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New concerto shines a spotlight on the CSO’s fabled low brass choir

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Jennifer Higdon can pinpoint exactly when the idea of writing a concerto for the renowned low brass section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra most likely lodged in her subconscious. Growing...

Stefano La Colla as Calaf and Amber Wagner as Turandot, who feature in Lyric Opera's production of "Turandot," entering its final performances.

Lyric Opera greets new year with an improved ‘Turandot’

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

There’s nothing like the allure of Puccini’s music to counter any box office attrition that could set in at Lyric Opera during the bleak Chicago midwinter. The company has several...

Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts Jan. 12-18

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Winter Chamber Music Festival: The 22nd edition of the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music’s annual celebration of instrumental masterpieces holds seven concerts, through Jan. 28. The Dudok Kwartet Amsterdam,...

Actor John Malkovich stands on the sideline before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the New York Jets in New Orleans on Dec. 17, 2017.

John Malkovich to narrate ‘Lincoln Portrait’ with Muti, CSO

December 14, 2018 at 11:54 p.m.

John Malkovich has a brand-new gig – brand-new to local audiences, that is. The uncommonly versatile Chicago stage and screen actor, and longtime Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, has been engaged...

Carlos Kalmar conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Alfven's Festival Overture at Pritzker Pavilion on June 13, 2017, in Chicago.

Crowds, cash coming to the Grant Park fest because of the music

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

I’m sure I’m not the only local classical buff who finds it easier to make it through another marrow-freezing Chicago winter just knowing that the Grant Park Music Festival is...

Stefano La Colla as Calaf and Amber Wagner as Turandot perform during a dress rehearsal for Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" at the Lyric Opera House Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Chicago.

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Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts Jan. 5-11

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Lyric Opera of Chicago – “Turandot”: Puccini’s unfinished valedictory returns for winter performances that mark the house debut of soprano Janai Brugger as the slave girl Liu. Other principal roles...

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, from an April recital performance at the Civic Opera House.

18 winter classical music highlights for 2018

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

In this winter of our discontent, we need to remind ourselves of music’s uncanny power to warm hearts and revive winter-depressed spirits. Indeed, there is a wealth of music of...

Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts Dec. 29-Jan. 4

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

New Year’s Eve Concerts: Music director Kirk Muspratt and the New Philharmonic ring in 2018 with a holiday potpourri that includes Viennese light classics, favorite film music and more. Baritone...

The Spektral Quartet is bringing new music to life, with a touch of audacity

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Chicago’s Spektral Quartet continues to explode the stereotype of how a classical string quartet should behave. Violinists Clara Lyon and Maeve Feinberg, violist Doyle Armbrust and cellist Russell Rolen make...

Dancers from The Joffrey Ballet, from a September dress rehearsal of the Lyric Opera's new production of Gluck's "Orphee et Eurydice."

The highs and lows in classical music in Chicago in 2017

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

This was no ordinary year for music in Chicago, or just about anywhere else, for that matter. Reports by national media outlets of alleged sexual misconduct rocked the highest echelons...

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