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Classical Music Aerial Adventure: Winter in Chicago

With spellbinding aerial footage of Chicago, you’ll hear acclaimed artists playing wonderful, wintry classical music.

Keegan MorrisSeptember 11, 2018

Learn to play harpsichord repertoire on piano with Jory Vinikour

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 11, 2018

Hear the Symphony Mohammed Fairouz Composed as a Response to the 9/11 Attacks

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 10, 2018

The Surprising True Origins of Gershwin’s Classic ‘Summertime’

Muti to conduct classical music’s return to Italian stage

Associated PressMay 22, 2020

Organizers are billing the open-air concert as Italy's first live classical music performance since its coronavirus lockdown.

Three Chicago Premieres in Chicago Opera Theater’s 2020-21 Season

Keegan MorrisMay 20, 2020

General director Ashley Magnus maintains that even in troubled times, the company is "moving forward with the belief that opera truly is a living, resilient art form."

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Meet Organist Lori Moreland, One of the Chicago White Sox’s Most Valuable Players

Keegan MorrisSeptember 6, 2018

When organist Lori Moreland grew up rooting for the White Sox, she never thought that one day she would be one of the team's most valuable players.

Poland holds 1st Chopin contest on historical instruments

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2018

Thirty pianists from the U.S., Japan, China, Russia, and across Europe will perform works by Chopin and other Polish composers of his time, as well as by Johan Sebastian Bach.

How a Bach Minuet Got a Motown Makeover

Stephen RaskauskasSeptember 4, 2018

Bach’s Minuet in G major from the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach is famous enough today that you may have had it as your cell phone ringtone. One arrangement, recorded by a '60s girl group called The Toys, was a #1 single in the US and reached #5 on the UK Global charts.

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