Stories
Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Beethoven, and other high-flying orchestral highlights mark the ESO’s 75th anniversary season.
Keegan MorrisJanuary 23, 2020
Keegan MorrisSeptember 23, 2021
The 2021-22 season was initially meant to be Muti’s final as music director, but because of the many Muti-led concerts that were canceled as a consequence of the pandemic, that date has been pushed back.
Keegan MorrisSeptember 21, 2021
Jennifer Dunnington creates emotions for a living. For Ken Burns' latest film, Muhammad Ali, Dunnington, an Emmy-winning music producer and music editor, used music to convey emotions, introduce momentum, and ratchet up drama in the rink.
Playlists
Keegan MorrisJanuary 16, 2020
It's Baroque opera, minus the sobriety. The serious operas of Handel and Gluck get the parody treatment in this excerpt from the 1737 opera The Dragon of Wantley performed by Haymarket Opera Company!
Keegan MorrisJanuary 15, 2020
On January 15, violinist Stephen Kim and pianist Ilya Friedberg shared the Chicago Cultural Center stage for a concert of passionate, dynamic music by two Romantic composers: Ernest Chausson and Johannes Brahms.
WFMTJanuary 13, 2020
A self-described “science kid,” a simple miscommunication prompted Sharon Isbin to take up the guitar in her youth.













