From intimate to grandiose, arts critic Lloyd Schwartz rounded up a list of the most notable events on the classical calendar from just after Labor Day through just before Christmas.
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Chicago Master Singers will celebrate its 44th season at a Gala Benefit on Sunday, May 21, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Guests can enjoy conversation, drinks and appetizers in an elegant but relaxed environment. A special performance by rising star violinist Masha Lakisova, accompanied by pianist Lyudmila
A violin is a remarkable object - a piece of wood that can sing like a human voice. Maybe more remarkably, a violin can sit dormant for years - decades, even - then sing again, with the very same voice it had before its long silence. It just requires the hands of a luthier to restore its condition - and the hands of a musician to deliver its voice once again.
Thus is the power of the