One of the most influential works in Western culture, Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin) was groundbreaking for its bold introduction of modern theatrical styles into liturgical music. For this rendition, a cappella vocal ensemble Bella Voce joins with Chicago's own world-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine, Baroque violin virtuoso Martin Davids, and his period-instrument chamber ensemble the Callipygian Players. Learn more...
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 with Bella Voce at Harris Theater
Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park (Chicago, IL)
Liber Sings Settings of Petrarch, Boccaccio and More
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (Chicago, IL)
Acclaimed early music vocal ensemble Liber pays tribute to the roots of the Renaissance in Crowned with Laurels, a musical exploration of 14th-century Italian and French poetry. They'll sing settings of works by Francesco Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Franco Sacchetti and more. Learn more...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs an All-Russian Program at Symphony Center
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
At only 37 years old, Vladimir Jurowski is already one of the world's most successful conductors, with prominent artistic roles at the London Philharmonic, Glyndbourne Festival Opera and the Russian National Orchestra. He brings a powerful all-Russian program to Symphony Center for his CSO debut, including the spine-tingling Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninov. American great Peter Serkin joins Jurowski for Stravinsky's Piano Concerto. Learn more...
Brasil Guitar Duo at the University of Chicago
Mandel Hall (Chicago, IL)
The University of Chicago presents the Brasil Guitar Duo. These rising stars from Sao Paulo have won the 2006 Concert Artists Guild competition, appeared with orchestras across the country, and made their debut Carnegie Hall. They'll perform a concert of music by Rameau, J.S. Bach, Piazzolla, Debussy and more. Learn more...
The Belcea Quartet Plays Bartok and More at the University of Chicago
Mandel Hall (Chicago, IL)
The University of Chicago welcomes the Belcea Quartet. The English ensemble earned wild critical praise for their 2008 performance of Bartok's six string quartets. They'll perform the first of those quartets in this concert, along with works by Beethoven and Szymanowski. Learn more...
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Conductor Robert Zehetmair
Mandel Hall (Chicago, IL)
Renowned violinist Robert Zehetmair makes his Chicago conducting debut with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra at Mandel Hall. He'll lead the SPCO in a program featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and works by Krenek and Webern. Learn more...
Pacifica Quartet Plays Schubert and Beethoven at the University of Chicago
Mandel Hall (Chicago, IL)
The acclaimed Pacifica Quartet plays a concert at the University of Chicago's Mandel Hall. Their program features two renowned Romantic chamber quartets: Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" and Beethoven's Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131, which was the composer's personal favorite of his own quartets. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Performs Bach & Brahms at the Fourth Presbyterian Church
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble presents an engaging program of music both old and new, including Bach's beloved Suite No. 2 in B Minor, rich with French dance themes, and ending with the drama of Brahm's masterful Quintet in F Minor, op. 24. The ensemble will also perform selections by Martinù and Fine. Learn more...
Bach, Mozart, Haydn -- Double Play Concert from the Music of the Baroque Orchestra
First United Methodist Church of Evanston (Evanston, IL)
The Bach concerto for violin and oboe, Mozart's flute and harp concerto, and two Haydn symphonies showcase the talents of the Music of the Baroque Orchestra and its principal players. The talented principal players take center stage for the Mozart flute and harp concerto and Bach's concerto for violin and oboe, and the full ensemble shines in Haydn. Learn more...
Chicago Sinfonietta Performs Las Américas
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
Music from three continents will be featured when the Chicago Sinfonietta presents the Chicago debut of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and cellist Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York's Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Rymer is the 2009 First Place winner of the prestigious Sphinx Competition. Learn more...
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 with Bella Voce at Rockefeller Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (Chicago, IL)
One of the most influential works in Western culture, Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin) was groundbreaking at the time of its debut for its bold introduction of modern theatrical styles into liturgical music. For this rendition, a cappella vocal ensemble Bella Voce joins with Chicago's own world-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine, Baroque violin virtuoso Martin Davids, and his period-instrument chamber ensemble the Callipygian Players. Learn more...
Mozart Gets Religion Explores the Spiritual Side of Mozart
Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL)
In his works, Mozart dealt with life, death and God. Elmhurst Choral Union and Orchestra will explore that spiritual side of Mozart, in music that is familiar from the films Amadeus, Eyes Wide Shut and Primal Fear. The program will include Mozart's Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, and Regina Coeli. Soprano Kimberly Eileen Jones will join the orchestra for Exsultate Jubilate (including the closing "Alleluia!"). Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Choir Performs Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Evanston, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Choir: Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
Unity Lutheran Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...
Northshore Concert Band Spring Concert: Shostakovich, Grainger, Reed
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall (Evanston, IL)
The Northshore Concert Band presents their Spring Concert. They'll be playing works including Shostakovich's Festive Overture, an excerpt from Grainger's renowned Lincolnshire Posy and Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana. The program includes a guest appearance by the Chicago Children's Choir. Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Musicians present Baroque, Classical, and Romantic
Merit School of Music - Gottlieb Hall (Chicago, IL)
The artists of the Chicago Chamber Musicians perform Pezel, Mozart and Dvorak. The brass section shines in Pezel's "Pieces for Brass Quintet," meant to be performed from the towers of Leipzig. Then the strings take the stage for Mozart's "String Quintet in D Major," and finally the pianos are front and center for Dvorak's second piano quintet. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Presents Spring Delights for Winds and Piano
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble celebrates spring with their April program of classical chamber music at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. The ensemble will perform a multinational program that includes music by Telemann, Mozart, Piston and Poulenc. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Merit School of Music - Gottlieb Hall (Chicago, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra Presents Walton and Brahms
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (Skokie, IL)
Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra presents its season finale concert featuring 18-year-old Music Institute of Chicago Concerto Competition winner Matthew Lipman playing Walton's Viola Concerto and Ars Viva's stirring Brahms First Symphony. Opening the concert is an homage to music by former CSO composer-in-residence John Corigliano. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Wentz Concert Hall (Naperville, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 with Bella Voce at Glenview Community Church
Glenview Community Church (Glenview, IL)
One of the most influential works in Western culture, Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin) was groundbreaking at the time of its debut for its bold introduction of modern theatrical styles into liturgical music. For this rendition, a cappella vocal ensemble Bella Voce joins with Chicago's own world-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine, Baroque violin virtuoso Martin Davids, and his period-instrument chamber ensemble the Callipygian Players. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Nichols Concert Hall (Evanston, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Presents Spring Delights for Winds and Piano
International House at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble celebrates spring with their April program of classical chamber music at International House at the University of Chicago. The ensemble will perform a multinational program that includes music by Telemann, Mozart, Piston and Poulenc. Learn more...
Chicago Sinfonietta Performs Las Américas
Lund Auditorium (River Forest, IL)
Music from three continents will be featured when the Chicago Sinfonietta presents the Chicago debut of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and cellist Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York's Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Rymer is the 2009 First Place winner of the prestigious Sphinx Competition. Learn more...
Gloriously Baroque, Works by Telemann and Bach from Music of the Baroque
First United Methodist Church of Evanston (Evanston, IL)
Music of the Baroque presents Gloriously Baroque, a concert of Bach's dramatic cantatas celebrating St. Michael's slaying of the dragon and the victory of good over evil and Telemann's Suite in D Minor for three oboes, bassoon and strings. Experience all the glories of the German high Baroque -- choral splendor, orchestral invention, and solo virtuosity -- in one festive program. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Pilgrim Congregational Church (Oak Park, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Choir Performs Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...