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Remembering Samuel Magad May 29, 2026

Samuel Magad, long-serving concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, passed away on May 25 at his home in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He was 94. A native of Chicago, Magad first appeared with the CSO in 1944 at age 11, performing the first movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Music director Fritz Reiner appointed him to the violin […]

Remembering Sonny Rollins May 27, 2026

Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all-time, passed away on Monday at his home in Woodstock, New York. He was 95. A statement on his website included this quote of Rollins reflecting on death: I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all […]

Britten’s “Young Apollo”: Fanfare for Piano, String Quartet, and String Orchestra May 25, 2026

Young Apollo, Op. 16 is blazing, exuberant music of the 25 year old Benjamin Britten. Composed in the summer of 1939 in response to a commission from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it is a striking fanfare for piano, string quartet, and string orchestra. The three disparate musical forces frolic in the bright sunshine of unending A […]

“Music, When Soft Voices Die”: Frank Bridge’s Setting of Shelley May 22, 2026

“Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory.” These are the opening lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous 1824 poem, a meditation on the eternal nature of memory, sensation, and love. English composer Frank Bridge (1879-1941) created an a cappella choral setting of the poem in 1907. The opening phrases pay homage to the English ma […]

Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: Night Fantasies May 20, 2026

Robert Schumann composed the dreamy and mercurial Fantasiestücke (“Fantasy Pieces”), Op. 73 in a burst of creativity over the course of two days in February of 1849. Set in A major and A minor, the work was first conceived for the melancholy, nostalgic voice of the clarinet. Later, Schumann indicated that the clarinet part could be performe […]

Remembering Felicity Lott May 18, 2026

English soprano Felicity Lott passed away on May 15 following a battle with cancer. She was 79. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Lott began singing lessons at age 12. While studying at the Royal Academy of Music she met pianist Graham Johnson who would become her lifelong accompanist. Her operatic debut came with the English National Op […]

Heifetz Plays Gershwin: Selections from “Porgy and Bess” May 15, 2026

Jascha Heifetz and George Gershwin were close friends who often performed together. The two celebrated American musicians shared a common Russian-Jewish heritage. Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, while Heifetz was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Escaping the Russian Revolution, he emigrated to the United States in 1917, and became a citizen in 19 […]