Chicago Sinfonietta’s annual January concert celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. is a tradition that goes back to the early days of the 35-year-old ensemble. But this year’s […]
If you have never attended one of Music of the Baroque’s Holiday Brass and Choral Concerts, you owe it to yourself to mark your December 2022 calendar to ensure that you […]
I have only recently become fond of vocal music and, as a non-Christian, I have always avoided Christmas concerts, including performances of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Outside of the ubiquitous […]
Given what we’ve all been through since the spring of 2020, this seems to be a holiday season for grand-scale musical statements. The number of Chicago orchestras performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah oratorio this […]
St. Nicholas Day always has a special significance to me as it is one of my best friend’s birthdays. Last Monday, it held a little more excitement with a sold-out […]
Music of the Baroque is one of the few orchestras focused specifically on Baroque-era legends such as George Frideric Handel. So attendees expecting a masterly performance of Handel’s Messiah oratorio at the Harris Theater Monday […]
The stage at Symphony Center on Sunday night was set as it would be for a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert, chairs and music stands and instruments tightly spaced on every […]
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, four cello students from Northwestern University formed a new chamber music ensemble that gave its first public concert on Saturday. This performance demonstrated […]
[soliloquy id=”100464″] This past Thursday, Hamilton Leithauser, Kevin Morby and Jess Williamson came together to the Vic Theatre for a Fall Mixer. The whole idea of the tour, mixing together […]
The Orion Ensemble continued their 29th season with an enjoyable concert on Wednesday night at PianoForte Studios in the South Loop. Their program was typical for this quartet with an […]
A Sunday Halloween had two tracks set out before it. It could have brought an amplification of the Sunday condition–that cloud that accompanies the ending weekend might be especially pointed […]
TV Girl has been a band for roughly 12 years now, however they didn’t see viral success until the past year; and deservingly so. Some of the band’s music went […]