Performances
Hrůša, CSO deliver a season highlight with bracing central European works
For those handicapping the race for music director of the Chicago […]
Mar 15, 2024
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Music of the Baroque provides timely balm with Bach’s “St. John Passion”
The world is in chaos, wars rage around the globe, civil […]
Mar 12, 2024
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Bradley provides fleeting highlights in Lyric Opera’s grim, militaristic “Aida”
It has been 12 years since Lyric Opera last took the […]
Mar 10, 2024
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Apollo Chorus, Elmhurst Symphony join forces for expansive Bruckner
The number of American performing ensembles that can date their lineage […]
Mar 10, 2024
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Hrůša returns and ignites CSO in music of Strauss, Lutosławski
This week’s concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra launch a significant […]
Mar 08, 2024
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Newberry Consort and friends take audience on engaging minstrel journey
The Newberry Consort has long been the venerable stalwart of Chicago’s early-music […]
Mar 02, 2024
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Sub conductor Popelka makes an unconvincing CSO debut
Herbert Blomstedt was originally slated to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra […]
Mar 02, 2024
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Illinois Philharmonic serves up high-stepping Gershwin and a Sierra premiere takes flight
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra continued its season Saturday night with the […]
Feb 25, 2024
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Lintu returns to CSO with iridescent Saariaho and satiric Shostakovich
The two main works on this week’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra program […]
Feb 24, 2024
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Natalie Clein brings ardent artistry to Jewish composers at Mandel Hall
The University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall became a temple to Jewish […]
Feb 24, 2024
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