Nicholas Kraemer, one of today's leading Baroque music specialists, lets the musicians of the CSO shine in a selection of 18th-century gems. He completes the concert with Strauss' elegiac Metamorphosen, an intimate work for 23 solo strings. Learn more...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Beyond the Score: Mahler 4
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra's popular Beyond the Score series explores Mahler's Fourth Symphony. One of the conductor's most irresistible works, it draws from folk songs, klezmer, military marches and many more sources. The program will begin with a live multimedia documentary, exploring the Fourth Symphony's cultural and musical context, before the CSO performs the work in its entirety. Learn more...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Schumann, with Dohnányi and Paul Lewis
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs at Symphony Center. Led by veteran conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, they'll play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 with English pianist Paul Lewis, whose recent recording of Beethoven's sonatas was named 2008's "Best Recording of the Year" by Gramophone. The program also features Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Learn more...
Chants de Noël: A French Christmas: Christmas Music in French, Latin and English
St. Paul's United Church of Christ (Chicago, IL)
Chants de Noël: A French Christmas is a concert of holiday gems by French composers and arrangements of French carols sung in French, Latin and English. The program includes such carols as "Il est né le divin enfant," "Masters in this Hall," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Noël nouvelet." The centerpiece on the program is Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio for chorus, organ, harp and string quartet. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Plays Piano Trios by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Dvorak
International House at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble presents a relaxing program of classical piano trios performed by leading Chicago classical musicians. A complimentary wine reception precedes each performance, and the program includes works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvořák. Learn more...
Chants de Noël: A French Christmas: Christmas Music in French, Latin and English
Nichols Concert Hall (Evanston, IL)
Chants de Noël: A French Christmas is a concert of holiday gems by French composers and arrangements of French carols sung in French, Latin and English. The program includes such carols as "Il est né le divin enfant," "Masters in this Hall," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Noël nouvelet." The centerpiece on the program is Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio for chorus, organ, harp and string quartet. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Plays Piano Trios by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Dvorak
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble presents a relaxing program of classical piano trios performed by leading Chicago classical musicians. A complimentary wine reception precedes each performance, and the program includes works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvořák. Learn more...
New Year's Eve with New Philharmonic: Viennese Pops with an American Twist
McAninch Arts Center (Glen Ellyn, IL)
New Philharmonic performs a New Year's Eve pops concert at the McAninch Arts Center. Led by Maestro Kirk Muspratt, they'll ring in the new year with beautiful Strauss waltzes and marches, popular Broadway show tunes, love songs and more. Learn more...
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