Daniel Barenboim has said that one of his central objectives in coming to Chicago is to remove classical music from the arena of mere entertainment. ... BARENBOIM, PERLMAN SPLENDID DESPITE CAMERAS ...

One of the main things that prevents the Chicago Symphony`s ongoing Brahms cycle from being just a thinly veiled marketing ploy is the rare chance it affords listeners of seeing the composer whole.… ...

If you are one of those listeners who can never get enough of the music of Johannes Brahms, Orchestra Hall is your place to be in early October, when Daniel Barenboim presents a veritable Brahmsfes… ...

It was clear from the remarkable performance of Brahms` Symphony No. 3 given by the Chicago Symphony under Daniel Barenboim Thursday in Orchestra Hall that they had saved their best for last. Baren… ...

Whatever else was accomplished by Daniel Barenboim`s recent Brahms cycle with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, all must agree that it was a slickly orchestrated affair. At best, it seemed to ...

Perlman has also recorded for RCA and Sony, and the latter label released one of his great contributions: his 1989 recording of the Brahms sonatas with Barenboim. To get Perlman’s best, you have ...

The Daniel Barenboim era has begun, though perhaps not in the anticipated sense of turning over a wholly new chapter in the annals of the Chicago Symphony. In fact, Wednesday`s pension fund concert… ...

With both music director Daniel Barenboim and violinist Itzhak Perlman in town, the conditions were right […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 33°F. Saturday, January 11th 2025 ...

Perlman and Barenboim-particularly the latter-performed much of this music with a grandiloquence that defied the very nature of 18th Century chamber music. In other words, ...

Zubin Mehta, long a member of the Barenboim circle but an infrequent visitor to the Orchestra Hall podium, conducted an all-Brahms program to benefit the musicians’ pension fund.

One of the main things that prevents the Chicago Symphony`s ongoing Brahms cycle from being just a thinly veiled marketing ploy is the rare chance it affords listeners of seeing the composer whole.… ...

It was clear from the remarkable performance of Brahms` Symphony No. 3 given by the Chicago Symphony under Daniel Barenboim Thursday in Orchestra Hall that they had saved their best for last. Baren… ...