Music
Audiences to Return: the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
For almost 45 years, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts have brought top-tier, free classical music performances to the people of Chicago. After a nearly 18 month absence, the concert series will again welcome in-person audiences on September 1st in a new venue: the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, 55 East Wacker Drive, Chicago.
The church building is an iconic mid century monument on the Loop’s Upper Wacker Drive designed by famed architect Harry Weese. Audiences will enjoy excellent acoustics with increased capacity and much improved sightlines. Virtual and radio audience members also welcomed to listen live through WFMT and via video on Facebook and YouTube. Concerts will take place every Wednesday from 12:15-1pm through October 13th.
Music
Afternoon Flash Mob Musical Treat
Check out young musical prodigies perform the prelude to Carmen by George Bizet in Beaugrenelle Paris shopping mall. No masks inspire the future!
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For the Love of Lyric Concert
September has always meant the opening of a new season at Lyric, and though we can’t be together for live performances this fall, Lyric is excited to present a free virtual concert from the stage of the Lyric Opera House.
The starry lineup is led by world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming and features special guests, including Tony Award® and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-actress Heather Headley, soprano Ailyn Pérez, bass Soloman Howard, and mezzo-soprano and Ryan Opera Center alumna J’Nai Bridges, with Doug Peck serving as music director. Members of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Ensemble and members of the Chicago Children’s Choir will also perform in this enlightening and entertaining program of familiar and revelatory selections from the worlds of opera, Broadway, popular music, and some surprising sources.
Events, Museums, Music
05/14 – 8pm – Live From the Drawing Room – Driehaus Museum
| TONIGHT! LIVE From the Drawing Room Thursday, May 14, 8 PM, CDT It’s prime time, Gilded Age-style ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9q75r3N60  Allow the stunning interiors of the Driehaus Museum to once again transport you to another time and place – now, from the comfort of your own living room. Celebrated local musician Patrick Donley will play a wide-range of selections from the period on the Driehaus Museum’s exquisite Chickering & Sons piano along with some discussion about the music and the instrument. From Schubert to Joplin, Donley’s joyful playing along with a cocktail demonstration and curatorial insights will provide plentiful after-dinner entertainment. |
Entertainment, Music
Civic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky 4
Civic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky 4
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Center
Bramwell Tovey conducts Tchaikovsky’s quintessential work featuring melodies inspired by his Russian musical heritage, as well as his own romantic trials. This is paired with two works by British composers who, inspired by the history of the English and Italian country sides, translate the past into their own epic, late-Romantic orchestral style.
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Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes
Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The celebrated Norwegian pianist performs a wide-ranging program of music by Bartok and Schumann, plus the first book of Janacek’s intimate, evocative cycle On an Overgrown Path.
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Civic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky 4
Civic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky 4
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Center
Bramwell Tovey conducts Tchaikovsky’s quintessential work featuring melodies inspired by his Russian musical heritage, as well as his own romantic trials. This is paired with two works by British composers who, inspired by the history of the English and Italian country sides, translate the past into their own epic, late-Romantic orchestral style.
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Elgar Enigma Variations
Elgar Enigma Variations
Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Friday, January 11, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Center
The esteemed baritone, Thomas Hampson, joins Bramwell Tovey for a concert of American music and songs, followed by Elgar’s portraits of his own circle of friends in the Enigma Variations. Thomas Hampson will sign CDs in Grainger Ballroom following the performance on Friday, January 11, 2019.
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Michael Fabiano, tenodr Danielle de Niese, soprano Lauren Decker, contralto
Michael Fabiano, tenor Danielle de Niese, soprano Lauren Decker, contralto
Monday, January 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Harris Theater
Beyond the Aria features two of opera’s most in-demand stars, soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Michael Fabiano. They are joined by contralto Lauren Decker and pianist and Artistic Director Craig Terry for an unscripted evening of fun!
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Entertainment, Music, Theatre
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
December 31, 2018 – January 26, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
Soprano Anna Netrebko stars as the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th century audiences with her on and off stage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczala as Adriana’s lover, Maurizio. The principal cast also features mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and baritone Ambrogio Maestri. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
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