Alan G. Artner – Page 7

Review: A beguiling, gratifying evening of music from ICE

June 15, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

Not everyday does an extended introduction to a composer prove as unusual and immediately gratifying as the one the International Contemporary Ensemble gave Saturday night at the Museum of Contemporary...

Hilary Hahn was demanding, personal, excellent

April 5, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

Hilary Hahn's violin recital Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall brought a highly personal, demanding program superlatively played. And, yes, a Chicago audience – one that often is thought to respond...

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Chicago Symphony Center.

Pianist-conductor added signature touch to Mozart concertos

June 15, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

A couple of times each season the Chicago Symphony Orchestra slims down to an ensemble of chamber music proportions and addresses repertory not usually presented on subscription concerts at Orchestra...

Bella Voce Camerata used ‘less is more’ to illuminate

April 5, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

The principle of "less is more" functions well in several areas of artistic endeavor. Its effectiveness in music making came clear Sunday afternoon at St. Clement Parish in a concert...

Concert review: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at Orchestra Hall

June 16, 2018 at 6:49 p.m.

The skyrocketing final bars of Sergei Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony always provoke an audience roar of approval. But the one that went up Friday night for the Chicago debut of Yannick...

Contempo introduces challenging new music

June 16, 2018 at 7:31 p.m.

Contempo, the University of Chicago's new music collective, began its 50th anniversary season Saturday night at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, with a characteristically prickly program...

Review: A spirited evening from Baroque Band

June 16, 2018 at 4:49 a.m.

Music that tells a story or depicts images from the everyday often is thought to have originated in the 19th Century, though, in fact, it's common to many periods, going...

Concert review: New Orford String Quartet at Winter Chamber Festival

June 16, 2018 at 5:48 a.m.

Severe cold surely kept some away from the opening of Northwestern University's 2015 Winter Chamber Music Festival. But those who made it Friday night to Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston...

Lincoln Center players give neglected masterworks some love

April 5, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

Too often it happens that unfamiliar compositions beautifully played are accompanied by the realization that conservative program making may well keep us from ever hearing the pieces again. The Chamber...

Concert review: CSO performing Dvorak, more, at Orchestra Hall

June 18, 2018 at 7:06 a.m.

For most of the 20th Century, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra supplemented its regular subscription series of concerts with single biweekly programs that presented popular repertory. The last CSO music director...

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