Vocal Music Masterpieces

Hear vocal masterpieces from Renaissance chamber music to Romantic Lieder to contemporary choral masterworks at UChicago Presents. Save 20% to hear all of this season's vocal performances and receive exclusive benefits when you sign up for a Pick 4 subscription package.

 

Iestyn Davies looking into the distance

Silent Noon with Fretwork and Iestyn Davies

One of the greatest countertenors of the day and one of the leading viol consorts in the world team up to present the music of English composers from the Renaissance and early Baroque.

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Christian Gerhaher walking down a European street in a black coat with cars in the background

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber: Songs of Gustav Mahler

With a partnership going back more than three decades, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber have developed a personal chemistry rarely seen on stage. When the two perform together, they present what Gerhaher calls "vocal chamber music." Here, the duo's relationship is on full display in a performance of Gustav Mahler's lieder.

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Lucy Fitz Gibbon faces flutist Francesco Camuglia as they perform Kate Soper's Only The Words

Musicians from Marlboro

Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon joins the esteemed musicians from Marlboro to perform Kate Soper's mesmerizing duet for voice and flute and Handel's aria Nel dolce dell'Oblio alongside piano trios by Brahms and Schubert with violinist Robyn Bollinger and others.

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British vocal ensemble Tenebrae in an ornate church singing with Candles on the ground

Tenebrae

The award-winning British vocal ensemble Tenebrae, performing only by candlelight, brings moments of "intense serenity and celebratory robustness" (The New York Times) to Joby Talbot's arresting work, Path of Miracles.

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