Alan G. Artner

MORNING Start the day by recognizing that all holidays require preparation if they're to be more than just a day off work. So, with Halloween decorations still in the yard,...

The second volume in Naxos' series of the complete symphonies of American composer William Schuman is devoted to two important large-scale commissions, one for the 75th anniversary of the Boston...

Over 16 days, there are scores of extraordinary events offered this year at the Chicago Humanities Festival. To help guide you, baiduhai arts critics have picked events that they...

Andrew Manze's first recording as artistic director of The English Concert was a program of Mozart's orchestral music, and now, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, he returns...

Monroe Drive, east from Michigan Avenue to Columbus Drive, was designated Ed Paschke Way on Thursday. The plan to commemorate the late artist near his alma mater, the School of...

Dutch filmmaker Frank Scheffer has made more than 20 documentaries on music, and here Ideale Audience has brought together those films on the greatest musical rivals of the 20th Century:...

"Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre," exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago from July 16 to Monday, had an unofficial count of 264,439 visitors at the end of Sunday, officials said. Based...

Four members of the Savall family plus the percussionist Estevan present an ambitious program that spans 1000 years and nearly a dozen cultures. Alongside such composers as Diego Ortiz, Marin...

In honor of Arvo Part's 70th birthday this month, Ideale Audience has released the first authorized documentary, assembled (in 2002) by a trusted friend who filmed over a period of...

People spoil everything, don't they? They certainly spoil big museum exhibitions by getting in the way of the work and subjecting you to a seiche of audio-guide susurrations. So what...