Classical
Hearing the Renaissance clearly
Stile Antico shows how a brainy composer, Thomas Tallis, made music that turns off your brain and lifts you to a spiritual plane.
Dec 11th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Delving into new rep, mastering the familiar
Timothy Klabunde, Scott Tisdel and Stefanie Jacob play music by Georges Onslow, Frank Bridge and Dvorak.
Dec 6th, 2011 by Tom Strini
7 things I’ve been meaning to share
RE: Tim Cuprisin, Laddie Junkunc, Frank Almond, Florentine Grammy, Steve Murphy, First Stage, Rep Artisans Fair.
Dec 4th, 2011 by Tom Strini
A Gentle Christmas
With Jeff Tyzik conducting, the MSO's Holiday Pops are short on glitz and long on warmth.
Dec 3rd, 2011 by Tom Strini
Frankly Music’s Epic Bach
Frank Almond, Edward Arron and Kyle Armbrust play a sonically lush, rhythmically bracing Goldberg Variations.
Nov 28th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Lawrence Renes spins “The Planets”
Guest conductor Renes leads Holst's astrological suite and Elgar's "Enigma Variations."
Nov 26th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Bach’s “Goldberg,” for strings at Frankly Music
Frank Almond mounts a trio take on Bach's epic keyboard piece Monday and Tuesday. In May, the Philomusica Quartet take it up.
Nov 25th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Philomusica Quartet + Mathieu Dufour
Dufour, the Chicago Symphony's principal flutist, excels with the excellent Philomusica Quartet at the Wisconsin Conservatory.
Nov 22nd, 2011 by Tom Strini
“The Music Man” lives at the Skylight
The Skylight Opera Theatre is the natural state for River City, Iowa, Professor Harold HIll, and innocence.
Nov 21st, 2011 by Kat Murrell
A fitting, coherent Thanksgiving concert
Present Music's Kevin Stalheim built an entire program around its venue, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Nov 20th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Handel, master of opera
Two splendid singers, countertenor Daniel Taylor and soprano Deborah York, do arias and duets with the Theatre of Early Music.
Nov 19th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Handel floats, Bach sinks
Conductor Lecce-Chong and chamber-sized MSO shine in a program with two of Handel's "Water Music" Suites.
Nov 18th, 2011 by Tom Strini
