Ten best area classical events of the decade
Chamber Music, Chicago Artists, Classical, News and Dish, Orchestral, Vocal Music Add commentsBy Dennis Polkow
Thomas S. Wikman & the Music of the Baroque Ensemble, Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” March 2000
Daniel Barenboim & the East-West Divan Orchestra, Northwestern University, August 2001
Daniel Barenboim & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” in concert, October 2001
Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle, Lyric Opera, April 2005
Cecilia Bartoli in recital, Symphony Center, Oct. 2005
John Adams’ “Nixon in China,” Chicago Opera Theater, May 2006
Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Farewell concerts, June 2006
Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” Vermeer Quartet Farewell Performance, March 2007
Tashi Reunion at Ravinia, Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” August 2008
Riccardo Muti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s “Requiem,” January 2009
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