Readers sound off on striking CSO musicians
My recent column (“Don’t tell me CSO musicians have it easy”) prompted an avalanche of responses, pro and con – and many points in between. The crux of the piece,...
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Symphony Center concerts canceled through April 9
All concerts at Symphony Center through April 9 have been canceled, due to the ongoing dispute between striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, which manages...
Opera review: Haymarket brings back a comic romp by Telemann
Can an obscure opera from 1725 with a cast of just two, a bare-bones plot bordering on the absurd and a production using early instruments and historic performance techniques reach...
Striking CSO musicians announce free concerts
The striking musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have announced another round of free concerts. The CSO will perform Beethoven’s “Egmont” Overture and Symphony No. 7, plus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto...
From Billie Holiday tribute to baroque masterpieces, the weekend in jazz and classical
This weekend will be rich with major jazz and classical events. Among the highlights: Pharez Whitted. A powerhouse trumpeter and indefatigable jazz advocate and educator, Chicagoan Whitted returns to a...
CSO review: Striking musicians play off campus
The standing-room-only crowd that packed Chicago Teachers Union Headquarters on Monday evening came to hear something unusual: the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in exile. For the first time...
Please don’t tell me CSO musicians have it easy
Ahh, what a soft and easy life the striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians lead! They show up for a concert, play for a couple of hours, then go home and...
Symphony Center concerts canceled in wake of CSO strike
All concerts and events at Symphony Center through April 2 have been canceled, due to the ongoing labor dispute between musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony...
Classical/jazz reviews: A salute to Renee Fleming at Lyric; the prowess of Julien Labro at Green Mill
It was billed as a tribute to soprano Renee Fleming’s 25 years at Lyric Opera of Chicago, but, really, it was a celebration of the art of singing – with...
San Francisco Symphony makes moves to back striking CSO colleagues
The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, scheduled to play Tuesday evening at Symphony Center, will join striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians on the picket line if the labor conflict...