Chicago Classical Review

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September 23

John Henry Crawford, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Music of Gershwin, Barber, Rachmaninoff and others
4 p.m. Charles Gates Dawes House, Evanston
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violinist
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Giordano: Fedora—Intermezzo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut—Intermezzo
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci—Intermezzo
Verdi: Overture to Giovanna d’Arco
6:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
7:30 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Newberry Consort
“In the Castle of the Moon: Music of Sophie Elizabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg”
7:30 p.m. Ganz Hall
newberryconsort.org

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway

September 24

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
3 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway

Newberry Consort
“In the Castle pf the Moon: Music of Sophie Elizabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg”
4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
newberryconsort.org

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7 p.m. New England Congregational Church in Aurora

September 26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 27

Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
7 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. PianoForte Studios

September 28

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

September 29

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
1:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
7:30 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway

The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
7:30 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston

September 30

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Amanda Majeski, soprano
Abels: Outburst
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Elgar: Enigma Variations
7 p.m. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
elmhurstsymphony.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Glass: The Triumph of the Octagon (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Strauss: Aus Italien
7:30 p.m. Symphony Center

Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
7:30 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall

Grossman Ensemble
Brad Lubman, conductor
Kristina Bachrach, soprano
Unsuk Chin: Akrostichon-Wortspiel
Arlene Sierra: Ballistae
Brad Lubman: TBA (world premiere)
Ramon Lazkano: TBA (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Logan Center

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
7:30 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway

The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
7:30 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston

October 1

Lyric Opera
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, Mika Kares; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.
2 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Haymarket Opera
Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
3 p.m. Jarvis Opera Hall

Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
Menotti: The Consul
3 p.m. The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway

The Savoyaires
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers
3 p.m. Chute School Auditorium, Evanston

Orion Ensemble
Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
Brahms: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: FAE Sonata: Scherzo
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston

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August 8

Rush Hour Concerts
Axiom Brass
Stephen Buzard, organist
Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Casulana: Suite of Madrigals for Brass Quintet
Higdon: Selections from Ceremonies
Demessieux: Te Deum for solo organ
Sowerby: Festival Musick
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

August 9

Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Piazzolla: Oblivion
Márquez: Danzón No.2
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Leon: Pasajes
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 11

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 15

Rush Hour Concerts
Violins of Hope & FilAm Foundation
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major
Price: Piano Quintet
Respighi: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Ailyn Perez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 16

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Les préludes
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 18

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 19

August 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Stelluto, conductor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Arias from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia

Lyric Opera
“Sunday in the Park with Lyric”
Ryan Center singers
Lyric Opera Orchestra
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
7 p.m. Pritzker Pavilion

August 22

Rush Hour Concerts
Trio Diorama
Ndodana-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lara Downes, pianist
Songs of Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Billie Holiday, Amy Beach and others
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 27

Mischa Dichter, pianist
Music of Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt
2 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

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July 19

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

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

July 20

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

July 21

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

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

July 22

July 23

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

July 25

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

July 26

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

July 27

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

July 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 1

Rush Hour Concerts
Avalon String Quartet
Oksana Ezhokina, pianist
Esmail: Piano Quintet
Schumann: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

August 2

Grant Park Orchestra
David Danzmayr, conductor
Aniello Desiderio, guitarist
Chin: subito con forza
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 4

Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Masumi Per Rostad, violist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: L.E.S. Characters
Copland: Quiet City
Respighi: Pines of Rome
6:30 p.m. Harris Theater
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 5

ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
2 p.m.-10 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Thomas: Sun Dance
Beethoven : Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 6

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Janai Brugger, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins, Kathryn Lewek;
Marin Alsop, conductor
Mozart: The Magic Flute
1 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

ACM
Thirsty Ears Street Festival
1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage & Ravenswood

August 8

Rush Hour Concerts
Axiom Brass
Stephen Buzard, organist
Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Casulana: Suite of Madrigals for Brass Quintet
Higdon: Selections from Ceremonies
Demessieux: Te Deum for solo organ
Sowerby: Festival Musick
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

August 9

Grant Park Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
Piazzolla: Oblivion<
Márquez: Danzón No.2
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Heyward, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violinist
Leon: Pasajes
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 11

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 12

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 15

Rush Hour Concerts
Violins of Hope & FilAm Foundation
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major
Price: Piano Quintet
Respighi: Piano Quintet
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Ailyn Perez, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 16

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Les préludes
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 17

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

August 18

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Corinne Wallace-Crane, alto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Alex Desocio, baritone
David Govertsen, bass
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

August 19

August 20

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Stelluto, conductor
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Arias from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
5 p.m. Ravinia

August 22

Rush Hour Concerts
Trio Diorama
Ndodana-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
5:45 p.m. St. James Cathedral
Free admission

Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lara Downes, pianist
Songs of Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Billie Holiday, Amy Beach and others
7:30 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

August 27

Mischa Dichter, pianist
Music of Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt
2 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theatre

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July 8

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Tai Murray, violinist
Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc: Gloria
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Apollo’s Fire
“The Road to Dublin”
7:30 p.m. Ravinia

July 9

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

July 11

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

July 12

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

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

July 13

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

July 14

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

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

July 15

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

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

July 18

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

July 19

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

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

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July 26

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

July 27

July 28

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
6:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Copland: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Ravinia

July 29

Grant Park Orchestra
Grant Park Chorus
“Bravo Broadway”
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocals
LaKisha Jones, vocals
Hugh Panaro, vocals
7:30 p.m. Millennium Park
gpmf.org

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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
gpmf.org

June 15

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

June 16

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

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

June 17

June 20

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

June 21

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

June 23

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Fantasy Overture
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet
6:30 p.m. Harris TheaterPark
gpmf.org

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

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

June 24

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

June 25

June 26

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

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

June 27

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

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

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

June 28

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

June 29

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

June 30

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

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May 16

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

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

May 20

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

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

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

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April 20

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

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

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

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

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March 23

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 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 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

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

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

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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

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January 25

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

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