Kyle MacMillan - For the Sun-Times
El MCA está organizando una nueva exposición titulada “entre horizontes: Arte y Activismo Entre Chicago y Puerto Rico.”
The MCA is hosting a new exhibit titled “entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico.”
Heyward will make his Ravinia and Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuts Wednesday when he leads the ensemble as part of its annual summer residency at the Highland Park venue.
Peleggi and Ravinia’s Chief Conductor Marin Alsop will direct the CSO and Chorus in “Across the Line of Dreams,” which pays tribute to Harriet Tubman and Rani Lakshmibai.
Marsalis’ Violin Concerto mixes jazz and classical idioms, with the composer also paying respect to Benedetti’s Scottish ancestry by researching some of the historic ties between Anglo-Celtic and African-American music.
Muti culminated his official tenure as music director of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra in superb fashion. The maestro has been named the orchestra’s music director emeritus for life.
A lively, engrossing program offered multiple insights into the maestro’s conducting style and what he has accomplished in Chicago.
The world-renowned conductor, who is stepping down from his post with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra later this month, plans to return to the podium at Symphony Center, but less frequently and without the demands of being the orchestra’s music director.
Propulsive Lyric Opera staging of the masterpiece pays careful attention to shaping the characters.