As summer slowly slides away, the coming of autumn brings cooler weather, falling leaves and the new classical music and opera season. There\u2019s a wide array of diverse and exciting events on tap and this preview can only begin to scratch the surface, selecting a few highlights from some of Chicago\u2019s major music presenters, starting here in Hyde Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UChicago Presents<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Chicago Presents is the South Side\u2019s premier presenter of classical music. This season\u2019s Classic Concert Series opens with a performance by the Belcea Quartet who come to Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St., on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. They will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The Brentano String Quartet will play works by Haydn, Dvorak and Bartok in the Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St., on Nov. 9 at 3 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n The CSO Chamber Music Series, featuring members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, begins on Oct. 12 with Mozart\u2019s Serenade for Winds in C Minor, as well as other works by Mozart and Prokofiev arranged for wind ensemble. The performance is at Mandel Hall at 3 p.m. The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series opens on Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. in the Logan Center with a performance by Cappella Pratensis presenting Guillaume Dufay\u2019s \u201cMissa Ecce ancilla Domini.\u201d For more information, visit ChicagoPresents.uChicago.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition promises to have another exciting year supporting the work of professional and student composers in concerts given by the Grossman Ensemble at the Logan Center. The first concert of the new season takes place on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. with conductor Micah Gleason leading premieres by composers Kay Rhie, Ryan Chase, Mikel Kuehn and In\u00e9s Thiebaut. Visit CCCC.uChicago.edu<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n Chicago Symphony Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., for the season opener on Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. (repeated the 19th at 1:30 p.m.) with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducting and also serving as violin soloist performing Mozart\u2019s Sinfonia concertante and Elgar\u2019s Symphony No. 2.<\/p>\n Music director Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4 conducts three performances of \u201cHarold in Italy,\u201d and the Symphonie fantastique, both by Berlioz, Oct. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. Riccardo Muti, music director emeritus for life, leads a program centered on Dvorak\u2019s Symphony No. 9 on Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.), Oct. 13 (1:30 p.m.) and Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.). Muti also leads the CSO for three performances of Rodrigo\u2019s Concierto de Aranjuez with soloist Pablo S\u00e1inz-Villegas on guitar on Nov. 6 (7:30 p.m.), Nov. 7 (1:30 p.m.) and Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m.) with music by Stravinsky and Brahms also on the program. M\u00e4kel\u00e4 conducts Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 7 and Schumann\u2019s Piano Concerto (Yunchan Lim, soloist) and two other works on Dec. 18 (7:30 p.m.), Dec. 19 (1:30 p.m.) and Dec. 20 (7:30 p.m.). For more information on the very large number of CSO performances, visit CSO.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lyric Opera<\/strong><\/p>\n The first opera of Lyric Opera of Chicago\u2019s new season is Cherubini\u2019s \u201cMedea,\u201d starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. It runs Oct. 11-26 at Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr. From Nov. 1-23, Lyric offers the popular double-bill of Mascagni\u2019s \u201cCavalleria rusticana\u201d and Leoncavallo\u2019s \u201cPagliacci,\u201d a pair of stories centered on deadly love triangles. On Nov. 14, 16 and 18, Lyric presents Carl Orff\u2019s \u201cCarmina Burana\u201d in concert. Enrique Mazzola conducts all these performances, David McVicar directs \u201cMedea\u201d and Peter McClintock is the revival director of \u201cCav\/Pag,\u201d with the original production directed by Elijah Moshinsky.<\/p>\n The most unusual offering by Lyric this fall is seven performances of what is being billed as \u201can alt-rock masterpiece reborn.\u201d Billy Corgan and selected guests, as well as the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus will offer a new take on a massively popular 1990s album by the Smashing Pumpkins with a program entitled \u201cA Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness.\u201d It runs Nov. 21-30. For more information on Lyric performances, visit LyricOpera.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chicago Opera Theater and Haymarket Opera<\/strong><\/p>\n Chicago Opera Theater will present three performances at the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave., of Antonio Salieri\u2019s \u201cFalstaff, ossia Le Tre Burle\u201d (Falstaff, or The Three Tricks) opening Dec. 3 (7:30 p.m.) with matinees Dec. 6 and 7 (3 p.m.). Stephen Powell will sing the title role and Christine Brandes will conduct. COT\u2019s only other staged opera this 2025\u201326 season will be in March. Visit COT.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Haymarket Opera and the Newberry Consort are joining forces to present a concert presentation of \u201cEuridice\u201d by Jacopo Peri, the oldest surviving opera, dating from 1600. (\u201cEuridice\u201d came after Peri\u2019s \u201cDafne\u201d but this latter opera\u2019s score is lost.) It features a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini. Erica Schuller will sing Euridice and Scott J. Brunscheen will sing Orfeo. There will be two performances: Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. and Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave., in Evanston.<\/p>\n The Newberry Consort and\u00a0Music of the Baroque<\/strong><\/p>\n The Newberry Consort will also offer three holiday concerts entitled \u201cA Flamenco Christmas,\u201d with music and dance from Spain, Portugal and Latin America Dec. 5-7. For more information, visit NewberryConsort.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jane Glover will lead the Orchestra and Chorus of Music of the Baroque for Gluck\u2019s \u201cOrfeo ed Euridice\u201d in three performances: Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. at the North Shore Center in Skokie; Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St.; and Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. online. Singers include Heidi Stober, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Hannah De Priest. MOB will perform Bach\u2019s Brandenburgs Oct. 12, 13 and 17; Handel\u2019s Messiah Nov. 30, and Dec. 1 and 5. It will also offer holiday brass and choral concerts on Dec. 18-21 and Dec. 26. For more details, visit Baroque.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dame Myra Hess and\u00a0<\/strong>Chicago Chamber Music\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Enjoy a musical lunch break with the free weekly concerts on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, 55 E. Wacker Dr. Also visit the Classical Music Chicago YouTube page to view a huge collection of archived videos of these concerts and other events presented by CMC. Visit ClassicalMusicChicago.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n The Chicago Chamber Music Society opens its 2025\u201326 season with a performance by Third Coast Percussion featuring music by Jessie Montgomery, Augusta Read Thomas and more on Sept. 10, and the society welcomes the Mir\u00f3 Quartet for an all-Beethoven program on Oct. 7. For information on times and venue, visit ChicagoChamberMusicSociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hpherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As summer slowly slides away, the coming of autumn brings cooler weather, falling leaves and the new classical music and opera season. 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