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Review: Daniil Trifonov, Klaus Mäkelä, and the CSO Perform Brahms, Boulez, and Dvořák With Drama and Dazzle

With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s music director designate Klaus Mäkelä taking the helm, CSO Artist in Residence Daniil Trifonov and the CSO gave a wonderful performance of Johannes Brahms’ Piano […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 3, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Jaap van Zweden and the CSO Give an Engrossing Performance of Mahler’s 7th Symphony

    Under the direction of Jaap van Zweden, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave an engrossing performance of a symphony that is challenging to all involved: Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. In […]

  • Louis Harris
  • April 19, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: A Spirited CSO and Chorus Perform MacMillan, Beethoven, and Haydn

    Under the nuanced direction of conductor Manfred Honeck, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus gave a spirited performance at Symphony Center on Thursday night. The first half of the program […]

  • Louis Harris
  • March 15, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Christoph Eschenbach, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, and the CSO Offer a Lovely Performance of Strauss, Mozart, and Beethoven.

    Under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave a lovely performance of music by Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven on Friday afternoon. Joining […]

  • Louis Harris
  • October 5, 2024
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Antoine Tamestit, and the CSO Offer Vaughan Williams, Walton, Tchaikovsky, and Stradivarius

    The sounds of the first viola ever made by Antonio Stradivarius wafted through the rafters of Symphony Center on Thursday as French-born Antoine Tamestit performed William Walton’s concerto for that […]

  • Louis Harris
  • September 28, 2024
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Rush, and Rachel Barton Pine—Musicianship at Its Finest at Ravinia

    Under the lively leadership of Jonathan Rush, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra completed a residency at Ravinia in an amazing fashion on Sunday evening. Joined by violinist Rachel Barton Pine, the […]

  • Louis Harris
  • August 20, 2024
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, Orion Weiss, and the CSO Deliver Mozart and Brahms/Schoenberg

    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave a rousing if edgy performance on Thursday night, when it opened a series of concerts at Symphony Center, billed as MTT Conducts Mozart. MTT refers […]

  • Louis Harris
  • December 1, 2023
    • Classical , Features , Music

    Feature: Chicago Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Mixes Classical With Heavy Metal

    Chicago is well known for having a rich and robust classical music community. One of the best measures of that is the talent that emerges from it. One great example […]

  • Louis Harris
  • November 2, 2023
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: CSO Celebrates Rachmaninoff With Conductor Lahav Shani and Pianist Beatrice Rana Making Debuts

    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra kicked off its weekend celebration of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday in a fantastic fashion at Symphony Center on Thursday night. In his CSO conducting debut, Lahav […]

  • Louis Harris
  • February 10, 2023
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lina González-Granados Exhibit Brilliance With the CSO

    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra succeeded in a tall order on Thursday night: turning a major work that has often left me wanting into a thing of abject beauty. To accomplish […]

  • Louis Harris
  • June 17, 2022
    • Classical , Music , Reviews , Today

    Review: The CSO Under the Baton of Karina Canellakis Delivers the Goods

    What kind of concert starts with an 11-minute introductory piece that ends up getting two ovations? A Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert that opens with Brio by Chicago-based composer Augusta Read […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 20, 2022
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Nicholas McGegan’s Performance of the Messiah Provides an Enjoyable Afternoon at Symphony Center

    I have only recently become fond of vocal music and, as a non-Christian, I have always avoided Christmas concerts, including performances of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Outside of the ubiquitous […]

  • Louis Harris
  • December 18, 2021
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