Bill Gowen
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CSO opens 'summer of anniversaries' Monday at RaviniaJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The 2010 Ravinia Festival has been offering a wide range of popular music and jazz concerts during its opening three weeks, but for classical music listeners, Ravinia me...
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ESO concludes season with 'fantastique' performanceJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 60th anniversary season concludes this weekend with music director Robert Hanson conducting three works joined by a common musical thread....
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Haitink stepping down after Beethoven festJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Bernard Haitink's stewardship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra podium is ending this month on a triumphant note with a three-week Beethoven festival at Symphony Center/...
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Cedille launches new download programMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In an era when the recording industry has seen sales shrink in the face of constantly emerging new technology as well as the economic downturn, Chicago-based classical m...
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ESO salutes 'Exiles in Hollywood,' StraussApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's sixth annual spring festival, "Exiles in Hollywood," wraps up this weekend at the Hemmens Theatre with music Director Robert Hanson conduc...
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Elgin Symphony's spring festival opens with Hollywood themeMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - American film composers, both from today and earlier generations, will be the focus of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's annual spring festival April 16-May 1. The multiwee...
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Ravinia lineup to feature new names, old favoritesMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The 2010 Ravinia Festival will feature 117 events this summer - including a number of big-name first timers. The season, details of which were released today, will start...
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Muti offers hints to CSO's futureMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 10th music director, is ready to officially unveil his imprint on the orchestra beginning this fall. As announced last we...
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ESO announces classics, pops concertsJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Using the general theme "Fill Your Life with Music," the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 61st season will offer important masterworks by the world's greatest composers on its...
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Chicago figures prominently in 2009's top 10 classical CDsDec 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Despite the ongoing retraction of the classical recording industry (longtime American independent label Telarc ceased producing CDs last spring after three decades), it'...