Articles
Lyric Opera’s “Hercules” to bring the war home in contemporary style – Mar 02, 2011
See, the conquering hero comes from Judas Maccabeus is one of Handel’s most rousing numbers. The triumphant leader is back from battle, and the [...]
Post-L.A., Esa-Pekka Salonen looks to take up new challenges – Feb 23, 2011
It’s been nearly two years since the Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen moved to London from Los Angeles, where he enjoyed an unprecedented [...]
Cape Town orchestra tour is a first for America and Africa – Feb 13, 2011
Maybe it’s a sign of how South Africans live today that Brandon Phillips of Cape Town hardly talks about his ethnicity. What seems to [...]
Mitsuko Uchida brings mix of scholarship and intimacy to Mozart and Schumann – Jan 26, 2011
For thousands of music lovers, the highlight of Chicago’s musical season is about to begin. On Thursday night pianist Mitsuko Uchida will open a [...]
New World Symphony to create new multimedia world in Gehry hall – Jan 22, 2011
The recorded music of Thomas Adès thunders through the hall, as five eccentrically shaped video screens above the stage display images of crashing waves, [...]
David Daniels returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Britten’s “Dream” – Nov 03, 2010
David Daniels has been a favorite of Lyric Opera of Chicago audiences since 2003 when he moped across the stage as the comically disconsolate [...]
Glass on Glass – Oct 22, 2010
When violinist Robert McDuffie commissioned a new concerto from Philip Glass he made just one request. “He wanted four movements,” said the composer Thursday [...]
Pacifica Quartet set to launch exploration of Shostakovich – Oct 14, 2010
Beginning this month, audiences in New York and Chicago will have the rare opportunity to embark upon a musical journey that will take them [...]
After a 21-year absence, Mutter returns to perform with Muti, Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall – Sep 30, 2010
Anne-Sophie Mutter carries with her such international renown and, through her glamorous press photos, a persona of such cool reserved beauty that one anticipates [...]
At 40, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque sees a bright future – Sep 22, 2010
Baroque music has been around for 400 years, give or take a decade or two. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is as ubiquitous on concert [...]
