Performances

Honeck, CSO present a fresh and compelling take on Mozart’s Requiem

Mozart’s somber Requiem in D Minor may seem like the antithesis […]

Nov 21, 2025
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Welter’s mellifluous Mozart highlights Elmhurst Symphony program

The title “Classical Giants”—which graced the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra’s Sunday afternoon […]

Nov 17, 2025
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Viet Cuong’s energetic music in the spotlight at Northwestern

Northwestern University’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble teamed up with acclaimed Chicago-based ensembles […]

Nov 15, 2025
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Chen leads CSO in an elegant, collegial  “Four Seasons”

After two weeks of vivid concerts under music director emeritus for […]

Nov 14, 2025
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Muti, CSO serve up graceful mix of Stravinsky, Brahms, and Spanish guitar

For his final Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts of 2025, Riccardo Muti […]

Nov 07, 2025
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Abduraimov brings keyboard thunder, poetic moments to Romantic program

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov returned to Chicago Sunday for the first time […]

Nov 04, 2025
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Two top tenors ignite Lyric’s “Cav & Pag” in a double bill to die for

An 11-inning final game of the World Series can be exciting, […]

Nov 02, 2025
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Muti returns to lead fresh, rewarding Hindemith, Dvořák with CSO 

Sold-out concerts at Orchestra Hall may be rarities these days. But […]

Oct 31, 2025
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A retrenching IPO opens with mixed evening of Beethoven 

One year ago the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off its season […]

Oct 26, 2025
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The dawn of opera, celebrated in style by Haymarket Opera, Newberry Consort with Peri’s “Euridice”

From the Florentine court at the dawn of the Baroque era, […]

Oct 25, 2025
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