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CSO Resound releases first recording with Riccardo Muti – Verdi’s Requiem

September 4, 2010

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is ready to kick off its first concert season with Riccardo Muti later this month.  In January 2009, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Muti, at the time the music director designate, performed Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. Recorded during a sold-out concert, the live recording is the newest release [...]

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Tickets Are Now on Sale for MusicNow, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Critically Acclaimed New-Music Series

August 12, 2010

Tickets are now available for MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new-music series, which offers innovative works by some of today’s most prominent composers and young artists.  The concerts are programmed and hosted by Mead Composers-in-Residence Mason Bates (b. 1977) and Anna Clyne (b. 1980) with MusicNOW Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot. The music is performed by [...]

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Riccardo Muti Announces 2010/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Season

February 25, 2010

Today marks the beginning of a new era for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Riccardo Muti steps in as music director for the 2010/11 season.  During a press conference held earlier today, which was streamed live over the Internet, Muti set the stage by saying he “doesn’t believe in themes” and hopes to regularly include [...]

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CSO goes Jazzical and Gets Scorched: Part II

June 1, 2009

Previously, I began discussing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert featuring jazz-inspired works.  You can review Part I of this article to read about Three Black Kings by Duke Ellington, the first work on the program. Considering these kinds of works are rarely performed by symphony orchestras, I thought it warranted breaking this story into two [...]

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CSO Goes Jazzical And Gets Scorched: Part I

May 27, 2009

Jazz is only a word and has no meaning . . . I don’t know how such great extremes as now exist can be contained under the one heading ~ Duke Ellington Ok, well the Chicago Symphony Orchestra didn’t get scorched in the literal sense, but it was an evening filled with Jazz inspired classical [...]

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The Non-Rich Support The Arts Too

January 12, 2009

For a while now, I have been reading Henry Fogel’s On The Record blog.  The other day, Mr. Fogel posted a story that I can’t help but add my two cents as well.  In a recent post, Mr. Fogel commented regarding a column published on December 21, 2008 in The New York Times by Nicholas [...]

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Music From The Inca Trail

November 2, 2008

It is very rare to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform an entire concert of Latin American inspired works.  A more typical concert from an orchestra as renowned as the CSO is usually comprised of traditional repertoire from Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms with perhaps a little something “different” or contemporary to mix things up a [...]

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The Ravinia Experience

August 5, 2008

One of the best parts of Chicago during the summertime is the Ravinia Music Festival.  Since Ravinia is an outdoor venue, Summer is the only time it is open.  After all, I seriously doubt anyone would be interested in attending during wintertime considering this IS Chicago, IL I’m talking about. The festival brings a nice [...]

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