Gathering Note https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Proving Up Tchaikovsky and Rota share the spotlight at Orchestra Hall Handel’s triumphal and somber sides shine at festival close Randall Goosby honors Florence Price in a heartfelt Chicago Symphony performance Hunger, guilt and violence drive a haunting Der Silbersee at Chicago Opera Theater Reviews and Articles Civic Orchestra of Chicago brings vitality to Price, Walker, Kay and Dvořák at Orchestra Hall Mäkelä’s heroic survey in Chicago Handel Week Festival opens in Oak Park with concerti and a Roman rarity Liszt and Brahms become a refuge in Kirill Gerstein’s Chicago recital Valentine’s Day weekend brings enchanting, intimate Cendrillon to the CheckOut Joseph Horowitz on the Kennedy Center shutdown Albums for the end of 2025 Hide the moon! Hide the stars! New and upcoming Four Bruckner concerts and one conclusion Muti affirms what matters in a program of Brahms, Stravinsky and Rodrigo with the Chicago Symphony Yunchan Lim finds poetry in Schumann as Mäkelä unleashes Beethoven’s Seventh Waiting for summer and the Grant Park Orchestra Honeck offers a living, breathing setting for Mozart’s Requiem Marc-André Hamelin champions Ives’ sprawling Concord at Orchestra Hall Chicago Symphony spotlights Julia Bullock in world premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared Jaap van Zweden returns with a blazing Mahler Sixth Chicago Opera Theater rediscovers Salieri’s Falstaff one prank at a time Berkshire Record Outlet calls it quits About Me Nova Linea Musica hosts the Catalyst Quartet in Against All Odds a program of resistance and reach Experience Handel’s Water Music on the Chicago River Fall highlights from Chicago’s 25/26 classical music season Links Guarneri Hall becomes a lab for Conrad Tao’s digital experiments in Nova Linea Musica’s season opener In Chicago, a new venue makes its case with Hickey’s audacious piano work Sapiens Jordan and Hadelich lead the Chicago Symphony through its repertoire sweet spot Medea delivers an unforgettable experience at the Lyric Classical music’s youth movement grows up, grows wise Operas, quartets, and Mahler on the lawn Exploring Gustave Caillebotte’s unique Impressionism A second look at The First Homosexuals at Wrightwood 659 Music of the Baroque’s Theodora is free to view for a limited time Christian Tetzlaff dazzles in Sibelius Violin Concerto; Afkham and the CSO bring Schoenberg to life Mahler’s many voices: how the CSO has shaped and been shaped by his music A song for the reappeared The final notes of a musical giant Behzod Abduraimov brings quiet mastery to the piano and Orchestra Hall Mahler’s Third Symphony, Mäkelä’s emerging voice, and a thrilled Chicago audience CSO shines under Mäkelä’s baton in trio performance of Brahms, Boulez, Dvořák Summer Listening: Beethoven, Haydn and Rush Hour Concerts First encounters and final judgments CSO’s Mahler survey begins with a thrilling Seventh Symphony Klaus Mäkelä’s imminent arrival brings Sibelius, Lindberg and a thrilling Walton surprise to CSO’s 2026-2027 season