Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra brought new life to popular classics on Wednesday at the Music Institute of Chicago. I was thrilled to see how much soul was imbued into the […]
Music of the Baroque found a great excuse for bringing Chicago native and flutist extraordinaire Demarre McGill to the Harris Theater on Saturday night. Rather than simply performing a flute […]
Nova Linea Musica continued its mission to create, present, and promote new music in an innovative and enjoyable fashion at Guarneri Hall on Wednesday evening. In a program entitled Threads […]
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States of America’s declaration as a sovereign democracy. The Declaration of Independence guaranteed the citizenry the right to life, liberty, and […]
With an unbelievable combination of youthful exuberance and mature technique, Trio Seoul wowed a large audience at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Sunday. They did it with a program […]
German conductor André de Ridder led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to accompany Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey on January 9 and 10. The film was projected on […]
Making its fourth appearance at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival, Dudok Quartet Amsterdam gave an enjoyable performance of two string quartets of high repute: Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. […]
Founded as a progressive funky little fundraiser orchestra in 1994, Pink Martini is currently touring with a lively holiday concert called All-Stars: A Season of Stars, which stopped at the Auditorium […]
Chicago’s Cedille Records has completed another year of releasing enjoyable and, in some cases, astonishing compact discs in 2025. In recent years, vocal music has been the highlight. While vocal […]
Some of the best Christmas music I have ever heard has come from churches of every denomination. On December 14, I ventured out on a frigid 5° afternoon to St. […]
One of my favorite things about reviewing music, arts, and culture in Chicago is being in the audience to experience artists in their habitat. That could be a big stage […]
As I listened to Dame Jane Glover conduct the Music of the Baroque Orchestra and Chorus in Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” for the third time in as many months, it dawned […]