Category: Recent Press

Review: Identities Review – Concluding The Chicago Sinfonietta’s 25th Season

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“This program is the perfect reflection of the mission of this unique orchestra, which prides itself on being the most diverse in the country and has a mission “to form unique cultural connections through the universal language of symphonic music”. Tying East and West together through the Silk Road, the program began with “Shtetl Scenes” by Ilya Levinson whose early life was spent in the Soviet Union. The work was intended to bring into focus a time that was and is no more. The orchestra was enthusiastic in its performance of these beautiful and poignant melodies, and the energetic, happier rhythms.”

 

Hear more about the final concert of the Chicago Sinfonietta’s 2013-14 season, featuring the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band and Su Chang, in Splash Magazines’ review!

Tribute to MLK Review: Joy and Inspiration

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“Like the great religious works of Bach or Handel, great gospel music transcends belief because it is a sublime worldly manifestation of human gifts performing in service to a belief in the spiritual. The soloists and the choir were marvelous artists, whose performance inspired some in the audience to clap with the music, or even rise up and sing at the top of their lungs, as has been the practice for many decades in African-American churches.

“…Again, it is difficult to doubt or criticize the sincerity of the people who helped patch this program together. Rather than preaching to the audience, the mission of the program was to use the inspiration from a great American to communicate to the audience using their artistic gifts. Dr. King was not necessarily at the center of this program; the musicians were, and that was a far more prudent choice.”

 

Read more from Splash Magazine here about our 2014 tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

Chicago Sinfonietta “Día de los Muertos” Concert Review – Infusing Cool into Classical Music

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“Chicago Sinfonietta is creating an audience for classical music and doing it with great imagination and boldness. If you are seeking the consummate classical music performance the Chicago Sinfonietta might disappoint. But if you want to share in the enthusiasm of a crowd heavily populated with people hearing classical music for the first time you can do no better than attending a Sinfonietta concert.

“The imaginative touches they make — whether adding sips of wine to make for congenial chats at intermissions to the mists and costumes of Day of the Dead — are making classical music way cool. Bravo!”

 

Read more about the Chicago Sinfonietta’s Día de los Muertos concert in Splash Magazines’ review!

Review: Chicago Sinfonietta Celebrates Dia de Los Muertos

Review: Chicago Sinfonietta’s ’13-14 Season Opener

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“Can classical music and hip hop dance truly be friends?

I don’t know…

…but the Chicago Sinfonietta had the guts to try it in its opening performance for the 2013-14 season at Symphony Center Saturday night. The first half of the evening was a fascinating salad of Swan Lake, Hip Hop Dance, symphonic Americana, and Aram Khachaturian.”

Hear more about this collaboration in Lauren Warnecke’s review of our performance on Art Intercept!