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Bella Voce with artistic director Andrew Lewis

Bella Voce Announces 2025-26 Season

Four choral-forward programs on the theme Lost and Found.

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Black Oak Ensemble
Keegan MorrisMay 13, 2025

New Releases May 13: Dreams, Skies, Fantasies
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Keegan MorrisMay 12, 2025

Treasured Titles: Exploring the Most Performed Operas of the Last 25 Years
Associated PressMay 8, 2025

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Four Generations Reflect History of Chickasaw, Choctaw People
Adela SkowronskiMay 7, 2025
"This whole piece is like a representation of the assimilation happening in the 19th century; there were lots of changes to music and traditions with removal, even within different tribes. Not everybody had the same experiences, nor were they able to retain the same traditions."
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CSO Harpist To Retire After 63 Years
Keegan MorrisMay 7, 2025
Turner will retire following the CSO's residency at the Ravinia Festival this summer.

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Playlist: Magical Classical Music

Playlist: Music to Help Your Garden Grow

Classical Voyages: Paris
Iconic Chicago buildings — including the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and the Hancock Center — with happy, multicolored tulips in the foreground

Playlist: Feel-Good Classical Music
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New Releases May 6: Jewish Vienna, Weinberg, Bassoon
Keegan MorrisMay 6, 2025
A new album pays tribute to the Jewish composers of 20th-century Vienna. The Arcadia Quartet’s album explores the string quartets of another marginalized Jewish composer: Mieczysław Weinberg. Leading English bassoonist Laurence Perkins offers a lighthearted survey in Honey-coloured Cow. Other highlights include a handful of world premiere recordings by the United Strings of Europe, two violin concertos featuring Hans Christian ...

The Evolution of the Orchestra: The String Section
Katherine BuzardMay 2, 2025
Learn why the violin is so pivotal in the development of modern-day string instruments.

‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ lead Tony Award nominations
Associated PressMay 2, 2025
And Audra McDonald becomes the most Tony-Nominated performer in Broadway history.
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