig Thomanerchor
Music of Bach, Schütz, Mendelssohn, Frank Martin and John Rutter
7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
bachvespers.org

Winter Chamber Music Festival
Vertavo String Quartet
Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
Ravel: String Quartet

Britten: String Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

UChicago Presents
Julian Labro, bandoneon
Takács Quartet
Dessner: Circles
Labro: Meditation #1
Saluzzi: Minguito
Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 
Labro: Astoración  
Ravel: String Quartet
Assad: Clash
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

January 19

Rendezvous Arts
Kontras Quartet
Elmquist: Sacred Traces
Giddens/Garchick: At The Purchaser’s Option with Variations
Montgomery: Strum
Komitas/Aslamazyan: Selections from 14 Armenian Folk Songs
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major
2:30 p.m. Artifact Events
rendezvousarts.org

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Debussy: Preludes, Book I
Debussy: Preludes, Book II
3 p.m. Symphony Center

Winter Chamber Music Festival
Viano Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, no. 2

Penderecki: String Quartet No. 2
Kernis: Adagio from String Quartet No. 1 “musica celestis”

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with Große Fuge
3 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Cynthia Freivogel, violinist
Rika Seko, violinist
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
3 p.m. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
elmhurstsymphony.org

January 24

Winter Chamber Music Festival
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam
Gesualdo/Dudok Quartet: “Deh, come invan sospiro”
Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, no. 3
El-Turk: Three Tributes for String Quartet (U.S. premiere)
Shostakovich/Dudok Quartet: selections from Preludes for Piano, Op. 34 
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3
7:30 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

UChicago Presents
Michelle Cann, pianist
Price: Fantasie Nègre Nos. 1 and 2
Bonds: Spiritual Suite
King: Four Seasonal Sketches
Holt: Negro Dance

Smith: Variations on a Theme by MacDowell
7:30 p.m. Logan Center
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

January 25

Music of the Baroque
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, no. 4
Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
7:30 p.m. Harris Theater
baroque.org

January 26

Music of the Baroque
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, no. 4
Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
3 p.m. North Shore Center, Skokie
baroque.org

Winter Chamber Music Festival
Miró Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, no. 1

Walker: Lyric for Strings
Shaw: Microfictions
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, no. 2
3 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
music.northwestern.edu

January 30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organist
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

January 31

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organist
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

February 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organist
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

February 2

UChicago Presents
CSO Chamber Music
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps 
7:30 p.m. Mandel Hall
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

February 4

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organist
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

December 19

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor and pianist
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Music of the Baroque
Andrew Megill, conductor
Holiday Brass and Choral Concert
7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
baroque.org

December 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor and pianist
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Fil-Am Baroque Ensemble
Timothy Chooi, violinist
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church of Evanston
filammusic.foundation

Music of the Baroque
Andrew Megill, conductor
Holiday Brass and Choral Concert
7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Church
baroque.org

Consonance
Sheehan: A Christmas Carol
7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.org

December 21

Music of the Baroque
Andrew Megill, conductor
Holiday Brass and Choral Concert
2 p.m. Faith, Hope & Charity Church, Winnetka
baroque.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor and pianist
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

The EcoVoice Project
“Winter Solstice Celebration”
7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston

December 22

Music of the Baroque
Andrew Megill, conductor
Holiday Brass and Choral Concert
2 p.m. Alice Millar Chapel, Evanston
baroque.org

Consonance
Sheehan: A Christmas Carol
3 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
consonancechicago.org

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
cso.org

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

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Carmon DeLeone, conductor
Michael Chertock, pianist
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
7:30 p.m. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights
ipo-music.my.salesforce-sites.com

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

Rendezvous Woodwind Quintet
Mozart: Serenade in E flat, K. 375
Prokofiev/Tarkmann: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Debussy/Kesselman: “Golliwog’s Cake Walk”
Krommer: Octet-Partita
2:30 p.m. Artifact Events, 4325 N. Ravenswood
rendezvousarts.org

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

Bella Voce
Handel: Messiah
4 p.m. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
bellavoce.org

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 Sinfonietta
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Frank: Elegia Andina
Contreras: Alma Monarca
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Wentz Hall, Naperville

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
cso.org

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 Sinfonietta
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Frank: Elegia Andina
Contreras: Alma Monarca
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
7 p.m. Auditorium Theatre

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
cso.org

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. SymphonyCenter
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
“Out of the North”
Music of Grieg, Rautavaara, Sisask, Olson and Ešenvalds
8 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Parish

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
cso.org

Chicago Chorale
“Out of the North”
Music of Grieg, Rautavaara, Sisask, Olson and Ešenvalds
3 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church

Pilgrim Chamber Players
Pachelbel/Arnold: Canon in D
Dvořák: Three Miniatures
Rachmaninoff/Moeselaar: Vocalise
Beethoven/Tertis: Trio Op. 87
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C Minor.
3 p.m. Highland Park Community House

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
cso.org

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