Had all gone according to plan three years ago, Chicagoans would have witnessed an unprecedented celestial event at Symphony Center. We’re not talking astronomy. April 2020 was to be the ...

Asmik Grigorian came out last night carrying her computer tablet (if I saw right). And I had to smile. In America, a union member would have to do that. Otherwise, there would be big trouble. On ...

Two of the most remarkable performances of the year highlighted a strong weekend of exciting music-making at the Aspen Music Festival. It took something special to top Friday’s knockout performance of ...

There’s a revealing insight that pulls back the curtain on Hershey Felder’s ambitious point of view. The anecdote goes back nearly 45 years, when Felder was tackling Russian master Sergei Rachmaninoff ...

(6) Songs, Movements: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) Julia Sitkovetsky, Soprano Roger Vignoles, Piano (6) Songs, Movements: No. 5, Oh thou, my ...

(5) Christmas Songs Jacques Imbrailo, Baritone Alisdair Hogarth, Piano Jean Sibelius, Composer (5) Songs, Movements: On a balcony by the sea (wds. Rydberg) Alisdair Hogarth, Piano Jean Sibelius, ...

Sometimes titles are deceiving. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, for instance, only lasts around an hour. But such is ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra is pulling out the stops to celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian-American composer who was born into Russian aristocracy had a singular ...