With a fascinating program celebrating the change of seasons and the Americana of Sun Valley, Idaho, violinist Benjamin Beilman, festival Music Director Alasdair Neale, and festival musicians entertained large audiences […]
Bach in the City performed the Passion of St. Mark at St. Vincent DePaul Church in Lincoln Park on Friday. The chorus and an orchestra of authentic Baroque-period instruments performed […]
Over the past couple of months, Ravinia Festival has been building up anticipation for the 2026 season. Specifically they’ve been noting the changes going into the Hunter Pavilion, which has […]
In 2021, the Music Institute of Chicago launched One Composer, One Community, to give underrepresented composers the exposure they deserve. They have honored Black composers William Grant Still and Florence […]
Under the direction of David Bloom, the Grossman Ensemble gave an enjoyable performance at the Logan Center Performing Hall in Hyde Park on Friday. This 13-member ensemble commissions and performs […]
When I consider the notion of “Baroque Blockbusters!”, I think of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, or Handel’s Messiah, or Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, or Pachelbel’s Canon, or several other things. With Richard […]
Amid a Chicago orchestral landscape dominated by marquee ensembles, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago tends to exist in the shadows. That’s unfortunate, because this century‑old training orchestra—founded in 1919 by […]
Review by Zach Carstensen. George Frideric Handel’s career was interwoven tightly with the British monarchy, a relationship that spanned the exuberant heights of national peace and the somber depths of […]
Nova Linea Musica presented The Drum Also Sings, an hour long concert by Third Coast Percussion at the Merit School of Music on Wednesday. NLM and Third Coast Percussion are […]
With an astonishing palette of sound and moods at his disposal, Music Director-designate Klaus Mäkelä led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through tone poems celebrating heroes at Symphony Center on Thursday […]
This review was written by Zach Carstensen. Each February for the past 27 years, Dennis Northway has convened musicians to perform the work of George Frideric Handel in Oak Park. […]
Since nobody seems to be talking about climate change any more, classical music in Chicago has taken up the mantle, at least during the first week of February. Soprano Renée […]