Thank all of you for braving the torrential downpour and [near] mass flooding to come to Rush Hour last Tuesday! We were configuring back-up plans on our way to the cathedral in case: 1) the artists are rained out (in which case RH Artistic Director Deborah Sobol would inevitably have to improvise something on the [...]

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Of all musical collaborations involving the piano, the art song is one of my favorites. The combination of “tunes and words” is arresting for me; and Benjamin Britten’s Folksong Arrangements have kept me in captive bliss for several decades! I recently came across some of Britten’s observations on folk songs from his native land: “The [...]

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Come see us this TUESDAY, for our special concert event, presented in partnership with the British Consulate General of Chicago - featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Get a taste of a leisure summer afternoon in England: drop by Rush Hour and enjoy strawberries and cream, scones, English tea and wine!
FACT:  Approximately [...]

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Rush Hour = FREE and open to everyone!
Live, world-class music-making all summer long.
There will always be food and wine - every Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. - from June to August - you can count on it!
Rare opportunities to meet world-renowned musicians before and after each performance.
Air conditioning (vital for Chicago summers)!
Maybe you can find Abraham [...]

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Rush Hour’s A Cello Celebration on June 19 was a HUGE success! Thanks to all of you (more than 400!!!) who came to the concert! We hope each of you enjoyed the cello-fest , featuring six tremendous cellists - Stephen Balderston, Abe Feder, Micah Fusselman, Richard Hirschl, Ken Olsen and Brant Taylor - performing  Bryan [...]

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I often hear the comment among Rush Hour audiences that things are “always different, yet the same” - they can rely on the user-friendly format to be the same level of excellence weekly, and yet, each week is somehow different from the next.
The June 19 program was born almost a year ago, over dinner after [...]

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Rush Hour was thrilled to welcome Fulcrum Point New Music Project to our 2007 season! The innovative program - titled The New Romanticism - featured contemporary works by Eric Ewazen, Stefan Freund, and Frank Proto, which incorporated unique and exciting blends of classical, jazz, blues and rock sounds.

The audience listening intently to Fulcrum Point’s brass [...]

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Thank you all so much for joining us at our season premiere concert on June 5! More than 300 guests came to our French Impressionism event, and we truly hope every one of you enjoyed our wines, foods and program that featured the music of Debussy, Ibert, and Saint-Saëns. If you were unable to visit [...]

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome Stephen Burns and colleagues from Fulcrum Point New Music Project to Tuesday’s Rush Hour. “Fulcrum Point,” as it’s known among musicians in Chicago, has gifted our city with extraordinary concert productions featuring musicians and creators from around the world. Tuesday, we are in for a treat!
A program of [...]

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