Leave it to Jane Glover and her fairly small orchestra and chorus to give a gargantuan performance of a classical music leviathan to a sold out crowd on Saturday night. Music of […]
Review: Music of the Baroque Wowed on Saturday Night
Review: Anderson and Roe Showed Off An Exciting Approach on Saturday Evening
The young piano duo of Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe offered their unique classical performance innovations at Northwestern University’s Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall on Saturday night. In this excellent concert […]
Review: Evgeny Kissin and Emerson Quartet Shined on Sunday
The Emerson String Quartet teamed up with pianist Evgeny Kissin for a lively performance at Symphony Center on Sunday. The pairing combined the Emersons’ wizened experience with Kissin’s vigor. Having performed together […]
Emanuel Ax Played With Warmth and Passion at the Symphony Center
With the maturity that only comes from a career spanning 45 years, Emanuel Ax gave a delightful performance at Symphony Center on Sunday afternoon. The program was a careful blend of music […]
Lyric’s Cosi fan tutte Makes Mozart, Opera Fun Again
When I think of a fun night at the theater, I don’t typically think of the opera. Blame it on my generation, my relative poverty, my lack of sophistication. What can I […]
Interview: New Percussion Concerto by Augusta Read Thomas to Premiere November 12
The Harris Theater will host the world premiere of a new work by Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas this Sunday, November 12. Sonorous Earth is a concerto for orchestra and percussion quartet […]
Music Institute of Chicago Academy Displays Student Talent, Training in Concert
The students from the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy showed off their talent on Saturday night in a performance celebrating the academy’s 10 years of training in musical excellence. The academy’s string […]
