CLASSICAL MUSIC Charles Ives Even though Charles Ives died more than a half-century ago, the idiosyncratic, distinctly American music of the modernist composer can still be enigmatic and elusive to contemporary ears. In the last 2013-14 installment of its Beyond the Score series, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra explores Ives' childhood and his Symphony No. 2 using actors, visual projections and musical excerpts. The s…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:34PM on April 20, 2014