Ligeti series continues with a lark, a workout and a rare performance
Friday night’s concert at the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts was an odd affair that showed a running down of the seasonlong series devoted...
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Minnesota Orchestra makes crisp, thrilling comeback at Symphony Center
For the first time in more than 50 years the Minnesota Orchestra returned to Orchestra Hall on Sunday afternoon, ending a three-city Midwestern tour that included two university campuses. Orchestral...
NU Winter Chamber Music Festival opens with refined debut from Dudok Kwartet
One of the great strengths of Northwestern University’s Winter Chamber Music Festival is its introduction of groups new to the Chicago area. Friday night’s first program in the 2018 installment...
Lucas Debargue in recital showed sparkle and ambition
Young French pianist Lucas Debargue made his Chicago debut Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall in a program that might serve as an example to veterans who return with chestnuts year...
Alex Klein creates warm sounds in Orion Chamber Ensemble season opener
There are fashions in acoustics as there are fashions in everything else, and Wednesday night the Orion Chamber Ensemble began its 25th season in a Chicago venue that gives a...
Richard Childress’ new ensemble deserves distinguished future
His Majesty's Men is a six-member vocal ensemble that has given only its second public performance, and judging from the results at St. John Cantius Church Saturday night, the group...
Music of the Baroque revisits Telemann’s ‘Judgment’
Music of the Baroque observed the 250th anniversary of the death of Georg Philipp Telemann on Monday night with its season-closing performance of his "The Day of Judgment" at the...
Murray Perahia hit all the right notes at his solo outing
Murray Perahia's piano recital Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall was about as good as they come. The program was characteristically conservative: Bach, Schubert and Beethoven. The playing was responsive to...
Paul Lewis’ intelligent, immaculate delight of a piano recital
Paul Lewis gave an immaculate piano recital Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall. The program was intelligent and not without a surprise. Its delivery was cultured, avoiding anything flamboyant, meretricious or...
Pianist Daniil Trifonov delights Orchestra Hall audience
Piano recitals might take a lesson from the old-fashioned one Daniil Trifonov gave Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall. The event lasted nearly 40 minutes beyond the norm at the Symphony...