Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Dover Quartet Plays a Blustery Program on a Blustery Night

On a blustery Friday night, the Dover Quartet gave a note-perfect performance at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston. While the Chicagoland region was […]

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Review: Dover Quartet Delivers Loveliness at Galvin Hall

The Dover Quartet gave a lovely concert at Galvin Hall in Evanston on Wednesday night. It was homecoming in a sense, as they are the quartet-in-residence of Northwestern University’s Bienen […]

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Chicago’s Cedille Records Keeps Putting Out Great Stuff

Cedille Records continues its mission to illuminate excellent Chicago musical voices on both sides of the musical portrait. Its recent releases highlight Chicago performers offering classical music chestnuts and new […]

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Cedille Records Continues to Release Excellence, Including a Grammy Award Winner by Jennifer Koh

Chicago’s classical music label Cedille Records has continued to release compelling CDs highlighting our city’s deep musical talent, both performers and composers. Two recent Cedille releases include compositions inspired by […]

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Review: Cedille Records Continues Excellence With New Releases

Update: Since this review was published in September 2020, Pacfica Quartet’s Contemporary Voices CD won  the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Congratulations to Pacifica Quartet and everyone […]

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Classical, Music

2019 in Review: Classical Music

Yo-Yo Ma greets Chicagoans. Todd Rosenberg Photography.

As the year and the decade are winding down, it is hard to avoid thinking about the time that has passed. In this day and age, when events swirl around […]

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Review: Dover Quartet Opens the Annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Festival in a Big Way

  The Dover Quartet opened the 2019 installment of the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival in a fantastic way on Friday evening with compelling performances of classical and contemporary string […]

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