The Top 7 Performances of 2009:
Nicholas Kraemer and Music of the Baroque in Haydn
Nicholas Kraemer and Music of the Baroque in Haydn
By Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago Classical Review
December 20, 2009
Joseph Haydn remains the most infrequently performed of the great composers, and Nicholas Kraemer’s delightful performances with Music of the Baroque in May provided a virtual seminar in bringing out the witty curveballs and subversive humor of this inexplicably under-programmed master.
Why seven performances instead of ten? Well, Chicago Classical Review was not around for the first four months of 2009, and any year-end list by definition is going to be incomplete.
So, feel free to augment the following list of Chicago’s best classical performances from May through December with your own favorite events of 2009, as well as to agree or disagree with my choices.
